Study Skills - make a participation plan

Aim

By the end of this page, you will know

What participation points are and how to get them
How to manage your own study outside of class

What are participation points?

You WIN points mostly by doing extra work and trying new things
You LOSE points mostly by missing work/class
There are many ways to score points
YOU choose how to get participation points
Not everything is available online. Read Online 2020 notes

Option 1: Score "try it" points

Try useful things around the university
Maximum one point each!

What you do	How to do it	How to prove it	Online 2020
English Forum (EF)	use the Self Access Centre	VIP card(EF 印鑑) or EF sheet	Yes
Writing Centre (WC)	use the Self Access Centre	VIP card(WC 印鑑) or WF sheet	Yes
Speaking Test Centre	use the Self Access Centre	VIP card(SC 印鑑)	Yes
Global Village (GV)	use the Self Access Centre	VIP card(GV 印鑑)	Yes
Official Exam (TOEIC or TOEFL)	See PLAS announcements. Only December is free	Show/Email me your score	Maybe, but only December is free
Attend Malc's office hour	Malc's schedule Email for appointment	Attend!	Yes! By Zoom. Email for appointment

Some rules

Don't attend a Global Village where that language is your first language!
If Japanese is not your first language, ask me about Nihongo Dojo
I might change the maximum points for each thing above - I will tell you in class if I do

Option 2: WLC/SAC/University events

Online 2020 - none available online so far

ALL WLC SAC events score a point.

To get a point, show me the event stamp
Event stamps are on the BACK of your EF sheet
Examples include:

GLS (Global Lecture Series, once a term)
WLC SAC Festival (Fall)
Game Jam (occasional)
Drama workshop (occasional)
Other OK, but check with me first that it is WLC

For other university English events, I PROBABLY give points:

ASK me first so I can decide if it is worth a point
I will tell you how you can prove you participated well

Option 3: Do extra quickwrites

Wait until I teach how to do a quickwrite in class
You get points for doing MORE than the minimum (25)

1 point for each 3 EXTRA quickwrites
5 points max for EXTRA quickwrites
(5x3= 15 EXTRA quickwrite maximum)
Usually, 25 NORMAL + 15 EXTRA = maximum 40 TOTAL
Spring 2020, 25 normal + 30 extra = maximum 55 total for 10 participation points.

All quickwrites, minimum or extra, must be > minimum word count

Option 4: ALC Net Academy

See use ALC NetAcademy
Maximum 5 points

How to lose points

Online 2020: Lose a point if a) submit homework late or b) miss a Zoom class (but it's OK if you email me before deadline or during class if you have a problem)

If you don't attend, you aren't participating

Being absent (-1 point)
Being late (-0.5 points)
Max is -7 points, because more than that and you fail the course anyway

NG point (-1, no max)

Forget homework in class, not even in Drive
Homework (essay draft) submitted late online
Missing homework at end of term e.g. only 22 QW
Sleeping in class after a warning
Talking too much Japanese in class after a warning
Using phone in class after warning

dictionary, research, OK
reading email etc not OK

To avoid forgetting homework or running out of time:

Homework

Read everything above
Make a plan that gets you 10 points

e.g. "I will do 15 extra quickwrites (5 points), two full ALC tests (4 points) and two half ALC tests (1 point)"
e.g. "We are online, so I just plan to do 30 extra quickwrites"
e.g. "We are online, so I will use ALC (2 full tests, 1 half tests = 5 points), one Office hour (1 point), and 12 extra QW (4 points).

If you lose a point, change your plan e.g. "I lost a point, so I will now need to do 15 quickwrites instead of 12"
If you change your mind, change your plan e.g. "I hate ALC - I'm going to do more EF instead"
Be ready to show me your plan when I ask