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1. Welcome Back! Spring 2014, Week 1 Health Greeting Sharing Opinion Linking

2. Warm-up! Find Someone Who

6. My Contact Info • Phone: 15036077372 • Email: carpenter.ea@gmail.com • Weixin: chinalibby • Class website: eoec.weebly.com

7. Units 7 and 8 • Unit 7: Return to Conversation Skills • Greetings • Topic starters • Sharing Opinion • Agreeing and disagreeing • Comparing and contrasting • Making recommendations • Asking for more information • Clarification strategies • Unit 8: Interview Skills/English for Jobs

8. Grading (no changes) • Classwork- 35% • Attendance- 10% • Homework- 5% • Midterm Exam- 25% • Final Exam- 25% • TOTAL- 100%

9. Classwork- 35% (4 total assignments) • Week 3: Debate • Week 12: Job Fair • Week 15: Workplace Scenario Skit • Participation Grade

10. Participation Points • Gain points by: • Participating in class • Volunteering • Lose points by: • Being late • Using your cell phone • Not being prepared • Not participating

11. Notebooks • Each week you must take notes during class in the front of your notebook. • Each week you must also record the quote of the day in the notes section of your notebook. • All homework should be recorded in the back of your notebook.

12. Quote of the Day • Copy the quote in your notebook where you write your notes. • Answer the following questions: • What do you think the quote is saying? (put it into your own words) • What do you think about it? Do you agree or disagree? Explain why. • Ex. “It makes me think about…” or “It reminds me of…” or “I disagree with this because…” or “I don’t think…”

13. Quote of the Day: Health “Laughter is the best medicine.” What do you think this quote means? What do you think about it? Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?

14. What are some ways you can share your opinion?

15. Expressing Opinion Personally I think that… As far as I’m concerned… I believe that… As I see it… I don’t think (that)… I don’t feel that… “That’s my two cents.” Examples: Personally I think that laughter is the best medicine. As far as I’m concerned, running is the best form of exercise. I believe that everyone wants to live in a peaceful world.

16. Asking for Opinion • What do you think? • Do/Don't you agree, Amber? • Wouldn't you agree, Charles? • What’s your opinion?

18. Living Longer • Work with your small group. Share your opinion and ask for opinion. • How do you think you can live to be 113 like this woman? What are the best ways to stay strong and healthy? • Would you like to live to be 113? Why or why not?

19. How did you live so long? • "I mind my own business and I don't eat junk food.” -Besse Cooper

20. Ways to Live Longer • Get enough rest • Exercise regularly • Eat your veggies • Don’t smoke • Have a positive attitude • Take care of your teeth

21. Stress • Did you know that stress can shorten your life? • What makes you stressed? • How do you deal with stress? • What are some good ways to deal with stress?

22. Smoking • If people know smoking is bad for their health, why do they still smoke? • In China, its unusual to see women smoking. Why do you think that is?

23. Modern Medicine • Which is more effective: modern medicine or traditional medicine? • Are there some times when modern medicine is better and other times when traditional medicine is better? When?

24. Conversational Greetings! FORMAL and INFORMAL

25. Formal Greetings

29. Linking and Reduction • English speakers are lazy! • We add, move, delete, and change sounds so we can talk faster and more efficiently.

30. Linking and Reduction in Greetings How are you doing? Hower you doin? How’s it going? Howzit goin? What’s up? Wassup? What are you up to? Whacha up to? What’s happening? Was happenin? What’ve you been up to lately? Waduv you benup to lately? How have you been? Howvu been? How’s life treating you? Howz life treatin you? are → er have → v “ing” → “in” /t/ → /d/

33. Budweiser Commercial

34. Homework • Prepare a 2 minute speech on your views about health. • Use the phrases you learned for sharing your opinion. • Write your speech in the back of your notebook. • Be ready to present your speech to the class.

35. Speech Topics • Your speech should be on one of these topics: • What are the best ways to deal with stress? • What are the best ways for college students to stay fit and healthy? • Which is better: modern medicine or traditional medicine? • Why is it more common for men to smoke in China than women? • What five things could people easily change about their lifestyle to become healthier?

36. Do you understand me? Know what I mean? Do you see what I’m getting at? Am I making myself clear? Do you catch my drift? Are you following me? I understand you! Mmhmm… (Nod head) I understand. Oh, I see what you’re saying. Got it! (Clear?) Clear as a bell. I don’t understand you! I don’t understand. Could you explain more? What do you mean by…? What does “indubitably” mean? I’m not following you. I didn’t hear you! I’m sorry I didn’t catch that. Can you repeat that? Sorry, can you say that again? (The notebook is on the table.) The notebook is where? (My number is 15036077372.) 1503607….? What?