DOES TIMES, 12th Edition

The 12th Edition of the DOES TIMES is finally out! Check out the full paper here. This is one of our best editions yet with more writing and editing done directly by the DOES members!

Pronunciation with Pinky and the Brain

I borrowed a great lesson from my friends Ross and Em for teaching pronunciation. Students learned about minimal pairs in English and practiced distinguishing between them during a game of BINGO.

We ended class by reading a tongue twister together, with each student reading one or two lines. I timed each class and was blown away by how every class did!

Here's a shortened version of the tongue twister.

Pronunciation Help

For the past two weeks in HAWAII, we've been practicing our English pronunciation. Here's a really helpful site to help students learn how to pronounce different sounds in English. It includes diagrams to show what your mouth is supposed to do and a video of a native speaker pronouncing the sound. It also features example words. Click on the picture to see my instructions in pink.
(Kudos to my friend Jake for sharing the site with me! ^^)

AGORA UPDATES

It's been too long since I've updated, but I have a lot of AGORA Debate Club transcripts, including:

• Is Immersion the Best Way to Learn a Language? on June 12th
• Should Palestine be an Independent State? on September 3rd
• Introvert & Extrovert Leaders on September 24th
• Childhood Prostitution and Sex-Trafficking on November 6th

This year AGORA is meeting once a week, which means even more debates!

Rules in HAWAII

1. Show your teacher and fellow students respect. No talking while the teacher or other students are talking.

선생님이나 다른 학생이 얘기할 때는 말하지 지 마세요. 선생님과 동료 학생들에게 존경심을 보이세요.

2. Bring your notebook and a pen everyday.

매일 공책과 펜을 가져오세요.

3. Always try to speak English.  

Mistakes are okay.  Learn from your mistakes.

언제나 영어로 말하려고 노력 하세요. 실수는 괜찮아요.

실수 속에서 배우는 것입니다.

4. No other reading during class.

수업 시간에는 수업 외의 책을 읽지 마세요.

(and no handphones!)

5. Respect HAWAII: Keep it clean!

HAWAII를 존중하세요. 깨끗하게 유지합시다.

                                                                                                                     

AGORA 2011

About:
The English Debate Club (AGORA) at Sadaebugo aims to improve students' English speaking skills through discussion about various topics. Students will debate in a variety of formats and eventually hope to compete against other schools.

Original Debate Syllabus
First Debate Information Session
2nd Debate Information PPT

Calendar:
Saturday, June 11th: English competition - Miss Morrow is unavailable
Sunday, June 12th, 5pm: English Pizza Dinner and Debate in HAWAII! Topic: Immersion (using the target language to teach the language you are trying to learn) is the best way to learn a language. Related topics include studying abroad.
Saturday, June 18th: Students study for finals (FIGHTING!) - EDC doesn't meet.
Saturday, June 25th: Students enjoy time at home, Miss Morrow enjoys a visit from a friend. :D

Sunday, July 10th, dinnertime: Debate Gay Rights
Saturday, July 17th: Miss Morrow leaves for USA, students enjoy time at home

Monday, August 15th: Miss Morrow returns to Korea.

Saturday, September 3rd, lunchtime: Discuss Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Saturday, September 17th, lunctime: Discuss personality types and leadership led by Je Woo

Saturday, October 15th, lunchtime: Discuss Nano-technology led by Kilmook

Sunday, November 6th, dinnertime: Childhood Prostitution led by Sujin

Other information:
Results of Survey: Color-coded. Red and orange topics received the most number of "Very Interested" or "Interested votes." Yellow is "?", Green means "Not very interested" and Blue is "I dislike this topic.
Judge's Form

GNH and the Balloons of Bhutan

We talked about happiness by listening to the song "Happiness" from the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. The lyrics list several things that Charlie Brown and his friends think are happiness.

Then we learned about GNH (Gross National Happiness) and watched this video:

Students rated Korea's GNH on a scale of 1-10 and then learned about about the GNH in Bhutan with the Balloons of Bhutan Project. You can also explore the statistics for lots more about the project. (My favorite section is the one about wishes). ^^ We listened to Jonathan Harris explain the project.

We looked at some of the pictures, listened to some of the stories (Chimi Dema  & Tandin Gyeltshen).

Finally, we made Wordles of what made each class happy. :)

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