Multimedia Class Is Now Officially Defunct

Never to return....

Grades are on the Sejong website

Check 'em out. No begging, please!

Grades will be out on Wednesday afternoon

I apologize for making you wait. I am moving to a new apartment, and the tests take a long time to grade. I will finish your class first... David

upload and test

I will upload Grizzly Man on Friday. HERE it is ... Sunday I will pull it back down.

I forgot to mention that the test will have all kinds of questions: multiple choice, matching, true and false, short answer, long answer. It will be 5-6 pages long...

David

Tuesday. Review

Here is the FILE you need to download. Print out any files you don't have.

*About the Final Exam*

The listening section will be shorter than I thought. We won't have much time for that. There will be a few fill-in-the-blank listening questions, like this:

Jim: "She’s not gonna go away. She’s _______ ______ ______. She’s all around me…."

But that is a small percentage of the whole test. Maybe 25%

Questions about the videos -- A Class Divided, March of the Penguins, and Queer Eye Grizzly Man (cd 1) and dating-- will be in the form of true and false questions, short answer (1-2 sentences), vocabulary and so on.

So don't spend all your time listening to every single word in the 4 videos. Understand what is happening in those videos to the best of your ability by using the handouts. That is, review everything in those handouts. Remember, I will not ask you about the content of the other videos ("Fear Factor","Mindfreak," and so on).

David

For Thursday, May 28

We will continue with A Class Divided. If we have time, I will show a short film. You need to print THIS.

David

For Tuesday May 24 -- Discrimination

In Tuesday's class we will be watching part of a well-known documentary on discrimination and racism called "A Class Divided". Here is an introduction to the film (read it):

On the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in April 1968, Jane Elliott's third graders from the small, all-white town of Riceville, Iowa, came to class confused and upset. They recently had made King their "Hero of the Month," and they couldn't understand why someone would kill him. So Elliott decided to teach her class a daring lesson in the meaning of discrimination. She wanted to show her pupils what discrimination feels like, and what it can do to people.

Elliott divided her class by eye color -- those with blue eyes and those with brown. On the first day, the blue-eyed children were told they were smarter, nicer, neater, and better than those with brown eyes. Throughout the day, Elliott praised them and allowed them privileges such as a taking a longer recess and being first in the lunch line. In contrast, the brown-eyed children had to wear collars around their necks and their behavior and performance were criticized and ridiculed by Elliott. On the second day, the roles were reversed and the blue-eyed children were made to feel inferior while the brown eyes were designated the dominant group.

What happened over the course of the unique two-day exercise astonished both students and teacher. On both days, children who were designated as inferior took on the look and behavior of genuinely inferior students, performing poorly on tests and other work. In contrast, the "superior" students -- students who had been sweet and tolerant before the exercise -- became mean-spirited and seemed to like discriminating against the "inferior" group.

"I watched what had been marvelous, cooperative, wonderful, thoughtful children turn into nasty, vicious, discriminating little third-graders in a space of fifteen minutes," says Elliott. She says she realized then that she had "created a microcosm of society in a third-grade classroom."

We will focus on the first two parts. If you want to prepare in advance, feel free to watch it. Here is the transcript (you don't have to print it out).

Here's some vocabulary you need to know before coming to class:
no-win situation
self-fulfilling prophecy
body language
discrimination
merit
prejudice
privilege
racism
stereotype
brotherhood
Here is a FILE you need to print out before class on Tuesday.

Thank you for your patience regarding the technical difficulties we have faced this semester. I know it is difficult to hear in room 104. So HERE is the video for you to download in advance. Everyone needs to get it for the final exam anyway.

Thursday May 21

HERE is the Grizzly Man video.

Nothing new for Thursday. Maybe a listening quiz! Don't be late...

David

May 19, 2009 : Grizzly Man

We will watch part of Grizzly Man:



Here is a FILE to download and print. Oh my, that took forever to do...

Read the following review of the film and look up any words you don't know:

Timothy Treadwell spent 13 summers trying to protect grizzly bears. He ended up getting killed and eaten by them.

Director Werner Herzog uses some of the 100 hours of footage shot by self-styled grizzly bear protector Timothy Treadwell in his mostly solitary 13 summers in the wilds of Alaska. Unlike more by-the-book profiles, this documentary offers an intimate window into its subject. By using Treadwell's own words, ideas and point of view, Herzog makes audiences feel as if they are poring over a video journal of a tortured soul.

After a failed career as an actor and a stint as a waiter in a popular Los Angeles restaurant, Treadwell began spending his summers in the Alaskan wilderness. Often garrulous and manic, other times beset by self-doubt and paranoia, the boyish blond with a Prince Valiant haircut appeared to have suffered from mental illness. He could be sunny and sweet; he also was given to bouts of rage. Clearly he was an innocent, albeit with grandiose ideas, who believed that he could single-handedly protect the population of 35,000 grizzlies in Alaska.
About the movie

Treadwell insisted that he saw himself as a bear and wished desperately to be one of the imposing but reclusive animals he adored. When they growled at him, he told them like a patient parent, "Don't do that. I love you." But he should have known that wild animals never can feel that same depth of attachment to humans. He stayed longer than usual during the summer of 2003, when food was scarce for the bears, and he and his girlfriend, Annie Huguenard, were mauled and eaten by grizzlies. Treadwell was 46.

Herzog neither mocks Treadwell nor glorify the man. He merely tells the story of someone who sought meaning in his life.

Grizzly Man is a haunting and fascinating portrait of so much that is worth exploring: the implacability of nature, the hubris of human endeavor and the line between supreme dedication and madness.

May 12: Mousehunt

This week we will watch a part of the movie Mouse Hunt. Most people hate it, but I think it is funny. This exercise will be similar to the Speed exercise. We will watch the video and afterwards describe the action on paper. You'll have to hand it in.

Print this VOCABULARY out (2 pages) and bring it to class.

I think writing in groups is an effective, less painful, more fun way of learning.

Thursday, May 7: Fear Factor

Continuing with the theme of fear, we will be watching "Fear Factor". Besides listening for English, I will give you an opportunity for bonus points. Print this out.

Also print out this, and do the exercises. You should use a dictionary even though it says not to. I will briefly review them on Thursday.

Last month I asked you to print the Indiana Jones file. We will use it to make passive sentences on Thursday, if we have time.

Also, I think it is OK to let you off next Thursday for Spring Festival. No class on that May 14.

April 28 -30: PENGUINS

We will watch 20 minutes of The March of the Penguins



Here is a FILE for you to download and print. Whew, it took forever to prepare... Look over the handout for difficult words and phrases.

This will take both Tuesday and Thursday.

INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK: APRIL 14- 16

Don't forget the interviews are this week.

Just come prepared to discuss. No long, memorized, boring answers please.

David

For Thursday April 9 -- Superstitions

I decided to delay the Fear Factor. We will have a listening quiz so look know the vocabulary on the right hand side of this paper. If you know them, you will be happy. Trust me.

Kindly print the Indiana Jones file. We will use it to make passive sentences.

For your reference, some Western superstitions are
Here, here and here are some Western superstitions for you to print out, consider and bring to class.

Later,
David

For Tuesday, April 7: Magic

We will watch a video in class by the magician, Chriss Angel. Superstitions, magic, worshiping idols, all are related to irrational beliefs (and maybe a little fear thrown in). The following video is low quality, but the sound is good. Answer the questions.



1. How does the woman know that she can be hypnotized?
2. As he is hypnotizing her, what does Chriss ask her to think about?
3. According to Chriss, what the feeling that she will get as she is enters the hypnotic trance?
4. What does the name of the TV show, Mindfreak, mean?

Please print THIS

Print out this paper too. The most important thing on this paper is the 5 Korean superstitions I want you to write down. Okay, we all know dream of a pig! Can we find other, more interesting ones? Also, note the vocabulary.

About the quiz last week. Some people did very well because they were prepared. If you didn't do well you need to review the vocabulary more often.

For Thursday April 2: Commercials

There will probably be a listening quiz on Thursday, which will include some vocabulary from the past few weeks.

We are going to evaluate metaphorical meanings in commercials this time, so download the handout HERE. The key is not to understand every word. No one ever pays that much attention to commercials. Rather try to grasp the overall message. Here one we will look at:

Read the signs. Consider the statement: "It's different in a Saturn." (Saturn is a car by the way.) What is the message of this commercial?


Here is another. The car cannot be dented no matter what hits it.


In English we say, "Everything but the kitchen sink," which means that you included almost everything you could think to include. Example: "My dad's new luxury car is great. It has everything but the kitchen sink." (I found the explanation of this idiom here)

Also for Tuesday, March 31

For Tuesday, kindly print out THIS PAPER and fill in the blanks with the words on the right(just do your best).

Print THIS FILE out, look over the words, and bring it to class.

David

Homework for Tuesday, March 31

Below are several videos by Brian Krueger about interviewing. You choose 6 of them and provide a brief summary of them, emphasizing any new words that you might not have known before. An example is given below. Email me your 6 summaries before 9 am on Tuesday, March 31 at english@sejong.ac.kr

1. Tell me about yourself
2. Eye Contact
3. First Steps
4. IQ and EQ
5. Power of the Pause
6. Passion
7. Interviewing Clue
8. Clothing at an Interview
9. Sound Bites
10. Overcoming Nervousness

Example:
A Non-Verbal (Smile)



A Non-Verbal: The most important "non-verbal" (non-spoken)indication of who you are is your smile. Most people are unaware of this at all. Brian suggests that we take a good long look at your face in the mirror, especially your smile. You should try to develop a warm and genuine smile. You don’t need to keep that smile "plastered" (painted) on your face. Just "come back to it" (do it again) from time to time during the interview.

Don't merely repeat what he says. Summarize. And don't copy someone else's answers. If I find 2 answers that seem similar, I'll get really mad.

Tuesday March 24, Beauty

Most importantly, you should know the "key words" and vocabulary in THIS file. Make sure you do that!

Also, read this ARTICLE (click).
Here's some vocabulary to look up from the article. You can also double click on a word to get a definition, but I am not sure that gives the right definition each time.

super-skinny
to fall far short of
to be upbeat
self-esteem
agitation
to have an urge
to fare
to dredge up
to airbrush
not to mention
to get hung up


TAKE A LOOK AT THESE:
Here is a recent ad in the U.S. that shows the changes that models go through.

What does "No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted" mean?

Here is another one about what the beauty industry does to young girls. We will watch a news report concerning the same issues on Tuesday:

What does "Onslaught" mean? The girl appears to be headed to her first day of school. And the music starts in with "Here it comes!"

Finally, print THIS out and bring it to class.


UPDATE: If you are haaving trouble waatching the Queer Eye video, download and install the codec pack. Get the pack HERE or HERE

Continue with Queer Eye on Thursday, March 19

I am uploading the Queer Eye episode now so you can watch it in advance if you like (especially if you found Tuesday's class difficult) . I would ask that everyone download it anyway since you will need it for you final exam.

UPDATE:

HERE it is (Right-click to download)

(It is only 350 MB).

for Tuesday March 17 -- Queer Eye

This week we are going to watch and analyze one of my favorite TV shows, Queer Eye, or at least 25 minutes of it.

Please print THIS out before Tuesday.

Homework for Tuesday:
1)Look up the word queer on the internet. How is it used? Why would gay men refer to themselves as "queer"?

2)Read below and look up any difficult words below.

This episode we will learn about

Jim, a father of three amazing kids, a physician, and a recent widower. The loss of his wife really affected him and his family as anyone can imagine. They don't sob anymore when they talk about her, but they have a lot of warm feelings when they do which is a huge step. Jim's mother-in-law lives with the family so she can help with the kids, but the living arrangement isn't ideal since she is sleeping on the floor of his daughter's room. Also, they have a great dog, Cricket, but Jim doesn't take Cricket to the park as much as he used to since he lost the motivation to go out. Fortunately, he's come to the point where he's ready to move on with his life but doesn't know exactly how to do it.

The mission: give Jim the tools and the confidence to start out new again.

Problem Areas
...Jim hasn't cut his long hair since his wife succumbed to breast cancer
...Their home is cluttered with their belongings
...The closet looks like a fallout shelter
...There is absolutely no organization in the kids' room

The key word to know is "moving on", or "to move on" -- Jim has to learn to move on from the past and live his life again.

For March 12, 2009

1. Here is a commercial that deals with a prejudice lots of North Americans have.



"Beauty is nothing without brains." What does that mean? What does that have to do with the Mercedes-Benz car?
(By the way, the car that Koreans usually call a "Benz" is called a "Mercedes" in North America.)

2. Here is one of my favorite commercials. He speaks with a European accent, but you should understand him.
*Why does he do these things to people?
*What is the point of the commercial?
*I think it also says something about love and understanding as well.
*Listen for, "Maybe I was too intense," "I got on their nerves, "I came on too strong". What do these mean?


Again we will spend a quite a bit of time getting talking to each other. HERE are the discussion questions for the next class. Kindly print them out, think about each issue, and bring them to class.

Don't forget to bring the vocabulary handout from the last class.

Homework for Tuesday, March 10 (BREAKING UP)

We are still gliding at this point in the semester. I don't want to get too "heavy" until the class list in finalized. I gave a good feeling about this class... I think we can have a lot of fun.

Please download THIS file. We will be discussing these questions IN GROUPS for 30 minutes or so on Tuesday.

Also print out the following file about breaking up, read it and bring it to class:

Make sure you know all the underlined words.

Next, print this out out THIS SHEET and THIS. You don't have to do these now. We will do them in class.

Oh yes, I almost forgot. Watch the following video.


Key phrases are:

*to drag something out: continue doing something too long
*to go our separate ways: break up
*"I just couldn't resist" means he was deeply attracted to another
*to move on: forget about the past (girlfriend, car or anything)

Homework for March 5

(I AM AWARE THAT THIS WEBSITE HAD SOME PROBLEMS YESTERDAY, BUT IT IS FINE NOW)

FIRST
Watch the following video and answer the questions:


The questions below can be downloaded from THIS MS word file

Vocabulary Questions. (Use the search engine links on the side if you need. For example, type: "love at first sight define" in the search box)

1: What is "love at first sight"? Have you experienced it before?

2: What does "gaze" mean? When do we gaze at things?

3. What is a "staring contest"?

4. In the sentence what are the two meanings of the word "pupil":
As they try to become pupils of each other's pupils"?

5. What does it mean when two people "have chemistry"?

6. What does "lame" mean?

7. What does it mean to dig someone?

8. What is a "loser"?

Comprehension questions

Where is the bar in the video?

What is the intention of "eye-gazing" according to Neo Young?

Why does Tim Ferris feel that "staring" can be helpful?

How long does each couple stare at each other?

Will Tim get any phone numbers?

SECOND
Print out the following files and bring them to class (We will do these in class, so you don't have to do these before class... but if you want, you certainly can):

and this: