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Advanced English Conversation (Spring 2020)

Prof. Kent Lee

Dept. English Language & Literature, Pukyung National University

Time: S. 103: Tue/Thu 12.00-13.15pm; S. 104: 15.00-16.15pm

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Office & office hours: by appointment

Provisional, temporary syllabus

This website will go along with my syllabus and materials in our LMS for this course, as well as materials that supplement my course book.

1 Weekly lessons

1.1 Assignments

Everyone should fill out the following Google Form, which asks for general information about you, and some survey questions about your attitudes toward English. If you are taking more than one course from me this semester, you only need to fill this out once.

• Google Form #1

1.2 Week 3, Day 2: 02 April (Thu)

You can look at the handout, and view the lecture video. At times you will need to pause the video, think about the question, and talk to someone. You can arrange to talk to a classmate that you in the department, especially if you know someone taking this course. Otherwise, please find friends, classmates, or other persons, and discuss the questions with them.

• Handout: MBTI
• Lecture video: Personality types
• Google Form: Your personality type

Based on the MBTI, you will fall into one of sixteen personality types, e.g., INTP, ESFJ, INFP, etc. You should discuss your results with a partner or classmate. Think about these, and discuss whether you think this classification of your personality is accurate.

1.3 Week 4

• Lecture videos #1 & #2
• Lecture video
• Handout (see LMS)
• Google Form assignment 1
• Google Form assignment 2

1.4 Week 5

• Lecture video, pt. 1: Overview of pop psychology
• Lecture video, pt. 2: Language beliefs
• Lecture video, pt. 3: History of English
• Lecture video, pt. 4: Language myths

1.5 Week 6

* Logical fallacies