EAP101B Fall 2020

Discussion led by Wu You and Kaiyuan

Reflections on what we’ve learned

Course evaluations

Finish revising course paper

Do course evaluation (if you haven’t yet)

Speakers share arguments of their papers

Work on your course paper

Bring your computer to next class to fill out evaluations

Speakers: Summarize TSIS chapters 6 & 7

Discussion: Developing your ideas

Speakers share language-learning plans

Final draft deadline postponed to noon on Dec. 16

Read classmates’ responses to your essay draft

Speakers be ready to summarize their papers

Speakers discuss articles from Aeon and Sixth Tone

Developing your ideas

Speakers share language-learning plans

Read They Say, I Say Chapters 6 & 7

Read two classmates’ essays and write response letters

• (one due Wed., the other due Fri.)

What qualities do we want in our own writing?

Types of sources

Rough draft of course paper due next class

Read 2 short essays from Aeon and Sixth Tone

Speakers

Speakers: Personality, self, and identity

Usage: using English-English dictionaries

Speakers: Independent language learning plans

Take a break! (Or finish your homework from last class!)

Speakers: Share a piece of writing you like and tell us why it’s good

Everybody else: Read the articles chosen by the speakers

Share problems about language learning

Intro to course paper

2 speakers share language learning plans

Begin researching and writing your paper

Read announcement about Intersections

Speakers: Share responses to Niemic & Ryan

Strategies for finding the right words and learning how to use them

Speakers: Share language learning plans

Read Prentis and preview Dornyei

2 speakers: Help prepare the class to read Dornyei

Short writing assignment: Write about a problem related to language-learning

Try “figure out” 2 words from word list

2 speakers: prepare to share your language-learning plan

Speakers on Niemic and Ryan: autonomy, competence, relatedness, internalization

Notebook keeping tips: context and collocation

Write response to Niemic & Ryan

Upload question words to Box

Speakers: Share responses, language-learning plans

Speakers: Share responses to Pink

Share observations from interviews

Share notebooks, talk about effective notebook-keeping habits

Talk about how to use language feedback

Read Niemic & Ryan, “Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness in the Classroom”

Short writing assignment: Compare writing styles of 3 texts

Come ready to share:

• A word in English you don’t know how to use

• A word or phrase in Chinese you don’t know how to express in English

• What dictionaries or resources you use when you write

“Valerie Catches the Monster”

Speakers and discussion:

• HTLL Chapter 11

• Pink TED talk and Drive

1-on-1 meetings with me (continued)

Upload independent language-learning plan worksheet

Bring notebook to next class

Read/listen to classmates’ interviews

Finish Pink Chapter 2

Write response to Pink

Speaker summaries: HTLL Chapters 9, 10

Language-learning journey, goal-setting

“Valerie Catches the Monster”

Read HTLL Chapter 11

Watch Dan Pink TED talk, read beginning of Drive Chapter 2

Write summary of classmate’s interview

(Ongoing) 1-on-1 meetings to outline language-learning plans

Summaries of Oyserman, HTLL Chapter 2

Intro to the idea of a “language-learning practice”

Sign up for 1-on-1 appointment

English learner interview project

Read HTLL Chapters 9 and 10

Calculate days & weeks

Introduction to class

Visualization exercise: “Future self”

Finish writing “future self” scene

Send me your EAP101A course paper

Read Oyserman, “Where Does the Future Begin?”

Read Snow, “How to Learn a Language” Chapter 2

Read Course Handbook (if you haven’t yet)