①The textbook deals all language skills introducing various texts including cultural information.
In Chapter 4, the main topic is Dol party, the first birthday celebrated in Korea. It covers Korean culture, so it is suitable for the course goals as well as the communication skills.
② Since the students needs and interests are different, the textbook can’t cover all although it has lots of
Unemployment Crisis
Intense competition to get a decent job in Korea
Especially females
Introduce and analyze the current policies
Economic, political
Survey
Focus on Economy-related & Political Policies Regarding Women
Women’s Economic Participation by Age Group
Indicates a drastic decrease in women’s economic participation after giving birth
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Activity book Appendices: answers, listening script, activity materials, Chapter review quiz (12), Grammar point, Voca/idioms index
Lesson format: Warm up-Listen in (Listen and Speak A)-Speak out (Listen and Speak B)-Make Friends, Get Ready for Reading (Grammar practice)
Read (Read and Write A), Do you understand/After you read (Read and write B), write on, Mission
Ⅲ. Classroom analysis (1)
- Excerpt 1
1. T: I’m going to ask you some questions first. I’m going to ask you some other questions too. Okay, ready? All right, Okay, What time is Joe meeting dave at the park? What time is Joe meeting date at the park? What time is Joe meeting date at the park?
2. Danny : Joe meeting
3. T: Joe meeting?
4. Danny : Joe was
5. T: Was?
6. Danny :
2. Optimal conditions for SLA
A lot of scholars proposed the optimal conditions for SLA. The commonalities among these descriptions of optimal conditions for second language acquisition are clear. They stress the importance of creating opportunities for students to have reason to attend to the language, of giving them ample opportunity to use the language for both meaning-focused communicat