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Contents
Introduction 1
Interview sheet; Learning a language; Find someone who…

Unit 1: Description and Definition 5

Introduction to description; The sun and other stars;
Questions for discussion; Descriptions; Definitions;
Practice with numbers

Unit 2: Classification 10
Introduction to classification; Classification activity;
The periodic table; Classification project

Unit 3: Describing How Things Work 17

The fridge and the solar system; Oral presentation/quiz

Unit 4: Nuclear Technology 19

Discussion questions; Nuclear power; The Chernobyl disaster;
The fusion solution; China syndrome; Bomb shelter;
A new world

Unit 5: Our Fragile Environment 33

Preliminary discussion; The ozone layer; Global warming;
The greenhouse effect; A strip story; Another point of view;
Reducing CO2 at a profit; WWF World Wildlife Fund

Unit 6: Science Fiction 85

Introduction to evaluation; Reading movie reviews;
Which came first – the chicken or the egg?; Mad scientists;
Writing movie reviews; Sci-fi movie scripts

Unit 7: Cause and Effect 85

Introduction to cause & effect; High blood pressure;
Chernobyl cause-effect; Cause-effect flowcharts

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Unit 8: Computers 90
Computer dating; Find someone who…; The internet; Computer
company; Job interviews; Computer games;
Computer match

Appendixes A1-10

Notes 103

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Introduction: Learning a Language

Do you agree or disagree with these statements? Why? A/D

1. It is best not to speak because you might make a mistake in front of people.
2. You should be corrected every time you make a mistake.
3. You will never learn a language unless you try and speak.
4. You speak more English when you are in groups.
5. The best way to learn a language is one-on-one with a Native speaker.
6. The best way to learn a language is going to the country where it is spoken.
7. You cannot learn English from non-Native speaking classmates.
8. If you work in pairs you will learn only bad English.
9. You cannot learn English from movies or TV.
10.The best dialect to learn is American English.
11.Reading the Korea Times or Korea Herald will improve your English.
12.If you speak a lot of English you can learn the grammar as you go along.
13.You can learn to speak a language just by learning grammatical rules.
14.It is important to understand the meaning of every new word you read or hear.
15.Every time you meet a new word you should look in up in the dictionary.
16.It is easier for children to learn language.

Learning New Words

1. How do you remember new words? What other ways are there?
2. When you record new words, do you put them in groups, in alphabetical order or as
they occur in the book?
3. Do you write sentences with the new words in them?
4. Apart form the meaning of a word, what other information can a dictionary give you?

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Computer Dating

Physical Character Age Occupation Relationship

Tall kind young student marriage

Medium height courteous middle-aged teacher romance
Medium build patient early twenties professor friendship
Short outgoing late twenties doctor love
Homely shy thirty-something lawyer
companionship
Large aggressive forty-something pharmacist travel partner
Average confident baby boomer labourer study partner
Good-looking meek generation X landscaper soul mate
Handsome gentle senior gas-pumper casual sex
Pretty sexy golden-aged priest one night stand

Combine these characteristics (and others) and make a “personal ad.” Be creative! For
example:

1. “Tall, shy, handsome, late twenties labourer seeks pretty, outgoing, young student for
one night stand.”

2. “Tall, homely, gentle, forty-something priest looking for gentle, intelligent, confident
soul mate.”

Put all the cards in a pile. Choose one. Then try to find the owner of the card by asking
people questions like, “Are you homely?” When you find the owner of the card. Decide
whether each of you want to start the relationship or not.

Personal Ad

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Find Someone who…(computers)

Instructions: cut into strips and distribute one per student

Find someone who knows what a Luddite is.

Find someone who knows what a computer geek is.

Find 5 people who have surfed the net.

Find 5 people who know how to use email.

Find someone who knows what cyberspace is.

Find 5 people who have used the internet.

Find someone who has visited Sogang’s homepage.

Find 5 people who know the difference between hardware and software.

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Find someone who knows what a hacker is.

Find someone who knows the difference between RAM and ROM.

Find someone who does not know what a virus scanner is. When you do take their sheet
of paper and tell them to write the question again from memory and start over.

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The Internet

1. What is the arrow called?

2. What does double click mean?

3. What happens when you turn on the computer?

4. What are the little pictures called?

5. Double click on the Netscape icon

6. What happens when you do that?

7. What is in the top left/right corner?

8. List the functions on the toolbar.

9. By searching the Sogang Homepage, list the GEEP teachers.

10.Go to Park, Chang Ho’s homepage and tell me what it says.

11.Go to http://www.uwo.ca and tell me about Regna Darnell, Lisa Valentine, and

David Kanatawakhon-Maracle.

12.By using a search engine, tell me about where I can study in South America

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13. Pick a topic that interests you, do a search and tell me what you find.

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Create Your Own Computer Company

Part One: Your Product.

Come up with an idea for a marketable product or invention having to do with

computers or telecommunications. Keep in mind what it would be used for, by whom it
would be used, and how much it would cost. Then give it a catchy name. In the space
below, sketch your product and give a brief description or explanation.

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Part Two: Your Image.

In the space below, design a logo or sign that will give your product a
memorable image.

Pat Three: Marketing Campaign

Design a TV commercial for your product, with a catchy jingle or slogan, and perform it
for the class.

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