1) The document outlines the agenda and format for academic interactions between IECP students and Penn State students over 8 weeks. 2) The interactions will take place every other week, with weeks 1,3,5,7 focusing on conversation using discussion prompts, and weeks 2,4,6,8 focusing on language tutoring brought by the students. 3) Details are provided on assignment expectations, including submitting a video summary after each meeting and reflection assignments. Conversation prompts, readings, and exercises are included to guide the interactions.

1. ACADEMIC
INTERACTIONS 130
Spring 2015, IECP, Nikki Mattson

2. Return Conversation Starters

3. Agenda
• Introduce Conversation and Tutoring Partnerships
• Pathways- chapter 2 – cloning
• Grammar –adjective clauses

4. Conversation and Tutoring Partnerships
Goal
• The purpose of the Conversation and Tutoring
Partnerships (CTPs) are to provide IECP students with a
chance to regularly engage in academic communications
with Penn State students. Additionally, the partnerships
provide APLNG 484 students with opportunities to interact
with second language learners and reflect upon concepts
related to language learning, culture, and identity.

5. Format
• Weeks 1,3,5, and 7:
• Format: Conversation (see below topics) for approximately 55
minutes + audio/video recording of group summary for
approximately 3-5 minutes.
• Video recording = IECP and 484 students take turns
summarizing what they learned from the other person and
from the overall experience.
• Weeks 2,4,6 and 8
• Format: APLNG 484 students and IECP students bring
materials for focused practice/tutoring. IECP students should
bring a textbook or activities focused on speaking, listening,
and/or pronunciation.
• Video recording = IECP and 484 students take turns
summarizing what they learned from the other person and
from the overall experience.

6. Week 1
Week 1
2/16
Complete tasks +
record a 3-5 minute
video summarizing
what each person
learned from the other
partner(s).
Submit your video
recording AND your
Partnership
Reflection to your
BOX folder by 2/22 at
midnight
-share your goals for your education (in
general) and this Conversation and
Tutoring Partnership (specifically).
- bring a picture, song, music video, film
clip or other cultural artifact that you think
represents your native culture.
-bring a picture, song, music video, film
clip or other cultural artifact that you think
represents American culture.
-introductions and
conversation
-sharing and
discussion related
to cultural
artifacts
-needs
assessment of
speaking
proficiency
During the meeting After the meeting IECP Conversation Questions/Tasks 484 tasks
Questions/Tasks

7. Week 2
Week 2
2/23
focused language
practice/tutoring +
record a 3-5 minute
video summarizing
what each person
learned from the other
partner(s).
Submit your video
recording AND your
Partnership
Reflection to your
BOX folder by 2/29 at
midnight
- bring a textbook or activities focused on
speaking, listening, and/or pronunciation
-bring materials
for focused
practice/tutoring
During the meeting After the meeting IECP Conversation Questions/Tasks 484 tasks
Questions/Tasks

8. Week 3
Week
3
3/2
Complete tasks +
record a 3-5
minute video
summarizing
what each person
learned from the
other partner(s).
Submit your
video recording
AND your
Partnership
Reflection to
your BOX folder
by 3/8 at
midnight
-Ask any of the following
questions that you are interested
in discussing as time permits:
 Have you ever learned a
language other than
English?
 What was the experience
like for you?
 What was easy about
studying a new language?
What was difficult?
 Describe your experience in
school before coming to
Penn State. What
experiences helped prepare
you to be a university
student? What was
surprising or challenging
when you started
taking university classes?
…
-prepare
questions
about
language
learning and
pronunciation
During the
meeting
After the
meeting
IECP Conversation
Questions/Tasks
484 tasks
Questions/Ta
sks

9. Week 4
During the meeting After the meeting IECP Conversation Questions/Tasks 484 tasks
Questions/Tasks
Week 4
3/16
focused language
practice/tutoring +
record a 3-5 minute
video summarizing
what each person
learned from the other
partner(s).
Submit your video
recording AND your
Partnership
Reflection to your
BOX folder by 3/22 at
midnight
- bring a textbook or activities focused on
speaking, listening, and/or pronunciation
-bring materials
for focused
practice/tutoring

10. Other Details..
• I will give you the email address and phone number of
your partner next week.
• You should email your partner on 2/15 to set up your first
meeting.
• You should arrange your first meeting before 2/22 (when
your materials are due)
• I have created a BOX folder for you and your partners.
Log on to your BOX account to make sure that you can
see the folder. If you have a problem, let me know.
• There is an electronic copy of the assignment on the
course blog

11. Pathways – Listening and
Vocabulary, pg. 24
• Words in Context + complete part B

12. Pathways, Chapter 2, pg. 29
• A. Listening: Cloning
• Transition words for speaking about a process
• B. Paraphrase the process of cloning with your partner

13. TED Talk: Cloning
• 1) Listen and take notes on important information
• 2) Group Quiz
• 3) Cloning Discussion

14. TED Talk
• Video

15. Group Quiz

16. Group Quiz
• 1. What is the main purpose/idea of the talk?
• To discuss the use of cloning and stem cells to resurrect life.
• 2. What are the two ways to ways to make copies of cells and organisms?
• cloning (somatic cell nuclear transfer) and cell reprogramming
• 3. About how many species have been cloned so far?
• 2 dozen (24)
• 4. Which animal was the first to be cloned?
• a frog
• 5. What are the two types of cloning that are mentioned?
• interspecies and intraspecies
• 6. What was the first endangered species to be cloned?
• a gaur
• 7. What happened with the gaur that was born?
• It was born successfully, but it died two days later.
• 8. Which animal from the San Diego Zoo was cloned?
• A banteng

17. Discussion
• What are your thoughts about the video that you saw?
• What do you think happened with the banteng that was
born?
• What do you think about the idea of cloning to save
endangered species or even to bring back extinct
species?

18. Adjective Clauses
• Pg. 30

19. Practice
• Write descriptions of 3 people, places, or things using adjective clauses.
• Underline the adjective clause. The class will then guess what/who you are describing.
• Examples
• Definition: This is a slow-moving, four-legged animal that goes inside its shell when there is danger.
• Who/What is it? A turtle
• Definition: This is a person who has blond hair, is very tall, and teaches at the IECP.
• Who/What is it? Stacy
•
• 1.
Definition:________________________________________________________________________________
• Who/What is it?__________________________
•
• 2.
Definition:________________________________________________________________________________
• Who/What is it?__________________________
•
• 3.
Definition:________________________________________________________________________________
• Who/What is it?__________________________

20. HW
• Create a conversation starter for the words on pg. 34 by
midnight tonight (2/5)
• Log on to your BOX account to make sure that you can
see the Conversation and Tutoring Partner folder. If you
have a problem, let me know. (I sent invitations to your
email address a few days ago)