Days 22 to 24, June 20 - 22, 2007

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday:

Structure:
a. Word Forms

b. Word Order

Listening:
a. Summary Gap Fill
b. Short Answers
c. Specific Information

d. Question Intonation

e. T/F

f. Table completion

Reading:
a. Skim
b. Paragraph Headings
c. Short answers
d. Multiple Choice

e. Scanning

f. Summary Gap Fill

g. Vocabulary in Context

h. Y/N/NG

i. Complete a Table

j. Adding Phrases to a Passage

Writing
a. Task 2
b. Writing an Argument

Speaking
a. Explain How to do Something

b. Direct and Indirect Questions

Homework:
a. Structure pages 208 -207
b. Summary from radio or DVD
c. Make a 10 question reading test
d. Speaking, 15 minutes, focus varied

e. 30 Minutes self-study for grammar and vocabulary

f. One page about foreign city. Must have three sources

Day 21, June 19th , 2007

Tuesday:

Structure:
a. It is and There are

Listening:
a. T/F/NM
b. Short Answers
c. Listening for Gist

Reading:
a. Flow chart
b. Diagrams
c. Short answers
d. Multiple Choice

Writing
a. Task 2

Speaking
a. Culture and Customs

Homework:
a. Structure pages 202 -207
b. Summary from radio or DVD
c. Make a 10 question reading test
d. Speaking, 15 minutes, focus on Past Simple

Day 20, June 18th , 2007

Monday:

Complete IELTS exam

Structure:
a. Gerunds and Infinitives

Homework:
a. Structure pages 197-201
b. Summary from radio or DVD
c. Make a 10 question reading test
d. Speaking, 15 minutes, focus on present perfect

Day 19, June 15th , 2007

Friday:

Structure:
a. ed and ing adjectives

Listening:
a. Short and Long dialogues

Reading:
a. Flow chart
b. Paragraph headings
c. Short answers

Homework:
a. Structure pages 193-197
b. Summary from radio or DVD
c. Make a 20 question reading test

Day 18, June 14th , 2007

Thursday:

Structure:
a. Appositives andNoun Structures

Speaking:
a. Interviewing
b. Polite, conversational questions

Reading:
a. Attitude of Author
b. Tone of Passage
c. Scanning

Homework:
a. Structure pages 188-192
b. Summary from radio or DVD
c. Speaking with a focus on the present simple for routine
d. Writing: check partner's writing for common mistakes

Days 16 and 17

Tuesday and Wednesday:

Structure:
a. Prepositional Phrases
b. Subordinate Clauses

Speaking:
a. Short answers

Reading:
a. Inferences
b. Facts and details
c. Short extracts
i. T/F/NG
ii. Mulitiple choice
iii. Fill in chart
iv. Short answers

Homework:
a. Structure pages 184-187
b. Reading pages 297-300
c. Summary from radio or DVD
d. Speaking with a focus on the past
e. Writing: check partner's writing for common mistakes

Day 15, June 11th , 2007

Monday:

Complete IELTS practice examination

Homework:

a. Summary of listening or DVD or TV program

b. Structure pages 165 – 179

c. Reading pages 279 - 296

Day 14, June 8th , 2007

Friday:

Structure:
a. Verb tense forms
b. Time markers
c. Passive and active voice

Speaking:
a. Present perfect and past simple tenses

Listening:
a. Check the topics
b. Check the language functions
c. Predicting topics
d. First lines of each passage

Reading:
a. Check purpose and organizational patterns

Homework:
a. Summary of radio or TV program
b. Structure, pages 165 - top of 175
c. Reading, pages 279 - 289 (No dictionary)
d. Make a 20 question IELTS test from the Jakarta Post

Day 13, June 7th , 2007

Thursday:

Structure:
a. Articles
b. Pronouns
c. Adjectives and nouns

Writing:
a. Task 1
b. Task 2
c. Self-editing
i. Nouns
ii. Subject agreement with promouns and verbs
iii. Modal verbs

Speaking:
a. Expressing and justifying opinions

Listening:
a. Conditions, wishes, causes, and results
b. Who does what
c. Situations

Reading:
a. Vocabulary in context

Homework:
a. Summary of radio or TV program
b. Speaking in pairs or groups, 20 minutes
c. Structure, pages 155 - 164
d. Listening, pages 88 - 90
e. Reading, pages 269 - 278 (No dictionary)

Day 12, June 6th, 2007

Wednesday:

Structure:
a. Noun structures
b. Subjects/Verbs
c. Expressions of quantity

Writing:
a. Task 2, complete essay
b. One paragraph elaboration

Speaking:
a. Expressing and justifying opinions

Listening:
a. Negatives
b. Checking time

Reading:
a. Skim for general information
b. Scan for details

Homework:
a. Summary of radio or TV program
b. Speaking in pairs or groups, 20 minutes
c. Structure, pages 146 - 153
d. Listening, pages 77 - 88
e. Reading, pages 252 - 258

Days 10 & 11. June 4th & 5th, 2007

Monday:

We took a complete practice test.

Homework:
a. Summary of radio or TV program.
b. Review past lessons and test taking tips/skillsc.
c. Prepare 500-word report about hometown to be turned in tomorrow. Proper sourcing muct be used.

Tuesday:

Writing:
a. Task 2
i. Organizing
ii. Linking
b. Writing accurately with a good range of vocabulary

Speaking:
a. Answer questions fully
b. Long turn
c. Linking
d. Expressing and justifying opinions

Homework:
a. Summary of radio or TV program.
b. Speaking in pairs or groups, 20 minutes
c. Structure, pages 134 - 145
d. Listening pages 67 & 68, 72 & 73

Day 8 and Day 9: May 30 & 31, 2007

These days were full of activities. Tomorrow, Friday, is a holiday.

We covered:

Writing:
a. Two 250-word essays in 50 minutes
b. Paragraph Completions

Reading:
a. Review yesterday's reading test
b. Two complete general IELTS tests

Listening:
a. Two complete general IELTS tests

Homework:
a. Summary of radio or TV program.
b. Review past lessons and test taking tips/skillsc.
c. Prepare 500-word report about hometown to be turned in TUESDAY. Proper sourcing muct be used.
d. Rewrite a previous essay

Web Sources

Following this list are sample entries for some common kinds of Web sources.

1. Name of the author, editor, compiler, or translator of the source (if given), reversed for alphabetizing and, if appropriate, followed by an abbreviation, such as ed.
2. Title of an article, poem, short story, or similar short work in the Internet site (enclosed in quotation marks). Or title of a posting to a discussion list or forum (taken from the subject line and put in quotation marks), followed by the description Online posting
3. Title of a book (underlined)
4. Name of the editor, compiler, or translator of the text (if relevant and if not cited earlier), preceded by the appropriate abbreviation, such as Ed.
5. Publication information for any print version of the source
6. Title of the Internet site (e.g., scholarly project, database, online periodical, or professional or personal site (underlined) or, for a professional or personal site with no title, a description such as Home page
7. Name of the editor of the site (if given)
8. Version number of the source (if not part of the title) or, for a journal, the volume number, issue number, or other identifying number
9. Date of electronic publication, of the latest update, or of posting
10. For a work from a subscription service, the name of the service and--if a library or a consortium of libraries is the subscriber--the name and geographic location (e.g., city, state abbreviation) of the subscriber
11. For a posting to a discussion list or forum, the name of the list or forum
12. The number range or total number of pages, paragraphs, or other sections, if they are numbered
13. Name of any institution or organization sponsoring the site (if not cited earlier)
14. Date when the researcher accessed the source
15. URL of the source or, if the URL is impractically long and complicated, the URL of the site's search page. Or, for a document from a subscription service, the URL of the service's home page, if known; or the keyword assigned by the service, preceded by Keyword; or the sequence of links followed, preceded by Path.

Scholarly Project

Victorian Women Writers Project.
Ed. Perry Willett.  May 2000.
Indiana U. 26 June 2002 .

Information Database

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet.
19 June 2001.
Lib. of Congress, Washington. 18 May 2002 .

Personal Site

Lancashire, Ian. Home page. 28 Mar. 2002.
15 May 2002.

Book

Nesbit, E[dith]. 
Ballads and Lyrics of Socialism. 
London, 1908. Victorian Women Writers Project.
Ed. Perry Willett. May 2000. Indiana U. 26 June 2002 .

Poem

Nesbit, E[dith]. "Marching Song." 
Ballads and Lyrics of Socialism. 
London, 1908. Victorian Women Writers Project.
Ed. Perry Willett. May 2000.  Indiana U. 26 June 2002 .

Article in a Journal

Sohmer, Steve.
"12 June 1599: Opening Day at Shakespeare's Globe." 
Early Modern Literary Studies
3.1 (1997): 46 pars. 26 June 2002 .

Article in a Magazine

Levy, Steven. "Great Minds, Great Ideas."
Newsweek 27 May 2002. 20 May 2002.

Work from a Library Subscription Service

Youakim, Sami. "Work-Related Asthma." 
American Family Physician 64 (2001): 1839-52. 
Health Reference Center.
Gale. Bergen County Cooperative Lib.
System, NJ. 12 Jan. 2002 .

Work from a Personal Subscription Service

"Table Tennis." Compton's Encyclopedia Online.
Vers. 2.0. 1997. America Online. 4 July 1998.
Keyword: Compton's.

Posting to a Discussion List

Merrian, Joanne. "Spinoff: Monsterpiece Theatre."
Online posting. 30 Apr. 1994.
Shaksper: The Global Electronic Shakespeare Conf.
23 Sept. 2002. 

Day 7, May 29, 2007

Today was a busy day. The students seem to be able to work without tiring. It is a joy to instruct such a group.

We covered:

Writing:
a. Complete 250-word essay in 60 minutes.

Reading:
a. Review yesterday's reading test.

Listening:
a. Test number 3. This will be corrected tomorrow.

Homework:
a. Summary of radio or TV program.
b. Review past lessons and test taking tips/skills
c. Prepare 500-word report about hometown to be turned in Monday. Proper sourcing muct be used.

Sourcing Material

Examples of Citing References Using APA format

IN TEXT:

At the end of a statement, authors should be cited in parentheses, as follows (note the location of the punctuation marks):

One author:

Exercise is good for the body (Smith, 1971).

Two authors:

Exercise is good for the body (Smith and Jones, 1971).

More than two authors:

Exercise is good for the body (Smith et al., 1971).

At the beginning of a statement, or within a statement the author’s name(s) is/are cited within the text and the year in parentheses as follows:

One author:

Smith (1971) reports that exercise is good for the body.

Two authors:

Smith and Jones (1971) report that exercise is good for the body.

More than two authors:

Smith et al. (1971) report that exercise is good for the body.

IN REFERENCE LIST:

References should be alphabetized by the authors’ last names.

Research article, one author:

Shapiro, R. (1978). Direct linear transformation method for three-dimensional cinematography. Research Quarterly, 49, 197-205.

Research article, two authors:

Kane, M.J., & Snyder, E. (1989). Sport typing: The social “containment” of women. Arena Review, 13, 77-96.

Research Article, more than two authors:

Lerda, R., Cardelli, C., & Chollet, D. (2001). Analysis of the interactions between breathing and arm actions in the front crawl. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 40, 129-144.

Chapter in a book:

Clarys, J. (1979). Human morphology and hydrodynamics. In J. Terauds (Ed.), Swimming Science III (pp. 3-41). Baltimore, MD: University Park Press

Book.

Costill, D.L., Maglischo, B.W., & Richardson, A.B. (1992). Swimming. London: Blackwell Scientific Publication.

Day 6, May 28, 2007

Today the class sat their first complete (sans speaking) IELTS practice examination. After lunch the class completed the reading tests they each made over the weekend and three students, Dani, Pulung and Safril gave their presentations.

Homework:

Speaking practice: 20 minutes per person

Listening & Writing: Watch a television show or listen to a news broadcast and write a summary.

Day 5, May 25, 2007

Today was a short day. Friday we finish early to allow the students time to return to their wives who are spread across Java and Sumatra.

On Monday the students will sit a complete IELTS practice test.

Today we covered:
Writing:
a. Opposite paragraphs

Reading:
a. Practice test 2

Listening:
a. Exclamations

The presentations will take place in the multi-media room at 14.00 each day.

Homework:
a. Speaking, 20 minutes each. If possible.
b. Reading: Create own reading IELTS exam.
c. Prepare for next week’s presentation

Day 4, May 24, 2007

Today we got into some actual testing modules. The students completed a listening and a reading practice test. They followed the techniques we have been working on and consequently performed very well.

Their paragraph writing abilities have all increased a great deal and we will soon move onto writing longer passages at a faster pace.

Today we covered:
Writing:
a. Two separate paragraphs focusing on topic sentences, supporting sentences, signal words, irrelevancies

Reading:
a. Details
1. Summary completion
2. Opinions: Y/N/NG
3. 2 Complete practice tests
Listening
a. 2 Complete practice tests

The schedule for next week’s presentations is as follows:
Mon: Dani, Pulung, Safril
Tues: Frederick, Dwi, Major Agus
Wed: Harto, Captain Agus, Wisnu
Thurs: Fajar, Edi, Yose

The presentations will take place in the multi-media room at 14.00 each day.

Homework:
a. Speaking, 20 minutes each
b. Writing, 2 paragraphs, giving two sides
c. Prepare for next week’s presentation

Day 3, May 23, 2007

Wednesday was our first full day. We had one more student join us. All of the participants maintained their focus throughout the day. We got a lot of work done today.

The following was covered in today’s class:

Writing:
a. Organizing
b. Grouping
c. Topic Sentences
d. Irrelevancies
e. Supporting Sentences

Listening:
a. Predicting Topics
b. Idioms
c. Words with Many meanings
d. Minimal Pairs and Sound Alikes
e. Listening for:
a. Specific information
b. For main ideas and supporting information
c. Understanding speaker’s opinion
Reading:
f. Skimming and Scanning
g. Main Ideas
h. Reading for Detail
i. Understanding opinion

Homework:
a. Blog set up
b. Prepare for next week’s hometown presentations
c. 20 minutes speaking practice with partners
d. Writing one paragraph from “On your own” from page 15.
a. Simple topic sentence
b. Is everything relevant
c. Does each sentence have a subject and a verb

Day 2, May 22, 2007

Tuesday started at 9.00 due to the morning sporting activities.

The class, 11 out of the 14 listed participants, was eager to get going and maintained their energy throughout the day.

The following was covered in today’s class:

Speaking:
a. Introductions
b. Brainstorming
c. 5 W’s and 1 H technique

Writing:
a. Organizing
b. Grouping
c. Topic Sentences
d. Irrelevancies
e. Supporting Sentences

Listening:
a. Speed listening
a. Essential details
b. Numbers
c. Spellings

Homework:
a. Write four paragraphs
b. 20 minutes speaking practice with partners

Day One-- 21 May 2007

Monday was our first scheduled day for the SIAP program. Unfortunately, for the academic side of things, no lessons took place today.