Daegu-Leaders

 April 1st is known in the USA and some other countries as "April Fools Day." It's a day when children (and some adults acting like children) play jokes on others. In Korea it's known more for "little white lies," which is indeed a type of joke? A related game is know as "two truths and a lie." The objective is to help people know a little more about you after you tell two truths and one lie about your life - they have to guess which is the lie! Can you fool them? Current events include...

English Listening (Musical Math)  The basic concept in Musical Math is something everyone hears when they are learning music with a teacher or tutor. "Practice Everyday, if you don't practice, you forget." The same is true when developing any skill - music or a foreign language!  Here's the math 7 days in one week 4 days practice 3 days no practice  + 4  - 3    = 1 1 / 7 = .143 Look at a different example.      7 days in one week      6 days practice      1 days no practice    + 6    - 1      = 5 5 / 7 = .714 Big Difference! So the hint here is to Listen to English everyday, at least 15 minutes LISTEN , not study. Get more comfortable hearing English, your stress about English will decrease and your ability to pronounce more clearly will get better, because you are getting your "English ears" (you know what English should sound like).

 (these notes written after class) Today we did unit 2 in the book, and the Breaking News article "Internet Access" (level 3) We had a short chat with partner in Korean about " What is “Public Administration”? ( 행정 ) " -- We will return to this question in the future, in English. Your opinion about this will shape your attitude about your work. You are responsible to know the vocabulary we talk about in class - from the readings, and from my talk (on the whiteboard) Key words today (on the whiteboard) include profession career occupation job and colleague co-worker (sometimes written coworker) how are these different?

 The first pages from our book. The book has been ordered and should arrive soon.