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Extra Credit - Conversation Partner Journal Rubric (25 points) You  are  to  meet  with  a  native  speaker  of  English  for  10  hours of  conversation  practice  to  help  build  your   fluency  in  speaking  English.  You  will  meet  with  your  Conversation  Partner  5  times  for  two  hour  sessions  each   time.  A  typed  journal  is  to  be  kept  of  these  meetings.  For  every  two  hours  you  meet  together,  a  one  page   double  spaced,  typed,  journal  entry  is  required.  (5  postings).  

Read  the  Journal  Rubric  carefully  so  you  know  how  to  develop  your  journal  writing  thoroughly  to  receive  the   maximum  point  value  for  your  extra  credit.  

The  first  journal  entry  is  slightly  different  from  the  rest  of  the  postings  because  you  need  to  introduce  your   conversation  partner  in  your  first  posting.  Your  introduction  should  be  as  informative  as  possible  and  should   include  name,  brief  physical  description,  age  or  year  in  school,  major  and  educational  goals,  family  background,   interests  and  hobbies,  etc.  as  well  as  a  summary  of  what  you  did  together.  All  other  journal  information  should   begin  with  a  summary  of  what  you  did  in  that  meeting,  and  then  focus  on  what  you  are  learning:  linguistic   information  about  English,  information  about  American  culture  that  is  new  to  you,  and  any  additional   information  you  learned  about  your  conversation  partner.  

Requirements  for   FIRST  ENTRY  

Requirements  for   ALL  OTHER  ENTRIES  

1) Submitted  On  Time   1) Submitted  On  Time   2) Title  –  Date,  Time  Frame,  and  Place   2) Title  –  Date,  Time  Frame,  and  Place   3) Length  -­‐  One  Page   3) Length  –  One  Page   4) Summary   4) Summary   Introduction  of  Conversation  Partner  

  5) Name  &  brief  physical  description   6) Age  or  year  in  school;   7) Major  and  educational  goals;     8) Family  background;     9) Interests  and  hobbies.  

What  Are  You  Learning?    

5) Discuss  any  new  information  you   learned  about  your  partner.  

6) Explain  any  linguistic  aspects  you   learned  (discuss  the  meaning  of  new   vocabulary,  terminology,  slang,  and  or   idioms,  or  pronunciation  you  heard  or   talked  about  with  your  partner  

7) Discuss  cultural  aspects  of  your  time   spent  together  (cultural  differences  you   notice,  experience,  or  discuss  while   doing  something  with  your  CP)  

8) What  was  new?  Surprising?   Uncomfortable  for  you?  

   

TOTAL: 5 pts TOTAL: 20 pts (5 pts each)