2011年7月17日 星期日

The Moment Finally Comes--指考成績18日出爐 網上也可查

Some students messaged me either on the cellphone or in FB to ask when they should come to school tomorrow to get their UEE report card. Here is important information about the UEE result issue.

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=330961

指考成績18日出爐 網上也可查

【聯合報╱記者陳智華/台北報導】2011/07/16

After Getting the Exam Result...--聯合新聞網 提供落點分析

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_MAIN_ID=12&f_SUB_ID=31&f_ART_ID=330764

聯合新聞網 提供落點分析

【聯合報╱台北訊】2011/07/15

2011年7月15日 星期五

To Love You More

Today, to relieve the students of some pressure, after the discussion of today's quiz, I taught the three classes the song "To Love You More" sung by Celine Dion. It's a beautiful, touching song and I love the passion flowing from both the melody and the lyrics.

After presenting the song, I challenged Classes 301 and 303 to locate the imperative sentences in the song, a grammar point we reviewed this week, and Class 311 to discover the relative clauses. Then we sang the song together.

2011年7月14日 星期四

If I Were an English Teacher--Part II

Here are responses on "If I Were an English Teacher" from Class 301:

1. Have everyone read aloud what they or someone else writes.

2. Have students speak English loudly, memorize 10~15 vocabulary words a day, and write a composition every week.

3. Introduce more new words. Not give many assignments. Have students read English magazines or news.

2011年7月13日 星期三

If I Were an English Teacher

Yesterday and today, I had the first encounter with my new students: Classes 303, 311, and 301. After briefly introducing myself, I had them write on cards some information so that I can get to know them more quickly. Besides basic personal data, two of the classes were asked to write a very short paragraph on "If I Were an English Teacher."

The following are reponses from Class 311. Those from Class 301 will be posted in tomorrow's entry.

2011年7月8日 星期五

On 2011 UEE Chinese Writing

I came across an article about this year's UEE Chinese Writing. The blogger speaks highly of the writing task and suggests ways to approach the task.

2011年7月6日 星期三

"Better Writing Involves Reading Widely"

In his Write Like a Champion (美國老師教你寫出好英文), Scott Dreyer listed reading widely as one of the "magical seven" elements of better writing. He gave an example to illustrate the idea:

2011年7月5日 星期二

Experience Culture in Taiwan--10條在地旅遊路線 文建會邀你樂遊臺灣

The Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA) suggests ten cultural travel routes for holidaymakers, as reported by the UDN.

http://travel.udn.com/mag/travel/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=41846

10條在地旅遊路線 文建會邀你樂遊臺灣

【欣傳媒/記者宋冠儀/台北報導】

2011年7月3日 星期日