Sonnet XVIII

Shall I Compare Thee to A Summer's Day?
-William Shakespeare-

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometimes declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed.
But thy eternal Summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st
Nor shall death brag though wand'rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st.

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

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I was born in 1986 when the Asian Game was held in Seoul. Therefore I am 22 years old now. (However I'm freshman! kkk) Actually I attended Ewha Womans University two years ago. My major was Humanities. At that time I was falling in love with learning English Literature. Especially about short stories and poems. Of course this is one of my favorites. All the time I read this poem, I hope to be loved by someone. That much this poem is so lovely. Especially the last two sentences are fascinating. Someday, I would like to attempt to write this kind of lovely poem!

Thank GOD

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Now I'm gonna start the real blog!!

How can we get a butter tongue?

The pronunciation is absolutely visible part when people study foreign languages. Especially English teachers have been under pressure with this problem. It is because more and more people believe that English teachers should pronounce just like a native
speakers of English. Of course there are also some people who says ponounciation and grammar is not much important when we communicate with foreigners by their mother tongue.
For instance, Europeans can speak or write at least 3 languages. English, French, Germany or Spanish etc. They don't feel any discomfortness using variable languages.
However, their pronunciation is terrible! I mean their personal intonations and accents are really matter. Therefore we do not need to get much stress with pronunciation. More important thing is the content which we try to turn over.



English teachers also do not have to pronounce fluently. However their visible pronunciation directly shows their self-assurance. Therefore we should struggle ourselves to feel comfortable with English pronunciation.

Type "영어교사" in Naver

초등 영어수업 10년, "효과 봤다" (datanews 06-12-29)

올해로 도입 10년이 되는 초등학교 영어교육이 영어 실력 향상에 긍정적 효과를 가져 온 것으로 분석됐다. 교육인적자원부가 서울대학교 권오량교수 연구팀에 의뢰해 5개 고교 4,000여명 학생들의 2003년과 2006년 영어능력평가(GTEC, 400점 만점) 점수를 비교·분석한 결과, 초등영어교육을 받은 학생들이 그렇지 않은 학생들에 비해 영어 실력이 월등히 높은 것으로 드러났다. 초등학교에서 영어를 배운 2006년 현재 고교1·2학년 학생들의 평균점수가 459.6점으로 나타난 반면, 초등영어를 배우지 않은 2003년의 고교1·2학년의 414.5점에 그쳤던 것. 영역별로 점수를 비교해 보면, 듣기영역의 평균차가 17.9점으로 가장 컸고, 읽기(15.1점)·쓰기(12.1점) 영역에서도 차이를 나타냈다. 또 연구팀이 중·고등학생 4,420명을 대상으로 실시한 설문조사 결과, "초등 영어교육이 수업에 도움이 되느냐"는 질문에 중학생의 38.4%가 '그렇다'고 답했으며, '그렇지 않다'고 답한 비율도 32.0%나 됐다. 고등학생의 경우 5명 중 3명 정도(56.3%)가 초등 영어교육이 수업에 도움이 되지 않는다고 답해 부정적 적인 쪽이 긍정적이 쪽보다 많았다.

한편, 중등 영어교사들(154명)을 대상으로한 설문조사에서는 전체의 절반 정도(49.7%)가 초등영어를 배우기 이전의 학생들에 비해 현재 자신들이 가르치고 있는 학생들의 영어실력이 더 높다고 판단했다. 이와 관련 교육부는 "앞으로 2015년까지 영어교사 1만명을 대상으로 집중 심화연수를 실시하는 등 영어 교육 내실화에 힘쓸 것이다"며 "초등학교1·2학년에 대한 영어교육 도입 여부는 2008년 하반기 즈음에 결정할 예정이다"고 전했다. 오미영 기자gisimo@datanews.co.kr

What is an idealistic figure of English teacher?

I believe that there are three important figures that English teacher should have.

one. English teacher should have 'passion' in mind.
As you konw studying language is continuing work. Which means there is no end. Also there is no hidden way to remarkably reduce time and effort in mastering English. Therefore teacher should find way contiuously how to guide students in studying English. Always have faith in mind that instructor should have passion to help students.

two. English teacher should have humor.
Humor creates a fun and relaxed atmosphere, making learning more enjoyable. In my opinion, this air will motivate students to study English more eagerly. The most significant point is that students should not be forced by anyone.

three. English teacher should be wide opened.
Human are different from each other. milieu, personality, capacity in learning, family backgound etc.

As a teacher, before we think about the subject, we should consider seriously about each student's situation and find the best way to guide them.

To be like that, we have to see not only the visible or present aspects but also obscure points.

It's show time!!! kk

Yesterday I went to 대학로 to see the "B-SHOW".
As me and my friend are interested in b-boying and hip-hop, we had a great time. The performance consisted of beat box, b-boying battle and b-girls' dance. This show is directed by 이근희 who also produced "비보이를 사랑한 발레리나". I heard that is really nice, too. May be I'm going to see that at my free time. If possible, I'd like to learn dancing or join the club!! kk

Though the spring had already come, this was winter's last shot. I think spring breeze seems to be colder than a winter wind. The weather forecast said that piercing wind will be continued this week.

Oh my god!!!