Vocab Exercise 1--FOV Chapter 9 (doc)

Vocab Exercise 2--(pdf)

Vocab Exercise 1--FOV Chapter 7 (doc)

Vocab Exercise 2--(pdf)

Vocabulary Exercises--FOV Chapter 5 (doc); Chapter 6 (doc)

Vocabulary Exercises--FOV--Chapter 2:   2.1   2.2   2.3   2.4

Vocabulary Exercises--FOV--Chapter 1 (doc)

Wednesday, 4/23

FOV, Chapter 9 (pdf)

 

administrative, allocate, approach, assign, code, concentration

considerable, cycle, debate, decade, eliminate, enhanced

exclusion, facilitate, flexibility, maximum, percent, phase

restrict, seek, status, trace, traditional, widespread

All Clear, Chapter 6

• out of the blue

• out of nowhere

• out of the corner of one's eye

• this is the last straw

• better off

• cooped up in

• at the end of my rope

• for crying out loud

• don't cry over spilt milk

• lose your head

• knock oneself out

• make do

• climb the walls

• have cabin fever

• keep a level head

• sit tight

• dwell on

• come through

Wednesday, 4/16

 

FOV, Chapter 7 (pdf)

 

accuracy,  achieve,  alter,  attribute,  challenge,  consistent

demonstrate,  deny,  derive,  dimension,  emerge,  expose  

instance,  intensify,  mental,  motivate,  participants,  perceive

perspective,  prior,  rejection,  stability,  trigger,  vision

All Clear, Chapter 5

 

What's gotten into

I haven't the slightest idea

beats me

your guess is as good as mine

that's unheard of

beyond the shadow of a doubt

to say the least

beyond my comprehension

sink in

I've got to hand it to you

let alone

in store

up in the air

make the most of

go down the drain

rule out

be on the lookout

hav (got) it made

Wednesday, 4/9

Spring Break--No Class

Wednesday, 4/2

Here's the download for 4/2.  Please print it out and bring it to class.  If you're feeling generous, please print an extra copy for a fellow student.

• FOV Chapter 6 (pdf)

acquire
device
insight
occupational
adjustment
dispose
involve
ongoing
appropriate
factor
mode
reinforce
assume
foundation
modify
selection
category
illustration
norm
sole
constantly
initiate
obtain
transfer

Wednesday, 3/25

Dear Students,

Sorry it took so long to post, but here's the copy of FOV Chapter 5 (pdf) for downloading.  Please print and bring a copy to class.

Vocab for 3/25:

accompany
acknowledge
appreciate
attachment
bond
controversial
design
distribute
dynamics
emphasis
features
fundamental
image 
revenue
impact 
strategies
issues 
underlying
policy 
via
primary 
visible
principle 
whereby

Wednesday, 3.19

Vocab for 3/19

assistance  |  available  |  consist  |  consume  |  contribute  |  conversely 

cooperate |  domestic  |  function  |  isolation  |  labor  |  locate

maintain  |  minority  |  negative  |  network  |  nuclear  |  promote

purchase  |  rely  |  resource  |  structure  |  transition  |  trend

Wednesday, 3/12

Dear students, 

I apologize for missing class last week.  For the next class -- on 3/12 -- we will cover Chapter 2 in Focus On Vocabulary (download below) and Chapter 2 in All Clear 3 (you should have bought the book by now).

Vocab for 3/12

affect | apparent | aspect | attitude | concept | confer

conflict | conform | contact | distinction | document | dominance 

ethnicity | evaluation | gender | media | persist | process

range | retain | rigid | significance | style | vary

Idioms for 3/12

1. all of a sudden

2. be out of control

3. (not) at all

4. (not) have a clue (about OR that)

5. go through (all) the trouble of ( + gerund)

6. in peace

7. for once

8. take (someone) forever ( + infinitive)

9. keep (someone) under control

10. put up with ( + noun or gerund)

11. have nothing against ( + noun or gerund)

12. the bottom line ( is that ...)

13. here comes (proper name) OR here (pronoun) comes

Wednesday, 2/26

Our book ALL CLEAR 3: Listening & Speaking is now available in the Bundy Bookstore.  Please purchase it and bring it to class.  If you can't purchase it by class, you can download Chapter 1 here (pdf).  This is the only time that I'll be posting copies of ALL CLEAR; from now on, you will need to bring the book.

Download and print the following for class:

• FOV Chapter 1 (pdf)

Target Vocabulary:  from FOV, Chapter 1

capacity | complex | consequences | contemporary | contrast | decline 

diverse | element | encounter | environment | estimate | eventually

evidence | evolve | furthermore | generation | global | interact

item | manipulate | neutral | source | symbolize | transform

Target Idioms:  from All Clear, Chapter 1

1.  What's eating (you)?

2.  to get something off one's chest ><  to keep something bottled up (inside)

3.  to (not) have the guts (to do something)

4.  to give (it/something) a shot

5. (someone) wouldn't be caught dead (with someone | doing something | in/at a place)

6.  Skip it! 

7.  to bite the bullet

8.  to put something off

9.  to hit it off

10.  That'll be the day!

11.  to take the initiative (and do something)

12.  Now you're talking!

13.  to be bound to

14.  to pass up

Print out the following exercises and bring them to class:

• Download 1

• Download 2

AWL Sublist 1

 Group 1

economy | available | analysis | factor | indicates

similar | legal | period | research | contract

Group 2

respond  |  environment  |  source  |  create  |  legislation

policy  |  individual  |  benefits  |  finance  |  approached

Group 3

data  |  specific  |  concepts  |  role  |  established

formula  |  principle  |  major  |  area  |  interpret

Group 4

consist  |  assess  |  define  |  section  |  involve

estimate  |  proceed  |  structure  |  method  |  function

Group 5

occur  |  assume  |  identity  |  constitute |  theory

evidence  |  sector  |  issue  |  process  |  derived

Alphabetical order

approached

area

assess

assume

benefits

concepts

consist

constitute

create

data

define

derived

environment

established

estimate

evidence

finance

formula

function

identity

individual

interpret

involve

issue

legislation

major

method

occur

policy

principle

proceed

process

respond

role

section

sector

source

specific

structure

theory