My Customized Learning Plan

To improve my English gradually and daily, I will customize my learning plan like this.

To upgrade my  listening ability, every day when I wake up in the morning or when I get home, I will keep it as a habit to turn on the TV and switch to CNN news. I believe that no matter what I am doing, as long as I am surrounded by the English language, day by day, I would get use to the fluency and the pronunciation of the language. Also, I may get connected to the world easily.

As for reading, I decide to go to English websites such as CNN Student News or Voa twice or three times a week. Also, by reading prose and poems will be another way to improve my reading ability. I do not  myself to understand every single word that I read, but my basic requirement to myself is to understand what I have read. By cultivating the habit of reading information or works in English, I hope I build up reading ability strong.  

Through using the COCA website, I hope to strengthen my writing ability. The website provides the usage of the words through several example After visiting the website, when I have trouble finding the collocation of the words or the way to use a word, the COCA website will be my best aids.

I am very thankful to be in the  COMPUTER-ASSISTED ENGLISH LEARNING class. Through the professors introduction, I learned a lot of methods to learn English through the computer. Also, by knowing how to use Hot Potatoes I have further notice about how to design exams for the students, which is really beneficial for my future. 


 

My Connection Tool

Instagram is my connection tool.

I follow the Instagram of the whitehouse, Obama, Donald Trump,  and most of the sports teams. Through browsing the sites of the whitehouse, I can learn a lot about America and ways that how the official speaks. Also, I can have my information about the America politics updated.  

Through following the Instagram of the sports teams that I support, I can not only learn how the language is used in native speakers, since most of the teams are from foreign countries, I can also know the latest news about the teams.

Through using Instagram, I found my language ability has greatly improved. As I have mentioned, because most accounts that I have followed are foreigners and teams from foreign countries, mostly from the USA, I can now use the language more fluently and more naturally. I would also try to imitate how that speak and act.

Instagram  is not only a place to express one's own feeling, it is, instead, a big learning platform for all of us. 

my moblie learning experience

Today I learned some websites about mobile learning. one website is VOCABULARYSPELLINGCITY.COM Through simple games, we can learn a lot of vocabulary. Entertaining and learning at the same time really fits children. I myself have dictionary and CNN new app in my cellphone. When I have free time, I will check them. Not only can I get connected with the world, I can also gain knowledge through the paragraphs.  

MY RESPONSE TO WRITEAHEAD

WRITEAHEAD is a website that gives you suggestions while you are typing. sometimes it is helpful, but sometime the advice are unrelated. However, although the suggestions seems nothing related, still when I study them, I learn new things unconsciously.  

My FEEDBACK to THE ARTICLE IN VOA

 California Firefighters Make Limited Progress Against Unusually Intense Wildfire

  Although forest wildfires are not new news to me, still, I was asstonished after watching the paragraph. It is so hard to imagine such a hazardous widfire happening in Taiwan. In the article, it says that the wildfire effected to  "nearly 13,000 hectares, incinerated homes and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate." Plus, the fire fighters are facing serious drought, in combination with the hot weather, low relative humidity and strong winds making the fire  moving very fast and intense. Everything in California seems to be in a mess. The article reminds me of natural disasters that strikes Taiwan every once in a while such as earthquakes and typhoons. Like the residents mentioned in the article, some just refuses to evacuate. They want to stay with their house until the final minutes, which may usually cause rescue problems. In order to keep everyine safe and sound, including residents, firefighters, and soldiers..., we should always follow the orders given by the rescue teams.  Let us keep or fingers crossed and hope for the best to the situation happening in California.

ESL LAB EXERCISE

100分

Self Introduction Speaking

Self Introduction:
I'm Khris, in Chinese it is 陳尹晨. I am a junior in the English Language and Literature Department of  Soochow University. I love to watch and play sports in my spare time. Also, I know how to play the drums. I enjoy jamming with different music players. In the future, I want to become a teacher in the US, or a sports commentator. I think education is the most significant way to influence people. If I am blessed to change people as a kid, I would definitely put all my effort into it. As for sports, it will be a dream come true if I work at a sports-related company.

BAKING COOKIES DAD'S COOKING SHOW WITH ANNA

ESL LAB

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9eOMqzvSeehNlFZYzFuZUZXamc/view?usp=sharing

My Feedback on MY ET

Today I visited a website called "My ET".

MyET is like a personal tutor that can help you learn English through speaking practice. It has an award-winning technology, "Automatic Speech Analysis System" (ASAS©), which can analyze your English speech on pronunciation, pitch, timing and emphasis, and even pinpoint problems to individual sounds. I find this very useful for not only me but also English learners from all  around the world. After you speak, you receive a score and specific feedback on how to improve. It does not matter whether you're a beginner or advanced learner, MyET is like a one-on-one tutor who can make speaking English a comfortable experience!  The resource features 1.Like a personal tutor, gives you one-on-one feedback on your speech 2.Evaluate the level of your speech capabilities 3.Ensure you learn the correct accent 4.Help you express yourself in English 5.Provide an online community 6.Give you a choice of content, the freedom to learn what you like

ALICE

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ALICE: What is your first name?

A Review of ANNA'S jmix

I read Anna's paragraph about her favorite season. I learned that her favorite season is winter. Although it is cold and freezing outside almost all the time, the holidays and people she meets keeps her heart warm and nice. She thinks that winter is a season for hugging. I can not agree her more.

My Favorite Season

http://uk3.hotpotatoes.net/ex/157636/SQJHKJCA.php
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The Comments of Grammar Websites

Grammar Monster is a very interesting grammar learning website. It is has Grammar Lessons and Tests. Also, ther are small quizs and tests in the site. I really get benefits from the mistakes I made. 

 There are catagories such as

Also, there are lessons for

I used to hate grammar. However, after visiting the website, I found that grammar is not that hard as I have imagine. I strongly recommend every one try once to visit the website, and bring back treasurable knowledge.  

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COCA SEARCH

Good

Meaning: 1.correct
                2.completely and thoroughly 
              
Grammar & Rules : NOUN or ADJECTIVE, sometimes used in a PHRASE

Examples from Corpus
1) In grade 4 reading, thirty-five states have set their proficiency levels lower than NAEP's basic level.7 How can that reform education? Reform at the National LevelLet's look at the national scene. Here, too, each new administration wants to move in a different direction, or at least to change the emphasis. What's consistent is that there's always much righteous posturing but little effort to create the conditions that make high standards achievable. The No Child Left Behind Law (NCLB) is a good example. It began with the best of intentions, but the funding to improve education originally envisioned was never provided. In the end, all it did was to impose requirements for testing. In other words, NCLB actually did nothing to improve education; it merely required that kids be tested regularly in the hope that education would somehow, magically, improve itself.And here's the most bizarre feature of all: NCLB required that every student be proficient in reading and math by 2014. 

2) The most notable recent alteration to the narrative, however, is Mary's presumed romantic tie to James Oglethorpe, which closely resembles the story of unrequited love between Pocahontas and Captain John Smith. The genesis of this bit of Musgrove lore can be traced to Thomas Bosomworth's assertion that James Oglethorpe gave Mary " the diamond ring off his finger " before departing for good to England in 1743.66 Bosomworth's motive for mentioning this was not to insinuate that the two were romantically involved (if anything, Mary was disillusioned with Oglethorpe at that time), but rather to illustrate how Oglethorpe resorted to drastic measures to compensate Mary for interpreting. In the hands of recent novelists, however, the story of the diamond ring has given rise to the legend that Oglethorpe desired Mary's hand in marriage--or at least bequeathed it to her as a lasting reminder of their love affair. 

MY SENTENCE:
1. I am trying my best to be a good student, brother, and son.
2. Are you leaving for good?


Mesmerize
Meaning: 1.to make people impressed and charmed
                
              
Grammar & Rules : VERB or ADJECTIVE

Examples from Corpus

1) Two, I like your new hair color, but the turquoise contact lenses make you look like you're trying to mesmerize people. And, three, I came up with a list of personal resolutions that will begin to take effect Valentine's Day. " # " Sounds fascinating. Can you elaborate, Counselor? " # I described my plan and my goals, leaving out the She-Hulk details. Dahlia thought they were genius, but she'd also convinced me to wear lederhosen and pigtails once to a dorm Oktoberfest dinner, so she's not the most reliable judge.


2) Our powers of deduction pale next to those of Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot; we haven't the toughness of Sam Spade or the fortitude of Philip Marlowe; the saintly Father Brown shames us, and the infinite patience of Inspector Maigret lies infinitely beyond us. No, we are the bystanders, innocent or guilty as the case may be. Consider this proposition: Detective stories mesmerize us as they do because our love of mystery is matched only by our Longing for certainty-and because we find it hard to tolerate the condition of doubt and guilt in which we are destined to live. The officer in Kafka's " In the Penal Colony, " Propouncing his universal verdict, identifies one reason for the mystery genre's enduring popularity. " My guiding principle is this, " he declares. " Guilt is never to be doubted. " 


MY SENTENCE:
I was mesmerized by the scene. I could not utter a word.


Infinite

Meaning: 1.endless
                2.extreme or great
              
Grammar & Rules :  ADJECTIVE

Examples from Corpus

1) Christian revelation sheds an illuminating and beautiful light on evolution. Haught's daring and provocative insight is to interpret evolution in light of God's living self-communication. He believes that cosmic evolution is a sacramental revelation of God's personality, that it is the narrative representation of God's self-gift to the cosmos. We live in an unfinished universe. # Haught points out that in its finitude the cosmos can not receive God's self-gift in any single moment; even though the universe may seem unfathomable, it is not expansive enough to contain an infinite love. The cosmos is therefore invited to evolve. He writes in Mystery and Promise: # Christians? may understand the decisiveness of Christ as the moment in evolution when God's promise and self-gift, which has been continually and creatively present to the cosmos from its birth, are embraced by a human being without reservation.

2) I had heard males drumming in the spring, found a nest with seven eggs, seen broods of young in the summer, and, as usual, noticed grouse around all fall. In the evenings, we saw them routinely in the treetops. By winter, the travails of the other birds seemed almost heroic as they found food that to us seemed invisible. For some woodpeckers, food was only available by chiseling it out of solid wood. But the ruffed grouse were flush with food the entire winter. They have a nearly infinite winter supply of tree buds that are readily available and require practically no search. Thus, grouse seemed irrelevant as I contemplated the efforts of chickadees and woodpeckers. # I had not seen a grouse in quite a while, when, in February, on a bright, sunny day, I was hiking in the woods on snowshoes. As I walked through a grove of mostly deciduous trees, the sun lit up the expanse of snow under the trees.

MY SENTENCE:
If I am in a relationship, I will give infinite love to my partner.

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The Review of Using "Grammar Girl"

  Today the professor introduced us an interesting website called "Grammar Girl". Although I only read some posts on it, in a short period of time, the most common grammar questions that have long lived in my brain were immediately solved. For example, I viewed a post about using "anyway" or"anyways". Sometimes I just mix the two up. After reading, I now know the difference between the two. I personally think it is a very user friendly site. I will visit it once I come up with any other questions about grammar.

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl

English Vocabulary Exercises x2

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self introduction & CALL Experiences

Self Introduction:
I'm Khris, in Chinese it is 陳尹晨. I am a junior in the English Language and Literature Department of  Soochow University. I love to watch and play sports in my spare time. Also, I know how to play the drums. I enjoy jamming with different music players. In the future, I want to become a teacher in the US, or a sports commentator. I think education is the most significant way to influence people. If I am blessed to change people as a kid, I would definitely put all my effort into it. As for sports, it will be a dream come true if I work at sports-related company.



CALL Experiences:
cnn news
bbc news
taipei times
studio classroom
youtube