Assignment 1: Bright

1.      My neighbor is a farmer. There are five people un their family. Sometimes, they are smoking in front of their home. And they always sing songs loudly at night. So I do not like them very much.

2.      I like to read novels for fun. In the books, I can fly in the sky, swim in the sea, run very fast just like a horse. I really very enjoy reading very much.

3.      I think EU students have the white skin. They probably have large blue eyes, yellow hair, and white skin. I like their appearances and hopefully to change my styles like them. It is my dream.

Assignment 1: Jenny

1.My neighborhood is a salesman. His jod is selling fish. He’s a strong man, and he has brown hair. But, he likes to smoke, so I don’t like him.

2.-I like to read novels,play the piano or play the Tenor-Saxphone ,ride a bike and write in my free time. Reading novels is very fun, and there is a lot knowledge in the books. Playing the piano and Sax are very hard,but I really like music! I have a bicycle team, because my cousin, my aunt and I all like to ride a bike.

3.-I think the EU students have golden hair and blue eyes. 

Assignment 2

Hi Iris and Tjasa,

Here's a proposal for the 2nd assignment that will be posted on beta.penpalnews.com on Tuesday, October 18 (and due Tuesday, October 25). Let me know if you have any suggestions, questions or concerns.

Thanks, 

Michael

Assignment #2

Great job on your first assignmentThis week you’ll be reading this an article about Taiwanese food.
After you’ve read the article, ANSWER the following questions in the box below (write at least 3 sentences for each one):
1. Describe the most appetizing thing that was described in the article. Why did you think so?
2. Describe the least appetizing thing that was described in the article. Why did you like it?
3.What’s your favorite food? Can you remember the last time you had it? Who was eating it with you? Where were you?

Kristy

My name is Kristy. I am twelve years old.

I have a sweet family. There are four people in my family. They are my mom, my dad, my younger brother and I.

My mom and dad work in a manpower service company. My younger brother is an elementary school student, and I’m a junior high school student.

Reading books and listening to the music are my habbits.

I would like to be a doctor when I grow up.

PenPal News

Assignment: Assignment #1

Instructions:

Welcome to PenPal News , a place on the web where you will read, share and discuss news with an international penpal. Your classes in Slovenia and Taiwan have been matched, and you have been assigned one or two penpals. Over the next six weeks you will be writing back and forth, learning about the world and each other.

Let’s get started.

ANSWER the following questions in the box below (write at least 3 sentences for each one):

1. Describe the neighborhood where you live.

2. Describe what you like to do for fun.

3. If you’re from Slovenia, describe what you think it’s like to be a teenager in South Asia.
If you’re from Taiwan, describe what you want you think it’s like to be a teenager in Eastern Europe.

4. Introduce yourself! Tell your penpal who you are and what you like to do besides schoolwork :)

Go Further: Iris 6 -week Project

Go  Further:  Iris 6 -week Project

Iris Chiu 10/03/2011

I am extremely excited about this brand new 6-week project because over the last month I have held multiple meetings with the principal and deans to discuss the various aspects of the project. Our main goal is to broaden our student’s global perspective through this unique 6-week challenge.

Long distance communication via video conferencing (time and equipments) for the purpose of correcting essays and giving student feedbacks can be very difficult and challenging. Thanks to I-EARN it has made communicating over large distances easier.

I would like to share with you my student’s learning experiences via these four blogs (http://nzjh1.blogspot.com/,http://nzjh2.blogspot.com/,http://nzjh3.blogspot.com/ ,http://nzjh4.blogspot.com/). I am very excited to be able to teach my students a variety of current events and news in English. I am utterly exhausted during this second week of school, but also calmly reflective and overwhelmingly renewed. This shows that I am exactly where I should be at this point in my learning and teaching career, with my Nan-Jung Junior High School students.

It has been fascinating talking and communicating with international students through the perspective of a coach. Certain things have caught my attention during these talks that might otherwise pass unnoticed. I feel it is my responsibility to document my experiences this year, no matter how tired I am. I am sure many of you reading this can certainly relate.

I am committed to this 6-week project and determined to see it through. At the end, I hope to learn more about and respect other cultures so that I can instill this knowledge upon my students and maximize the effectiveness of this project. If you are a system’s thinker, you’ll definitely want to stay tuned.

Daniel Chiu

My name is Daniel Chiu. I come from Hong Kong. I am fourteen years old . There are four people in my family, including my parents and my elder brother. 


My father works in an office. My mother is a housewife. Both my brother and I study in the secondary school. 


Playing  the piano is my habit. I would like to be a doctor in the future.^^