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.