Language Skills II, Homework for Week 8 + 9

**A note to my Wed. 12-14 class: We will not be meeting on Dies Academicus (Dec. 7th). Our next class is the Week 9 class on Dec. 14th. Make sure you have consulted both this blog post and the post entitled "Homework for Week 9" in preparing for the Dec. 14th session.** 

For homework, please:
1. Have a look at the podcasts that major anglophone universities offer, such as Yale, Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, and the Open University. (If you have iTunes, these can be accessed through "iTunesU".) Alternatively, you can investigate the TED talks on YouTube. Listen to a full podcast in a subject that interests you and to at least 10 minutes of a subject that you otherwise wouldn't normally gravitate towards. Write down language from these lectures that you want to incorporate into your presentation speech.
2. Read the article I distributed in class today and complete the following: 1) the front page features blanks in which you need to decide if a definite, indefinite or no article should go and 2) four multiple-choice vocab questions I'd like you to answer. The second half of the article goes in depth into defining empathy. I'd like you to highlight/underline all of the relevant passages pertaining to this definition and to paraphrase/summarize that content in your own words.
3. Complete the following online exercises, which review a number of the grammatical concepts we've had in the first half of the semester:
http://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/subjunctive-mood-exercise-five
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/gerinf1.htm
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/advanced/cae-002-multiple-choice-cloze-exercise.php
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/mix3.htm
http://www.michigan-test.com/cloze-exercises/