Friday, October 03, 2008

What I have learned in Multi-media English
Taking Dr. Johanson’s is worth it. Because he not only teaches us so many things that in common state we won’t have chance to learn, such as cognitive thinking, but provides many access to the Internet sources. Besides, he’s one of the most intriguing professors I’ve seen. So, I’m looking forward to my future learning in this course.
In our first week, Dr. Johanson has showed us his aggressive attitude. He intends to train us to be excelled in writing and thus become a marvelous writing killer. It sounded like that he would make us keep writing day and night without respite. But I’d love to take this challenge, for it benefits me. In other words, I’m ready to receive his evil’s training.
In our second class. Johanson revealed the key to becoming a good student. First, always sit in the proper seat whish is the front seat of the classroom. Second, make good use of cognitive dissonance, for instance, have good interactions with teachers by answering and asking questions. Usually, the teachers will have good impression on you and will be hard to change your perfect image engraving on his mind. Third, become a copy cat. If you imitate others’ subconscious gestures or their habitual behaviors, they may feel relaxed and have good time being with you. These are secretive short cuts toward becoming a good student. By the way, Dr. Johanson also show us some fun websites which complement our learning. In my opinion, Dew’s Script-O-Rama is worth exploring. Because we can learn the lines of our favorite movies. But there are many great websites awaited to be explored.
In addition to what we learn, I find Johanson is such a “different” professor. Unlike other teachers, his teaching usually accompanies with acting or exaggerated body language, which makes us burst into laughter. I’m happy that I take this course. I know that I’ve made a right choice.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Japanese vs. Taiwanese draft 2
There are a wide range of differences between Japanese and Taiwanese. Firstly, in terms of social status, Japanese men tend to dominate the family, while women are prone to be obedient housewives. On the contrary, under no circumstances are women underprivileged in Taiwan. Instead, women are equal to men in society. Secondly, Japanese employees usually hold a loyal attitude toward their boss. That is to say, they do their jobs wholeheartedly. Never do they hire alien laborers as well. While Taiwanese change their jobs at will out of tiredness or tempting advantages provided from other companies. Due to a large number of alien laborers, working markets in Taiwan are quite chaotic. Last, in recent decades, Japanese government has fallen over itself to preserve monuments, historical sites, their cultures as well as Japanese spirit. This makes them in harmony with one another. On the other hand, Taiwanese break and ruin memorable constructions which represent Taiwan. Although there are sheer distinctions between Japanese and Taiwanese, they have one thing in common-they are all peace-loving people.
The adventages of learning English draft2
Being specialized at English does good to you in every aspect. To begin with, being bilingual qualifies you as an appropriate person to represent your company to trade with foreign companies, which allows you to broaden your horizons, contact different cultures, and become a more experienced person. What's more, you're likely to be exalted to a higher position with your superiority in language to others. This enables you to lead a comfortable life. Next, at your leisure time, you can enjoy movies and novels in English without translation. You have the chance to make foreign pen pals on the Internet as well. Moreover, language is no longer an obstacle as you purchase goods or download music from American websites. Last, since learning English has become an inevitable trend for modern people, you can travel to anywhere communicating with people the whole world over. To sum up, it pays to learn English, right?

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Japanese vs. Taiwanese draft 1
There are a wide range of differences between Japanese and Taiwanese. Firstly, in terms of social status, Japanese men tend to dominate the family, and women are prone to be obedient housewives. On the contrary, under no circumstances is women underprivileged in Taiwan. Instead, women are equal to men in society. Secondly, Japanese employees usually hold a loyal attitude toward their boss. That is to say, they do their jobs wholeheartedly. Never do they hire alien laborers as well. WhileTaiwanese change their jobs at will out of tiredness or tempting advantages provided from other companies. Due to a large number of alien laborers, working markets in Taiwan are quite chaotic. Last, in recent decades, Japanese government has fallen over itself to preserve monuments, historical sites, their cultures as well as Japanese spirit. This makes them in harmony with one another. On the other hand, Taiwanese break and ruin memorable constructions which represent Taiwan. Although there are sheer distinctions between Japanese and Taiwanese, they have one thing in common-they are all peace-loving people.