Independent Learning
1) Definition
2) Benefits
3) Method
Observations
Taking notes
Summarizing
Management
Learning by yourself with neither a teacher nor a textbook
On your own time at a place of your choosing
Learning what you want to learn
Improve weaknesses (e.g. English)
Self-selection of learning materials and resources
Induces activity; being proactive and not passive
Promotes life-long learning; a spirit of enquiry
Convenience of learning anytime and anywhere
Specific Examples
Reading books, newspapers
Watching movies and television programs
Chatting with native English speakers
Identify what you want to learn
Diagnose your strengths and weaknesses
Formulate a plan
Take action
Evaluate and reflect
Planning
1) Weaknesses or Objectives (pages 27-34)
2) Specific Activities (pages 35-36)
3) Evidence
Cannot recognize tenses at the ends of Korean verbs
Recognize and acquire high-frequency vocabulary words in pop music
Interview with language exchange partner, during which both she and I can ask and answer questions using target tenses
Listen actively to pop music (e.g. SNSD) and recall words and for unfamiliar high-frequency words, spell them and look them up in the dictionary; continue to listen to those songs to build meaning
Audio or video recording of our discussion, as well as notes that I have taken
Links to the songs; notes that I have taken, including dictionary references
Observations
Summarizing
Converging ideas
Generalizations
Lexis
Phonology
Grammar
Discourse
Versus
English speaker's accent, vocabulary and speed
Listening to music and watching movies, with subtitles and lyrics
Summarizing the movie
Accurate pronunciation of common words
Listen to some pronunciation materials
Communicate with foreign girls, focus on her pronunciation
Record the conversation
Record yourself pronouncing words; links to materials
1) Why did we do this activity?
3) Can you think of an instance in your life when you used this skill (for example, while doing something that interests you)?
In Japan, with limited Japanese, trying to get a lady to give Karen something.  Karen likes traveling which is why she went to Japan.
This morning, David met his language exchange partner for practicing Cantonese. His partner tried to explain a word, "order". He used some examples to describe it. David also tried to give him some examples in order to come up a mutual, common description. David wants to learn Cantonese. 
Commenting on "pace" while running with the HKBSA
Playing Big Television at social gatherings
Dating a girl; to express feelings
Foreign roommate who inquires about Putonghua lyrics
Why did we do this?
This activity allows us to make decisions
To learn more about each other
To learn different ways to answer questions
To enliven the class
To allow you to think about the aims of activities

Increase number of verbs in spoken lexicon
Resources
Activity
Korean movies w/subtitles
Air ticket
Korean listening exercise books
Korean language centre
Hear a verb; write it down; look it up in the dictionary
Go to Korea; meet Korean friends, speak Korean Korean and learn both their culture and language
Write down verbs; check the word in the dictionary, memorize it and then use it while chatting with Korean friends


Learning to play the guitar
Objective
To learn how to play with rhythm

Resource
YouTube videos of songs with strumming patterns and lyrics
Activity
Memorize lyrics; memorize chords
Learn strumming patterns; play along with the video and check rhythm with the video; practice them with church brothers

Why not take notes?
Writing is troublesome
Inefficient if you can memorize information
Relying too much on notes in presentations (i.e. no eye contact)
Unable to listen and to write simultaneously
Hard to be creative; quickly with notes
Qualities of bad notes
Poor organization
Writing complete sentences
Sloppy handwriting
Too much revision in the notes (e.g. crossing things out)
Small print

Purpose of activity
To know why it is important to take notes
How to jot notes effectively and efficiently
Learning about bad notes
Discussion practice
To learn about independent learning
Why take notes?
A memory aide
Supplementary information not already written (e.g. in a book or handout)
Truncate information (e.g. in a textbook) into keywords
Self-organize information

Qualities of good notes
Keywords; simple words
Organization (e.g. appropriate headings; point form; mind map)
Concise
Clear handwriting
Observations
Agenda; group management
Time management (too quick; too little discussion?)
Taking notes!
Analyzing the evidence

1) Why did we do this activity?
Expand vocabulary; think of new words and word relationships
Fosters communication even w/o the right word
Thinking quickly; competition

2) Can you think of an instance in your life when you used this skill? (for example, while doing something that interests you)
Explaining a concept to a student (e.g. independent learning)
Buying food in China
Forgetting someone's name
Speaking to the deaf

Circumlocution
ILOs
To understand the definition of circumlocution
To understand how circumlocution can be applied to I.L.
circle; circumference - around
locution
3) How to provide evidence of doing this activity?
Recording the game

The cards
Second round
Taboo Activity - Round Three
Circumlocution
Practice describing words using a variety of connected vocabulary
Using body language
Improve relationships with classmates, especially with the opposite sex
Express ideas
Forming new word relationships
Guessing words
Improve the confidence of the speaker
Think about your objectives and aims

circle
circumference
location
locomotion
How to spell?
1) Spell the word
2) Can you explain your the process of spelling this word?
also depends on
1) Think about similar words (e.g. special; delicious; spe+cious)
How to guess accurately?  Why not guess wildly?
What were we doing?
Why were we doing this?
21.10.09 activity
What was difficult about this activity?
Observations
Forming groups
Dead air
Pronounce word; find corresponding partner
Ask partner which word he hears; identify words with similar pronunciations
An introduction to learning about vowels
To reduce misunderstanding of speakers