2007년 4월 9일 월요일

I sometimes live in a fantasy world.


To my shy, I really like to read comic books.
I've read them since I was 10 years old.

During reading comic books I really feel happy.
Of course I sometimes think "I'm too old to them",
"I'm an married woman and I don't need to dream fantastic romance any more."
But I have some chance I run into the bookstore for rental.
Even if I'm very sad or angry, I can change my feeling with reading books.
I can be absorbed in the fantastic world easily.
Am I too childish?
I usually use this site (http://www.wedisk.co.kr/) to download new movies, animations, electronic comic books and many software. It's very cheap to download one movie.

2007년 4월 2일 월요일

How Many Errors Do You Correct in Your Students' Writing?


In my thought, too many errors correction is not good for students' language learning as a second language. When I started to teach English in the middle school, i spent much time to find errors in my students writing. Of course some outstanding students could correct their frequent errors easily but most students made same errors repeatedly. Moreover many students made very various kinds of errors and they looked like they didn't know the reason why errors were corrected. After I realized that too many errors correction could give negative effects on students confidence, I tried to give attention to functional languages within context instead of language forms. I stimulate my students to make their own expressions including many errors. If the errors don't disturb the whole meaning, I praise my students' writing. These days my students make many creative expressions. For example, one student wrote " My neighbor works for the nation." instead of " One of my neighbors is a government officer." because he didn't know the word, a government officer. As a result, I think too many errors corrections is not necessary if the errors can't be fossilized.

2007년 3월 29일 목요일

Relationship Between Learning Attitude and Bad Eating Habits


Is there any relationship between learning attitude and bad eating habits in children?
I observed my students at lunch time। The students who are very distracted and those who eats only what he likes are related. The most serious trouble maker in my class is the most serious eating habit student. The second serious trouble maker in my class is the second serious eating habit student. They eat just rice when it doesn't have ham or sausage at lunch time. In my son's case, he has a bad eating habits and to my sad, his attitude in his class is very bad. The teacher in my son's kindergarten called me very often because of my son's mischievous behavior. So these days I wonder whether there is any relationship between learning attitude and bad eating habits or not.