Showing posts with label class resource. Show all posts
Showing posts with label class resource. Show all posts

Thursday, April 19, 2007

The Order of Adjectives

I've been looking around for this...
CategoryCategoryCategoryCategoryCategoryNouns
QualityColorOriginMaterialPurpose
lovelyblueJapanesevase
familyphotographalbum
bigleatherridingboots

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Radio commercials

Well, I've just had the last class of the semester with my C4 class.

I still feel like the class is a bit unwieldly topping out at 19 mixed-ability language learners. I do feel like the rapport has improved and I'm not as intimidated by them as I felt last semester.

I think I'll start off the next semester with a survey and will try to change the nature of the class based on some of their feelings.

So, we just finished a "short" unit on audio commercials.

Next time:
It would be great if everyone had headphones and a primer on how to use Audacity to record.

It would also be a good idea to organized the order of the recordings if a "single" recording studio is used. The students should know that some of them would have to record out of class time if necessary.

This unit should have stretched about four classes looking at improving speaking skills like intonation and pronunciation.

We had a good time with tongue twisters and expressive practice, but the Ss we still a little apprehensive to "act" in front of their peers. I on the other hand am quite comfortable with goofing off with them.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Flash 8 reference material

For next year, who ever is teaching this class might do better with a textbook that can serve as a reference for students while they are working on their projects. Currently, I'm creating all of my class materials and though it offers me flexibility with the content and design, it's difficult to develop something that will cover all my bases this first time around.

Monday, September 25, 2006

Flash Applications


Looking at the tutorial files for creating a Flash application, I had the idea of making one to provide grading based on a curve. Currently I'm using a Texas Instruments 82, or something like that, to do my grading stats. It would be wicked cool if I could make an application to handle those stats instead.