Course Calendar

Course Calendar 

Weeks	Class/date	Activities
2	1. September 1st	Introduce yourself. Discuss the reading attitudes questionnaire Go over the program.  Discuss Karkainnen and Pirttinen chapter.
	2. September 3rd.	Trosborg 1997
	3. September 5th	Enright et al. 2000 Video activity 1: Hubble: The greatest telescope ever.
3	4. September 8th	Short story activity 1. Texts for this class:   St.Louis et al. (2012). p.p. 107-117.
	5. September 10th	St.Louis et al. (2012). p.p. 118-124. Texts for this class: What is a nuclear reactor
	6. September 12th	Texts for this class: Video activity 2: We will watch a video in class. Please download and print the worksheet in advance.
4	7. September 15th	Short story activity 2. Viruses
	8. September 17th	Brain Donors.  (assigned for discussion the following class).
	9 September 19th	Discussion of brain donors. In class revision of workshop 1. Video: The comparison and contrast essay.
5	10 September 22nd	Short story activity 3 Fullbright academic assistant visit.
	11 September 24th	Standford P. Make Britain count: Are girls really worse at math than boys?
	12 September 26th	Niederle and Vesterlund. Explaining the gender gap in math test scores. Video session. War against boys. Download the worksheet.
Weeks	Class/date	Activities
6	13. September 29th	Short story activity 4. Fulbright assistant visit.
	14. October 1st.	Viorst J. The truth about lying (available in the folder in the photocopy center).
	15.  October 3rd	Reading tests practice Video session: Albert Einstein. Download the worksheet.  Link to this class activities.
7	16. October 6th	Short story activity 5
	17. October 8th	St.Louis et al. (2012). p.p. 124-131.
	18. October 10th	Gabriel García Márquez Biography
8	19. October 13th	Holliday (no activities)
	20. October 15th	The history of film technology Fulbright assistant visit about the educational system in the U.S.
	21. October 17th	The history of film technology (continued) The American Education System: An Overview
9	22. October 20th	Short story session 6. (incomplete due to absence of students and electrivity failure) the history of film and the american education system (continued). Midterm course evaluation.
	23. October 22nd	the history of film and the american education system (continued). Fulbright assistant visit about the educational system in the U.S.: higher education
	24. October 24thrd	No class.
10	25. October 27th	St. Louis et al (2012), p.p. 131-139. Video: How's it made: Solar pannels. Download the worksheet. Short story session 7.

Weeks	Class/date	Activities
	26. October 29th	Video: How's it made: Solar pannels. (continued). St. Louis et al (2012), p.p. 135-146. Fulbright assistant visit .
	27. October31st	Text: The search for our ancestors. Video:  Homo Sapiens Versus Neaderthals. Download the worksheet.
11	28. November 3rd	No class (Colombian Holliday).
	29. November 5th	Fulbright assistant visit.
	30. November 7th	Video:  Homo Sapiens Versus Neaderthals (continued). St.Louis et al. (2012), p.p. 139-146.
12	31. November 10th	Short story session 8.  St.Louis et al. (2012), p.p. 139-146 (continued).
	32. November 12th	More exercises on cause and effect in texts.
	33. November 14th	Orwell, G. Why I write. Orwell, G. Shooting an Elephant
13	34. November 17th	No class (Colombian Holliday).
	35 November 19th	Orwell, G. Why I write (continued). Brady, J. Why I want a wife.
	36 November 21st	The Big Bang Theory Video: Evidence for the Big Bang Theory. Download the worksheet.
14	37 November 24th	Short story session 9: Hemingway, E. Hills like White Elephants Video: Evidence for the Big Bang Theory (continued).  Fulbright assistant visit: U.S. Immigration debate
Weeks	Class/date	Activities
	38. November 26th	Cohen, R.J. The immigration debate.  St.Louis et al. What is an argument? Phillipson, R. English yes, but equal language rights first.
	39. November 28th	Class presentation (first half) Day, Funk and McMahan (1989) Looking at expressive writing, p.p. 75-77. Lam, A. My Vietnam, my America. p.p. 77-88
15	40.  December 1st.	No class (Claustro de Escuela)
	41. December 3rd.	Class presentation (second half) Pereira et al. Research Tools
	42. December 5th.	No class (level IV examination ECC).
16	43. December 8th.	No class (Colombian holiday)
	44. December 10th.	Ollerhead, S. (2008). Review of Teaching second language reading.
	45. December  12th	Final test
17	21. October 17th	The history of film technology (continued)
	22. October 20th	Short story session 6. (incomplete due to absence of students and electrivity failure) the history of film and the american education system (continued).
	23. October 22nd	the history of film and the american education system (continued). Fulbright assistant visit about the educational system in the U.S.: higher education
	24. October 24thrd	H Video: How's it made: Solar pannels. Download the worksheet.