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Archive for March, 2008
Key to Lungteng Workbook 6, Textbook Grammar Exercises, and In-class Quizzes
Friday, March 7th, 2008Where There Is a Will, There Is a Way
Thursday, March 6th, 2008This is a composition written by a student in Class 314.
Where There Is a Will, There Is a Way
To me, the old saying, "Where there is a will, there is a way" is more than a saying.
When I was in junior high school, I participated in a speech contest. Actually, I’d never taken part in such a contest and I had no idea about how to give a speech. Worst of all, I was such a shy girl that I was not sure if I dared make a speech in front of a crowd of people. As time passed, I knew that it was time to do something rather than do nothing but worry. Therefore, I turned to my Chinese teacher for help. She gave me some articles and asked me to read them aloud in front of a mirror every day after school and gave me suggestions. I was grateful to her and decided to go all out for the contest. With many practices, I conquered my stage fright and did very well in the contest. To my amazement, I got the championship.
After the contest, the proverb “Where there is a will, there is a way” is more than a proverb to me. It is a truth. (192 words)
Very cute Chinglish
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Today, I read a student’s composition and found a very cute Chinglish phrase.
The student wrote about having an automatic door which can detect and keep strangers from entering the house. With the door, "the thief will not steal my house." (小偷就不會偷我家) Isn’t it cute?
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To Shih-huai: 如何準備全民英檢中高級口說與寫作
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Dear Shih-huai,
To get prepared for the oral test of the GEPT, you can use the technique of “shadowing,” which you must have heard about in a speech held at NHSH about two years ago. When you listen to Studio Classroom or any other English learning program, just repeat what the teacher says while listening. So what you say is just like a shadow of the teacher’s words. This is how I practiced speaking several years ago.
An English composition graded 16 on the 1st mock exam
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008This is a composition written by a student in Class 317. It got a 16. The original version, with no modification made.
Please click If I can invent a new product.doc.
Students' problems in writing
Monday, March 3rd, 2008Today the students got their compositions back. I quickly went over some before I handed them back. The most common problems the students had in the writing part on this mock exam are as follows.
1. Some didn’t even read the Chinese instructions carefully. So they didn’t write what they are required to.
2. Some sentences in the compositions were not logically connected. In fact, logic is very important in writing and using right transitional words helps the reader follow the logic.
3. Some conclusions were irrelevant to the main idea. You’ll think the writer wrote on something else.
4. Some sounded didactic. This may be because students in Taiwan are always told to do thus-and-thus.
5. Many misspelled words or used the wrong word.
The original of Amy Tan's Mother Tongue
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008Click Mother Tongue.doc, and you can read the original of Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue.