Classroom Content
- We shared some outfits we came up with over the weekend, which we thought our friends would look good in.
- Honey's outfit makes him seem like a hard working farmer!
- Ninal's outfit makes her seem like she has escaped from a hospital, is a model, beggar, actress, dancer, and wants to be different!
- What is learning? What is study? What is knowledge? Because I was disturbed by the poor grades on the [WikiQuiz], in class A we resurrected the topic of school, and specifically tried to answer the question, "Why are you in school? We compared intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Students: despite the fact that you've thus far been subjected to education which values high marks over interest, your teacher wishes you were more intrinsically motivated! Now ... why are you in school?
- To learn to get along with others
- To make friends
- To read books (why?)
- To improve our English
- To get married (so we need to communicate with foreigners!)
- To improve our basic abilities and gain knowledge
- To learn to study by ourselves
- To adjust to society
- To improve our "social intercourse" and relations with other people
- To learn something we don't know.
- To get new ideas
- What kinds of people are interviewed? Well, not just the rich and famous!
- Pop stars
- Successful business people
- Sports stars
- Political figures: Bush, Putin, Blair, Wen Jiabao, Bin Laden, Sadaam
- Sports fans
- Customers (marketing surveys)
- Scientists
- Experts in any field (literature, politics, the environment, etc.)
- "Very old people" (or people with special qualities)
- Students
- Policemen
- I suggested that interviews are a way to collect information of three kinds:
- Facts: people may think they know the facts, but we consult the experts
- Opinions: many people have different opinions, but sometimes we pay more attention to the opinions of certain people
- Feelings: everyone feels differently about different issues, and you won't know how someone feels until you ask!
- I tested to see if you really understood the homework assignment. If you don't understand the assignment, how can you complete it correctly? Asking your friends for the assignment is unreliable, because they are likely to have misunderstood as well. The only surefire way to clear up any uncertainties about the homework is to ask me. Here are some of the answers students gave. Nevermind the grammatical errors; the gist is right on the money:
- I have imagined what would happen in the first day of work and interviewed my classmates. I wrote down what I imagined and what would happened they imagined.
- Choose a topic and think something about the topic for answer other people's visit. I pretended the things on topic were happened in my life. I guess the others questions and think out the answers.
- If you were interviewed by classmate, you must thought how to answer their questions for today. I thought some questions will be most probably asked by my classmates. Then I answered this questions and wrote some key words on the books.
- If somebody journalism to you and asked some question, what do you do? I find some new words in my dictionary. I think a lot of topic and write down in my notebook.
- Last time Bino gave us homework which was everyone choose a role to be interviewed. I will as a famous people and I collect some information about a famous people. And I must know how to answer my classmates' questions about a famous people.
- Configure a scene, interview a person and ask she some question or interview and answer her question. I configure a scene, if I am a literature expert, I accept a reporter's interview, I answer her question.
- If I am a interviewee, I will answer some question. Talk about "first day at work".
- My parents: What's you feeling?
- I: I feel very happy, because I can make some money.
- My parents: Do you think make some money is easy?
- I: No, I don't think so. I think is not easy and must rational spend this money.
- Pretend to be somebody or present to have some things, act as the character in the play. Try to know everything about the character you act, other students or Bino will ask you some question about the character and what it do. Try to know every details about yourself. No dialogue! Just think about it in your mind.
- Our homework is describing a situation such as buying a new car or a new house and telling some details about it. To do the homework, I chose a topic first and made a list of some details about it. Then I wrote down some sentences by using the details on the list.
Phrases And Sentence Patterns
Pronunciation
Usage
- cost vs. spend
- I think that cell phone costs too much.
- Even though it costs quite a bit of money, she thinks it's worth it.
- How can you spend so much money on makeup?
- I spent all of the money my parents gave me last week.
Vocabulary
- extrinsic (adj) (See intrinsic)
- favorite (adj, n) == 最爱 (Common Mistake: "best love")
- interviewee (n) (See interviewer)
- interviewer (n) (See interviewee)
- People say that Larry King, the host of "Larry King Live", a TV show in which many different kinds of people are interviewed, is a very skillful interviewer.
- intrinsic (adj) (See extrinsic)
- mature (adj) == 成熟 (Common Mistake: "ripe")
- motivation (adj); motivate (v)
- I seem to have lost my motivation to study English recently.