BELT speaking

fall 2015

Bellwork
Print in neat CAPITAL LETTERS on a sheet of paper:
YOUR NAME and YEAR IN SCHOOL
YOUR EMAIL
3 THINGS THAT EXCITE YOU ABOUT THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
3 THINGS THAT SCARE OR CONFUSE YOU
ABOUT ENGLISH

Patrick Gilfether

pgilfeth@oberlin.edu

sorry but
no I wont give you my phone number,
bbm, whats app, line, or Facebook for
class purposes, so please dont ask

but

you can always email!

pgilfeth@oberlin.edu

Some facts about me

I am from Ohio!

I have one brother, and one sister

I have been to 12 countries and 5

continents

I like to make and watch movies

Oberlin Shansi

Founded 1908

Mutual exchange

Sends teachers and

researchers, brings scholars
from partners

Has partners in Indonesia,

India, China and Japan

what do you want to

know about me?

My Rules

Attendance: no more than 3 unexcused absences

Late policy: no more than ten minutes or it counts

as an absence

Assignments: Typed and stapled

Class time is English time

On Plagiarism

What is plagiarism?

Two-Strike Policy

First Strike= 0 on assignment and mandatory

makeup

Second strike= failure of my unit of the class

If you feel like you need to cheat, come talk to me

Questions?

Course Goals
Students will

become more comfortable speaking spontaneously.

improve oral comprehension abilities (listening).
study and practice different speaking contexts

I want you to make

mistakes

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

-James Joyce

A person who never made a mistake never

tried anything new.

- Albert Einstein

Experience is simply the name we give our

mistakes.

Oscar Wilde

What are your goals

write down three goals on a piece of paper!

think about what skills you want to improve!

everybody will stand up and share one!

Tongue Twisters
tongue twister
noun
1.
a sentence or phrase that
is difficult to articulate
clearly and quickly, such
as Peter Piper picked a
peck of pickled pepper

Red leather,yellow
leather, red leather,
yellow leather, red
leather, yellow
leather,red leather,
yellow leather, red
leather, yellow
leather

Fresh fried fish,

Fish fresh fried,
Fried fish fresh,
Fish fried fresh.

You know New

York.
You need New
York.
You know you
need unique New
York.

If two witches
would watch two
watches, which
witch would
watch which
watch?

A big black bug

bit a big black
bear and made
the big black
bear bleed
blood.

2 Y's U R.
2 Y's U B.
I C U R.
2 Y's 4 me!

Sally sells sea

shells by the sea
shore. But if
Sally sells sea
shells by the sea
shore then where
are the sea shells
Sally sells?

She stood on
the balcony,
inexplicably
mimicking him
hiccuping,
and amicably
welcoming
him in.