Midterm Survey

Hi again,

I made a short survey to get your feedback about how we can make this class better and better. You do not need to put your name on this survey, so you may answer with your honest opinions. Your honesty will help me think about how we can make this class as useful as possible for you.

You can answer this survey anytime until May 16th. Thank you for your sincere feedback!

Here is the survey link:
Native English Midterm Survey

See you next week,
Becka

Special Topic for May 4th Attendance Point

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry we could not have a regular class meeting on Tuesday (May 4th), but by writing a short response to this post, you will be able
to still have your attendance point for that day.

I am writing to you from Toronto right now! I'm here for my little sister's wedding, and I can't wait to see all of my family at this event. It is a very large wedding - almost 300 guests! I was in a wedding only two times before today. The last time I saw all of my family was at my wedding in 2004!

I don't have much experience being in weddings. Here are pictures from the only two weddings I was in:

Here, at my own wedding in Halifax, Canada...


...and here, at my friends' wedding in Daejeon...


Many of my friends got married in Korea, actually. Sometimes the weddings were 'traditional' style weddings in folk villages, and sometimes they were modern weddings in a wedding hall.


HERE IS THE QUESTION FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE POINT. You may choose a question to answer. You do not have to answer all of them.


1) Do you want to get married? What kind of wedding do you want to have?


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2) What do you know about wedding traditions in Western culture? Are they different from weddings in Korea?


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3) Do you have experience participating in a wedding? What was your experience?

I look forward to seeing you next week. Have a great day off on May 5th!

Becka

Unit 7: Changes and Becoming

Maybe you are thinking of your future a lot these days. Maybe you have no idea what your future holds yet. Often, when we ask 'what do you want to become?' we mean 'what job do you want to have?' But 'becoming' something can also be about what kind of person you want to be in life. What kinds of values are important to you?



I'm very interested to hear what your thoughts are about the future. As John Lennon said in one of his songs, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."



Please make your posts at least 75 words long. Please post your responses by the beginning of your first class next week (no later than midnight on May 4).

Have a great week!

Becka

Prezi!

Hello everyone,

Here is a link to the PREZI website if you want to try using it for midterm presentations... or any other presentations!

Prezi.com

It's a really cool program, it's free, and it's online.

Enjoy, and good luck on your midterm exams.

Becka

Unit 6: Your Activities and Your Personality

This week, we talked about personality types and different ways to describe peoples' character. In our online discussion this week, let's find out if your birthday influences your personality. Even though these are just for fun, sometimes the results are surprising and accurate!



The YEAR you were born -
Click here to see your personality traits according to the Chinese Zodiac.

You will see many adjectives describing the different symbols. Which one are you? What does it mean for your personality?



The MONTH you were born -
Click here to see your personality traits according to WESTERN SUN SIGNS.

There are many adjectives for each sign. Which one are you? What does it mean for your personality?

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Your homework: Please post at least 50 words on what you think about your birthday and your personality traits. Do the adjectives listed in those two links describe you well? Why or why not?

Unit 5: Travel Advice for Foreigners Coming to Korea

Last week in class, we talked about how to use "should" for making recommendations. We also talked more about traveling, but instead of flying around the world, we talked about traveling within Korea. You all gave me some good advice for different traveling situations! For our online discussion this week, I want you to post the advice your group put together in class. The group's advice should be at least 50-75 words long.

If you were absent last week because of MT or other school events, please choose one travel situation and give two pieces of advice for what you think I should do. You can look at the vocabulary on page 51 and the grammar points on page 49 and page 48 (bottom of page) to help you. Each student's post should be at least 25-50 words long.
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TRAVEL SITUATIONS:

1) I want to go to Jeju Island, but I don't have much money and I only have one week for vacation. How should I get there? When should I go? What should I do while I am there? What should I bring?

2) My parents are coming to Korea to visit me. They are coming in the summer because they like warm weather. They are interested in seeing Korea, but they don't like spicy food, and they are over 60 years old. Where can we go? What kind of food can you recommend? What should they bring?

3) I have one week for vacation and a vacation budget of 1,000,000 won. I want to see as many interesting places in Korea as possible. Where should I go? How should I travel? What should I bring?

4) Like many foreigners in Korea, I enjoy experiencing traditional culture such as temples, palaces, and folk villages, but I want to experience interesting contemporary cultural events, too! What kind of events will show me something of Korea's modern culture? Where can I go? How should I get there? What should I wear?

5) I have one week for vacation in the summer, but I don't like hot weather. I want to go to a place with mild summer temperatures that makes delicious maekgoli, but I don't want to go to a place where there are many tourists. What can you recommend? Where should I go? How can I get there? What should I bring?

Remember, I want GOOD advice! Not BAD advice, like we saw in the comedy sketch from the TV show "Little Britain"...