Rough schedule of work!

Access to Languages class

Communication 4 and Oral Presentation Skills classes – weekly plan

What follows is a schedule of what I plan to do with you for the next few classes. It could change of course!

7th September – Overview of the Unit(s), introduction to the class blog, mini verbal icebreaker, what is Communication? (part one)

9th September – What is Communication? (part two)

14th September (my birthday!) – Looking at various newspaper articles / analysis within small groups

16th September – Short writing exercises.

21st September – ‘The Flyer’ – watching a short film and answering questions on it (Listening)

23rd September – ‘Students learn the ABC of essay writing’ article discussion. (Reading).

28th and 30th September – ‘The World’s Language’ reading article – discussion and questions. Using reading helpnotes. (Reading).

5th and 7th October – first assessment, reading – ‘Throw in the vowel’.

12th and 14th October – remediation / completion of reading assessment as necessary.

19th and 21st October – HOLIDAYS

26th and 28th October – effective and ineffective oral presentation delivery. (Speaking).

At this stage, we will see how we are doing and plan our next stage of teaching and learning.

mhetherington@stevenson.ac.uk, Room 121.1