End of Week 9

Well dear students, we are really coming to the end of our intensive course together...it's hard to believe that it is almost over...you worked well and very hard and with the exception of early morning difficulties (arriving on time to class) in the last couple of weeks it has been a pleasure for both Adrianne and myself to teach you and see you progress so much...

The research project, both the papers and presentations were great. And a very big Thank you to Jeoung Hwan and Adriano and everybody else who filmed and helped with the "technological" aspects.

One last assignment for the blog: Guess what?

Your reaction to the blogging project.

What did you like about it? What didn't you like? What did you learn from participating in this project? Did your writing improve? Should marks be assigned to this project? Any other suggestions?

I have already posted the schedule for next week(see last week's posting). Just be sure to be present every day. If you cannot be present (immigration appointment, appointment at the university etc. please make sure to contact us).

Have a great weekend despite the snow storm! This will be the last winter storm(I hope!)

We are looking forward to your last blogs. Don't forget to read and react to your classmates...

Lili and Adrianne

End of Week 8

Hello everyone,

Well here we are at the end of week 8 - half of the class has completed the oral presentations which so far have been excellent.

Here is the schedule of the next two weeks:

WEEK 9:
Presentations :
Monday - 3 presentations, Tuesday 2 and Wed. 2

Other activities:
Toefl-type tasks in the morning; short units;last of the lecture
presentation; discussion of textbook section of reading.

In class evaluation of Textbook chapter: Friday

Pre Activities for Final Evaluation Week(Friday)

WEEK 10
Evaluation Week
Monday, Video,
Tues. Reading and prep for debate;
Wednesday, prep for debate and debate;
Thursday: writing argumentative essay
Friday :
marks
Graduation Ceremony: 11:00

Homework for Monday, March 12th
Read the first 11 pages of the Text Book Chapter.
Preview, Survey, Chunk for main ideas; then re-read and highlight for supporting ideas and details. Taking notes on each section is advisable.

OH YES: don't forget your blogs and responses to each other and
DON'T FORGET TO PUT FORWARD YOUR CLOCKS!

See you all Monday at 9:00 new time (8:00 old time!!!)

Lili

Long weekend

Hope you have had a good and productive weekend. Some of you have already posted your "Research Process", where you are at and how you are feeling about your research so far....read each others mail and comment please! I have a few comments I will make myself.

Adrianne and I enjoyed our interviews with you so much that we only manage to interview half the class! We will continue with the other half on Monday..

Haven't received many e-mails yet with your drafts ( and it's Saturday night!). Hope to hear from you soon.

Lili

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all students who are celebrating today!!! All my best wishes to you and your family for an excellent year of the pig, I believe. I realized from Maggie's blog that today was the Chinese New Year...I knew it was sometime in February but I wasn't sure when.

Enjoy your new year day...and don't worry about the research paper you can catch up tomorrow(I'm only talking to those who are celebrating not to all of you).

See you tomorrow.

A short message

Hello dear students,

I must say that I am quite pleased with your work so far both in terms of your blogs, summaries, mid terms and yes even your research. Hopefully you will begin your drafts over this weekend...you can send them to me by e-mail u_lili@hotmail.com if you have finished by tomorrow afternoon...

In terms of blogging, please reflect on the mid term video and reading on population: what struck you as most interesting? Explain and comment on your classmates' work: you can use the following questions to help you think about the topic:

1. What trends allow you to feel optimistic about the future in terms of
population?


2. What trends could lead to a more pessimistic outcome?


3. What do you think should be done in the industrial world in terms of
population? In the emerging nations?



Also, Adrianne has posted something for you so please check her blog.

Adrianneconcordia.blogspot.com

Have a good weekend all of you,

See you Monday,

Lili

Homework Assignments, Frebruary 9th,10th, and 11th, 2007.

Hello everyone,

Just a quick reminder of your assignments for this weekend:

1. Male/Female Communication Patterns

Video: Transfer notes to worksheets on experiments

Reading: Read, highlight article from academic journal...

2. Happiness: finish summaries (if you want)

3. Read text on Improving Academic Performance and choose two sections that interested you the most and explain why you made your choice.

4. Lecture summaries and preparation for panel presentation.

5. Research ...book! and article search.

Don't forget to check Adrianne's Blog: Adrianneconcordia.blogspot.com She might be communicating with you too.

Have a great weekend. See you Monday.

Lili

Homework assignments - February 2,3,and 4th, 2007

Hi everyone,

I managed to find some time to post the assignments today.

1. Final version of written Book Reviews for Monday.

2. Look in encyclopedias for articles on your topic. Summarize one of the articles. This summary should be like an abstract (one paragraph linking the main ideas. Publish your summaries on your blog.

3. We will be beginning a new topic on Monday. The topic is "happiness". Freewrite(don't worry about grammar and spelling and organization. Just write your ideas on happiness in sentence form. Write whatever comes into your head and publish it.

Unfortunately, I did not bring the blog address list with me...so I can't publish or mail them to you. Therefore, you won't be able to comment on your classmates' blogs....keep checking my blog. Maybe I'll find a way. Perhaps, if you look at the comments on the blog, you might be able to connect to your classmate's blog. Or, does anyone have any other ideas?

Lili

Homework for Monday, January29th, 2006

Hello everybody who has a blog. Hope you are enjoying the last part of your book. On Monday morning you will be discussing the last part and talking about your books in general. We will also be talking about the book reviews.

So your homework priority is to finish the book. Also those of you who did not hand in your summaries or wanted to send me more, please do so before noon tomorrow. My e-mail address is u_lili@hotmail.com

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
See you Monday morning and 9:00!

First Assignment

First Message
Welcome to the world of A2 blogging! Blogging in A2 is a writing/response activity. At this level, you will read articles of current events(newspapers and magazines), summarize and respond to the ideas in the articles. Other students will then respond to the blogs and you will respond to blogs of two other students. We'll also be using blogs for other purposes such as reaction to a project you have been working on or to a movie you may have recently seen etc. Blogging will be done on a weekly basis. So let's get started and have some fun.
To practice a little, try responding to my blog. show me that you know how to work on this blog. Press comments at the end of this posting and respond.