reading for 09 October and quizlet

Use the reading list button in the menu to open the folder for the forthcoming readings... Currently the first three weeks' readings are put in the folder (harvey, berman, jacobs)... It will be updated in a few days... (you can choose the week you want to be "extra responsible" by contacting me -first come first serve rule applies)

the reading for next week is from Marshall Berman: all that solid melts into the air; page 287-312

• all the students are responsible for adding a quatation, a question and a comment using the "quotation entry" form in the menu until Saturday (05 October 2013) 23:59. All the students are also supposed to take notes/prepare questions during their readings in order to open discussion in the class.  

• "extra responsible" students (Gizem & Songül) are due to finish and submit their assignments by this date as well. Their assignments involve:
• creating a new vocabulary set for the text
• preparing 5 questions for the the mid-term (we will give marks to these questions by evaluating their quality)
• getting "extra" ready for the class (reading the text more than other students, preparing "more" discussion questions for the class
• (they are also responsible for organizing the space for discussion before the class)

I will put these entries into quizlet  for those who would like to review the text more before the class. As I have explained today, in order to use quizlet for this lesson all you have to do is to enter the website of quizlet (www.quizlet.com) and search for "emp2013". Currently you will have access to the vocabulary of Harvey's text. (this vocabulary set will be updated on Saturday, new words from Harvey's text will be added, so check it again after Friday).

small tip for smart phone and tablet users: 

• for Ios users, there is an application called CHEGG where you can search in QUIZLET database and download the data and play with the flash cards (the positive side of the application is that you can mark incorrect words and then study them again)
• for both Ios and Android users: you can use QUIZLET application. the application allows you to study the cards via flash cards (unfortunately you can not mark the incorrect words currently) + other very useful tools. I will be using both applications to memorize the words till the next course. Feel free to share with us any tools/applications that you think might be useful for the course.