Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Assignment for October 4

1. Prepare an (expanded) outline of Prof. Nakano's video lectures on Units 1 and 2. You need to arrange the texts in numbers and sequence according to the order in which Prof. Nakano delivered her lecture. You also need to provide examples and other details that Prof. Nakano mentioned during her lecture. Your outine should not be a complete replica of Prof. Nakano's powerpoint material.

Note: Type and print out. Submission deadline: October 4, in-class

2. Answer the following questions in essay form.

2.1 What did you learn in this lecture, 'World English and Miscommunications: Introduction'

2.2 What is your attitude toward the different varieties of the English Language?

2.3 In what ways do you think the concept of world Englishes affect your notion (what you think of) of your English language skills.

2.4 In what ways do you think World Englishes could result to miscommunications. Give examples.

Note: You need to type and print out and submit on October 4. In addition, you also need to post this essay on the OIC platform. Give your essay a title. Ask other participants to comment on your work.

Aiden

Miss Sun saying Singlish and English

YouTube™ – Broadcast Yourself

aidenyeh wants to share the following video with you:

Video Description

Miss Sun saying Singlish and English

Personal Message

Miss Sun saying Singlish and English

To accept my friend request, click here.

To respond to aidenyeh, click here.

Thanks,
aidenyeh

To change or cancel your email notifications, go to your email options.


Singlish documentary

Video Description

a UNSW (COFA) student

Personal Message

Singlish Documentary



Chinese Version of Singapore 2006 National day song

YouTube™ – Broadcast Yourself

aidenyeh wants to share the following video with you:

Video Description

Chinese Version of Singapore 2006 National day song

Personal Message

Singapore's National Anthem in Chinese

To accept my friend request, click here.

To respond to aidenyeh, click here.

Thanks,
aidenyeh

To change or cancel your email notifications, go to your email options.


aidenyeh sent you a video!

YouTube™ – Broadcast Yourself

aidenyeh wants to share the following video with you:

Video Description

This is Home, in English.
Classic Singapore National Day song.
Hope you love it as much as I have loved it.

Personal Message

Singapore's National Anthem

To accept my friend request, click here.

To respond to aidenyeh, click here.

Thanks,
aidenyeh

To change or cancel your email notifications, go to your email options.


aidenyeh sent you a video!

YouTube™ – Broadcast Yourself

aidenyeh wants to share the following video with you:

Video Description

2003 by Sun Yanzi Singapore National Day Parade Song.

Personal Message

One Singapore

To accept my friend request, click here.

To respond to aidenyeh, click here.

Thanks,
aidenyeh

To change or cancel your email notifications, go to your email options.


aidenyeh sent you a video!

YouTube™ – Broadcast Yourself

aidenyeh wants to share the following video with you:

Video Description

Brown guy talk about chinese and indian

Personal Message

Chinese and Indians

To accept my friend request, click here.

To respond to aidenyeh, click here.

Thanks,
aidenyeh

To change or cancel your email notifications, go to your email options.


Tuesday, September 26, 2006

aidenyeh sent you a video!

Video Description

Indian Name Of An Englishman! - Goodness Gracious Me

To accept my friend request, click here.

To respond to aidenyeh, click here.

Thanks,
aidenyeh


Thursday, September 21, 2006

bubbleshare website

Hello,

My name is Tina. And this is my bubbleshare website.

http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/66535.ad038870d9e

Thanks^^

UE2B 1094200069 Tina



Hi Miss Yeh..
This is my bubbleshare asignment.
i didnt succeed in sending it to ur mail-box.
http://www.bubbleshare.com/myalbum/66606.436e7c4c734
Thank u ^^"
Lydia Kuo


Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Post your self-introduction on the OIC

Go to Waseda Unviersity's OIC platform and post your self-introduction. do not forget to post your bubbleshare URL. You need to do this within this week. I will be checking the OIC platform by September 22, 2006 (Friday)

Please do it a.s.a.p.

The following information is also available at our Ecourse. You may also check it out for updates.

deadline for this is on September 22, 2006 (Friday)

A. Yeh

Austin's introduction

http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/65559.b0f38709fa1
 
This is Austin's introduction! Thank you very much!

___________________________________________________
您的生活即時通 - 溝通、娛樂、生活、工作一次搞定!
http://messenger.yahoo.com.tw/


This is Pallas.

http://www.bubbleshare.com/myalbum/66737.4704ff25be1
 
Dear Aiden :
 我有錄音了 可是我重新開啟網頁時卻沒有聽到聲音
不知道在別台電腦是否也有這樣的狀況發生???

___________________________________________________
您的生活即時通 - 溝通、娛樂、生活、工作一次搞定!
http://messenger.yahoo.com.tw/


1094200003's album in bubbleshare

Dear Aiden,

  This is my album in bubbleshare.

http://www.bubbleshare.com/myalbum/66620.4b2c4b530ab

If I give you the wrong website, please tell me.

Thanks :)

yours,

Claren Chu (YiChu Chu)

Vice President of Outgoing Exchange 

Wen Zao Local Committee 2006-2007

AIESEC in Taiwan

國際經濟商管學生會文藻分 會

Mobile: +886-921-370072

E-mail: saysbye@hotmail.com

Web: www.tw.aiesec.org



現在就用 Live.com :全方位個人化首頁

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

1st Lecture

This email also contains a video message. To play the video message, go to the bottom of this email and click on the 'Play Message' button.

aiden

Play Message





Hand-outs are provided by Prof. Nakano of Waseda University. I suggest that you print them out and start reading. The powerpoint material is an excellent visual material that helps you better understand Kahru's Inner and outer circles.

The video lecture that accompanies these hand-outs is available at the OIC. Naoko Haraguchi is now working on your IDs and passwords- so please be patient.

Post your comments on the blog, on our yahoogroup or ecourse if you have got any questions on this lecture.


Summary

Powerpoint for Lecture 1, Introduction

Monday, September 18, 2006

Students' Self Introduction

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Welcome new blog members,

Dear Sharon and Royce,

Thanks for accepting my invitation to join this blog. You will be receiving instant notifications when this blog is updated. As a blogger member, you have created your own blog. You could use it to document your experience in doing this blended learning course, "World Englishes and Miscommunications 2" with Waseda university. Your own personal accounts of this course are welcome and they will give us a first hand insight of what you think of this programme.

Once you have finished your self-introductions in bubbleshare, share with us the URL. Email the URL at yehaiden.worldenglishes@blogger.com

I'll let you know when I received it.

Aiden

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Assignment for 9/20

Go to http://www.bubbleshare.com, create an account, and upload your photo. Add your text and audio caption. Follow the instructions and guidelines available at my bubbleshare account.

Email me the url link of your bubbleshare photo so I could create a webpage where all your introductions will be placed in one page.

I have also applied for your OIC passwords and IDs. They should arrive anytime soon. I'm also working on our Ecourse platform.

Let me know if you have any questions :-)

Aiden

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Welcome


This album is powered by
BubbleShare
- Add to my blog
Click 'This Album' to see enlarged pictures. This album also contains instructions on how to create an account in Bubbleshare and how to record your voice.

Welcome to World Englishes and Miscommunications 2 Course. This is a blended learning course, which means, that we will be having face-to-face lectures and online sessions. This course is being offered in collaboration with Waseda University in Japan and several other participating universities from different countries.

The lectures for the first half of this semester will be provided by different professors. These video lectures are all available at Waseda University's Online In-demand Course (OIC).

Click on the links below to know more about this course:

Introduction
Outline of the Course
On-demand Lectures
Live Sessions
Other information about the OIC
Symposium in Singapore in February 2007

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?