Before his presentation, Young Jin told me that he was pretty nervous and that he really didn't like to speak in front of a lot of people. However, nobody in class thought that--he seemed quite natural and actually appeared to be enjoying himself. His topic: Korea, as you can see from the pictures below. We learned how a country that was destroyed by war and dirt poor rose to become one of the richest nations in the world, and went from becoming a recipient of aid to a provider of charity. Amazing! I can still see that work ethic in many of out Korean students...usually!
I got so involved in Young Jin talk that I forgot to keep taking pictures! Sorry--none of the audience!
Today we covered Focus Points 2 and 3 of Unit 7 of Grammar Dimensions. Pay close attention to Focus 3 on page 142--make sure you know in what cases and how to omit relative pronouns (whom, that, which, etc.) and in some cases be verbs and perfective constructions (have/had been...).
Please do Exercises 4 and 5 on page 143 for homework tonight and read the copies I handed out to you (pages 6 -8) of Academic Connections. While we'll talk about the vocabulary if we get a chance, we won't go into the article in any depth. But please read it carefully and be ready to discuss it by Friday.
Tomorrow we're going to go to Broad Street around 10 am to show the students who will be here in January where our classes will be. Think of it as another field trip! Wow! So many!
Thanks everybody and see you tomorrow!
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