No class on November 2, 2021 (Civil Development Week.)

Please sign up and attend the informative talks prepared by the school that week. 

For October 19, 2021

A warm welcome to the new member of our class Leo and Willie!

Thanks so much to Sania for helping the new members order the magazine!

Thank you all for helping the new members, one another, and me!

For Oct 19, 2021:

1. Review "Intonation" using class materials. Thanks so much to Grace for the great job teaching it again on Oct 12!

2. "Join the Club" (p.26~27 of Studio classroom magazine); "Hot Words in the News" (p.31 of Studio classroom magazine) if you'd like to.

3. Survival English unit 48, Culture File 48 (p.95), Passive (p.77). 

4. "Gratitude" (handout given on Sep 7).

5. Free talk topic(s): What are some things you are thankful for, and people you are thankful to?

6. Pronunciation.

7. Submit your English learning goals for this term (if you haven't done so), so that I can help you better. Please be specific re: What, how, when, for how long each time, and how often. We'll review them halfway through the term and at the end of the term.

8. Linked Sounds.

For Oct 12, 2021

A warm welcome to the new member of our class Katherine!

Good work, everyone!

For Oct 12, 2021:

1. Review "Intonation" using class materials. Thanks so much to Grace for the great job teaching it again on Oct 5!

2. "Vertical Farming" (p.22~24 of Studio classroom magazine).

3. Survival English unit 47, Culture File 47 (p.95), Future Tenses (p.76). 

4. "The Trap of Perfection" (handout given on Sep 7).

5. Free talk topic(s): Values.

6. Pronunciation.

7. Submit your English learning goals for this term (if you haven't done so), so that I can help you better. Please be specific re: What, how, when, for how long each time, and how often. We'll review them halfway through the term and at the end of the term.

8. Tips for Learning English. 

9. Linked Sounds.

For Oct 5, 2021. Bring student ID

A warm welcome to the new member of our class Lois!

Thank you for helping one another out!

For Oct 5, 2021:

1. Review "Intonation" using class materials. Thanks so much to Grace for the great job teaching it on Sep 14!

2. "N*Gen" (p.18~19 of Studio classroom magazine).

3. Survival English unit 46, Culture File 46 (p.95), Present Perfect Tense (p.76). 

4. "Pride and 

Humility" (handout given on Sep 7).

5. Free talk topic(s): Family. Friends. Relationships.

6. Pronunciation.

7. Submit your English learning goals for this term (if you haven't done so), so that I can help you better. Please be specific re: What, how, when, for how long each time, and how often. We'll review them halfway through the term and at the end of the term.

8. Tips for Learning English. 

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The school asks you to bring your student ID when you go to the school starting from the 3rd week (Sep 22, 2021.) Thank you! 

No class on September 21, 2021 (Mid Autumn festival) and September 28, 2021

We'll make up for them by adding two classes at the end of the term on November 30 and December 7, 2021. 

For September 14, 2021

A warm welcome to the new members of our class Megan, Amy Chang, Ivy, and Wilson!

On September 7, 2021, members of the class discussed, voted, and decided to have our class in the school throughout this term. 

Could Jason and Jo please let me know if you're OK with this? If you are, I will tell the school as the school needs all members of the class to be aware of what the class decides and feel OK about it before reporting to the Education Bureau.

If you would like to participate online while the class is held in the school, please let me know as well, so that I will get online and wait for you to join in like I did on September 7. I will also need to let the school know we're running the class in the school and online simultaneously.

Please call up a member of the class to prompt me you are waiting to come in if I'm not responding to let you join the Google Meet meeting (class) because I may be helping other members of the class and not looking at my cell phone screen at the moment. 

If you plan to participate in the second class online, please let me know by this Sunday, September 12.  I'd like to know a couple of days ahead to prepare.

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For September 14, 2021:

1. "Intellectual Curiosity"  (p.14~16 of Studio Classroom magazine).

2. "Intonation". Please bring the handout. Thanks so much Grace for being willing to teach it again and for the wonderful handout!

3. Survival English unit 45, Culture File 45 (p.95).

4. "Defeating Depression" (handout given on September 7.)

5. Submit your English learning goals for this term. PleaseI'mí specify what, how, when, how often, and for how long each time. We will review them halfway through the term and at the end of the term.

6. Tips for Learning English.

7. Free talk topic(s): Hobbies and Interests; Travel.

8. Pronunciation.

9. Practice using Google Meet for online lessons (for those who are not familiar with it).

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Lesson plan for the upcoming week is posted by Thursday night.

Fall term of 2021 will begin on September 7, 2021

We will have the first class in the school on September 7, 2021. 

As some prefer in-person class while others prefer online, we may have a combination of in-person and online lessons this term, and will discuss together on September 7 to determine which dates to have class in the school and which dates online.

We will use the same Google Meet link that we used for the two make-up online lessons in July for September 7 if you wish to participate in the first class online. Please let me know by September 5 if you plan to participate online for the first class.

The school gives students the option to participate in the class online if the class is held in the school, throughout the term.

Please bring The following on September 7:

1. Your schedule

2. The Aug issue of Studio Classroom magazine, "Beach Cleanup" (p.12 and 13).

3. NT$200 for class fund (for photocopies, magazine order for next term, etc.) 

4. Survival English unit 44, Culture File 44 (p.94 ), for those who wish to practice it.

5. Your student ID.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on September 7! 

Online Group Registration for Fall Term of 2021

Please register online from July 26 to August 6, 2021, If you did not get to register with the group on May 11. Link: https://daan.twcu.org.tw/course/

Gregistration fees: NT$2,100, which includes NT$1,700 tuition fee (15% off), NT$200 registration fee, and NT$200 insurance premium. There's also a small service charge for the online payment as the school is not open to receive payment in person.

The fall term of our class will be from September 7 to December 7, 2021, for 12 weeks.

No class on September 21, 2021, which is Mid Autumn festival. I plan to take an online course on September 28, 2021, so we will not have class on that day either.

If you need any assistance, please let us know. Thank you!

Have a blessed summer!

Order Studio Classroom Magazine for the Fall Term of 2021

We will order one copy of Studio Classroom magazine for each member of our class, whether you will return in the fall term or not. Yes, even if you are not sure if you will or are unable to come back in the fall, you will get one magazine delivered to you by the post office without having to pay for it. The class fund will cover the cost of the magazine and postage. 

Studio Classroom will mail out the August issue starting in mid July. So if we order the August issue now for the fall term, people can start studying it in August. 

Thanks so much to the class leader Sania for suggesting it in our online class on July 13, 2021!

Please let Sania know the address you would like the magazine to be mailed to and phone number to be put on the group order form, for the August issue, by July 21, 2021. 

If you prefer a different issue, as one member of the class had said, please let us know.

Thank you!

Happy studying in the summer!

Second online lesson: July 13, 2021

Thank you all for your wonderful participation in our first online lesson on July 6! I really appreciate your contribution and helping one another and me out in the so many and timely ways! You make our class a truly supportive community for all of us to learn and grow with!

For July 13, 2021 using Google Meet:

1. Feedback and suggestion(s) for online lessons, and progress check (What have you done to reach your English learning goals for this term? What would you like to do more?)

Thanks to Jo for suggesting people to mute (turn off) their mic when not speaking during the online lessons, so other people can hear the speaker clearly : )

2. "Money Matters" (handout given on May 11). Thanks so much to Jason for making the big print photocopies for the class!

3. "The Best of Bruno Mars" (p.48 to 50 of Studio Classroom magazine. The Chinese translation is at the back of the magazine.

4. Review and practice "Reduced Sounds" using the handout "Reduced Form", which has "Reduced Sounds" on the reverse of the same sheet.

5. To practice on your own: Survival English unit 43, Culture File 43 (p.94). Modal Verbs part 2 (p.79).

Looking forward to seeing everyone online again on July 13!