English Club

On Sunday, we will have our third meeting of the English Club. The time and the place are M3 301, 11:15 am.

See you there!

Reading 2, March 30

Tomorrow we have a quiz. I will also be checking homework. All the vocabulary up to this point is listed below.

Analyze

Formulate

Controversial

Commercial

Consumer

Conduit

Information

Variations

Action

Stream

Methodology

Actions

Mediate

Memory

Govern

Applaud

Algorithm

Disassembly

Poignant

Ideogram

Reversion

Essential

Extend

Instinctive

Assert

Discount

Amplify

To weather

To trigger

Envisions

Distracts me

Tedium

Instantaneously

Slippery

Swiftness

Audible

Unaccountably

Burden

Abused

Repetitious

Exploitation

Dedication

Convicted

Tackle

English Club

The second meeting of the English Club is scheduled for Sunday, 11:15, in M1 301.

The theme of the meeting is "Your Favorite Song." Bring an iPod or an mp3 on your phone to share with the group.

Remember that Oral Skills will meet on Mondays in M1 303, where we have access to a DVD player and computer.

Class on Wednesday

Reading 2 Assignment: Finish Chapter Four on "Aging." This includes the article, "Lost Keys," by Paul Milenski. Below is a profile I found on Milenski.

Oral Skills Assignment: We will begin working on our StorySLAM activity. Try to think back on a formative experience that might be appropriate for a ten-minute autobiographical performance. Below is a sample from The Moth, a New York City story-telling club. There is some inappropriate language, so I apologize. Please avoid it if you are sensitive to that sort of thing.

Author's Bio

I helped incorporate the Berkshire Writers Room (Massachusetts) in the mid-80's, and it's still going strong. Although I write just about anything, including commentary, court investigative reports, and novels, I have a special fondness for those wee little fictions: the short-shorts, the best of which can be as powerful as good poetry.

Publications and Prizes

Anthologies:

Looking for America (Systime, Denmark, 2002), Sudden Fiction International(W.W. Norton & Company, 1989)

Journals:

Berkshire Review, Great River Review, Quarterly West, Wind Literary Journal, Witness,World of English

Prizes:

AWP Short-Short Competition, Four Consecutive PEN Syndicated Prizes, Bobst and Capricorn Runner-Ups, others.

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Winesburg, Ohio by Anderson,Justine by Durrell, Wuthering Heights by E. Bronte, Best of/Short Story Collections by Many

Favorite Books:

I subscribe to about thirty literary periodicals and read contemporary fiction and non-fiction books, but I end each day reading selections from one or more of the classics noted above.

Favorite Authors:

All who grind it out. My best to the youngsters out there who write from the heart.

Class Tomorrow

In addition to the two presentations in Oral, we will also have a listening-and-response activity.

For Reading 2, you should read the article, "Strange Stones," about Peace Corps, and finish Chapter 4 on aging.

By the way, here's a funny video about American diplomacy.

U.S. Condemned For Pre-emptive Use of Hillary Clinton Against Pakistan

English Club

The first English Club meeting will be Sunday, March 20, at 11:15 in M3 301. You can bring your lunch with you.

Oral Class: Wednesday

Wednesday, we are going to discuss stereotypes of Arabs. We also have two student presentations, so be early and ready to go!

These are the two videos. Try to watch them before you come to class.

Reel Bad Arabs, Part One

Reel Bad Arabs, Part Two

Reading 2

Class on Monday will be in the library, at 8:15.

Vocabulary, Aural Skills

Maturity

Broadcast

Institutions

Society

Pattern

Leather

Silhouette

Layers

Drape

Texture

Navy

Luxurious

Technique

Tailor

Abandon

Flashy

Homework

Reading: For Monday, you should read Chapter 4, "Aging." Practice the skills of skimming, scanning for details, and vocabulary in context, because these will be the skills tested on the first exam, this Tuesday.

Oral: For Monday, you should read the two Twlight articles below. Also, in honor of the university elections, I've posted a video link below. Check it out.

Obama Win Causes Obsessed Backers to See How Empty Lives Are

Oral Class

I would like a couple of volunteers to present the two articles on "Twilight." You simply need to explain what the article is about, who the author is, and what you think of the article. Please email me if you have questions.

Assignments for Reading and Oral Skills, March 7

In both Reading 2 and Oral, we need to tighten up. Do the reading, do the assignments in the book, and come to class prepared.

For Oral, the assignments are "Touched by a Vampire," by Laura Miller http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/30/Twilight and "Mormon Influence, Imagery Run Deep in Twilight" by Angela Aleiss http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/24/mormon-influence-imagery_n_623487.html

For Reading, we will have a quiz on Chapter 3, "Consumer Lifestyles." You should also turn in the bibliography blurb by Saturday and the writing assignment by Monday.

Advanced Reading Test

The first test in Reading 2 will be March 15, Tuesday, 3:15-4:15, in the Nursing Hall.

Presentations

This is the Oral Presentation schedule for the Oral class. I have pushed back all presentations seven days. All students will have fifteen minutes at the start of the next class to meet with their groups and discuss logistics for their projects. The date in brackets should be the day you present your project to me, in my office. That means Dania, Mannar, Sara, Wasan, and Doua should be prepared to present by this Friday.

Human Rights in the Middle East, March 9 (March 3)

Dania Jamal, Mannar Al-Sabbah, Sara Malkaw, Wasan Al-zoubi, Doua Al-Sahab

History of the Rivalry Between Real Madrid and Real Barcelona, March 14 (March 7)

Ahmad Ganrebah, Mohamed Saf, Ahmad Rosan, Ahmad Knaney, and Safan

Fashion (1970-2000), March 16 (March 9)

Munhaha Said, Bayan Mhmad, Aya Fbrahim, and Ahofran

How the Brain Works, March 21 (March 14)

Hanadi Lutfi Al-Othman, Bayan Abdullah Frihat, Saja Bassam Oumar, Abeer Muhammed Suleh, and Doa'a Waled Al-Khazaleh

Fashion (2000-current), March 23 (March 16)

Farah, Kareem, Reham, Raneem, and Heba

German Film History (1920-1960), March 28 (March 21)

Asma Sleeman, Wala Salamh, Esraa Elrosam, Alaa Seulbhat, and Nusaibah Feyad Abu Gragan

The Digital Divide, March 30 (March 23)

Jasmine Abaza, Rowand Obeidat, and Baram Al-Rousan

History of English Leagues, April 1 (March 28)

Sahaib Al-Momani, Noor Kawtawi, Balquees Walied Latteen, and Ghaida Basem Al-Quran

Turkish Oral Poetry, April 6 (March 30)

Ameera Malloki

The Philosophy of History, April 6 (March 30)

Annette Hejab, Dana Malkawi, and Amal Jaradout

Announcements

The British Council group will be leaving from the PH parking lot at 2:45 today, March 1st.

For the Oral group, if the readings prove too long, try to focus on the paragraphs that seem important. "Allegory of the Cave" is also available in Arabic.

The first email for the English Club should be going out in the next few days. For those of you that didn't sign up, the English Club will meet regularly and will be an opportunity to practice your English in a less structured environment. Some of the email addresses seem spelled incorrectly, so say something if you don't receive the email soon.