LearningJournalonJames’LecturesNov.5,2014Today,wehaveJamesThomasgivingusclassforthefirsttime.ThoughweknewhiminthefirstdaywhenwehadOpeningCeremony,Jamesstillgaveusanverydeepimpressionofbeingscholar.Atthebeginningoftheclass,JamesusedaVennDiagramtostartadiscussionoftherelationshipamongthetriomembersandtheircommongroundsanddifferences.ThenJamesusedanothermethod“wordle”toshowhowwordsareassociatedwithoneanother.AndthenJamesgaveustwodifferentpicturesandaskedtwodifferentparticipantsfromtwodifferentgroupstofindoutthedifferencesinthetwodifferentpicturesbyusinganactivitycalled“TangoPairs”.LaterIgottoknowthatforthewholemorning,Jamesintroducedusdifferentactivitiesusedintheclassroomteachingandonlineteaching.Intheafternoon,Jamescontinuedtogiveusmoreskillsandtechniquesandtasktypesandsometoolscanbeusedtoorganizeonlinelearninganddiscussion,andIamhappytolearnmanynewtermsandtechniqueslikeTangoPairs,FunctionalLanguage,VennDiagram.ICQs,etc.Nov.6,2014Jamesisreallyanexperiencedteacherandtrainer,andforthewholemorningtoday,headoptedvariouswaystodemonstrateushowE-learningtoolssuchasquestionnairescanbeusedandwhatinformationcanbeobtainedandputintoquestionnaires.AndintheafternoonbyintroducingHierarchyofLanguage,JamesstarteddiscussingteachingpronunciationandagaintriedtomakeusunderstandtheuseofdifferentE-learningtoolssuchasdebate,wiki,resourcesdownloading,video,resourcessharing,etc.andwhenandhowwecanusethem.Nov.7,2014Todaywefocusedonlearninganddiscussinglisteningteachinginthemorningandvocabularyteachingintheafternoon.Forthewholeday,wepracticevariousactivitiesandtasks,andevenE-learningtoolscanbeusedtodoandfacilitateonlinecoursedesigningandlearning.TodayIonceagaingottoknowsometermsandideaswhichareknewtomesuchastheimportanceofchunks,loopinput,SKELL,etc.Moreimportantly,fromJames,Ideepenmyunderstandingthatweshouldmakeourlanguageteachersrealizethedifferencesbetweenteachingsomethingandteachingaboutsomething.Nov.8,2014Thefocusesweareontodayisteachingaboutvocabularyandgrammar.Similarly,todayJamesmadeusunderstandalotaboutthesetwosubjects,suchasactivitiesusedinpre-learning,while-learning,andpost-learningstages.SomenewthingsIlearnedtodayisgrammatization,TPR,prospective.Nov.9,2014TodayJamesfocusedhispresentationonteachingwriting.Hestartedfromdiscussingsomethoughtsaboutwriting,andbroughttrainingparticipantstothinkholisticallywhatwritingis.Hedemonstratedmanysub-skillstous,whichareparticularlyusefulforme,sinceourgroupisresponsiblefordesigningwritingcourseonline.Afterpresentingthewritingskills,Jamesgroupedallparticipantsagainandaskedustodesignawritingcourse.ThebestthingIlearnedtodayisthatwhenI,whoisfromuniversity,designanonlinecourse,Imustknowthetrainees’levelandneedrelatedtoteaching.Nov.10,2014ItisthelastdaytodayforJamestoworkwithusandheplacedhisteachingfocusonusingalltheskillsandtoolstopracticingthedesigningofcourse.Inthemorning,heaskeddifferentgroupsofuniversityteachers,frontlineteachersandteachingresearcherstodiscusstheirownresponsibilitiesindesigningacourse,andintheafternoon,themembersfromthesametriotodesignthewholecoursetogether,andthendidthepresentationtotalkaboutthedesigning.Thewholeprocesswasveryinstructive,andIunderstoodmoreaboutteachinginmiddleschoolandthedutyofe-moderators.初三学生的英语写作应在平时的辅导中x写作业中的加分妙招渗透些加分的技巧：1.Thereisnodoubtthat+句子（毫无疑问的.....）例句：ThereisnodoubtthattheChinesearetheoneswhobestunderstandthenatureoftea.2.Thereasonwhy+句子.....isthat+句子例句：Thereasonwhywehavetogrowtreesisthattheycanprovideuswithfreshair.
