News Podcasts

Hi Students!

Thanks for your hard work on this project.  Your News Podcasts are great! I'm very happy with the work that you have done.  I hope you enjoy your classmates' podcasts as much as I have.

It's been a short but busy semester, and we've done a lot together. However, I appreciate the fact that you have done most of the hard work. Thank you again for your participation and the effort you've put into class discussions, homework assignments, and presentations.

Here are the podcasts:

J.P. and Kazuki's News Podcast

Bruno and Debora's News Podcast

Hideki's News Podcast

Masako's News Podcast

Qi's News Podcast

Ana and Icaro's News Podcast

Jimmy and Kallen's News Podcast

Kenta's News Podcast

Murilo and Osvaldo's News Podcast

Mastewal's News Podcast

Saki's News Podcast

HW for Wednesday, July 18th

1. Act. A (p. 116)
*Find three questions you don't know the answer to and do a Google search to find the correct answer.

2. Act. B (p. 117)

3. Act. C (p. 117-118)

4. Act. B-C (p.114) (OPTIONAL)
**Listen again and check your notes.

Final Exam Review

The following information details what will be on the Unit 2, Chapter 4 test. Please read this information carefully and let me know if you have any questions.


Part One: Listening and Note-taking

• Listening #1: Lecture "Emerging Nations in a Global Economy" (p. 120-125) (Tracks 17-20 on CD)
• Listening #2
• **Topic will be similar to Listening #1
• Tasks
• Listen and take notes.
• Answer questions on topic, main idea, and supporting details/examples.

Part Two: Vocabulary

• Words you should know:
• Act. B (p. 99)
• Act. C (p. 103)
• Act. B (p. 112)
• Act. C (p. 113)
• Act. C (p. p. 117)
• Act. A (p. 119)
• Tasks
• Use context to choose the best definition.
• Listen to sentence and use the context to choose or write the best definition.
• Write an original sentence.

HW for Friday, July 13th and Monday, July 16th

HW for Friday,  10 am (July 13th)
1. Email your Problem-Solution Presentation outline.

Problem-Solution Presentation Outline (Word)

HW for Monday, July 16th
1. News Presentation #2 Video Podcast
**Upload to a flash drive and bring to class.

2. Formal Presentation #2: Problem-Solution

3. Watch Josh and Judy's News Podcast; answer the questions (see post below). (collected)

4. Act. A-C (p. 112-113) (Chapter 4, Part 4)
**You should have already done this!

5. Chapter 4, Part 3 (Optional)
**Use the chapter 4 CD to complete Part 3.

Comments on Formal Presentation #1

Hi students,

I'd like to say that our first round of formal presentations was quite successful. In fact, I was very happy with each presentation, and more importantly, I learned  A LOT from your presentations. However, there is always room for improvement! Below you will find a few comments I have about the presentations in general.

The Positive:

• Everyone seemed well prepared.
• The use of technology was great.  I liked that some students chose to try a new presentation technology (Prezi), while others used Power Point in both effective and new ways.
• All presentations were incredibly informative. As I said above, I learned a lot; our class visitors (Vera and Laura) also mentioned how much they learned from the presentations. 
• Your presentations were very well organized. 
• In general, pronunciation was clearer than the first News Presentations. 
• Students asked great questions at the end of each presentation; indeed, discussions that followed were often so good that I wanted to let you all continue talking rather than interrupting the discussion due to time limitations. 
• On a similar note, students did an excellent job of responding to their classmates' questions.

To be improved: 

• Only a few students did a thorough analysis of the cultural values/factors that underlie each of the cultural topics discussed in the presentations. This was an important component of the first presentation, and I felt that some students could have spent more time analyzing and/or explaining the question, "Why do we do this in our culture?"
• Introductions could have been a little more "attention-getting." Therefore, students might consider starting their presentation a short (but funny/interesting) anecdote or surprising statistics.
• A few students spoke a little too slowly; other students talked a little too fast. 
• There were some students (not all!) who read too much. This often resulted in pronunciation that was choppier and less natural than those students who only glanced at their notes now and then rather than reading large parts of the presentation. 
• This isn't something we have worked on in class (maybe we will now!), but hardly any students used gestures (body movements) during their presentations. 

To be continued.....

Josh and Judy's News Podcast

You can read the article here! Feel free to fact-check if you like. Just make sure to report any errors you notice!

Comprehension Questions
Directions: Please listen to the news podcast and then answer the questions. You can read the article when you have finished responding to the questions. **Note: To answer #5, you must read the article and then watch the podcast again. 

1. What is the news podcast about? 


2. Why have the proposed changes to this year's wolf hunt generated such a huge response from the public? 


3.  Why is wolf hunting so controversial in Montana?


4. How is Idaho's wolf hunt similar to OR different from Montana's?


5. Read the article and then watch the podcast again. Find ONE (or more) errors in the information presented by Josh and Judy. (***There is at least one error!)

HW for Wednesday, July 11th

1. Current News Presentation #2
*Choose a topic, find a story (article, podcast, news program, etc.), and email me your article.
*You DO NOT need to start your presentation.

2. Formal Presentation #2
*Complete tasks 6-10 on handout from Monday's class.

3. Act. A-C (p. 112-113) (Chapter 4, Part 3)