REGARDING CLASS ON NOVEMBER 11th & 18th!
PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS RECORDING REGARDING CLASS ON NOVEMBER 11th and NOVEMBER 18th!

Dear Layla,

Thanks for your email. You guys were wonderful at the speech contest and I am still recovering ... As I said on the blog, due to the midterms, I am extending the deadline of the project until November 18th.

So, what about choosing which video segment each group will do for their project? Well, please try to give me the list of groups when we meet on next Thursday (November 11th) - or, even better for me, if you are able to contact everyone and they are able to create groups for the project now, then give me the list whenever you finish it.

Then, addressing students in their groups in class, I will describe the project again more clearly so there's no confusion. We will have a regular class, in the sense that there will not be a WRITTEN test, but we will do more FILMED evaluated activities in groups like we did last class so that I can monitor everyone's progress. And once again, I will film everyone's performance as they work in groups.

I am posting this on the blog just to make sure others can see it. Thanks again for all of your help.

Thanks.

Robert

YOU CAN TURN IN PROJECTS ON NOVEMBER 18th!

Dear Classmates:
You guys were great this afternoon at the speech contest and I really appreciated your support. As a "K-A" (kimochi award), I am going to give you the chance of turning your projects in on NOVEMBER 18th instead of the NOVEMBER 11th.

I know that not all of you will (be wise enough to) visit the BLOG, like I told you to regularly ... so maybe not all of you will receive this message; however, if you do, please pass it on.
Instead of the project, we will have more "interpretation dyadic practice" (pingpong) like we did last week. I am working on the video of the CONTEST, and if you don't have a copy of the ESL TOOLKIT disk I gave you guys last week, well get one. (Eva has two in the office ... and several classmates have them, too.)

AND FOLLOW THE TEMPLATES CAREFULLY...INCLUDING A MANDARIN TRANSLATION OF THE ENGLISH TRANSCRIPTION OF PRECISELY WHAT IS SAID ON THE VIDEO. I AM WORKING ON THE OTHER VIDEO-TAPED SEGMENTS THAT WE DID EARLIER BUT THAT I DID NOT INCLUDE ON THE "ESL TOOLKIT" DISK...SO IF YOU READ THIS MESSAGE AND WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE DISK I WILL GIVE YOU ON NOVEMBER 11th TO START THE PROJECT, BE MY GUEST.

Thanks and, good luck on your tests!
Robert

Thanks a Million! (Description of Homework)

Dear Students:

You guys were so cool to come and be "guai" audience members for today's Speech Contest. I really appreciated your efforts, and we were all proud of our classmate who received such a great prize and gave us glory.

Eva (D#114) has two more copies of the CD for you and I am making more. Remember, you're supposed to find a partner and email Layla to ask her whether or not the clip that you and your partner want to work on has been reserved by others or not.

Once you have received a topic that is okayed by Layla, then your assignment is Email Address: bymyself_305@hotmail.com. Then, follow one of the templates listed inside of the "STUDENTS FOLLOW THE TEMPLATE" file inside of the disk and do the same...cutting and pasting the title and the description and the transcription... If you have questions, please email me or drop by.

Thanks again, and next year deng ni lai ah!
Robert