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Academic Interactions 130AFall 2014Nikki MattsonIECP

Agenda• Introduce Individual Presentations• Pronunciation :• /p/ vs /b/• /p/ vs /f/• Stress in two-syllable words

• Introduce Individual Presentations• Re take TED portion of Unit 5 Test

Individual Presentation Introduction• Individual Presentation (7-10 in-class presentation with PPT slides)• DUE December 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th , 8th , or 9th (specific date to be assigned) in class

• Big Idea: You will prepare a 7-10 minute informative presentation (with PPT slides) that is focused on: your previous academic experiences, your prospective academic department, and a summary of and reaction to a current hot topic within your field. There will be a 3-5 minute question and answer period following your presentation. Your presentation should include the following information:

• • a description of your previous studies/degrees• • a description of your future academic plans and motivations for pursuing a particular

degree• • a description of the reason(s) why you hope to enter the particular university and

department that you have chosen• • a general description of your prospective department (areas of foci, areas of

specialties, types of degrees offered, size of faculty, campus location, etc.) • • a description of specific departmental events, people, courses, etc. that are of

particular interest to you • • a description of the requirements for acceptance into your program• • a description of the requirements for degree completion in your program• • a non-technical summary of a current hot topic within your field, including

appropriate oral references (and a Works Cited slide)• • your reaction/opinion about the current hot topic within your field

Change of Class Location -11/4• Class is in a different location tomorrow. Meet before 1:10 at:

W211A Pattee, an instruction room located on the second floor of Pattee Library, inside the Music and Media Center of the Arts and Humanities Library.

/p/ vs /b/

• Self assessment: say the following words to yourself, and consider whether or not this is an area of difficulty for you:

• Peer assessment: say the words above again, this time to a partner, and ask your partner how easy it is to hear the differences in your pronunciation.

/p/ /b/

pay bay

pet bet

tab tap

cap cab

pest best

Practice with /p/ and /b/• vocal cord practice• piece of paper practice

More practice..• try these words with the vocal-cord method. Then try them

with the paper method.

/p/ /b/

pack back

pig big

pears bears

rip rib

pup pub

cap cab

Practice• She pulled a pencil from her backpack.

• The person was banned from the picnic.

• Could you please put the bag on the bench?

Try out this rhyme!BILLY BUTTON PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS

PETER PIPER BOUGHT A BUTTER'D BISCUIT

DID BILLY BUTTON PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS

DID PETER PIPER BUY A BUTTER'D BISCUIT

IF BILLY BUTTON PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS

IF PETER PIPER BOUGHT A BUTTER'D BISCUIT

WHERE'S THE PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS BILLY BUTTON PICKED?

WHERE'S THE BUTTER'D BISCUIT PETER PIPER BOUGHT?

/p/ vs /f/

• Practice making the sounds• Self assessment: say the following words to yourself, and

consider whether or not this is an area of difficulty for you:

• Peer assessment: say the words above again, this time to a partner, and ask your partner how easy it is to hear the differences in your pronunciation.

/p/ /f/

pig fig

past fast

pound found

leap leaf

cop cough

Practice with /p/ and /f/

/p/ /f/

pace face

pin fin

pork fork

leap leaf

lap laugh

• Take turns asking about the “office things.” Focus on the pronunciation of /p/ and /f/.

/p/ and /f/ handout

Pronunciation Practice (stress)

Two-Syllable Words• About 80% of two-syllable nouns and adjectives get their stress on

the first syllable.

• Two-syllable verbs and prepositions usually have stress on the second syllable, but there are exceptions to this too.

• http://www.really-learn-english.com/word-stress.html#1

2-syllable words

Most two-syllable nouns have stress on the first syllable.Try these phrases:a brown PENcilan empty BOTtlea new SOfa

PENcil BOTtle SOfa

prePARE apPOINT reCEIVE

Most two-syllable verbs have stress on the second syllable.Try these phrases:prePARE a fancy dinnerapPOINT the new leaderreCEIVE a phone call

Group Work

Presentation Continued• Handout

Re-take• TED talk

• free notes = not graded• scientific method table = graded

HW• Class is in a different location tomorrow. Meet before 1:10 at:

W211A Pattee, an instruction room located on the second floor of Pattee Library, inside the Music and Media Center of the Arts and Humanities Library.

• Post 1 Conversation Starter from pg. 124 by 11/4 at midnight

• Interview Comments = 11/6

• Group Presentation = 11/11