2007년 6월 6일 수요일

Self Assessment (About debate)

What was easy for me?

I think memorizing my part is quite easy. I'm the last debater so I have enough time to memorize. My opinion and example is little bit long, but I prepared a lot so I can debate well.

What was difficult?

I think making example and find good reason for working mom is difficult. I agree with working mom but there are only some logic reason for them. So it is difficult to find reason and example.

What language concepts have I learned? (What did I learned?)

I learned debating is not one's work. We have to prepare our part and also prepare other part. It's hard working but this time's debate is good for me.

What points do I need to improve? (What do I need to improve?)

I have to listen well other part opinion. Firstly, I just busy for my opinion because my opinion is little bit weak and there are really few examples. But, I realize listening is really important.

2007년 5월 29일 화요일

EXPEDITION1 : page97

1. When was the last earthquake of a similar size?

The size was similar as 23,000 Hiroshima atomic bomb.

2. How many countries did the resulting tsunami affect and how many people died?

Due to tsunami 200,000 people died in 11 countries.

3. What prevented the seismic station on Java from issuing a warning?

The lack of telephone line is the reason that seismic station on Java can't issuing a warning.

4. What reason did the Thai official give for not issuing a warning?

They think if they issued a warning, business would be instantaneously affected.

5. How were the people of Nallavadu saved?

They were saved by one phone call from a family member employed in Singapore.

6. How did the Onde tribe of Little Andaman predict the tsunami?

There is spoken tradition "Huge shaking of the ground followed by high wall of water." so they can predict.

7. What suggests that animals sensed the oncoming tsunami?

Animals move to higher ground.

8. Why did the Japanese tourist know what to do?

They already familiar with tsunamis, so they can raise alarm when they saw tell-tale sign.

9. Why did Tilly Smith scream and alert those around her?

She wants to prompt her family and others nearby to retreat to the safety of their hotel.

2007년 5월 21일 월요일

1. Only mom has obligation to care children? Dad also has obligation. Only mom has to give up her job or dream because of her babies? Dad can help her to continue her job. Of course mom's love is important but mom doesn't work all day long. Besides, these days some offices have a day nursery so she can care her baby or children while she works. If mom has a lot of work so she is busy, dad can care his baby. Baby needs sufficient dad's love no less than mom's sufficient love.

2. Though one of parents works hardly, it's not the thing which the other must care the partner comfortable. Mom is not a comfort woman. Is she same with comfort women under the rule of Japanese imperialism? Mom is a human who has a dream. She has a right to do self realization. Mom and dad can care each other enough after theri own work. Moreover, working circumstance has been better, people don't work always. So mom can have time with family making good atmosphere.

3. The idea that 'Working mom is hurting health' is too weak basis. Every working mom is not overworking. It depends on her ability, so it doesn't harm all people. A proper amount of working is good for mental health. In that basis, husband can overwork, so he must not go working. House keeping is hard work. If you worry about mom's health, it is better that working together for a living and also house keeping must do together. Working properly and having medical examination regularly will be help to working people and their family.

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1. It's good for mother because she can do self realization.
→ Mrs. hong is a high school teacher and also two children's mom. Her major is education of social study, so she teaches social study at school. She is proud of her job and loves her students.
After school, she cares her children very well.

2. It's good for mom's financial independency. It's important because when her husband become incompentence, she can support their family.
→ On the real TV documentary, husband suddenly wants divorce because of another woman. But he gives consolation money a little. His wife didn't have financial independence. What is worse, her children want to live with her, but she can't support them.

3. It's good for family because it can help financial stabilization.
→ Mom's friend's husband fails business suddenly. But his wife just stay-at-home mom. So, his family face financial problem. His children can't go university.

2007년 5월 15일 화요일

EXPEDITION1 : page84

1. Give a couple of reasons why women should maintain financial independence.

Women without their own assets are in danger of losing their financial support from separation, divorce, death, or their partners's loss of employment. They are also in danger of losing the financial support of their children.

2. What is considered selfish now? Why?

Many people consider it selfish to have children without the job skills necessary to support them. If mother doesn't have ability to raise her children, people think she just thinks only herself because she can't care her children.

3. What do women feel guilty about when they pursue their carrers? Why?

If she works, she worries that she should be at home with her children. Actually, mother has a responsibility to care her children, but if mother working outside, she can't care her children well.

4. Describe some of the responsibilities the stay-at-home mother has.

She has responsibility of shaping their future, running home and providing more fulfillment and satisfaction than most.

5. Who benefits from the stay-at-home mother staying at home?

Staying at home benefits children and whole family immeasurably. Staying at home is good for her husband, her daughters, her society, and for her.

6. What does the stay-at-home mother consider a sense of accomplishment?

Stay-at-home mother considers a sense of accomplishment that raising their children not to be latchkey-kids.

EXPEDITION1 : page85

WORK

1. It is good for mother because she can do self realization.
If she just stay at home, she just care her babies and husband. She can't do what she really want because of her babies and husband. If she working outside, she can do self realization because she has a freedom from her babies and husband.

2. It is good for herself because she can get equal status with her husband.
Some husbands don't know how hard house keeping is. So, they ignore their wives. If, women work outside, they know how hard work is, so they understand their wives and approve equal status.

3. It is good for family because it can help financial stabilization.
These days, the prices are very expensive, so if husband is only working man in house, their house maybe facing financial problem. If, husband and wife working together, they can manage their financial problem.

4. It is good for mom's financial independency. It is important because when her husband became incompetence, she can support their family.
Nowadays, unemployment is very big and serious problem. So, there's an ability that husband become unemployed person someday. Women have to prepare that situation, so she'd better working outside.

5. To lighten your husband's burden.
If husband only working man in house, maybe he has a lot of obiligations because of money. These days, earning money is really hard. If women just stay at home, husband's burden maybe bigger and bigger.

6. It is good for children because they can take a good example from mom.
Children will be adults. Some children think their mother and father as a role model. If father is working and mother just stay at home and just care babies, they think their mother is incompetence person.

HOME

1. Mom has obiligation that care her children. Her children is baby. Baby's time is important. Baby forms their personality in that times. They have to ger mom's love sufficiently.

2. Parents have responsibility of their family atmosphere. One of parents is so busy and tired from work. The other care their partner comfortable.

3. She keeps herself from overwork and hurting health.

2007년 5월 13일 일요일

Seoul Project- ITAEWON

Our group went to Itaewon. We took a picture in front of the mark 'public office of Itaewon 1 dong'. 유선민 explores about US military base and embassies. 김수지 explores about foreign restaurant. 이정원 explores about Itaewon market. 선우효은 explores about Imitation market.

There are US military base and a lot of embassies in Itaewon. We saw some foreign embassies, but we can't take a picture. There is a police man and he obstructs us to take a picture. So, we just see map of embassies on the road. We also saw military base. I took a picture in front of there. It is a very bic place. Because of these two things, there are many foreign people in Itaewon. We went there early morning, so we can't see a lot, but we saw some foreigners.

There are many foreigners in Itaewon. Because there are US military base and lots of foreign embassies. So there are various restaurants for foreigners from many countries. We saw Chinese restaurant, American steak restaurant, Japanese restaurant. But we can see these places anywhere in Korea. We found somewhere special. It was Pakistan & India restaurant. I took a photo in front of there. I want to eat special food in there next time.

Between fasionable people, Itaewon is a must shopping center for them. Why they prefer Itaewon? It is the reason why there are many unique and exoticism style clothes and price is low. When we ask to fasionable people that where they shopping, they don't hesitate and say" Itaewon". But when we arrive at Itaewon, there are all exoticism signboard and they treat foreigners. We don't know what shall we do. But we walk Itaewon's streat carefully, can find fasionable girls get out from an inlet, there is Itaewon market. Dongdaemoon's shopping rounge is cover a wide range, but Itaewon's is centered to Itaewon market. The exterior of a building is not good but inside, there are many cheap and polishing clothes.

We went Itaewon and we saw Itaewon Market. There was many goods like bag, cloth, accessories and etc . And these are almost imitation. So we call these market 'Imitation Market'. 'Imitation Market' maybe satarted at Korea most lively and now many countries have these market and people like these. In these market, we can saw louisvuitton's imitation bag. The price was much cheaper than it's real price. Nowadays, imitation market is growing much, so it is hard to distinguish the real goods and the imitation. This side of 'Imitation Market' looks attractive for many people who come to Itaewon, so it can be loved by many people.

2007년 5월 12일 토요일

EXPEDITION1 : page77

Graph 1 is negative graph, because Y axis range is wide so it doesn't show increase. Whereas, Graph 2 is positive graph, because it just shows very big increase. Graph 3 is balanced graph. It's Y axis range is proper. It shows both negative and positive aspects.

2007년 5월 9일 수요일

EXPEDITION1 : page130

1. Between 2000 and 2004, Online gaming went up because a lot of teenagers got interested in playing game.

2. Between 2000 and 2004, Watching TV went up because there are many programs which tempt people.

3. Between 2000 and 2004, Socializing went down because people can be socialized also by Internet.

4. Between 2000 and 2004, Hobbies went down because many people got interested in other things except hobbies.

2007년 5월 7일 월요일

Self Assessment (About presentation)

What was easy for me?

Memorizing sentence is easy for me. For 1 minute presentation sentences are quite short so I can memorize it well.

What was difficult?

Presentation in front of students and professor is very very difficult. I memorized all before presentation but when I went out to present, I can't remember anything.

What language concepts have I learned? (What did I learned?)

I learned speaking slowly is important. When I presented, I'm really nervous so I speak very fastly but it's not good to hear. So, from next time I will speak slowly and strickly.

What points do I need to improve? (What do I need to improve?)

I have to improve my hearing ability. When other people speaking, I have to be quite.

2007년 5월 1일 화요일

EXPEDITION1 : page67

What is something of value from your own culture you would like to share with others?

Actually, I don't know well about traditional Korean culture. So, I want to share our university culture. It's very unique and funny. There are some bad things but I like this culture. Korean high school students have a hard time for Korean SAT so they want to play when they entered the university. It's almost drinking culture but there are a lot of game and we can know many seniors and juniors. Sometimes, drinking a lot makes problems but these days culture is smoother than before so it's very funny and enjoyable. Other country's student can't feel it! So I really want to share this culture with others.

What is something about yourself that would change as a result of going abroad for an extended period of time?

I went to America when I was elementary school 6th grade student. At that time, I was very confidence student. I thought I'm very good, smart and intelligent person but when I went to America, I realize I'm not good student. I couldn't speak English and couldn't understand what they say. I was shocked and sad. I stayed there about 2 months, while that time, I studied more and more. I'm not confidence student any more. Now, I changed to person who do one's best and I endeavor a lot.

2007년 4월 28일 토요일

Self Assessment (04/11 - 04/28)

What was easy for me?

E : I think memorizing vocabulary is the most easiest part in English. If I can memorize a lot of word, I can do everything in English. I can understand reading, listening and I can speak in English what I want to say.
O : I think using computer is easy. These days computer is a part of life. There are some difficult parts but I think using computer is easy and funny!

What was difficult?

E: I think dividing paragraph is really difficult. I don't know which paragraph connected the other.
O : I think university exam is really difficult. It is different with high school exam, especially my major exam. I fail it so I'm very sad.

What language concepts have I learned? (What did I learned?)

E : I learned the idiom "become sulky". It means "삐지다". Good idiom for life!
O : I learned about leadership from special lecture of LT. Last friday, professor Brower came my school and teach us.

What points do I need to improve? (What do I need to improve?)

E : I have to practice English conversation. I can make a sentence in English but I can't speak in English, so I have to practice speaking English.
O : I have to cook for my major, so I will practice cook something.

2007년 4월 18일 수요일

EXPEDITION1 : page58 - Question5

Does being educated abroad during high school put you at an advantage or disadvantage over students who have studied only in Korea? Why?

1. Being educated abroad has advantages and disadvantages.
2. It has some advantages.
3. Students who being educated abroad can experience various culture and have good language skill.
4. While they stay abroad, they can learn foreign culture and they have to use English so their language skill wiil be improved.
5. Being educated abroad also has some disadvantages.
6. They have some difficulty with making cultural identity and they can ruin themselves.
7. Their age is little bit young, so they can be confused with korean culture and foreign culture and foreign country has more freedom compare to Korea, so they can spoil themselves.
8. For these reasons, there is both advantage and disadvantage in being educated abroad.

2007년 4월 10일 화요일

Self Assessment (3/30 - 4/10)

What was easy for me?

E : Now I can understand the text easier than before. Firstly, I can't understand many sentence, but now I can understand almost all.
O : Making the powerpoint is easy. I made it for my Sookmyung Leadership class, and it is really funny and easy.

What was difficult?

E : Making the headline is difficult. Sometimes, I misunderstand headline and subject.
O : I have to memorize french cooking terms, but it is really difficult to me. Some words are almost same, so I always confused that words.

What language concepts have I learned? (What did I learned?)

E : I learned about difference between headline and subject. It is hard to distinguish, but now I know what is headline and what is subject.
O : I learned coin magic "just" for children from my younger sister. I have poor skill so I can't learn expert magic. I'm so sad but it was exciting.

What points do I need to improve? (What do I need to improve?)

E : I have to practice reading quickly. My reading skill is not so good, so I read slowly. But for my midterm test, I have to improve my reading skill.
O : I have to improve my singing skill. When I went to garaoke, I'm really shy to sing. So I have to practice singing for good song.

EXPEDITION1 : page47

How do people measure success? In what ways are people rewarded for their achievements?

Each people have different methods to measure success. Some people measure success by happiness, while others measure by money or fame. Some people measure success by their children, while others measure by their jobs.
people rewarded for thier achievement by many different ways. Some people rewarded their achievement by winning the prize like Novel prize. Lots of scholars want to win the prize for their success. Others rewarded their achievement by going to university. These days many high school students who study hard, rewarded their hard study by going to university. Also, some people rewarded their achievement by getting a good job. There are a lot of unemployed people, so many people want to get a good job so getting a good job means great success.

2007년 4월 8일 일요일

EXPEDITION1 : page46

What impact do you think Aung San Suu Kyi's religious beliefs have had on her life?

A(story) : Buddist
B(mind) : mercy, love, sacrifice, belief of soul
C(story) : freedom fighter, pro-democracy actvist, non-violent, winning the novel prize

Her religion is Buddism so she can learn mercy, love, sacrifice, belief of soul then she can be freedom fighter, pro-democracy actvist, non-violent and win the novel peace prize.

What role do you think her parents played in her life?

A(story) : Mother is diplomat and she is national-devoted person.
Father is general and he has a strong sence of justice.
Family situation makes her strong and devoted person.
B(mind) : patience, sence of justice, devotion
C(story) : withstand her husband death, remain without children, bear the house arrest, protest to military junta

Her mother is diplomat. She is intelligent, national-devoted person and her father is general. He has a strong sence of justice. Her family situation makes her strong and devoted person. So she can learn patience, sence of justice, devotion then she can withstand her husband death, remain with children, bear the house arrest and protest to military junta.

2007년 4월 3일 화요일

HEADLINE

1. Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese freedom fighter
2. Meeting her husband in UK
3. Helping National League causes House arrest
4. Rejected prime Minister establishes education center
5. Why she was separated with her family?
6. Continued misery: The plan was protested
7. Finally, her will makes the world's attention

2007년 3월 30일 금요일

Self Assessment (03/20 - 03/29)

What was easy for me?

E : Now, I can find key word in text easily. First, I can't find key word or sentence exactly so I think summarizing is really hard but now I think it is little bit easy.
O : To me, meeting new people is easy. I really like to meet new people, so I don't know what is hard to meet new people.

What was difficult?

E : Still, I have a problem with selecting correct word. I have to memorize more word but I'm really lazy, so still I have a difficulty with that.
O : I think write the report is really difficult because I'm freshman so I don't know how to write report well.

What language concepts have I learned? (What did I learned?)

E : I learned about how to summarize well. Firstly, I'm very poor at summarize but now I can summarize better than before.
O : I learned that how to make soup in my major class. It is little bit difficult but interesting. I have to review that.

How can I improve my life?

I think I have to travel around the world. It may help me to learn about real world and I can get a lot of experience. This experience will be helpful to improve my life.

2007년 3월 24일 토요일

What is the problem?

I can't catch key word exactly. It is important to summarize but I don't know which sentence and word is really need to summarize. And I'm very poor at vocabulary so I can't summarize in my word. I mean, I just use same word in text.

How can you fix your problem?

I have to study more vocabulary especially same-meaning word. I also have to practice about summarize. I will read more text and practice to find key word and key sentence.

2007년 3월 21일 수요일

Self Assessment (03/14 - 03/19)

What was easy for me?

E : Firstly I thought English grammar is hard, but after I studied french, English grammar is really easy to me compare to french grammar.
O : I'm very poor at finding way, but now I can find way easier than before.

What was difficult?

E : I think selecting the correct word is really difficult. On page 24, it was very hard to me. I can't understand all meaning of word, so I couldn't find correct word.
O : I can't remember french grammar and word. In my french class, proffessor teachs fastly so I can't understand something and also I don't know how to use grammar proferly.

What language concepts have I learned? (What did I learned?)

E : I learned about explain my opinion in English. When we talk about the movie what we saw, I learned a lot like 'cable movie', 'DVD movie' and so on.
O : I learned term about cooking because of my major. In my major class we learned about cooking so I memorize that terms.

What points do I need to improve? (What do I need to study more?)

E : I have to study more about vocabulary because of selecting the correct word.
O : I have to practice about summary. In my writing and reading class, we have to summarize something but I'm poor at summarize so I study about summarize.

2007년 3월 18일 일요일

EXPEDITION1 : page28-29

In the spaces below, write down information about the film you watched this week with your group.(See appendix for literary terms.)

1. Title : HANNIBAL RISING
2. Type of flim : Thriller
3. Director : Peter Webber
4. What was the movie based on? (a book, a true story, biography, etc.)
: It based on Thomas Harris' novel.
5. Setting : In 1950's(After World War Ⅱ) France and Russia.
6. Cast and characters
: Hannibal(student of medical college) - Gaspard Ulliel
Lady Morasaki(Hannibal's aunt) - Gong Ri
7. Plot summary
: During World War Ⅱ, Hannibal's parents was killed and his younger sister was eaten by German soldier. 8 years later, he went his uncle's house but he was dead and just his wife, lady morasaki, was there. She cared her nephew but he still had nightmare. Through the nigthmare he remembered that German soldier's face. So he started murder for revenge cruelly.
8. Personal opinion
: I think it is cable movie. It's really waste of money.
The main actor is little bit handsome but story isn't good. Movie's conclusion is falsely even though it was the last series of Hannibal. It's not thriller movie, just cruel movie, but the important thing is degree of cruel also not good.

2007년 3월 14일 수요일

Self Assessment (03/06 - 03/13)

What was easy for me?

E : I think reading the text book is easy for me, because I studied TOEFL reading so I think this one is little bit easy.
O : I think making new friends is easy for me, because I'm very sociable person and I like meeting new people.

What was difficult?

E : I think writing something in English is difficult to me, because I'm not good at English grammar.
O : I think coming school in the morning is really difficult to me, because there are a lot of people in the subway in the morning.

What language concepts have I learned? (What did I learned?)

E : I learned new vocabulary a lot and learned how to use grammar properly in English writing.
O : I learned how to use a housekeeping account book so now I don't waste my money and use money wisely.

What points do I need to improve? (What do I need to study more?)

E : I think I have to memorize more vocabulary to read the book easily.
O : I think I need to study about computer. These days, almost every people are good at computer so I practice the computer skill more than now.

2007년 3월 11일 일요일

EXPEDITION1 : page16-17

Letter B :

Dear Mrs. Knowitall,

I have a serious problem that I need help with. Yesterday, I was getting ready to go out with my friends, but my purse didn't match my outfit so I borrowed my older sister's purse. She wasn't home, but I knew she wouldn't mind if I borrowed it. As I was putting my things into her purse, I found a photo in the side pocket. I was so shocked because the photo was of my sister and my boyfriend together, and they looked just like a couple! I am still upset. I don't know what to do. Please help me.

Sisterly Love


Dear Sisterly Love,

I understand how you feel like but I advise you not to judge impatiently.
First, just observe your sister and your boyfriend and see if there has been any misunderstanding about your sister's relationship with your boyfriend. However, If the relationship comes out to be as it is like on the picture, you have to talk to your boyfriend.
If he confesses and admits the relationship as being serious and asks you to forgive him you'd better do so and quit the relationshop. Half of people living on this planet are men.
If he wants to continue the relationship with your sister, you should let him do so. Then talk to your sister to see if she still wants him. If she wants to keep the relationship, just forgive her and lay aside her because you cannot find another sister anywhere else.
If he didn't say sorry to you and deny the truth, show the photo to him. Of course end the relationship! Maybe he is a really bad guy or a playboy. After you end the relationship, you should talk to your sister about him. Though she wants to continue the relationship, you have to make her stop continuing.
Anyway, I think it's better ending the relationship with your boyfriend and forgive your sister.
Remember, sister is only one in the world.