Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Listening Log2 (~4/06)

Please finish your listening log 2 (template on FTP) before next Tuesday (4/06).

Do NOT print out your log!
Upload your file to FTP,
or hand it in through email!

Be on time!

NOTE: See the following instructions to learn to log in FTP!
  1. Open "My Computer" or use your browser (IE only) to open a new window.
  2. Enter ftp://140.120.41.124:5678
  3. Right click on the window
  4. Select "User ID"
  5. Enter "ae2010" (username) and "12345" (password)
  6. Click on "Advanced English" (folder)

Wendy

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Group Task2: Be Prepared for SWOT Analysis

You are supposed to come up with more specific questions for your SWOT analysis.
Hope that you do prepare the question list.
If not,
try to get some ideas from this Tuesday's class!

For more ideas about analysis questions,
click on the link below and get some help from Mr. Steven Bonacorsi and the AIT Group.

Wendy

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Blogging Task1 (~3/30)

Please click on the link below and make sure if you have made a post about yourslef.
http://ae1983.blogspot.com/2010/02/greeting-0222.html

If there is one,
copy your post and paste it onto the first column of "AE Blogging Task1"
(a Microsoft Word document downloadable from FTP),
and then follow the instructions step by step to finish the following writing exercises:
  • vocabulary check
  • grammar check
  • rewriting and commenting

If you haven't made your first post,
make one before you do the writing exercises in "AE Blogging Task1" (the Microsoft Word document downloadable from FTP).

After you complete the blogging task,
please upload your file to FTP,
or give me the file through email (wendychangnchu@gmail.com).

Wendy

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Listening Log1 (~3/23)

Please finish your listening log 1 (format on FTP) before next Tuesday (3/23).

Do NOT print out your log!
Upload your file to FTP!

Be on time!

NOTE: See the following instructions to learn to log in FTP!
  1. Open "My Computer" or use your browser (IE only) to open a new window.
  2. Enter "ftp://140.120.41.124:5678"
  3. Right click on the window
  4. Select "User ID"
  5. Enter "ae2010" (username) and "12345" (password)
  6. Click on "Advanced English" (folder)

Wendy

Learner Resources2: ELLLO

ELLLO offers listening lessons (views, mixer, games...) and activities that include multimedia, free MP3 files, vocab tasks, language notes, print page and more.

Click on the link below for the free listening lessons:

Wendy

Monday, March 8, 2010

Group Task1: Get Ready for SWOT Analysis (~03/23)

Wikipedia offers us brief intros to the follwing companies, corporations and else.
  1. Amazon, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com
  2. Apple, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.
  3. Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPBL
  4. Google, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
  5. IKEA, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikea
  6. McDonald's, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald
  7. Microsoft, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft
  8. Taipei Metro, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_Metro
  9. Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoyuan_International_Airport
  10. Pixar, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar
  11. Toyota, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota
  12. Yves Saint Lauren (YSL), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Saint_Laurent_(brand)

Please follow the steps below to complete our first group task.

  • Search for a news article (in English! at least 2 to 3 paragraphs!) (online article preferred) that is related to the given topic
    (one article per group)
  • Read the article and see how it is related to the topic (strength? weakness? opportunity? threat?)
  • Share with your classmates the article link (as a post)
  • Get ready to talk about the article on 03/23

Wendy