A Fun Dictionary Activity

Yesterday while cleaning up my old magazines, books, and handouts, I found a 9-page handout from 2006 Taiwan English Language Teaching Conference. It was a session about using dictionaries to enhance vocabulary skills held by Macmillan. The following is a suggested activity, which can be applied not only  as a dictionary activity but also a vocabulary review game.

She Got a 950 on TOEIC--她讀私校高職部 多益950分

http://mag.udn.com/mag/edu/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=468894

她讀私校高職部 多益950分

【聯合晚報╱記者王彩鸝、莊亞築╱台北、台中連線報導】2013/07/30

College Students Didn't Perform Better on TOEIC Than High School Students--大學生菜英文 多益成績輸高中生

http://mag.udn.com/mag/edu/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=468895

大學生菜英文 多益成績輸高中生

【聯合晚報╱記者王彩鸝╱台北報導】2013/07/30

31 Healthiest Foods of All Time from TIME

An interesting and healthful webpage at TIME. It includes not only the names of the healthiest foods but also answers to why, how and how much calories, and best of all, a recipe. Guess what is on the list before visiting the page. If you have no time to clip through the photos, read on to see the list.

http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/01/guide-the-31-healthiest-foods-of-all-time-with-recipes/slide/68768-2/

The 31 Healthiest Foods of All Time (with Recipes)

31 Healthy Foods You Should Be Eating Now

By Alexandra Sifferlin Sept. 12, 2012

Pursuing a PhD?--交大校長嘆：學生為公職棄博士

http://mag.udn.com/mag/edu/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=466267

交大校長嘆：學生為公職棄博士

【聯合報╱記者張錦弘／台北報導】2013/07/15

For Those Who Are Considering Whether to Go to College in the States

J-Xuan, a former student of mine who graduated from NHSH two years ago and just came back from a working holiday in Australia, asked me last week whether she should resume her studies in college in Taiwan or go to college in the States.

Find What You Love--讀什麼科系？ 靠熱忱選吧

http://mag.udn.com/mag/edu/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=467875

評論／讀什麼科系？ 靠熱忱選吧

【聯合報╱王策緯／研究生（台北市）】 2013/07/24

"How many hours does it take to be fluent in English?"--a BBC Article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23407265

How many hours does it take to be fluent in English?

By Tom de Castella

BBC News Magazine

23 July 2013 Last updated at 12:04 GMT

A Happy Gathering with a Wise Man and a Nice Lady

This noon, I had a lunch date with Principal Lin (林煇校長) and a dear friend Mei-hua (許玫華老師).

Life Can Be Changed--貧家女學美容 贏到第一桶金

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT5/8041867.shtml

貧家女學美容 贏到第一桶金 

【聯合報╱記者許俊偉／台北報導】

2013.07.21 02:30 am

Just Persist!--世界第一麥方 吳寶春憨憨行

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/8043344.shtml?ch=pdm_main

世界第一麥方 吳寶春憨憨行

【聯合報╱陳金順／文字工作者（台南市）】

2013.07.22 03:08 am

The Most Important Thing to Teach Kids

Be it home or school education, the most important thing to teach kids is empathy. When one can stand in someone else's shoes, they won't hurt others because they know how painful it is.

It's Not Far Off. It's by Your Side--差0.5分滿分 黃有卿寫遠方「有心就在身邊」

http://mag.udn.com/mag/edu/storypage.jsp?f_MAIN_ID=12&f_SUB_ID=31&f_ART_ID=467076

差0.5分滿分 黃有卿寫遠方「有心就在身邊」

【聯合報╱記者廖雅欣／宜蘭縣報導】2013/07/19

Tips for Learning English--讀紐時、看原文書 她們英文99分

http://mag.udn.com/mag/edu/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=467106&ch=pdm_main

讀紐時、看原文書 她們英文99分

【聯合報╱記者廖珮妤／台北報導】2013/07/19

Meet Renoir

Smell the Roses with Friends--Trip to Erzihping, Yangmingshan

This photo was taken at Black Cabin (黑木屋), a cafe in Yangmingshan. On such a sun-filled day as today, Meiying (袁梅英), Weiyun (徐慰筠), Meichen (朱美珍), Melody (陳美麗), and I took a trip to Yangmingshan with a sunny mood. Erzihping Trail was our destination. But before taking the long stroll, we had to raise our energy level. So we went to the cafe first, enjoying delicious lunch and savoring a cheerful chat.

A New-Born Brain Child--Listening Exercise Book 5 Published by Kangxuan

Interesting Math Test Items--Candy crush入題… 北一女數學考題很動漫

http://mag.udn.com/mag/edu/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=466270

Candy crush入題… 北一女數學考題很動漫

【聯合報╱記者陳瑄喻／台北報導】2013/07/15

On Testing--洪蘭／考不出思考的考卷

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/OPI4/8027168.shtml

洪蘭／考不出思考的考卷

【聯合報╱洪蘭】2013.07.14 03:27 am

How English Readers Help?

One way for junior high school graduates to polish their English so that they won't find high school English too hard is to read some readers, such as those published by Oxford, Cambridge (http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/catalogue/subject/project/custom/item5964416/Cambridge-English-Readers-News/?site_locale=en_GB), or Macmillan (http://www.macmillanreaders.com/). Such reading materials can be found at Caves (敦煌), Crane (文鶴), or Bookman (書林) Bookstores.