In Unit 7 “An Era for LOHAS,” there is an interesting question for discussion:
“In Chinese, the literal translation of LOHAS means “happy life.” How do you define a happy life? What are its essential elements?” (more…)
Archive for April, 2009
What Makes a Happy Life?
Friday, April 10th, 2009Diligence is the Mother of Good Luck
Thursday, April 9th, 2009This is the topic for the writing task of yesterday’s mock exam. The sentence is a quote from Benjamin Franklin. An interesting topic, but not easy to approach. Many students wrote about how diligence leads to success. (more…)
University Professor Teaching High School Students English
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009This morning, a piece of news story attracted my attention. Its heading is “University Professor Teaches English at High School.” I’ve long been curious about how university professors or Studio Classroom teachers would teach high school students the textbook English. Now, Prof. Chen (陳超明教授) is doing teaching demonstration at Jingmei High School. He has planned to teach one freshman class one hour per day for a month. I admire his experimental spirit and dedication to English education. (more…)
Memorization Alone Isn’t Enough
Monday, April 6th, 2009In yesterday’s UDN, there were a few words from Ms. Doris Brougham, the founder of Studio Classroom, about English learning. According to her, learning English is not all about memorizing sentences; rather, students should learn to think and judge. (more…)
The Power of Words
Sunday, April 5th, 2009An article in today’s UDN caught my eye as soon as I opened the paper. From the title, we can know it is an article inspired by the movie “The Reader (為愛朗讀).“ I haven’t seen the movie, but I know the movie involves a young boy reading some literary works for the heroine because she is illiterate. (more…)
When Strangers Got Connected
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
They never saw each other before yesterday. They only talked on the phone. However, when Yi-ching (陳怡晴) came to visit me yesterday, they had their happy enocunter. See their broad smile? (more…)
Reunion of Former Class 313
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Today, my former homeroom Class 313 had a little reunion. They are in their junior year of college. Those who showed up are in their spring break. Everyone came with a beaming smile. We were so exhilarated that we gave each other a bear hug. (more…)
Enlightening Encounter
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
(A click on a photo can enlarge it.)
This morning, four of my former 303 students, who are juniors in college, came to Class 314. They are Wei-chen (王偉宸), Wei-yi (李威毅), Chao-lung (陳昭龍), and Xuan-an (賴旋安). Three years ago, they all did very well on the UEE and entered their ideal universities, namely, NTU and NTNU. They proved that efforts and perseverance finally paid off. (more…)
Congratulations, Ying-zi!
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009Congratulations, Ying-zi!
This noon the list of those who are admitted to National Tsing Hua University is announced. Ying-zi (張盈姿), a student in Class 313, is on the list. She is admitted to the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. I was so happy for her. In fact, I think she deserves the honor. Before the 2nd-stage screening, she worked very hard, listening to CNN, practicing summarizing articles she read, writing compositions, and doing two past tests. She took it really seriously. (more…)