You also should use English when you are working in a group, checking something with a classmate, or taking notes. Your goal is always to improve your English skills as much as possible, and making yourself function in English is the quickest way to do this. Active learning doesn't mean just jumping up and down and making a lot of noise. It means doing your part to make small group and team work succeed. Active learning includes figuring out where to look for information and how to use it to answer your questions.
Successful people make a lifetime habit of active learning.
It must be the basic rule in our class. I will draw up a schedule on which you can make an appointment for the first conference, which will be during the third week of class. Focus Project You will have an opportunity to complete a major individual or team project that calls on the skill areas you are particularly working on. This will require coordination and an agreement between us, but the idea should come from you. We need to decide about the topic and format of your project by the middle of the semester.