Lesson Plan

 

Topic : How to share your opinions /  what you can read from unspoken language

Level :  intermediate

Students : 10 (Adults)

Length : 45 min.

This is about my fanciful class which I haven’t had before. It was beginning from my personal experience. Let me briefly announce that a couple of month ago one of my coworker was in an awkward situation. It happened in the train. She was seating next to a baby who looks like 6 or 7years old boy. But the problem was that he was so prankster and mischievous boy. At the moment, he was crying very noisily and the boy was step on her jacket so she was gently asked to his mother as like that “would you soothe your boy and take the shoe off from my clothes” but the mother was so angry about that situation. But apparently we can see that kind of scene very easily. So I would like to bring this situation into my class. And before that I needed to set up my own class for this issue. Eventually I decided to my class level which is intermediate and adults - they might be able to discuss about serious stuff. I’d like to ask some questions to my students and they are going to share their opinions.

1) If your child is being unbearably noisy in the public transportation, what would you do?

2) If some other passengers scold your child, what would you do?

3) If some other passengers give piece of their mind to you about your child’s lack of discipline, what would you do?

Previous lesson was	This Lesson is about	Next lesson will be
Ask someone not to do~	How to give an advice	How to persuade others to do~

Objective

1) Students will see the expressions how to give advice - Why don’t you try this a little differently~ - I must say that there are a few points I do want to talk about~ - What I’m trying to say is that~ - I think that / I’m talking about ~ - I wouldn’t accept ~ - I do believe that the best way of ~ is ~ 2) What we can see from unspoken languages - Hospitality / Agreement - Hostility / Disagreement

Materials

1) 2 Video clips http://youtu.be/gSDwBZCDqQE             http;//youtu.be/eGipiK4Lf84 2) Words cards

Detailed lesson plan
Time	Set up	Students Activity	Teacher Talk
2min.	Whole class	Greet	Greet with Students
7min	Whole class. If there is no answers ask to specific students	Answer to the question.	Share some private expressions observing misbehaving child and protective mother & reported incident happened in the subway Ask below questions one by one 1) If your child is being unbearably noisy in the public transportation, what would you do? 2) If some other passengers scold your child, what would you do? 3) If some other passengers give piece of their mind to you about your child’s lack of discipline, what would you do?
2min.	Whole class		We will ask students to concentrate on expressions when Nanny gives advice to parents and the parents’ body language
3min. 41sec.	Whole class	Watch the Video	Show the 1st. video clip, which is Supernanny’s sharing her opinion about children to their parents
2min.	Whole class	Answer to the question.	Ask if students remember what kind comment the nanny gave to the parents. And what kind of reaction the parents showed.
1min.	Whole class		Ask students to see the video one more time concentrate on what expression the nanny used to express her opinion, and what kind of body language the parents show.
8 min.	Whole class	Watch the Video	Watch the video clip again with pausing to highlight target expressions. (We won’t write it on the whiteboard on purpose. Because we will highlight the target words with word card in the end of the class)
3min. 41sec.	Whole class	Watch the Video	Ask students if they would like to see it again and play it one time more if it’s necessary
2min	Whole class		Engage for 2nd video. Maybe ask students if they have seen similar Korean program, 우리 아이가 달라졌어요, and how the parents were changed in the end of the program.
1min.	Whole class	Answer to the Question	Ask students to predict what would happen in the 2nd. video, which is about what changes happen after the parents follow nanny’s advice. And then ask students to watch the 2nd. video to see how the nanny’s & parents’ body language get changed.
3min. 2sec.	Whole class	Watch the Video
3min.	Whole class	Answer to the Question	Ask students how the nanny’s & parents’ body language has been changed. Ask students if they have any experience they could get the message from body languages / intonation / expressions on eye etc.
3min.	Whole class		Summarize what we learned today with word cards and Introduce the last small activity which is reading same anecdote with different intonation.
2min.	Whole class	Guess the end of the story	Read the article like the mother is talking to little girl without reading the last part of the anecdote. And then ask students what would be mother’s response to the Cedric’s compliment.
2min.	Whole class		Read the article like the mother is talking to herself including the last part of the anecdote.
3min.	Whole class		Highlight the fact that we should listen to words /attitude/body language and tone together and close the class with giving homework, which is preparing some personnel experience of persuasion for next lesson.

reflection of Ngugi’s experiences and ideas

What connections can you see between Ngugi’s experiences and those of Korea’s past? 

What connections can you see between Ngugi’s ideas and the present situation in Korea?

What problems does Ngugi see in Kachru’s approach to the worldwide spread of English?

What is the place of a perspective such as Ngugi’s in current discussions about the spread of English?  In what ways is this reading relevant to our work as educators? 

Do you feel that it is an English teacher’s responsibility to be aware of the historical circumstances by which English has become a ‘global’ language?  Why or why not? 

As English teachers, is there any way that we can practically address Ngugi’s concerns? How?

Reading Mdia Texts

Received reading vs Oppositional reading

Thesedays, we are living within commercials even when we are walking in the street or get in the transportation everywhere we eventually could face to those advertisement  whether we want or not. The problem is that it often encourages people to buy theirs product on impulse. actually we are all tending to buy something that they have wanted or not after watching advertisement.
On the TV commercial shows the goods less than 30 seconds. That’s why we could see some exaggerated advertisements so easily.

I would like to talk about this Korea commercial - Android commercial-Andre Kim’s fashion show.

At first glance, I was thought that this one was funny but a little bit weird.

The main character is the android in the white who said “smarteeez” was a famous Korean fashion designer Andre Kim. Actually this commercial is a very simply parody of his comic version his characteristic.

I didn't recognized the product name. But after several times watching that I could understand why they adopted Andre Kim’s fashion show. Because the product’s name was ‘designer. As you can see there is runway in the fashion show, models walk the catwalk dressed with phone in the clothing. there are all of spectators are rocked the runway.

The problems are why all model are woman and white skin color and why all the audience are man and white skin? Man love beautiful woman as they love the smart phone? and this mobile phone is good enough because western people hailed with acclamations?

This ad is just one of pop culture but it confront to think about something we mentioned. it hint my brain discursively. is it sexual discrimination and new global imperialism? There is no need to make any  consensus of opinion on this ad i just want to share about my short and humble view. 

My envisagement class..

 

Try to designe the critical lesson for my future class.

1. How many students?  Students : 10   Level : intermediate 

2.  Age? :   Adults

3.  Interesting? :   Daiy issue or gussipping

4.  What meterial you might use?  :  I might use some video clip or news paper or anecdote which is conneted this issue. 

 

   This is about my fanciful class which I haven’t had before. It was beginning from my personal experience. Let me briefly announce that a couple of month ago one of my coworker was in an awkward situation. It happened in the train. She was seating next to a baby who looks like 6 or 7years old boy. But the problem was that he was so prankster and mischievous boy. At the moment, he was crying very noisily and the boy was step on her jacket so she was gently asked to his mother as like that “would you soothe your boy and take the shoe off from my clothes” but the mother was so angry about that situation. But apparently we can see that kind of scene very easily.
So I would like to bring this situation into my class. And before that I needed to set up my own class for this issue. Eventually I decided to my class level which is intermediate and adults - they might be able to discuss about serious stuff. I’d like to ask some questions to my students and they are going to share their opinions.

1) If your child is being unbearably noisy in the public transportation, what would you do?

2) If some other passengers scold your child, what would you do?

3) If some other passengers give piece of their mind to you about your child’s lack of discipline, what would you do?

POP CULTURE

The Impact of YouTube on Popular Culture

By AmericanShinobi, Lakewood, CO

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I evaluated YouTube's impact on Pop Culture. I wanted to write this piece because of how much popularity YouTube has. I also wanted to know why it does have so much fan-base surrounding it.

Popular culture can be defined in various ways. Depending on one’s definition, popular culture can encompass anything from forms of dance to movies on the big screen. Regardless of one’s definition, it is clear that media has a huge role in reflecting and shaping pop culture. YouTube, a popular video hosting website, is playing an important role in defining current pop culture on a global scale. YouTube's focus has always been Broadcast Yourself (YouTube.com). In today's popular culture, broadcasting yourself has become so mainstream that those who do not post videos on the Internet are often put out of social circles. It is possible for a teenager to be shunned and rejected if he or she cannot be found on YouTube. Those that can be found on the video hosting site sometimes post videos of themselves doing extraordinary acts in an attempt to fit in with the crowd or to compete in a game of can you top this?
The impact of YouTube has had both positive and negative effects on today’s popular culture. The popular video sharing website has played a central role in creating instant Internet celebrities, promoting musical performers, providing opportunities for political and religious speech, and creating a battleground for issues of censorship, copyright infringement, and privacy rights. All of these phenomena have been the outcome of simply giving people opportunity to post their personal creative expressions in a public forum. YouTube is an outstanding website – and piece of technology – that has radically transformed popular culture and the way we think about broadcasting our voices and our personalities to the world.
YouTube has created loads of Internet celebrities, people who become famous when their videos spread like a virus, eventually being viewed by millions. For these users, Internet fame has benefited their lives in truly unexpected ways. An example would be a YouTube user and former receptionist, Brooke Brodack, who was signed by NBC's Carson Daly for an eighteen-month development contract (Hardy). Her comedy video had been viewed by over 45 million people, which led to her discovery and lucrative job offer (Hardy). Another example would be the fictional video blog of lonelygirl15, which gained great popularity and a huge fan base of subscribers. Lonelygirl15 turned out to be the creative expression of three writers. When they were finally discovered, they were offered millions to develop interactive online content (Gannes). Some Internet celebrities posted their videos on YouTube hoping to be discovered, but others like Gary Brolsma, known to many as the “numa numa guy,” were just posting for the fun of it (Feur and George). Brolsma has since become famous, and his video has become a well known piece of popular culture.
Among those hoping to be discovered on YouTube, viewers will find many bands and musical groups who have uploaded music videos of their songs in hopes of building a larger fan base. Bands such as Avenged Sevenfold have created their own channels, complete with enough songs to fill several albums. Performing artists have also been known to post entire concerts through YouTube's easy to use interface as a way to get their fans hyped for future tours or concerts. The phenomena of bands posting on YouTube is not just an American event. Many foreign music groups have also been spotted throughout YouTube's Music section. European bands such as Epica, Sonata Arctica, and the popular Gothic rock band, Nightwish, have seen their reputation spread like wildfire through YouTube. As these bands tour the globe, fans record videos at concerts, and with the power of technology, upload it directly to YouTube from their Blackberries or iPhones. The power of video sharing has revolutionized the way bands and performing artists get their products to their fans and promote themselves without the aid of recording companies.
YouTube has also created an electronic town hall where people can air their opinions on their governments, the police, or authority in general. Naturally, most of the grievances are negative, blaming the government for all of their problems. Among the negative comments, some might be legitimate because there are certain things the government does not handle well. People have every right to complain, and through YouTube they have a forum when other channels do not work. Of course, some of the complaints are not valid, or perhaps have some validity but are too overwhelming and dramatic. The media coverage of the presidential debates of the 2008 elections were fueled by videos on YouTube – a first in presidential debate history (CNN Political Ticker). While YouTube creates a space for free speech, it is still up to viewers to be thoughtful about the content of what they watch.
Besides finding people debating political views, one will also find on YouTube an enormous volume of religious and anti-religious content. With a quick search, the viewer can find video interpretations of the Koran, the Bible, the Torah, or the Book of Mormon. Viewers can also find religious rantings of why each of these texts are superior to the others. Atheists also promote their viewpoints on YouTube, and Christians respond in kind. It is possible to find lengthy video threads of debating videos. One can even find debates between followers of less known deities as seen in the “Flying Spaghetti Monster vs. Invisible Pink Unicorn” video. YouTube plays an active role in allowing religious people the freedom to broadcast their beliefs, and their opponents to broadcast rebuttals.
Naturally, all of this free speech creates controversy. Where there is free speech, it won’t be long before there is censorship, copyright infringement, and legal battles over privacy rights. One clear example that highlights these concerns is the creation of mash-up videos. Mash-up videos are videos created by an author splicing video clips from existing sources with audio from other sources. For example, a Harry Potter fan might slice various clips from the many Harry Potter movies that have been released in order to create a false trailer for an upcoming movie. He or she might add cool music to the background or eye-catching titles to grab the audience's attention. He or she might also add fitting voice-overs to compliment the music playing in the background. The video author is creating a new work of art from existing resources, but the controversy comes in because the author has used someone else’s copyrighted work.
YouTube has an obligation to remove videos that violate national and international copyright laws. Typically, it is the music companies that have been enforcing their copyrights, so YouTube’s response is often to mute the audio track on a mash-up video. Some cry “censorship,” but the issues are never quite that simple. Unfortunately, if one tries to use YouTube as source to learn more about what does and what does not apply as copyright infringement, one will find videos from multiple perspectives on the issue. There aren’t many lawyers who have posted clear instructions for users on this matter.
The process of censoring videos on YouTube is also highly subjective. YouTube employees may do some direct observation of user videos, but the website relies more heavily on its users to report suspicious activity. On each video page there is a red flag that displays under the video player that a viewer can click on to flag the video as inappropriate. Clicking on this link will take the viewer to a page where they can explain why they believe the video is inappropriate. The report gets sent to a customer service representative so that it can be investigated. However, if a video gets multiple reports the video may be automatically taken down without investigating the claim. There are many upset YouTube users who claim that their videos were removed even though they were not inappropriate. These often include videos with religious or political content as well as those that are artistic mash-ups of existing materials. The videos of user complaints can also be found on YouTube.
Most recently, YouTube has been policing uploads to cut down on the number of potential copyright infringements. A new uploading technology that they have put in place screens uploads and catches some copyrighted content before it is fully uploaded. When copyrighted content is detected, the upload is rejected. YouTube is applying a technology solution to a problem that was created by technology.
The use of the Internet and video sharing websites like YouTube has allowed millions of people to reach larger or more targeted audiences. Some post merely to entertain, others to inform the public about a topic, some to debate critical viewpoints, and some to express their creativity in synthesizing materials to create a new work of art. This has created a number of Internet celebrities, given bands a place to test their popularity, allowed political supporters to promote their causes, created space for religious debate, and allowed some to discover their artistic selves. Because YouTube made it easy for people to broadcast themselves, they did. While this has sometimes led to controversy, the website continues to evolve and adapt with the culture, and YouTube is finding innovative solutions while attempting to preserve free speech. Whether one judges the impact of YouTube positively or negatively, the reality is that the video sharing website has become an influential force in today’s society and has forever transformed our options for broadcasting our voices and our personalities to the world.

Pop- Culture

Pop- Culture

Definition- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_culture

Refection of the “Korea's Proofreading Woes” from Elliot Patton's

 No language is free from influence of foreign words. Actually Konglish is a kind of cultural phenomenon among the non-English native counties such as Japanglish in japan,  Chinglish in China and Singapolish in Singapol. 

Language gives people good opportunities to communicate with each other and helps them share their cultures with others. Nowdays, we can’t deny that English is one of the powerful language in the world.

It was really interested for me to be able to see those konglish which is the Korean adaptation of the English language. Many Foreigners often point out that there are many awkward English expressions on Korean street signs, and restaurant so on exactly same as Elliot Patton opinion. And they are all surprised by the numerous mistakes.

But I think that maybe all we need is try to understanding some of certain mistaken which called Konglish as historically and sociolinguistically. And English instructor may need to consider that a form of 'sublanguage' or 'second language' because English is just slowly building historcal relations to Korea. It seems to more like a cultural collision which is not very easy to understand perfectly in short period.

It is obviously true that It takes a long time to learn a other language seriously.
I could see what he wrote about this essay. But we are on the way to the process of progressively. I believe that we are going to better and better using English.