Good luck!
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
January 18th lesson
Today is our last lesson. Please hand in your portfolio of reading articles, and your reading for pleasure log. After that, we will take a CELESE practice test.
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
December 21 lesson
Today, you will have a one-hour 40-point Academic Word List final cloze test. I will bring copies of the test to class. Please do not attempt to cheat by any means. If you do, you will fail the course. (Last year, there were many cheats.)
Please do your best!
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
December 14 lesson
Today, you will have the second practice test in preparation for your final 40-point 1-hour test on December 21st. Please download the following prints;
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
December 7 lesson
Today you will practice for the AWL final test on December 21st. Please download the cloze test files and bring them to class.
After these practice tests, please continue to review the AWL words, carry on with your portfolio, or read English for pleasure.
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
November 30 lesson
Today, we will do sublist 10 AWL test. After that, you will learn about the Cornell method of note taking in unit 11 of your textbook. Please bring a portfolio article to class so that you can practice the Cornell method. At least one of your articles in your portfolio should demonstrate the Cornell method.
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
November 23 lesson
Today, we will look at another example of SQ3R. Please also bring a new portfolio article so that you can practice SQ3R for yourself. (Your portfolio should have at least one example of SQ3R). After you have finished, please study for the AWL sublist 10 test, or review all of the AWL words in your textbook.
Monday, 9 November 2009
November 16 lesson
Today, we will do the AWL sublist 9 test, learn about SQ3R in unit 10, and practice SQ3R with a sample article. Finally, please try to put SQ3R into practice with one of your portfolio articles, or if you don't have one, one of mine.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
November 9 lesson
Today, we will look at Unit 9. After we finish, I would like to check your portfolios and reading logs. Thank you!
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
November 2 lesson
Today we will take an AWL sublist 8 test and review Unit 8. Soon (sometime in November), I would also like to check your portfolios and reading for pleasure. I hope you are all making good progress!
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
October 19 lesson
Today, we will study the sublist 7 AWL words, review unit 7. If there is free time, please work on your portfolio, study sublist 8, or read for pleasure.
Monday, 12 October 2009
Portfolio = effort
In order to succeed in anything, one needs to make an effort. This semester, I would like to reward students who make an effort. Consequently, your 30-point portfolio score will now be based on the effort you make both in and outside of class.
At the end of this semester, please present your portfolio to me in person. I will grade you on three things:
a) how well you worked in class
b) the downloaded prints (which you should put in your portfolio)
c) your portfolio of 15 articles (see course outline for tips on how to present your work)
Students who work hard in class an who make a reasonable effort with the downloads and their portfolios will score more points than those who make less effort. A perfect portfolio on the final day of the semester will not score you many points if you did little all semester.
Please do your best!
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
October 12 lesson
Today, we will study Unit 7, and if there is free time, prepare for the following week's sublist 7 test. Alternatively, you may work on your portfolio or read for pleasure.
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
October 5 lesson
Today, we will study the words of the Academic Word List Sublist 6 , and review unit 6 . If there is any free time, please work on your portfolio or read for pleasure.
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Autumn Semester 2009 - First lesson - September 28th
Hello again everyone, and welcome back.
Today, I will introduce this semester's schedule (course outline), afterwhich we will start unit 6 of the textbook. If there is time, you may start your portfolio, read for pleasure (download log here), or study for next week's AWL sublist 6 test (see sublists here).
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Thank you for your cooperation!
Dear students,
Thank you so much for your cooperation in submitting your AR sample test results. You have been most helpful!
Good luck tomorrow, and have a nice vacation.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Please input your scores for the July 13 sample test
Dear students,
Please input your AR1 sample test multiple choice options and press the submit button. (This will not be part of your grade, but we would like to do some statistical analysis on the test itself).
Click on this link, please.
The deadline for submitting the form is July 25th, but please try to do it as early as you can.
Thank you!
Monday, 6 July 2009
July 13 sample test
Dear students,
I have been asked to collect your test booklets at the end of the lesson. You may not keep the sample test. I am sorry for the confusion.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
July 13 lesson
July 13 is your final class. Please hand in your portfolio of 15 articles (30 points) and reading log (20 points). Your attendance will also be assessed (10 points).
The final standardized test (40 points) will take place on Thursday, July 23rd at 5 p.m. Please see the CELESE web site for details.
Today, we will have a practice test. This will take one hour. I will hand out the question papers, which you may keep. We would like to analyze the test to see how difficult each question was, so please hand in your answer sheet for statistical analysis. You will not be graded for this test.
Good luck!
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
July 6 lesson
There are 6 Academic Word List (1-5) review cloze exercises to download, today.
If there is free time after these excercises, please carry on with your portfolio, or read for pleasure.
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
June 29 lesson
There are two downloads for today's lesson:
(You should now review the 300 words you have studied so far in preparation for July's test).
Please bring both to class.
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
June 22 lesson
Today, we will look at chapter 5 and try the AWL 9 test. Please download the notes and test; http://www.eflclub.com/waseda/ch5/ch5notes.pdf
We will also check the answers to the last 4 questions (5-8) of the print chapter 4 worksheet 2.
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
June 8 lesson
Today we will start Chapter 4. Please download the following and bring them to class:
Chapter 4 notes - http://www.eflclub.com/waseda/ch4/ch4notes.pdf
AWL cloze test 7 - http://www.eflclub.com/waseda/AWLclozetest7.pdf
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
June 1 lesson
Today, we will check the homework (chapter 3 - worksheet 3), do the AWL test 6, study about swine flu, and if there is time, read for pleasure or do your portfolio.
Please download for class.
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
May 25 lesson
Please download the following and bring them to class.
AWL cloze test 5 - http://www.eflclub.com/waseda/AWLclozetest5.pdf
Chapter 3 print 1 - http://www.eflclub.com/waseda/ch3/1.pdf
Chapter 3 print 2 - http://www.eflclub.com/waseda/ch3/2.pdf
Chapter 3 print 3 - http://www.eflclub.com/waseda/ch3/3.pdf
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
May 18 lesson
Today, we will start chapter 3. Please download the notes: http://www.eflclub.com/waseda/ch3/ch3notes.pdf
We will also have Academic Word List test 4.
If there is time at the end of the lesson, you may carry on with your portfolio, or read for pleasure.
I would like to see your portfolios again on June 15th. (You should have reviewed about 10 articles by that time.)
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
May 11 prints
Please download these prints.
Chapter 2 worksheet 1 http://www.eflclub.com/waseda/ch2/1.pdf
I would also like to see your portfolios this lesson. (You should have completed at least 5 articles by today).
Saturday, 25 April 2009
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Chapter 2 notes
Please download the notes below and bring them to class.
For homework, please carry on with your portfolio, and prepare for AWL test 2 (the latter half of sublist 1).
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
April 20 lesson
Today, we will do prints 2 and 3 that we weren't able to do last lesson (see previous post). Then we will try AWL test 1. After that, if there is time, you can carry on with your portfolio, read for pleasure, or continue studying the spring semester AWL 300. Please download AWL test 1 here; http://www.eflclub.com/waseda/AWLclozetest1.docx
Saturday, 11 April 2009
Monday, 6 April 2009
Some useful links
Here is a list of useful links for science articles for your portfolio; http://www.eflclub.com/waseda/ar.html
Saturday, 4 April 2009
Portfolios - Academic word list in alphabetical order
This is a list of the 570 academic words in alphabetical order - AWL alphabetical . This list may be useful when you are reading your scientific articles and searching for the academic words.
Important download's for Chris Elvin's AR class 2009
Hello everyone. There are four downloads; course outline, the Academic Word List, reading log, and Week 1 word list. Please learn the academic words for week 1, start reading for pleasure (remember to record what you read and how long you read in your log), and start your portfolio of 15 scientific articles.
Friday, 6 February 2009
Welcome to Chris Elvin's Waseda University AR class
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