Truc's final listening and speaking exam

Mission College Clean-up Day 2010 – slide show

Faculty, staff, students, and community members helped pick up trash and pull weeds at Mission College Clean-up Day. Matthew Chung's photos show the hard workers – male and female, young and old – on Marsha Chan's clean-up team.

Mission College Clean-Up Day – What should we wear? What should we bring?

On Saturday, Nov 6, Mission College will hold a clean-up day from 10 am to 2 pm.  We are going to pick up trash. We are going to pull weeds. Everyone who signed up by Wednesday will receive water, snacks and lunch. Many of my students are going to help. They asked me, "What should we wear? What should we bring?"

Here is the weather forecast:
Saturday: Cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy later in the day. Slight chance of an afternoon shower. High 69F. Winds light and variable.

Here is what I am going to wear:

 

The organizers said, "If you have gardening tools, you can bring them to dig and pull weeds."

ESL 920 Role Play: Return Clothing to the Store

Before filming these videos, the students studied vocabulary for clothing, colors, and materials for several weeks. They learned from the textbook, from a picture dictionary, from the teacher’s personal suitcase of clothing, and from each others’ clothing. They learned to pronounce the words, use the words in sentences (written and oral), and use the sentences in dialogs. They practiced singular and plural forms of regular nouns. The teacher provided vocabulary, sound files, and model dialogs Clothing Vocabulary: Singular and Plural Nouns.

The students brought their own clothing to class in a bag (4 singular items and 4 plural items: “a pair of ___”). They role-played a salesperson and a customer at a department store in four situations: “Looking for clothing” and “Returning clothing”. They learned to express reasons to reject an item (not buy it) and return or exchange an item.

Before the role-play midterm exam, students received the following dialog pattern. On exam day, the teacher brought a four-fold shoji screen to divide the room. In the big area, an assistant directed a class activity. In the exam area, students came in small groups. The teacher gave each student a singular item of clothing in a bag and a role to play. The students needed to role-play a dialog with the clothing and tell a reason for the return.

A: I'm going out now.
B: Where are you going?
A: I'm going to [store name]. I need to return this [clothing].
B: How come?
A: [reason]
B: Um, could you do me a favor?
A: What is it?
B: Could you return this [clothing] for me?
A: Sure. What's wrong with it?
B: [reason]
A: Okay. No problem. Give me the receipt.
B: Here it is. Thanks.
A: You're welcome.

To find a video, please look at the date pane on the right. Under 2010 > October, choose the names of a pair of students. Click the triangle in the middle of the photo to play the video.

These videos were produced by Prof. Marsha Chan, Mission College, Santa Clara, California, USA on October 20, 2010.

Ameneh and Nguyet return clothing

TrucLinh and Alejandro return clothing

Tuoi and Con return clothing

Truong and ThuHa return clothing

Tritai and Que Chi return clothing

Thuy and Binh return clothing

Thu and Phuong return clothing

Thi and Huy return clothing

Thanh and Hoa return clothing

Shitaye and Quyet return clothing

Feng-Jen and Ngoc return clothing

Nhiem and Buu return clothing

Nam and Tuoi return clothing

Huong and Haymanot return clothing

Hiwot and Salvador return clothing

Farida and Phung return clothing

Chung and Van return clothing

Bichlien and Truc return clothing

Anh and Thuan return clothing

AnhDai and Kim return clothing

Clothing, Colors, and Materials