Rose 
ESL 230-1 S14 
Out-of Class Assignment Sheet Name: _____________________________ 
Welcome to Intermediate Oral Skills! This class is all about improving your listening and 
speaking skills! 
Step 1: Reflection! 
How do you feel about speaking English? How does speaking English make you feel? 
Please write as much as you can in 5 minutes! 
Did you know: 
 the average child learning English in school will spend about 60 hours a week practicing 
English 
 an average MELP student who is taking 3 classes spends only about 25 hours a week 
practicing English in class 
How much time do you spend practicing English outside of class???
Rose 
ESL 230-1 S14 
Out-of Class Assignment Sheet Name: _____________________________ 
Step 2: Research! 
Work with a partner. Write 5 questions that you could ask a classmate to learn about how 
much English they use outside of class. 
Examples: Do you ever text in English? With who? 
Do you ever post comments on Facebook in English? 
1. ___________________________________________________________________________ 
2. ___________________________________________________________________________ 
3. ___________________________________________________________________________ 
4. ___________________________________________________________________________ 
5. ___________________________________________________________________________ 
Step 3: Interviews! 
Find at least 3 classmates to interview. Ask each classmate the 5 questions you wrote for Step 
2. Take notes about their answers below. Be prepared to tell the class what you learn about 
your classmates. 
Name: Name: Name: 
Notes: Notes: Notes:

Out of-class Introduction

  • 1.
    Rose ESL 230-1S14 Out-of Class Assignment Sheet Name: _____________________________ Welcome to Intermediate Oral Skills! This class is all about improving your listening and speaking skills! Step 1: Reflection! How do you feel about speaking English? How does speaking English make you feel? Please write as much as you can in 5 minutes! Did you know:  the average child learning English in school will spend about 60 hours a week practicing English  an average MELP student who is taking 3 classes spends only about 25 hours a week practicing English in class How much time do you spend practicing English outside of class???
  • 2.
    Rose ESL 230-1S14 Out-of Class Assignment Sheet Name: _____________________________ Step 2: Research! Work with a partner. Write 5 questions that you could ask a classmate to learn about how much English they use outside of class. Examples: Do you ever text in English? With who? Do you ever post comments on Facebook in English? 1. ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________________________ Step 3: Interviews! Find at least 3 classmates to interview. Ask each classmate the 5 questions you wrote for Step 2. Take notes about their answers below. Be prepared to tell the class what you learn about your classmates. Name: Name: Name: Notes: Notes: Notes: