Posted by: hojunara on: September 7, 2009
THIS HAS ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED BY ANOTHER CLASS HERE
TODAY: article and audio
So what are tourists, in this case, Korean tourists, like?
Are they clean or messy? Stylish or unstylish? Polite or rude? Do they try to speak the local language and try the local cuisine (local food)?
Jason thought that Koreans were messy/untidy and littered alot. [...]
Posted by: hojunara on: September 7, 2009
TODAY: article and audio
We’ve discussed what we would like to teach our children, but how would we like our children taught?
We outlined private schools, public schools, religion-based schools and home-schooling.
Included in this are same-sex/single sex and ‘co-ed’ (boys and girls) schools.
What type of school do you attend?
Did/Does a same-sex school make it more awkward [...]
Posted by: hojunara on: September 3, 2009
For homework we were asked ‘what two things would you teach your children?’
So, what are the two most important things you would teach them? Yosuke suggested teaching manners and encouraging them to be sociable.
After all, it’s not what you know, but who you know!
Kyoung Suk suggested something slightly different: diligence and love.
What is ‘diligence’ though? [...]
Posted by: hojunara on: September 3, 2009
TODAY: audio and article
It seems like people are always complaining about how different today’s youth/Generation Y are.
The world is changing and so are our children, yet many parts of society are not changing with them.
In Britain this has become a big problem – so much that British schools are thinking of fining parents or sending [...]
Posted by: hojunara on: September 3, 2009
TODAY: audio and article
Yes, it was Tamami’s last day, but we ended the week on a positive – free hugs and $1 kisses. Not to mention Jason and his girlfriend celebrated their 500 day anniversary. Congratulations!
It began with us discussing how to show emotion in your country.
In Korea and Japan we all agreed that people [...]
Posted by: hojunara on: September 3, 2009
TODAY: audio and article
Yes, it’s true. Homeless man Ken Johnson earns up to $400 a day, just sitting outside Myer about a block from here. That’s potentially $2000 a week. Even on a bad day he reckons he will make $175 – $220. That’s a good day for just about any of our students!
Could [...]
Posted by: hojunara on: July 28, 2009
Wow….. this is such a commonly asked question. And boy can it be confusing. But with practice, these things become (mostly) automatic.
That said, these will take LOTS of practice, so hope this helps:
1 – We use a or an the first time we mention something. When we mention it again, we use the.
eg. I saw [...]
Posted by: hojunara on: July 3, 2009
When Moa mentioned in class that her favourite animal at Taronga Zoo was the chicken I naturally asked ‘why?’ I mean, you can see a chicken pretty much in the world without looking too far. Right?
She explained that the chicken was so memorable because it lived in a little house and that it had a road crossing [...]
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