Today in class we came to two of the world’s mysteries: crop circles and Stonehenge.
Before the class, I came across two amazing photos of crop cirlcles in the morning. One was taken in English, and the other in Switzerland. Click and you’ll be stunned by these geometric shapes.
Today I started Lesson Two in Class 214.
To lead the students in, I wrote on the blackboard the title: Is the Truth Out There? With it, I asked them, “If something is out there, is it near or far from us?” For the sake of reinforcement, I even sang the first line of the song “Somewhere Out There.” Then I asked them what “the truth” meant. They gave me the Chinese translation. (more…)
What is college education for? The following article found in today’s UDN provides a good answer.
http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT4/5144929.shtml
成大副校長：「大學要培養有貢獻的人」
聯合報╱記者陳智華／台北報導】 2009.09.20 05:31 am (more…)
A similar article to the following one can be found in today’s UDN, in which Mr. Lee (李家同教授), whom I respect a lot, mentioned the gloomy situation of the English education in Taiwan. However, I know many students in Taiwan have a good command of Engish.
http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=213211
聯合晚報╱記者嚴文廷╱台北報導】2009/09/18 (more…)
Today, it was Hung-yu’s (弘宇) turn to host the class meeting. However, since he was on sick leave today, Yi-hung (逸弘) took it over. At first, I thought the whole class would remain silent because Yi-hung, not smiling much, looked serious. (more…)
214 students are in their Reading and Writing class. Everyone concentrates on their reading. I really enjoyed the moment of serenity, feeling the power of reading together.
The day before yesterday, I had the students play with the new words of Lesson 2. The students form groups of 4~6. Each group had to created a skit using three words assigned to them, for example, regard, perfect, and digusted/disgusting/disgust. They had only 5 minutes to come up with their skit. Then I collected the papers, read them, corrected some mistakes, and gave the scripts back to the students yesterday. (more…)
內湖高中209 9/17~9/21停課英文科作業 20090916 (more…)
Coincidentally, I heard the TV news mentioning the pig’s blood cake as the world’s most unusual food. Catching a glimpse of the source shown on the screen, I got online and found the article “The World’s 10 Most Unusual Foods.” Eureka! We have just finished talking about foods in class. This article can be given to students as supplementary reading material.
Why not guess what foods are on the list before clicking on the URL or reading on?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32799609/ns/travel-destinations/ (more…)
A Taiwanese student, Li-hsuen Chen, got a 118 on TOEFL. The full score is 120. She suggests reading extensively is the key to scoring high on the test.
http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=212455
【聯合報╱記者湯雅雯／台北報導】2009/09/14 (more…)
