Friday, October 28, 2016

#4 six minute English

 – Is Student Life All Good?

The subject is about student's mental health. When people go to university, they might have these problems such as feeling out of comfort zone, homesick, stressed, balancing act, budgeting and the list goes on. One of the student said she was trying to balance social success with academic success known as balancing act but it was so hard. The survey found that almost 70% of the students suffer from stress at least once a week, and 9% of the students feel anxious and worried constantly. To sum up, students lives aren't easy.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

#3 ESL Podcast 1250

 – Dealing With Bossy People

The reason why I chose this topic is that I've encountered bossy people before but I didn't know what to do and so I think it would be a good opportunity to learn. As far as I'm concerned, ESL Podcast.com is a really helpful website. Those materials are close to our daily life so it's very useful. What's more, the teacher speaks at a slow speed and explain all the vocabulary in detail so it's easier to comprehend what the contents are.

Saturday, October 15, 2016

#2 ESL Cyber Listening Lab

On October 11th, we discussed the reasons why we are not good at listening in CALL class. They might be associated with vocabulary, accents and speed. Therefore, we were assigned to list the words that we don't know. It would definitely be the first step to improve our listening skills by expanding our vocabulary.

1. in good hands
(phrase) in the safe, competent care of someone
ex. Don't worry. You are in good hands.


2. voilà  

(int.) originally a french term "Voi la". used to say there it is!’ when you show something to someone, or something appears suddenly
ex. Voilà! i just made a cake for you.

3. butcher 
(v.) to kill or to cut without care 
(n.) a person who kills people in a cruel and violent way
ex. The authority butchered the captured soldiers.

4.prank
(n.) a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
ex. I caught Tom making prank calls to random phone numbers.

5. in charge (of)
(adj.) in control or responsible for something/someone
ex. i will be in charge of the party's decoration.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

#1 Hola

Yo! Sup? Everyone. This is my first class of Computer Assisted Language Learning which is short for CALL. My English name is actually Casey but my classmates and I decided to have some cool names which are from Game of Thrones. Therefore, my temporary English name is Arya while my classmates' are Sansa, Robb, Theon, and Snow. We all are from Stark Family. Our motto is "Winter is coming" and our symbol is a dire wolf. I hope this class would be very interesting. See you next time!