Topics for Final Oral Exam

Please prepare your talks on the following topics:
1. Give Shopping Advice
2. Description and Reaction to Advertisements
3. Persuade someone to buy something
4. Consumer Shopping Habits
5. Family Trends
6. Parent-Teen Relations
7. Internet Jam
8. Lisbon Story

How to Grasp Mian Ideas of a Discourse

1. Read/watch/listen attentively. TAKE NOTES.

2. Use the 6W1H (or, the reporter) approach for analysis:

a. Who did

b. what (to whom)

c. when, where,

d. why,

e. how and

f. to what effect (results and implications). or

3. Use pentad for analysis: (actually can be understood from the reporter approach)

a. Act: What happened? What is the action? What ideas are involved? To what results and implications?

b. Scene: Where is the act happening? What is the background situation? (including when)

c. Agent: Who is involved in the act? What are their roles?

d. Agency: How do the agents act? By what means do they act?

e. Purpose: Why do the agents act? What do they want?

How to Listen Well

1. You must be willing to listen. (Intention leads to attention and retention.)
2. Language proficiency, both verbal and nonverbal. (vocabulary, intonation, knowledge resources)
3. Related critical and creative abilities. (association, organization, evaluation)
4. Ask follow-up questions (for clarification, explanation, implication and application)

The moral of "The Fox and the Crow"

Moral (n.) a piece of guidance (or advice) on how to live one's life, how to act more effectively, etc., that can be learnt from a story or event. [It is not a description of the story.]

Some creative (and insightful) morals from "The Fox and the Crow" written by your fellow students:
* Beautiful words are not always friendly.
* We should finish eating before singing.

優良示範答案Q2b

An excellent answer for A in Q2b for Friends Season 6.22