ESL 930 Listening and Speaking: 2010

Before filming these videos, the class studied a chapter about food and eating. They heard short lectures, learned vocabulary, practiced dialogs, and interviewed classmates. They discussed questions about types of restaurants, food service, food choices, and cooking. The students used the course book and online multimedia components.

Directions for this assignment:

Prepare your speech to explain a simple recipe. Please limit it to 3 minutes. Learn to pronounce your ingredients correctly. Also remember singular and plural nouns /s/, /z/ and /iz/. Go to www.dictionary.com and listen to the pronunciation.

First, list the ingredients. Then, describe and demonstrate each step. As you speak, your classmates will take notes on the ingredients and steps.

Useful language:

To make ____ for ____ people, here's what you'll need: [Tell the ingredients]. Have you got all that? (The classmates may ask you "How do you spell _____?")
First, ____
Then, ___
While ____ is ___ing, ____
Next, ___
Finally, ___
Serve them/it ___________
You have a choice: (1) present the speech in class; the teacher will videorecord your speech, or (2) videorecord your speech outside of class and submit the 3-minute digital file to the teacher by the due date.

To find a video, please look at the date pane on the right. Under 2010 > November, you will find the teacher's MODEL speech and student speeches. To view a video, choose the name of a student. Click the triangle in the middle of the photo to play the video.

Before filming these videos, the students studied vocabulary for clothing, colors, and materials for several weeks. They learned from the teacher’s personal suitcase of clothing and from each others’ clothing. They learned to pronounce the words, use the words in sentences (written and oral), and use the sentences in dialogs. They practiced singular and plural forms of regular nouns. The teacher provided vocabulary, sound files, and model dialogs in class and on the web.

The students brought their own clothing to class in a bag (4 singular items and 4 plural items: “a pair of ___”). They role-played a salesperson and a customer at a department store using three dialog models.

As an outside (homework) assignment, students followed the three models to create six short dialogs with a partner. Each student needed to play the salesperson and the customer for each dialog with their own clothing and accessories. The students used their own recording equipment or that of classmates or friends (computer, camcorder, cell phone).

To find a video, please look at the date pane on the right. Under 2010 > October, you will find three MODELS and student examples of each. To view a video, choose the names of a pair of students. Click the triangle in the middle of the photo to play the video.

These videos were recorded by students, who provided the raw footage to the teacher, who then made some edits before making them available on this blog. Marsha Chan, Mission College, Santa Clara, California, USA.