Teaching & Learning English
I really enjoyed Tania & Jessie’s approach to a new way of seminar– which is something similar to role-playing. We get to see different people’s ideas when visiting Chernobyl, a cite of dark tourism, and it’s interesting to find the plot progressing as the seminar continues. It’s interesting how this format made me think more … Read more
I really like Vinci and Kitty’s approach to this topic, by providing different examples from different aspects to let use share our opinions through compare and contrasting them. This really sparked some debate about which picture is more inspiring, and which title is better. In this seminar, we first compared different examples of paragraphs, titles, … Read more
Recently, we had a seminar discussing the travel advertisement we designed. The seminar was divided into two parts: group discussion and class discussion. Both focused on praising or giving constructive suggestions for the advertisements we created based on our travel blogs. I was impressed by how critical and engaging the participants were in providing amazing … Read more
This week we discussed the famous saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” This sparked a lively debate about whether travelers should always follow local customs or if it’s okay to stick to their own ways. Some students argued that respecting traditions is important because it shows kindness to the host culture. They … Read more
Recently, Kitty and I led a seminar discussing “What Makes a Good Blog Post.” The main part of this seminar was the voting part. We had participants vote for their preferred type of content, title, and picture for a blog about “Traveling to Century Park.” It was super fun to see people engage in intense … Read more
In this seminar, we discussed what constitutes an attractive and good blog post. The discussion was conducted through aspects such as the title, the main text and the pictures. In my opinion, this is a well-prepared seminar (though I didn’t say a word). There are many topics and questions available for everyone to discuss, and … Read more
I think that Vinci’s approach to the seminar is quite a good idea, since it provides more inspiration and topics for people to talk about and elaborate on. As a result of this, I think that future hosts should employ this method when making the PPT as it doesn’t just stick to the seminar topic … Read more
Last week’s seminar was regarding the measures of an attractive blog post during which our creative seminar leaders proposed at the the start of it as an inspiration for discussion, three couples of paragraphs, titles, and pictures for us to compare. This was a major highlight of the seminar as it gave us much more … Read more
REFLECTION for the SEMINARS “WHY TRAVEL?” During this seminar the ELL8 students as a whole discussed the fundemental purpose and meaning of travel as well as some of the different forms of travel such as taking refuge, or immigration. The leaders were Serena and Emma who did an amazing job walking the class through the … Read more
In this seminar, we used the original way instead of the way we had last time. We discussed what makes an attractive blog post by comparing different blog posts. During this seminar, my opinion is a bit strange to others so I debated. For example, when we were comparing two pictures, almost everyone in the … Read more
Reflection for seminars 1&2: The topic for seminar 1 was ” Why Travel?”, led by Serena and Emma ；）We talked about the purpose of traveling and what exactly could be defined as travel. To me, the purpose of traveling might be to relax, to gain information, or to seek a better place to live, and … Read more
This time we tried a new form of seminar. We had four leaders for four groups so we can have the four groups to work at the same time. Therefore, we can have more chances for students to speak. But this form also bring us a problem: Some groups aren’t doing anything if all the … Read more