FALL 2014NIKKI MATTSON, IECP

ACADEMIC INTERACTIONS 130A

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5

Hadel Mansour Ali Mohammed Jehad

Nauf Abdulraheem

Hailey Rita Ryan

Rika Soo Jin Sukyeong Abdulmalik Sung Jun

Zhicheng Brenda Johar Francisco Hassan

GROUPS FOR TODAY

ANNOUNCEMENT

• 9/8 practice test 1 moved to 9/9 9/9 small group speaking task moved to 9/10 by 12:00 am

AGENDA

• Conversation starters (vocabulary practice)• Before listening vocabulary activity• Thinking about how to do research at a library• Listening: researching an extreme sport at a

library• After-listening discussion

CONVERSATION STARTERS

• Form groups of 3-4 people

• Choose several interesting conversation starters, and have an academic conversation.

• (We will talk more about what academic conversation is and how we can do it as the semester continues.)

• Document

• Pg. 12, “before you listen” (whole class)• Pg. 13 – predicting (whole class)

VOCABULARY

PREDICTING/BRAINSTORMING

• How do you do research for an academic assignment?• Where do you look?• How do you evaluate sources?

• Make a list of 5 tips that your group has for conducting academic research (steps, things that work, things to avoid, etc.)

LISTENING

• Listen and try to complete the chart on pg. 13

REFLECTION QUESTIONSPurpose Organization Basic

Comprehension

Reactions

1. Who is the speaker and who is the intended audience?

1. How did the speaker organize his information?

1. What does the speaker think about using Wikipedia for academic research? Why does he think that?

1. Did you learn anything from the listening about academic research?

2. What do you think the speaker’s goals were?

2. Which transitions did he use?

2. What steps does the speaker suggest that the students follow?

2. What questions do you still have about conducting academic research?

3. Is the speaker sharing mostly facts or opinions? Can you find two examples of each?

3. What is a thesis statement? How does the speaker distinguish between strong and weak thesis statements?

3. Do you know how to access PSU’s electronic catalog?

4. Why does the speaker ask questions during his talk?

PSU LIBRARY WEBSITE

• Website

• Another tool is at the companion website (under my searchlab)

• Search Tool

NEW EXPRESSIONS?

• Read through the audio script on pg. 161. What are 3 new (to you) expressions/ words/phrases that the speaker used?

• Share them with your group and try to use them in a sentence or two.

ANNOUNCEMENT

• 9/8 practice test 1 moved to 9/9 9/9 small group speaking task moved to 9/10 by 12:00 am

HW

•Practice Test (leap chapter 1) on Tuesday – review the whole chapter for preparation. (not graded)