READING JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT

Dear students,
I'd like to inform you about chapter 6 that is called 'Highs and Lows in Self-Esteem'. According to the study in the reading, during what parts of life is self-esteem generally high and low? Why does the author make a connection between a roller-coaster ride and a person's self-esteem?Which examples are given in order to show what happened in different stages of self-esteem?
Write your reflections by referring to the article.

Deadline: 12.03.2012

P.S. You are supposed to do exercises on pages 176-181 Skill 4 Exercise 4 Review Exercise (Skills 1-4) and 181-188 Skill 5 Exercise 5 Review Exercise (Skills 1-5) in your TOEFL green book.

Please do not forget to bring your worksheets!

Have an enjoyable weekend!

Lect. Elif Meltem Birsöz Özköse...

Listening: Lesson Plans

Dear Alpha 5 Students,

I wanted to remind you that you may send your lesson plans for presentations to my email. Every day they are late, you are losing points. My email address is: lisataskiran@hotmail.com.

See you Monday,

Mary Lisa Taskiran, Instructor

ALPHA_5 READING JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT

Dear Alpha_5 students,

You are supposed to comment about the chapter 5 that is called 'Acupuncture: The New Old Medicine'. Many people today are using traditional forms of medicine in place of modern treatments. One of these traditional forms of medicine is 'Acupuncture'. What is acupuncture? How does acupuncture work? Why do people get acupuncture treatments? Do you want to recover by means of traditional form of medicine like acupuncture, OR modern treatment?
Please, write your reflections by referring to the article.

Deadline: 05.03.2012

PS: You are expected to do exercises on pages 170-174 ( TOEFL EXERCISE 3: PASSAGE 1,PASSAGE2,PASSAGE3 - TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-3) of your TOEFL GREEN BOOK and also worksheets that include reading passages and exercises on Thursday..

Have a wonderful holiday!

Lect. Elif Meltem BİRSÖZ ÖZKÖSE..

Listening - This Weekend's Homework

Dear Alpha 5 Students,

Due to the fact that we were unable to finish Q Skills 4 Unit 1 because of the snow holiday, you will NOT be responsible for the Q Online Practice for this unit until next week.  You will need to complete Q Online Practice for both units 1 & 2 next weekend.   However, you do need to complete the TOEFL homework Part A Questions / Toefl Review Exercise 1-4 / Skill.5 / Toefl Review Exercise 1-5.  This is pages 22-26 in the original book.  If you have a different version of the book, you need to do the indicated exercises . 

In addition, lesson plans for the presentations are due TUESDAY, March 6th for everyone.
I hope you enjoyed the holiday.

See you Tuesday,

Mary Lisa Taskiran

ALPHA 5- READING

Dear students,

You are supposed to do exercises 'Stated Detail Questions',TOEFL Exercise 2, TOEFL Exercise Skills 1-2(Passage 1, Passage 2, Passage 3) on pages 162-167 in your TOEFL green book on Thursday....

Please, do not forget to bring your worksheets on Thursday....

Have a wonderful holiday!!

Lect. Elif Meltem BİRSÖZ ÖZKÖSE..

ALPHA-5 READING JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT

Dear students,

I'd like to assign the chapter 4 that we have read this week. ''Laughter Is the Best Medicine for Your Heart'' Do you agree with this idea? If your answer is 'yes', how can a laughter be the best medicine? What do the studies indicate in the article?

Deadline: 27.02.2012

Have a wonderful holiday!!

Lect.Meltem BİRSÖZ ÖZKÖSE...

 LISTENING - New Class Codes for Q Skills 4 Online Practice

Dear Alpha 5 Students,

The new class code for Q skills 4 Online practice is:  C-088-069-0752. If you have any problems, please see the instructors Ilknur or Kenan for assistance. As a reminder...be thinking about your presentations. Reports are due Tuesday, March 6th. Don't forget to get your SMALL notebooks for presentations.

Our groups and the units you selected are as follows:

Melike-Ipek:  Q skills 4 Unit 3

Kutay-Yusuf:  Q skills 4 Unit 6

Sinan-Ege-Oksay:  Q skills 4 Unit 1

Cansu-Murat:  Q skills 4 Unit 2

Ozlem-Taha:  Q skills 4 Unit 7

Bahadir-Yigit:  Q skills 4 Unit 4

See you Tuesday.

Lisa