Session 1 Review Study Records and warm-up conversation. Check Study Path: Study from more than one unit in each session. Their study should include some lessons from Module 4. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information to improve Study Score. Stress the importance of frequent practice and voice record. Extension Activity: Small Talk and Conversation What topics do you discuss with your friends? What topics do you avoid? Main Activity 1: Verb Clinic (NDE Life Experiences) Contrast tenses: past, present perfect, passive. Main Activity 2: Decisions, Giving Reasons, and Changes Making decisions and giving reasons for the choices you have made. Extension Activity: Small Talk and Conversation What topics do you discuss with your friends? What about new acquaintances? What topics are you comfortable with? What topics do you avoid? What topics embarrass you? Why, why not? Examples: age, marital status, occupation, politics, religion, current events, sports, physical appearance, clothes, fashion, etc. Main Activity 1: Verb Clinic Come up with examples, and discuss the differences: ate (he ate dinner at 5:00), has eaten (he's eaten too much, so he doesn't feel well), was eaten (the mouse was eaten by a snake) / hired, has hired (the company has just hired two engineers), was hired / moved, has moved, was moved / arrested, has arrested, was arrested / wrote, has written, was written / took, has taken, was taken / paid, has paid, was paid / used, has used, was used / ordered, has ordered, was ordered / etc. Main Activity 2: Making Decisions, Giving Reasons, and Changes What choices have you made in your life? How did your life change as a result? What decisions have others made that have changed your life? How did your life change? What are some experiences you have had that have changed your life? What kinds of experiences have changed your life the most? How has your( job, company) changed? What were the reasons for those changes? Etc. Life Experiences 010_EX6_001.PDF Written Exercises A-F Life Experiences 010_TG6_001.PDF This Unit completes the presentation of intermediate verb structures and prepares students for Module 7, where the focus is on more abstract relationships, especially the modals and conditionals. In this Unit, students learn how to talk about the totality of their lives: their past and accumulated experience, their current situations, and their plans and hopes for the future. In particular, we review and develop the present perfect and passive constructions of the verb. In Making a New Life, A Path to Success, and A Troubled Past, the lives of three characters are introduced and summarized. Within the contexts of each life, the lessons focus on events and experiences and how they are sequenced in time. In Questions and Focus Exercises, students focus on information questions and sentence construction with a mixture of verb constructions, including the passive and perfect forms. Goals (1) To be able to understand and talk about one's life experience and qualifications. (2) To be able to organize a brief presentation about one's education and travel experience. Session 2 Review Study Records and warm-up conversation. Check Study Path: Study from more than one unit in each session. Their study should include some lessons from Module 4. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information to improve Study Score. Stress the importance of frequent practice and voice record. Review Activity: Your Interests and Self Description Find out about student's interests and have student describe him/herself. Focus on terms like fun-loving, serious, selfish, silly, etc. Main Activity 1: Expressing Change (NDE Life Experiences) Discuss terms that express change such as: grew, became, got older, improved, etc. Main Activity 2: Changing Lifestyles Talk about things the student did in the past but no longer does. Review Activity: Interests and Self Description Interests: What kinds of things interest you and why? Would you describe yourself as fun-loving, serious, too serious, silly, superficial, intellectual, dull, shy, interesting, arrogant, honest, self-centered, selfish, etc. Give reasons. How do you think other people see you? Main Activity 1: Expressing Change Here are some ways to express change: became a writer, got older, got better, improved, studied harder, grew, expanded, contracted, increased, cooled, exploded, rose, fell, dropped, leveled off, etc. Discuss each term and come up with examples, either in your life or in science or business. Main Activity 2: Changing Lifestyles Have student talk about things he/she did in the past, but no longer does (or not as often). e.g., I 'used to' take the bus to work, but now I drive my car. I used to baby-sit on weekends, but now I have a job in a restaurant. Expand discussion to society at large: "We used to wash clothes by hand, but now there are washing machines." Children used to live with their parents until they married, but now they move into apartments. There used to be lots of little shops, but now there are lots of big shopping centers. Customer service used to be much better. You could actually talk with someone on the phone and not an answering machine. Life Experiences 010_EX6_001.PDF Written Exercises A-F Life Experiences 010_TG6_001.PDF This Unit completes the presentation of intermediate verb structures and prepares students for Module 7, where the focus is on more abstract relationships, especially the modals and conditionals. In this Unit, students learn how to talk about the totality of their lives: their past and accumulated experience, their current situations, and their plans and hopes for the future. In particular, we review and develop the present perfect and passive constructions of the verb. In Making a New Life, A Path to Success, and A Troubled Past, the lives of three characters are introduced and summarized. Within the contexts of each life, the lessons focus on events and experiences and how they are sequenced in time. In Questions and Focus Exercises, students focus on information questions and sentence construction with a mixture of verb constructions, including the passive and perfect forms. Goals (1) To be able to understand and talk about one's life experience and qualifications. (2) To be able to organize a brief presentation about one's education and travel experience. Session 3 Review Study Records and warm-up conversation. Check Study Path: Study from more than one unit in each session. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information to improve Study Score. Review Activity: Dictation: Fossil Fuels (NDE Energy Sources) Focuses on fossil fuels, what they are and how we use them. Main Activity 1: Qualifications for Marriage or Work For people who want to (marry/hire) someone, what's the best way to find a potential (marriage partner/employee)? Main Activity 2: Comparing Experiences Focus on and compare on the similarities and differences between the student's experience and yours. Review Activity: Fossil Fuels Dictation and Discussion Dictation: (1) Fossil fuels contain carbon, a chemical element. (2) Fossil fuels come from the remains of prehistoric plants and animals. (3) Examples of fossil fuels include coal, oil, and natural gas. (4) When fossil fuels are burned, waste gases are produced, such as carbon dioxide, CO2. (5) Unfortunately, large amounts of carbon gases cause pollution. (6) They also contribute to global warming. Check for accuracy and then summarize the dictation. Then ask follow-up questions like: Where do fossil fuels come from? What happens when fossil fuels are burned? What is global warming? What is the relationship between fossil fuels and global warming? What are some of the things global warming may cause? What about ocean levels? What about the polar ice caps? Main Activity 1: Qualifications for Marriage or Work For people who want to (marry/hire) someone, what's the best way to find a potential (marriage partner/employee)? What kind of background would you look for in a potential (marriage partner/employee)? What in your background do you think would make you a good (match for someone/employee)? How important is someone's background? Or are looks and personality the most important factors? How might you advertise for a partner or a position? Have you ever been interviewed? How did you do? What were your strengths and weaknesses? Have you ever interviewed someone? What did you look for? What kinds of things impressed you? What advice would you give a young person? What kinds of experience do they need for their future? Main Activity 2: Comparing Experiences Interview each other to find out what experiences you have in common and what experiences have been different. Then compare experiences, such as: Who has traveled the most? Who has been working at the same job for the longest time? Who has been promoted the fastest? Who has been studying a foreign language for the longest time? Who has never been to France? Who has given many international presentations? Who has published original research? Who has designed several buildings? Etc. Life Experiences 010_EX6_001.PDF Written Exercises A-F Energy Sources 010_TG5_002.PDF This Unit focuses on our world, its natural resources, and global issues of importance. Different energy sources, including fossil fuels, are presented and briefly explained. Life Experiences 010_TG6_001.PDF This Unit completes the presentation of intermediate verb structures and prepares students for Module 7, where the focus is on more abstract relationships, especially the modals and conditionals. In this Unit, students learn how to talk about the totality of their lives: their past and accumulated experience, their current situations, and their plans and hopes for the future. In particular, we review and develop the present perfect and passive constructions of the verb. In Making a New Life, A Path to Success, and A Troubled Past, the lives of three characters are introduced and summarized. Within the contexts of each life, the lessons focus on events and experiences and how they are sequenced in time. In Questions and Focus Exercises, students focus on information questions and sentence construction with a mixture of verb constructions, including the passive and perfect forms. Goals (1) To be able to understand and talk about one's life experience and qualifications. (2) To be able to organize a brief presentation about one's education and travel experience. Session 4 Review Study Records and warm-up conversation. Check Study Path: Study from more than one unit in each session. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information to improve Study Score. Review Activity: Dictation: Getting Advice Tom's history and problems: He doesn't know what to do. Main Activity 1: Your Jobs and History Discuss student's job/life history for past 5 years and next 5 years. Main Activity 2: Significant Experiences Focus on student's area of expertise and talk about recent events that have changed their profession or how the work is done, such as automation or cell phones. Review Activity: Getting Advice: Tom's history and problems Dictation: (1) Ten years ago Tom was arrested for stealing a car. (2) As a result, he had to spend a year in jail. (3) Since then he has tried to change his life. (4) He has stayed out of trouble and worked hard. (5) For the last five years he has had the same job. (6) But the pay is low and it isn't interesting. (7) Now he is tired of his life and doesn't know what to do. Check for accuracy and then have student summarize the dictation. Then ask follow-up questions like: What happened to Tom 10 years ago? What has he done since getting out of jail? What has he been doing for the past five years? How many jobs has he had in the past five years? Main Activity 1: Your Jobs and History How many jobs have YOU had in the past five years? How many jobs do you think you'll have in the next 5 years? Which would you prefer, to change jobs fairly often or work for the same company for a long time? What are the advantages and disadvantages? How often did your parents change jobs? How did it change your life? What kind of changes are good for people? Main Activity 2: Significant Experiences or Changes Ask student to give a brief overview of their area of expertise and talk about what recent events have shaped their profession. What new discoveries have been important? In your field, how have things changed in the past few years? How do you think your (industry /profession) will change? Any guesses? For example: How have recent discoveries about the brain changed the pharmaceutical industry? How have cell phones changed the telecommunications industry? How has the rapid growth of China (or India) changed your industry? How have changes in the medical profession changed your job? Are you prepared for the future? Etc.. Life Experiences 010_EX6_001.PDF Written Exercises A-F Energy Sources 010_TG5_002.PDF This Unit focuses on our world, its natural resources, and global issues of importance. Different energy sources, including fossil fuels, are presented and briefly explained. Life Experiences 010_TG6_001.PDF This Unit completes the presentation of intermediate verb structures and prepares students for Module 7, where the focus is on more abstract relationships, especially the modals and conditionals. In this Unit, students learn how to talk about the totality of their lives: their past and accumulated experience, their current situations, and their plans and hopes for the future. In particular, we review and develop the present perfect and passive constructions of the verb. In Making a New Life, A Path to Success, and A Troubled Past, the lives of three characters are introduced and summarized. Within the contexts of each life, the lessons focus on events and experiences and how they are sequenced in time. In Questions and Focus Exercises, students focus on information questions and sentence construction with a mixture of verb constructions, including the passive and perfect forms. Goals (1) To be able to understand and talk about one's life experience and qualifications. (2) To be able to organize a brief presentation about one's education and travel experience.