Thursday, July 25, 2019

Stress!


Readings
Stress - Discussion Questions Part 1
  1. Which of these is most stressful for you….
    (public speaking, taking a test, going on a first date, dealing with in-laws, long flights,
    open classes, work gatherings, dealing with native English speakers, ….)?
  2. What else causes you stress? (e.g. money, family, lovelife, health, future, etc.)
  3. Which social/professional situations cause you the most stress?
  4. What were the most stressful periods of your life?
  5. What were the least stressful, most care-free periods of your life?
  6. When do you feel the most relaxed or unstressed?

Stress - Discussion Questions Part 2
  1. How does stress affect you physically & emotionally?
  2. What health consequences have you experienced because of stress?
  3. How do you usually cope with stress? Which responses are effective or not?
  4. How do you help your students cope with stress?
  5. Who’s the most/least stressed person you know?
  6. How do different members of your family deal with stress?
  7. How do you view counseling? Would you consider it as an option?
    Do you know people who have experienced it? Was it helpful?
  8. In what ways is stress helpful or positive for you?
  9. Has your attitude toward stress changed over time?
  10. What is unique or different about stress in Korea? Causes? Responses?
  11. When you’ve traveled to different countries, have you noticed anything different about how the people there deal with stress?
  12. What has been the most stressful part of TTP?

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Author's Choice Writing

Our goal for the rest of the session is for you to develop your writing skills in the way that's best suited to your needs. As long as it's useful and/or interesting, you can choose any kind of writing you like, but some possibilities are below: 

Real-life Writing Tasks
Writing Prompts

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Skills Training - Collocations



Skills Training - Collocations
A collocation is made up of two or more words that are commonly used together in English. Think of collocations as words that usually go together. There are different kinds of collocations in English. Strong collocations are word pairings that are expected to come together, such as 'make a cup of tea' or 'do your homework'. 

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Writing - Week#20


Week#20 Agenda
  • Attempt to tweak your 'Identity Writing' based on Jeff's comments. Work with classmates as desired. Please make changes in the document text not as a reply to the comments. Try not to make comments disappear.
     
  • If you're not sure of how to fix something, add it to the WTF? section of your Writing Group Notes.
     
  • Check out the 'Writing Grammar Points' Doc.  Feel free to add topics for future explanation.
     
  • Got extra time?  Try some 'Collocation Skills Training' below. 

Reference Sites
Useful places to find and/or ask for information about tricky grammar issues



Skills Training - Collocations
A collocation is made up of two or more words that are commonly used together in English. Think of collocations as words that usually go together. There are different kinds of collocations in English. Strong collocations are word pairings that are expected to come together, such as 'make a cup of tea' or 'do your homework'. 

Lists & Guides

Activities 

From Quizizz Join.quizizz.com
  • Collocations with Prepositions   436218
  • Collocations and Fixed Expressions   307682
  • Do, Play, Go   357463
  • Go, Come, Get   772651
  • Pay, Keep, Save    178680
From Kahoot

Sunday, July 7, 2019

Writing Task#1 - Your Identities



Class Handout

Social Identity Theory

What is Social Identity Theory?

What is Social Identity?

The Cultural Iceberg
Writing Task#1
 (Due July 10, 11:59pm)

Write at least 300 words about different parts of your identity. Please use a Google Doc in your TTP2019 Writings folder. Feel free to include related photos. Bring a printout of your writing to class on July 11.
Jeff's Example






Skills Training

Phrasal verb is the name given to an English verb which is composed of two or three words. One verb is combined with a preposition (like on, in, under) or an adverb (like up, down, away). Sometimes a phrasal verb can have a meaning that is very different to the meaning of at least one of those two or three words separately. 
Here are some examples:
  • Maria didn't know the word, so she looked it up in the dictionary.
  • Oh no, we've run out of milk! I'll have to buy some more.
  • Farmers have to get up early in the morning.
  • The rocket took off with a loud roar.
LISTS

From Quizizz Join.quizizz.com

Phrasal Verbs    819140   (easier) quiz
Phrasal Verbs 2    242596   (more challenging)  quiz

Friday, July 5, 2019

Our Project Management Experiment: Trello

Our Project Management Experiment:  Trello


Go to: Trello.com
Sign-up with your Google Account.

Teams:   TTP2019 Trello Team   TTP2019 Secondary Team  TTP2019 Elementary






Go to your Gmail.  You should see an email like this: 


Click on that and 'Join the Team'.





Check out the existing projects.  If you'd like to join one, click 'Join Board'. 




To create your own board (project), click the + icon and 'Create Board'. 

To share that board with the team, click 'show menu'. 




Click '...more'


Click 'settings'.


Click the pull-down menu below ' This board is part of...' and select TTP2019






Monday, July 1, 2019

TD#2 Odds & Ends + Week#18 To Do List


Week#18 To Do List


-  Please make sure TD#2 Lesson Overviews and materials are in your Drive Folder
- Session#4  Materials Development Project Plan  Template    Jeff's Example
   These do not need to be comprehensive, long-lasting, and/or completed by the end of TTP.
Session#3  Course Evaluations

Assorted Resources from TD#2