Climate Connections

Go to Climate Connections page (click here)

or http://www.npr.org/news/specials/climate/video/

"Play videos from Robert Krulwich's five-part cartoon series, Global Warming: It's All About Carbon."

Episode 1: Global Warming

Episode 2: Making Carbon Bonds

Episode 3: Breaking Carbon Bonds

Episode 4: Carbon in Love

Episode 5: What Do We Do?

Videos: 5 interesting Questions

Watch the following videos...
Think of 5 questions that you can ask for each video.

i. Blender (click here)
Take seven lighters, put them in a blender, turn it on high ... and stand back.

ii. Mind Over Matter (click here)
Slow-motion cameras catch a Kun Tao master demolish bricks and get struck with a pole without injury.

iii. Time Warp: Fire-Breathing Fuel Girls (click here)
The fire-breathing bikini babes of Fuel Girls give new meaning to the phrase "hot chicks."

iv. Free Runners (click here)
Watch these "free-runners" defy the laws of gravity in super slow-motion

v. Human Feats (click here)
Watch humans showing off their unique skills in super slow motion.

vi. Toothbrush test (click here)
It's old school vs modern electronics in this battle of the toothbrushes.


Catch more Time Warp at: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv.
Discovery Channel Video Podcasts
Explore your world with Discovery Channel video podcasts! Watch behind-the-scenes interviews with your favorite Discovery Channel hosts; go inside the making of Discovery specials and hit series; get an inside glimpse into the world of Discovery.

Sleep Disorders

Sleep Disorders ~ Do you have any problem getting to sleep?

(click here) Listen to the discovery channel episode about sleep disorders.

Answer the questions below...
Sleep walking:

• When do most people usually outgrow this condition?
• What is the behavior characterized by?
• What ‘triggers’ (causes) sleep walking?

Comprehension:
What does Dr. Judith Owens specialize in?

• What does she say about sleepwalkers?
• What did Owen’s suggest Michael do?
• What did it help Michael do?
• What was discovered?
• What was the treatment for Michael?

Vocabulary:
chronic, adolescence, episodes, bolt, screaming, yelling
rip, shatter, appeared, parasomnia, night terrors, charting
cause, consistent basis, caffeinated, anxiety, deprivation,
results, immediate, restful, plentiful, travel free

Parasomnia, which means "around sleep," includes sleepwalking, night terrors, bedwetting, and narcolepsy.

Also available through i-tunes music store, Discovery Channel - Night Terrors, 2/05/2006
Copyright 2005 Discovery Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. www.discovery.com
.

Sleep Disorders

Sleep Disorders - Interview with Greg
(click here)

An interview with Mr. Greg Kennerly about sleep and sleep disorders.
Questions:

Do you drink a lot of coffee? Do you have any trouble sleeping?
What do you do to help you sleep?
Have you ever walked in your sleep?
Do you still sleep walk?
Do you know any other sleep disorders?
*Sleep eating
*Talking in your sleep
*Snoring
Causes of insomnia (sleeplessness):
*coffee
Home remedies:
*Warm milk
*Go for a jog, get some exercise
*Camomile tea
*Reading

Interviewer: Mr. Steven Mondy
Interviewee: Mr. Greg Kennerly
Special thanks to
- the Osaka Y.M.C.A. International College
- Mogu coffee shop

http://www.osk-ymca-intl.ed.jp/users/smondy/Sleepdisorders.mp3

Assessment Task Number 2 (November 9, 2010)

Interview about Job Experience:

• You will have to make a list of questions to ask your partner about their previous job experience. Try to think about what your partner will say and make questions that will anticipate their answers. A useful site may be at the following links: 1. interview questions 2. How to create interview questions (think about open ended vs. closed questions)
• Once you have made the questions record an interview with your partner using the computer recording software (Garage Band). Ask your teacher if you do not know how to use the program.
• After you have recorded the interview, upload it to the English in the Media homepage (ask your teacher for assistance).

Grading Based on:

• List of questions that you have created to ask your partner.
• How you respond to your partner's interview questions.
• Your English ability in the interview.

The Best Job Lesson

Go to the Breaking News English site and print out the lesson on Best Job in the World.

(click here)

As a class, let's talk about jobs...

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0903/090305-jobs.html

Worst Job that you've ever had...

For the next class, I'd like you to think of all the part-time jobs that you have had. Also, please ask your parents about their part time and full time jobs. What do they like and dislike about their jobs? What would they like to do if they could change their job? What is difficult/easy in their jobs?
Think about some unusual jobs for the next class. Make a list.
Please listen to the following.
(click here) It's an interview with three YMCA teachers about the worst job they have had.
Special Thanks to
Okamoto-Sensei - Construction Work
Debbie Sukita - Secretary
Pat Kwan - Service Station attendant
and the Osaka YMCA International College.
clip art from http://www.clipartguide.com/_pages/0041-0510-1114-0349.html

Assessment Task Number 1 (October 19, 2010)

Hello...

Your first assessment task is to research and prepare a presentation on a country of your choice. You should present the country to the rest of the class.

Try to find out about the~

• Culture
• People
• Religion
• Places to see...
• Food and Drink
• Geography and anything else that you want to talk about.

You should use the basic structure of an informative speech, with an introduction, body and conclusion.

Timing: You have 15 minutes of presentation time...

Presentation:

• Remember that a presentation has 3 elements: Physical message, Visual message and the Story message... This is probably what you learned in speech class.
• Presentations should engage the audience (be interesting and include the audience in some kind of activity)
• You can use the projector to show things... So think about how to use the projector to effectively add to your presentation (visual message)

Grading:

• A - Highly informative and very well researched presentation that fully engages the audience. Presentation is logical and very understandable.
• B- Informative and well researched presentation that engages the audience. Presentation is logical most of the time and mostly understandable.
• C- Good presentation that engages the audience some of the time. Presentation needs a little work.
• D- Basic presentation of the facts, but very limited. Presentation needs a lot of work.
• S - Presentation of some things related to topic. Hard to understand.
• NP - Does not satisfy the requirements of a passing grade.

Thank you and good luck...

Steven Mondy

Turkey

Podcast on Turkey (approx. 19 minutes) (Click here)
Please listen to the podcast about Turkey and try to answer the following questions.
Then do some research about Turkey yourself so that you can share it in. Pictures will be helpful.
Try to find out about the~

• Culture
• People
• Religion
• Places to see in Turkey
• Food and Drink
• Geography and anything else that you want to talk about.
  

Good luck, and let's have fun talking about Turkey.
********Questions************

1. Why do people fall in love with Turkey?
2. What is Istanbul like?
3. What do people think about when they think of Turkey?
4. What is the reality?
5. What is the Grand Bazaar?
6. Where do the Turks shop?
7. What could a first time traveler expect about Turkey?
8. How often do people pray in Turkey?

******** Food & Drink ********

1. What is the best place to go and have something to eat?
2. What kind of food would you expect to have in Turkey?

******** Traveling in Turkey ********

1. What is it like to travel as a woman in Turkey?
2. How should people dress?

******** Transport in Turkey ********

1. What kind of transport is there in Istanbul?
2. What is it like?

********Recommended places**********
Cappadocia
******** Vocabulary and Phrases in Podcast ********
What’s your take on something?
Haberdashery
Muslim
Quintessential
Useful Sites
Tukey in general

• http://www.tourismturkey.org/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey

food

• http://www.bpe.com/food/ethnic_cusine/turkey.htm

culture

• http://www.hitit.co.uk/CultTk.html

Learn more about Turkey at the Lonely Planet website
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/europe/turkey/images

This is from Lonely Planet Publications
please check out the website at
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/

Also available through i-tunes music store, Lonely Planet Publications - Turkey - 19th October 2005
Copyright 2005, Lonely Planet Publications All rights reserved. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/

Turkey - Istanbul Documentary

Watch the Lonely Planet Video on Istanbul.


or (click here)

Welcome to English in the Media

Welcome to the English in the media Blog site. This course is designed to give students exposure to English in a variety of different ways. Students will not only listen, watch, or read, but discuss, analyse and respond to the material in a variety of ways.

You will be required to access this site and follow the instructions on a week by week basis.
Steven Mondy

Requirements:
Access to a computer with MP3 capability
Quicktime player (available free through apple at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mac.html)

Myths and Mysteries

Listen to the following three podcasts about getting the Flu and what we should do about it. Try to familiarize yourself with the topic and get yourself ready to discuss the topic in class.

1. Flu Season (click here)
Peter Brennan and Wendy Kay dispel or affirm many of the urban myths and mysteries that people have readily accepted for decades.
http://www.freedigitalcontent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=78

2. Getting the Flu... (click here)
Peter Brennan and Wendy Kay dispel or affirm many of the urban myths and mysteries that people have readily accepted for decades.
http://www.freedigitalcontent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=78

3. You should go to the doctor... (click here)

Myths & MysteriesPeter Brennan and Wendy Kay dispel or affirm many of the urban myths and mysteries that people have readily accepted for decades.

http://www.freedigitalcontent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=78

Myths and Mysteries: Activities and Discussion 1

Scientists closer to cure for cold

(click here) to do an interactive activity.

So everyone,

have you listened to the three episodes of myths and mysteries?

1. Should we go to the doctor when we have the flu or a cold?

According to the listening, there is nothing that the doctor can give you that will help kill viruses!
These days, Tamiflu is the new wonder drug that many people in Japan are taking to get over a flu?

• So should we rely on this drug, or be careful?
• Can it really help?
• Also, how do you know if you have the flu, or just a common cold?
• Check out the following website:

http://www.tamiflu.com/about/coldflu.aspx?ref=taking_coldflu
2. If you've had the flu this year, it will prevent you from getting the flu again.
Well, according to the listening, this is incorrect. There are so many varieties of the flu, there's nothing stopping you from getting a different strain of the flu virus.

3. Having the flu vaccine will give me the flu.
According to the listening, the flu vaccine is made with inactivated organisms that cannot cause the virus.

Discuss the difference between a myth and a superstition. Are they the same or different?
You might want to check out the following Wikipedia sites....
Myth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_myth
Superstition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition
Good luck with your research, and always be ready to discuss it....
Steven Mondy
Should we take Tamiflu? Watch the video...


Cold and flu remedies?