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      <description>Abigail Stringer, Emma Kim, Jiajia Li and Yiding Zhao</description>
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      <pubDate>2019-04-30 23:09:17 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>The Course Curriculum </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>- Diverse group of university level students<br>-  Integrated-skills, Task-based, and Content-based<br>-Relevant American Culture Topics<br>- Developing Technology Skills<br>-Intermediate English proficiency</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Assessment</title>
         <author>yzhao71</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>A Next Generation Continuum Evaluation System <strong><br></strong>(Formative Summative)</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Curriculum Evaluation (Students)</title>
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         <title>Survey Questions </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>- Favorite English skills<br>- needs in learning <br>-  learning preference<br>- topic preferences <br>- difficulties </div>]]></description>
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         <title>Interview Questions</title>
         <author>jli152</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1.   What do you think are the most important skills? Why?</div><div>2.  What are the challenges you might face in improving each skill?</div><div>3.What content are you expected to learn in this course? Why? </div><div>4. Are you familiar with learning English using technology? <br>5.What kind of learning environment and activity are beneficial to you? Why?<br>6. How do you feel about learning English by doing a task?</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-05-01 01:31:02 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Example Lesson Plan Two</title>
         <author>jli152</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Phone Manner</strong><br><mark>Goal</mark>: Students will understand <strong><em>procedures and etiquette with phone conversations. </em></strong></div><div><mark>Objectives</mark>: students will be able to demonstrate their ability to use English by <strong><em>making mock 30 seconds to 1 minute phone conversation &amp; leaving a 30 second voicemail to their teachers' office phone. <br></em></strong><mark>Pre-task:<br></mark>- vocabulary- introducing: voicemail, sign off, greeting. <br>- phone etiquettes<br>- Outlines of phone conversation<br><mark>Task: <br></mark>work in pairs<br>1. use <mark>What's App</mark> to make phone calls about making plans to see a movie/ both of them need to write down their <strong><em>movie plan.</em></strong> <br>2. write out a<em> </em><strong><em>voice message</em></strong><em> </em>to your teacher for an excuse of absence because you are sick<br><mark>Post-task</mark>:<br>Students talk about what they have learned in the phone conversation/ what they did well/ what didn't work. <br> </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-05-01 01:40:09 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Observation Check List (Faculty Peer Feedback)</title>
         <author>jli152</author>
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         <title>Example Lesson Plan One</title>
         <author>jli152</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Music Genres in America<br></strong><mark>Goal:  </mark>students will be able to understand <strong>music genres</strong> in America. <br><mark>Objectives</mark>: students will be able to understand music genre in America by <strong>doing research and making a timeline</strong> with 80% accuracy. <br><mark>Pre-task</mark>: discussion of your and your partner's favorite music genres / genre-guessing<br><mark>During-task</mark>: do a research of one <strong><em>music genre of your choice, then make a timeline.</em></strong><strong> <br></strong><mark>Post-task:</mark>  present your timeline/ discuss what students have learned <br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>Topics To Explore</title>
         <author>jli152</author>
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         <pubDate>2019-05-01 02:49:35 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Curriculum Objectives</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>By the end of the course, the student will be able to: <br>1) demonstrate their knowledge of <strong><mark>American culture by writing a 5-page research paper of a given topic with 80% accuracy </mark></strong>according to a grading rubric. <br>2) <strong><mark>talk about American culture by doing a 10-minute in class presentation</mark></strong> using proper grammar with 80% accuracy according to the grading rubric. </div><div>3) demonstrate their knowledge of <strong><mark>terminology associated with American culture</mark></strong> in 60 minutes in-class written exam<strong> </strong>with 80% accuracy according to the answer key. </div>]]></description>
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         <title>Course Goal:</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>By the end of the course, the students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of <strong><mark>American Culture by completing language-skill related tasks and exams.</mark></strong></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2019-05-01 20:53:00 UTC</pubDate>
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