Our Seventh Discussion

New Resource:

• VOANews best videos on YouTube. (See MilpitasChat 092908)

Warm-up:

• What was your favorite toy when you were a child?


• What is your favorite toy now?

TOEFL Writing Topics: Do you agree or disagree?

• 41. The expression "Never, never give up" means to keep trying and never stop working for your goals . . .


• 46. Some people prefer to get up early in the morning and start the day's work. Others prefer to get up later in the day and work until late at night . . .


• 63. What do you want most in a friend someone who is intelligent, or someone who has a sense of humor, or someone who is reliable?


• 116. Some people prefer to plan activities for their free time very carefully. Others choose not to make any plans at all for their free time . . .


• 117. People learn in different ways. Some people learn by doing things; other people learn by reading about things; others learn by listening to people talk about things . . .

TOEFL® Podcast #19: Office Hours.

• Ask for help from a professor


• Yes, but . . . (postpone the meeting or request)


• Appointment (office hours)

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Homework for 093008

Homework for 093008: TOEFL® Podcast #19: Office Hours.
I was sitting in a lecture, waiting to get my test back. When I did get it back, I was shocked. My grade was a C-, even though I thought I had done really well. When I looked over the test to see what I got wrong, I couldn’t understand why I missed so many questions. I decided to talk to my professor about it after class...

Our sixth meeting

We started the class with the game: Two Truths and a Lie. Then we broke into groups of three and discussed the following from TOEFL Essay Blog.

12. University:
21. Coworker:
24. New Experiences:
34. Face-to-face communication:
75. People are never satisfied:
106. Two or more friends:

Today we listened to TOEFL® Podcast #26: Running into someone.

Homework for 093008: TOEFL® Podcast #19: Office Hours.
I was sitting in a lecture, waiting to get my test back. When I did get it back, I was shocked. My grade was a C-, even though I thought I had done really well. When I looked over the test to see what I got wrong, I couldn’t understand why I missed so many questions. I decided to talk to my professor about it after class...

Homework for 092508

Homework: Read and listen to TOEFL® Podcast #26 Running into Someone. This is an especially useful dialogue for striking up a casual friendship.

Our Fifth Meeting

We started the class with the game: Two Truths and a Lie. Then we broke into groups of three and discussed the following from TOEFL Essay Blog. The more you talk about a topic, the easier it will be to write about the same topic.

• 8. Books about real events
• 49. Important room
• 53. Judge a person
• 59. Advice
• 63. Movies
• 105. Television

Today we listened to ESLPod TOEFL: feedback on a paper.
Homework: Read and listen to TOEFL® Podcast #26

Homework for Tuesday 092308

Homework: Read and listen to ESLPod TOEFL: feedback on a paper.