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 5. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information. Stress the importance of voice recording key sentences and monitoring the recording. Extension Activity: Comparing people and physical characteristics Discuss physical characteristics and units of measurement. Main Activity 1: Describing Yourself and a Friend Find out and compare the physical measurements of you and the student. Main Activity 2: Buying Preferences What factors do you consider when buying something? Small Talk: Flexibility How open to change are you? Extension Activity: Comparing people and physical characteristics. Discuss physical characteristics such as: height, weight, hair and eye color, skin color, race, age, athletic, good looking, bearded, bald, out of shape, etc. Discuss each term, including dimensions, such as: feet, inches, meters, centimeters, pounds, kilograms. Note that 2.54 cm = 1 inch, 1 foot = 12 inches, 1kg = 2.2 pounds Main Activity 1: Describing Yourself and a Friend Find out and compare characteristics of yourself and the student or friend: "How much taller are you than I?" "What's the difference in weight?" Compare the following: age, hair length, years of work experience, skills, etc. How do you compare to the average for your country? How much taller or shorter are you than the average? How about weight? Main Activity 2: Buying Preferences Interview each other about buying preferences. For example, when choosing an airline, a car, a newspaper, or a computer, what factors are most important? What factors give a company or product a good reputation? Small Talk: Flexibility "How open to change are you?" Are you flexible? "When was the last time you changed your mind about something?" "Have you ever been wrong?" "Has your boss ever been wrong?" "Has your boss ever admitted to making a mistake?" "Did he or she apologize?" Comparisons 010_EX6_003.PDF Written Exercise A-F Comparisons 010_TG6_003.PDF This Unit reviews and extends the language necessary to make comparisons and introduces the vocabulary to discuss and compare product quality, date of manufacture, price, physical descriptions of people, distance, temperature, area, and population. In 'Price and Quality' we focus on and compare three violins: their dates of manufacture, their prices, and their sound quality. In 'Three Sisters', we compare the physical characteristics of three sisters: their eye color, hair length and color, their heights and weights. In 'Country Data' the focus is on the size and populations of Australia, England, and the United States. In the fourth lesson, 'Four Cities', we compare the distances of three cities from San Francisco, and their temperatures. Goals: (1) To be able to express and understand comparative data about people, products, countries, and places. (2) To be able to ask questions to find the degree of difference, such as in How much warmer is it in Sydney than in London? 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 5. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information. Stress the importance of voice recording key sentences and monitoring the recording. Extension Activity: Dictation and Discussion Places to go and taking time to look around. Main Activity 1: Country Data / Economic / Geographic What kind of data is used to compare countries and economies? Main Activity 2: Making Recommendations Make constructive recommendations about how to solve problems. Extension Activity: Dictation and Discussion Dictation: (1) Some people really enjoy traveling by train. (2) It isn't as fast as flying, but it has other advantages. (3) You can look out the window and see the country passing by. (4) Sometimes you can see beautiful rivers and valleys and people riding bicycles. (5) Sometimes it's nice to slow down and look around at the world around us. Check their dictation for accuracy. Note the gerunds. Then ask follow-up questions like: "Do you agree with the sentiment expressed here?" "Do you enjoy traveling by train?" "Why not?" "What's your favorite way of traveling?" "Do you have time to look around at the world around us?" "What do you think about the quality of our lives?" "Where would you rather live?" "Do you think the quality of our lives has improved in the past 100 years?" "What do you think your parents think?" Main Activity 1: Country Data / Economic / Geographic Discuss and compare data about 3 or more countries or cities, such as: population, geographic size, currency value relative to the dollar, economic growth figures, average temperature, annual rainfall. Have the student practice presenting this data and answering questions about it. Other topics: average life expectancy, the rate of economic growth, and per capita income. What kind of data can you find on the Internet? What other data is important or interesting? What kind of data is important in your job or company? Why? Main Activity 2: Making Recommendations Have student role play a meeting with their Prime Minister, Director, President, boss, or city mayor and ask for improvements. Explain how things are not as good as they used to be, or as good as the competition, or as good as at it could be. Make constructive recommendations about what should be done to improve conditions, e.g., "First, we need better mass transit. Then we need to increase gasoline taxes." "We need to invest more in schools." "Our air quality has gotten worse, so we need to regulate automobile traffic." "We should restrict the flow of cars into our city." "We need longer lunch hours." "We need as many days off as government employees have." "Medical costs have grown too fast." "We need to regulate the advertising of new drugs." Comparisons 010_EX6_003.PDF Written Exercise A-F Review Unit: Matrix Vocabulary 010_TG6_002.PDF This Unit focuses on five subject areas of importance in daily conversations: Occupations, Places to Go, Ways to Travel, Things to Wear, and Feelings. Comparisons 010_TG6_003.PDF This Unit reviews and extends the language necessary to make comparisons and introduces the vocabulary to discuss and compare product quality, date of manufacture, price, physical descriptions of people, distance, temperature, area, and population. In 'Price and Quality' we focus on and compare three violins: their dates of manufacture, their prices, and their sound quality. In 'Three Sisters', we compare the physical characteristics of three sisters: their eye color, hair length and color, their heights and weights. In 'Country Data' the focus is on the size and populations of Australia, England, and the United States. In the fourth lesson, 'Four Cities', we compare the distances of three cities from San Francisco, and their temperatures. Goals: (1) To be able to express and understand comparative data about people, products, countries, and places. (2) To be able to ask questions to find the degree of difference, such as in How much warmer is it in Sydney than in London? Session 3 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 5. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information. Stress the importance of voice recording key sentences and monitoring the recording. Review Activity: 3 Violins: Dictation and Discussion 3 Violins, which one to buy? Main Activity 1: Economic Data Terms and Comparisons Discuss terms like: unemployment rate, inflation rate, etc. Main Activity 2: Climate Comparison and Preferences Present and compare the climates of 3 cities. Review Activity: 3 Violins: Dictation and Discussion Here is information about 3 violins: (Violin A) made in 1880, $50,000) (Violin B) made in 1920, $5,000 (Violin C) made in 1990, $2,000. Dictation: (1) I'm trying to decide which one of these violins to buy. (2) The one made in 1880 is the most expensive. (3) Compared to the other two, it has the best sound quality. (4) The newest one, which was made in 1990, is the least expensive. (5) Of the three, it's probably is the one I'll buy. Check the dictation for accuracy and then have the student summarize it. Then ask follow-up questions like: Which one is the least expensive? When was the newest one made? What is the difference in price between the one made in 1920 and the one made in 1990? When you buy something, what are some of the things that you compare?" Main Activity 1: Economic Data Terms and Comparisons Discuss terms like: unemployment rate, inflation rate, foreign exchange rates, rate of economic growth, rate of population growth, tax rates, etc. Use the Internet, newspaper or other source to find and compare these rates for several countries. Main Activity 2: Climate Comparison and Preferences Present and compare the climates of 3 cities, such as: Kuala Lumpur, Paris, and Honolulu. Temperature variations, rainfall, seasons, agriculture, lifestyles. How does climate affect lifestyle? What kind of climate is your favorite? Have you ever lived in a tropical climate? Have you ever lived in a desert climate? What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in each kind of climate? Do you think climate affects your health? Comparisons 010_EX6_003.PDF Written Exercise A-F Comparisons 010_TG6_003.PDF This Unit reviews and extends the language necessary to make comparisons and introduces the vocabulary to discuss and compare product quality, date of manufacture, price, physical descriptions of people, distance, temperature, area, and population. In 'Price and Quality' we focus on and compare three violins: their dates of manufacture, their prices, and their sound quality. In 'Three Sisters', we compare the physical characteristics of three sisters: their eye color, hair length and color, their heights and weights. In 'Country Data' the focus is on the size and populations of Australia, England, and the United States. In the fourth lesson, 'Four Cities', we compare the distances of three cities from San Francisco, and their temperatures. Goals: (1) To be able to express and understand comparative data about people, products, countries, and places. (2) To be able to ask questions to find the degree of difference, such as in How much warmer is it in Sydney than in London?