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SAY WHAT?

HOLISTIC ENGLISH

WRITTEN TAKE-HOME FINAL EXAM

Using WORD, write a 500 word essay about your experience with the Holistic English course. End the essay with your Chinese name and your English name.

Post your essay on the thread “SAY WHAT?” at http://chinaholisticenglish.org

The thread will open December 15 and close December 18.

The ten [...]

WHY SO SERIOUS?

To the accusation that I am a serious teacher, I must plead guilty. I am constantly asked “WHY?” I am such a serious teacher. This is a fair question which I will endeavor to answer in a frank and open manner.

The simple answer is that I am fearful for my 10 children’s [...]

STUDENT ATTITUDES

STUDENT ATTITUDES

READING A CHINESE STUDENT

Chinese students are rather transparent and it is a simple matter to determine their attitude or motivational level from their body language.

The students who arrive very early for class are usually highly motivated while those who just barely make it before the bell or are even a little late are [...]

WEANING

WEANING

Every baby is eventually weaned off its mother’s milk. Otherwise, the milk become a dependency that inhibits proper growth and development.

Chinese students of English must also be weaned off of English subtitles for English movies or they will never properly develop their complete set of English skills.

In Holistic English Sections I and II this weaning [...]

“So-So” is NO-NO

“So-So” is NO-NO

China is a developing country and will remain a developing country so long as the national standard (excuse) for poor services and poor products is “This is China, so-so is ok.”

From sales clerks in department stores,  to policemen on the street,  to medical staff in the best hospitals, service is extremely poor, the [...]

NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER

THE TRUE STORY

http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/notwithoutmydaughter.php

An Inconvenient Truth

Global warming is so serious that everybody who is living on earth shouldn’t neglect it; we should go into action so that we can protect our exclusive planet.

Fact or fiction?

ERIN BROCKOVITCH

This movie raises issues about Corporate Culture, Environmental Protection, safety in the workplace, integrity toward the workforce, female role models, class actions, and child care by single parents.

After you have discussed this movie in class, post your comments about the movie.

E CLUB at HIT

Implementation of the Holistic English Program began at HIT in September 2011 in an environment that appeared, on first blush, very conducive to language acquisition. The University web site was most encouraging.

E-Club

E-Club is built on April 2005. It is a student academic organization of Harbin Institute of Tech nology (H.I.T).

E-Club is led [...]

Bikini Babes

MCDONALD’S NEW BIKINI BABES

Here is a look at McDonald’s new Bikini Babes! WOW!

We will chat about this when Holistic English class discusses Supersize Me and McLibel. THIS THREAD WILL BE OPEN FOR COMMENTS AFTER WE DISCUSS THE TWO MOVIES.

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