Self Study

This coming week you will be asked to present your self study work for grading. Developing your independent study skills is an important part of the course and so your self study work counts as 25% of your final grade. Below is a guideline for how your self study grade will be calculated:

Grade A
85 -100%
24/25
Must contain all elements from Parts A & B
Grade B
75 - 84%
20/25
6 - 7 elements
Grade C
60 - 74%
16/25
4 – 5 elements
Grade D
50 - 59%
12/25
3 – 4 elements
Grade E
40 - 49%
8/25
2 – 3 elements

Students who have completed less than 2 elements or whose attendance has been minimal will receive Grade F.

Elements:

Part A:
Set up self study blog/notebook/folder containing:
1. Answers to all 6 discussion questions posted on http://seansstudypage.blogspot.com/
2. Collected new vocabulary
3. Vocabulary exercises (lexical sets, example sentences)
4. Homework
5. Error correction of written work
6. Evidence of extra reading or exercises on weak areas

Part B:
1. Full participation in class activities (e.g. debate (B2 groups), questionnaire writing, interviewing, seminar (B1 groups))
2. Full participation in open class discussions
3. All group and pair work conducted in English