Today is New Year’s Eve. Again, the song sung by ABBA “Happy New Year” flashed into my mind. Here I’d like to post the entry I kept on Life Type system a year ago in which the video of the song was presented. Just sing along. This song is 30 years old!
http://www.tiec.tp.edu.tw/lifetype/post/1130/19093
May everyone have a beautiful and happy 2009!
The result of the 2nd mock exam came out this moring. Some students were exhilarated that they had made a great improvement; some were frustrated, dissatisfied with their performance. What I’d like to tell those who have lost or are about to lose heart is
“This is not the end of the game. Keep moving up. Things can go better.” (more…)
Dear Sandy,
Thank you for the comments on my two entries.
I found you a great singer the day we encountered at Lungshan Junior High School. Besides, the enthusiasm you showed was really impressive. My intuition told me that you are a born teacher. Annie spoke highly of you. (more…)
When I teach vocabulary, what I like to do most is use the new words to chat with the students and have the students make sentences. For example, I’ve finished the discussion of the reading text of Unit 11 “The Cellist of Sarajevo,” so what was left for today’s class was the vocabulary part. (more…)
Last Monday, after my speech at Lungshan Junior High School, I drove Ms. Hsin-yi Huang (黃馨儀老師), a teacher from Blessed Imelda’s School (靜修女中), to the MRT station. In my car, she told me that her school has an English Day every week. On that day students have to bring their “speaking passport” and went to a teacher to tell him/her the answer to the question the school posed on the previous day, for example, “What did you do last Sunday?” so that they can have their passport stamped. (more…)
“The Secret to Happiness: Singing some songs when feeling nervous.” This is the title of an article on the front page of today’s United Daily News as follows.
Today I told Class 314 why I’d like them to recite the poem “The Road Not Taken” to me individually. I don’t want them to learn English just to pass the tests, be they the mid-terms, the finals, the UEE, or even TOEFL. (more…)
I’m happy that we still sang two Christmas songs in class today. Seeing students so excited about Christmas, I cannot but let them sing. We sang “Happy Xams War Is Over” and “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.” Most of them preferred the latter because “it’s cute,” as they told me. Well, I love the naivety of the kid in the song. He really believed in Santa Claus and so, when he saw his mom kissing Santa Claus, he thought she was having an affair. He didn’t know the Santa Claus, in fact, was his father. (more…)
It is Xmas Eve. Merry Xmas!
Here is a song I’d like to teach students tomorrow but might not have time to. That’s why I put the video on my blog for whoever wants to sing it. The title of the song is “Happy Xmas War Is Over,” an anti-war song. It was written by John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono.
Unit 11 in our textbook “The Cellist of Sarajevo” is about how the cellist Vedran Smailovic conveyed his outrage over war through music. This song can be used as a supplement.
To Losan (羅珊老師)
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008Dear Losan,
Thank you for visiting my blog, and the sweet words. You’re always generous in encouraging others. Those who know you love you.
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