Just wanted to share something interesting and funny from my ESL training session. Enjoy & Happy Holidays!
A two letter word that can wreak havoc - "Up"
Calvin & Hobbes: Wake up, Get up Shut up Listen up Throw up Mix up Goof up Hurry up How's your day? Looking up.
The following was written by Frank Endicott, 1992 Universal Press Syndicate:
"What's up"
We've got a two-letter word we use constantly that may have more meanings than any other. The word is UP.
It is easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or toward the top of the list. But when we waken, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? And why are participants said to speak UP? Why are officers UP for election? And why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
The little word is really not needed, but we use it anyway. We brighten UP a room, light UP a cigar, polish UP the silver, lock UP the house, and fix UP the old car.
At other times, it has special meanings. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, think UP excuses, and get tied UP in traffic.
To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special. It may be confusing, but a drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning, and close it UP in the evening. We seem to be all mixed UP about UP.
In order to be UP on the proper use of UP, look UP the word in the dictionary. In one desk-sized dictionary, UP takes UP half a page; and the listed definitions add UP to about 40.
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways in which UP is used. It may take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a thousand.
I would like to post the pictueres I took when we met at Panera Bread on Nov 18,2009. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jae_joong/sets/72157622711289305/ Please add your comments on those pictures on comment section.
Our English teacher Jae Joong Yun is an American from Korea. We share almost the same tradition and history with him. He understands some Chinese language. He teaches English for us very seriously and takes for real. He treats us friendly and considerately. He comes in Library very early for every class. He checks our home work first, and answers our questions. He then teaches us many new English knowledge and teaches us to use computer to learn English and so on. Finally he provides us copies of lesson for us to study at home.
We are very happy that we have a good English teacher. We really appreciate our teacher and his help for us.
My wife and I were Physics Professors of Shandong University of Technology in China. I retired in November 1998 and my wife retired in following year of 1999. We cane to live in the United State on October 1999. We stayed in Florida with our daughter and her family about two years. We also lived in North Carolina with our son and his family for about two years. We also lived with our son and his family in New jersey for about three years to July 2006 . We now live at Senior housing in Ramsey until now for three years.
My wife and I were Physics Professors of Shandong University of Technology in China. I retired in November 1998 and my wife retired in following year of 1999. We cane to live in the United State on October 1999. We stayed in Florida with our daughter and her family about two years. We also lived in North Carolina with our son and his family for about two years. We also lived with our son and his family in New jersey for about three years to July 2006 . We now live at Senior housing in Ramsey until now for three years.
My name is Jae Yun and I am new on Teaching English.
I want to teach English to speakers of other language so I could improve my own abilities to listening, speaking, reading, and writing. However I will do my best to help my students to keep motivated and enjoy time spent with me and learn English. I feel that I know the frustration these students felt because I myself have faced the same problem when I came to US from Korea in 1960.
I am very grad that our Ramsey Public Library has ESL classes with enough of teaching materials and let us use copying machines for classes. My current students are married couple educated and taught Physics at Yantai, Shandong province university there I was told (中國 山東 烟坮 大學). I gave them the web sites of ESL related using Chinese/ English method first. They were using Chinese key board on PC but no problem using English key board using single finger striking for each letter. ( I will introduce typing tutor program soon for them to practice at home. ) They have computer at home and doing home work I gave them. Both of them have hand held English/Chinese dictionary and use them very extensively. I requested them to start to write those vocabularies on index cards whenever they looked up one word for one card.
Here are my questions to those of you who have had long experience of teaching ESL students. We have many books, CDs, and DVDs at our library for ESL but I have no idea how to choose other than actually browse them. Would you direct me to any review site if any for those books and CDs? If we do not have those sites then could we start to list in http://ramseyesl.blogspot.com/?
I started using Elizabeth Claire’s “Easy English NEWS”. I obtained the printed copy of How to Use Easy English NEWS in your ESL Classroom. I gave them the copy of October 2009 issue and ask them to read two articles in it if they want to read plus do the cross word puzzle.
We had great get together last night.I will post http://esl.about.com/od/englishlessonplans/English_Lesson_Plans_for_ESL_EFL_Classes.htm All you have to do is click to this address or copy and paste.You see "English lesson plans for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels including reading, writing, listening, grammar, speaking, pronunciation for adult and childrens' classes as well as Business English."
Activities for ESL Students: Hi, This is another site you can use for Bilingual quizzes. This is great starting point to those who just start the classes. I use this site for first three sessions.
Have a nice day and let me know if this site helped your student.
30 days to a More Powerful Vocabulary By Wilfred Funk, Norman Lewis I was assigned this book as a senior at my high school in Korea by my English teacher in 1956. Even after three years cease fire with North we did not get back to our school building before and we were in temporary make shift wood frame on dirt as a school house. However I got this book from a little shack book store and able to take with me all the time. The more I used ti the more I loved it. Now I see this book at Barnes & Noble and Borders. I gave this book to my first student from Mexico,Catalina Martinez. as a assignment before she come back to mo after our library return after renovation is completed our old building. It's great book for kid's to prepare for PSAT or SAT. My two sons used it. and I still usiing it.
Just wanted to share something interesting and funny from my ESL training session. Enjoy & Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeleteA two letter word that can wreak havoc - "Up"
Calvin & Hobbes:
Wake up,
Get up
Shut up
Listen up
Throw up
Mix up
Goof up
Hurry up
How's your day? Looking up.
The following was written by Frank Endicott, 1992 Universal Press Syndicate:
"What's up"
We've got a two-letter word we use constantly that may have more meanings than any other. The word is UP.
It is easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or toward the top of the list. But when we waken, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? And why are participants said to speak UP? Why are officers UP for election? And why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
The little word is really not needed, but we use it anyway. We brighten UP a room, light UP a cigar, polish UP the silver, lock UP the house, and fix UP the old car.
At other times, it has special meanings. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, think UP excuses, and get tied UP in traffic.
To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special. It may be confusing, but a drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning, and close it UP in the evening. We seem to be all mixed UP about UP.
In order to be UP on the proper use of UP, look UP the word in the dictionary. In one desk-sized dictionary, UP takes UP half a page; and the listed definitions add UP to about 40.
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways in which UP is used. It may take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a thousand.
I would like to post the pictueres I took when we met at Panera Bread on Nov 18,2009.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jae_joong/sets/72157622711289305/
Please add your comments on those pictures on comment section.
Thank you.
Jae Yun
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ReplyDeleteOur English teacher Jae Joong Yun is an American from Korea.
We share almost the same tradition and history with him. He understands some Chinese language.
He teaches English for us very seriously and takes for real. He treats us friendly and considerately.
He comes in Library very early for every class. He checks our home work first, and answers our questions. He then teaches us many new English knowledge and teaches us to use computer to learn English and so on. Finally he provides us copies of lesson for us to study at home.
We are very happy that we have a good English teacher. We really appreciate our teacher and his help for us.
Xiuxiang Sun
Yuexu Xing
12/16/09
My wife and I were Physics Professors of Shandong University of Technology in China.
ReplyDeleteI retired in November 1998 and my wife retired in following year of 1999.
We cane to live in the United State on October 1999. We stayed in Florida with our daughter and her family about two years.
We also lived in North Carolina with our son and his family for about two years. We also lived with our son and his family in New jersey for about three years to July 2006 . We now live at Senior housing in Ramsey until now for three years.
Yuexu Xing 12/18/09
My wife and I were Physics Professors of Shandong University of Technology in China.
ReplyDeleteI retired in November 1998 and my wife retired in following year of 1999.
We cane to live in the United State on October 1999. We stayed in Florida with our daughter and her family about two years.
We also lived in North Carolina with our son and his family for about two years. We also lived with our son and his family in New jersey for about three years to July 2006 . We now live at Senior housing in Ramsey until now for three years.
Yuexu Xing 12/18/09
Hello to all ELS tutors,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Jae Yun and I am new on Teaching English.
I want to teach English to speakers of other language so I could improve my own abilities to listening, speaking, reading, and writing. However I will do my best to help my students to keep motivated and enjoy time spent with me and learn English. I feel that I know the frustration these students felt because I myself have faced the same problem when I came to US from Korea in 1960.
I am very grad that our Ramsey Public Library has ESL classes with enough of teaching materials and let us use copying machines for classes. My current students are married couple educated and taught Physics at Yantai, Shandong province university there I was told (中國 山東 烟坮 大學). I gave them the web sites of ESL related using Chinese/ English method first. They were using Chinese key board on PC but no problem using English key board using single finger striking for each letter. ( I will introduce typing tutor program soon for them to practice at home. ) They have computer at home and doing home work I gave them. Both of them have hand held English/Chinese dictionary and use them very extensively. I requested them to start to write those vocabularies on index cards whenever they looked up one word for one card.
Here are my questions to those of you who have had long experience of teaching ESL students. We have many books, CDs, and DVDs at our library for ESL but I have no idea how to choose other than actually browse them. Would you direct me to any review site if any for those books and CDs? If we do not have those sites then could we start to list in http://ramseyesl.blogspot.com/?
I started using Elizabeth Claire’s “Easy English NEWS”. I obtained the printed copy of How to Use Easy English NEWS in your ESL Classroom. I gave them the copy of October 2009 issue and ask them to read two articles in it if they want to read plus do the cross word puzzle.
We had great get together last night.I will post
ReplyDeletehttp://esl.about.com/od/englishlessonplans/English_Lesson_Plans_for_ESL_EFL_Classes.htm
All you have to do is click to this address or copy and paste.You see "English lesson plans for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels including reading, writing, listening, grammar, speaking, pronunciation for adult and childrens' classes as well as Business English."
I enjoyed last night's meeting, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone again on May 4.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the link, Jae! I am going to try it!
Activities for ESL Students:
ReplyDeleteHi, This is another site you can use for Bilingual quizzes. This is great starting point to those who just start the classes. I use this site for first three sessions.
Have a nice day and let me know if this site helped your student.
Jae
http://a4esl.org/
ReplyDelete30 days to a More Powerful Vocabulary
ReplyDeleteBy Wilfred Funk, Norman Lewis
I was assigned this book as a senior at my high school in Korea by my English teacher in 1956. Even after three years cease fire with North we did not get back to our school building before and we were in temporary make shift wood frame on dirt as a school house. However I got this book from a little shack book store and able to take with me all the time. The more I used ti the more I loved it. Now I see this book at Barnes & Noble and Borders. I gave this book to my first student from Mexico,Catalina Martinez. as a assignment before she come back to mo after our library return after renovation is completed our old building. It's great book for kid's to prepare for PSAT or SAT. My two sons used it. and I still usiing it.