Course+materials

Course materials

The class aims to bring students up to an acceptable level in English (and French?) for translating current affairs stories in and out of French. To do this, we need to work on


 * 1) grammar
 * 2) vocabulary
 * 3) language use: listening, speaking, reading, writing

We have two-hour classes on Mondays from 11 to 13h, twelve weeks (6 + 6) starting 14 September with a break Oct 26. There are around 40 students, perhaps 20% non-francophone. We have 15 iPods and a videoprojector, though perhaps not until after the break.

1. Explicit learning (memorising grammar and vocabulary) a Grammar British Council http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-archive.htm (not very good) English Zone http://english-zone.com/index.php (interactive)

b Vocabulary languageguide.org British Council http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-practice-vocabulary.htm

c Dictionaries

2. Implicit learning (reading or listening to English) elllo. http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts-themes.htm

3. Explicit and implicit (input with exercises)

British Council LearnEnglish Central - listening
 * stories http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-listening-downloads-stories.htm (too childish?)
 * articles http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-listening-downloads-articles.htm (better, boring?)

BBC LearnEnglish: Words in the news

Choose some stuff for class, show how it can be used - online exercises, listening on iPods Assign stuff for outside work, in 228 or online - how can we keep track, keep people interested, communicate - wiki? blog? Facebook?

Links to check out http://www.englishryan.com/list.php?tid=1 - looks like audio or video with transcript, celeb topics, haven't checked level, may not be enough on here

http://www.eslvideo.com/quiz_int2.php?id=2638&pagenum=1 - tutorial on how to join Facebook, looks like lots more videos - need to check level Engish for All http://www.myefa.org/login.cfm http://myesllab.wordpress.com - links to links?` http://www.headsupenglish.com/