Day 3
Tues. Nov. 3
Speaker summaries: HTLL Chapters 9, 10
Language-learning journey, goal-setting
“Valerie Catches the Monster”
Homework
➤ Read HTLL Chapter 11
As you read, ask yourself: Which of Professor Snow’s pieces of advice about how to make sustainable language-learning plans seem most relevant to your own independent language learning project?
Tianji: In 2-3 minutes, summarize just the points you found most useful, illustrating them with examples from your own language-learning project.
➤ Watch Dan Pink’s TED talk, read beginning of Drive Chapter 2
Watch Dan Pink’s TED talk “Drive: The Puzzle of Motivation” and read the first few pages of Chapter 2 of his book Drive (up to the section heading “High Performance.” (This part of Chapter 2 basically says the same things as in the TED talk, just in a written style, rather than a spoken style.)
As you listen and read, ask yourself: Do you find Pink’s critique of extrinsic motivators (“carrots and sticks”) convincing? If what he says is true, what are the implications of these ideas for education, and for language-learning specifically?
Kaiyuan: In 2-3 minutes, summarize Pink’s argument, and tell us whether you think his ideas are relevant to language learning, and if so, how?
Shen Shen: In 2-3 minutes, compare the passage from Drive with passages from the Don Snow book in terms of how they are written. You could consider, for example:
What is the style like? What kind of words do they use? Is the language more formal or colloquial?
How do Snow and Pink support their arguments? (In other words, how do they try to convince you that their ideas are true?)
How are the ideas laid out? How do the writers structure their arguments?
Anything else interesting or significant about how these passages are written!
➤ Write summary of classmate’s interview
In 300-500 words (about one side of a double-spaced page), summarize the things your classmate told you in their interview that you found most interesting or significant. Summarize with a focus—don’t just list everything, focus on a couple things you thought were most important. Write in such a way that your classmates, reading this summary, could understand clearly what they might learn if they were to read (or listen to) the entirety of the interview.
Upload your summary as a .doc or .docx file to our shared Box folder.
Grading: This will be our first graded assignment. Show me that you know how to write an effective summary — practice the skills you learned in EAP101A. I’ll grade your summary based on how well you seem to me to be showcasing those skills.
➤ (Ongoing) 1-on-1 meetings to outline language-learning plans
Meet me at the time we’ve arranged. Before coming to me, read over the worksheet I gave you, and come to our meeting with an idea of what long-term goal you want to work toward and what habits you think might help you make progress toward that goal.
After we’ve met, I’ll ask you to fill out the worksheet and upload it to our Box folder as well.
