With your group assigned for the second part of the semester, please create a dialogue with your group members lasting a minimum of 5 minutes.  The dialogue may be up to 10 minutes in length.  Each member of the group must participate equally with responses and questions being full questions and sentences.

You must record the dialogue in a video and audio file where I can see all members.  Acting is not required, but can be basis for a better grade if done well.  Please send me a link to the file or the actual file to professorbrandon@gmail.com You can also upload the file to Facebook.com if you would like as well.  Extra credit will be given for placing your Final Group Project on Facebook.com

There will be no paper exam.  This group project will suffice as your final grade for the course.

Due date: December 14, 2009

To truly utilize the social networking aspect of the site Facebook, have two conversations (of course in English) with two other classmates you don’t know.  So, make sure you join your groups (with other members of your class) listed here and connect with your classmates.  After so, start up those two conversations with them on the website via your “walls” or via the commenting ability when responding to others’ questions, etc.

Join your class group in Facebook (you can click on the following link, if needed): 

Korea Maritime University European Studies

Korea Maritime University English Literature

Korea Maritime University Shipping Management

Korea Maritime University Maritime Law

Assignment due:  November 16th (for Monday classes) and November 20th (for Friday classes)

Additional homework:  Simply use the various tools and applications in facebook including the wall to communicate with each other, make new friends to continue your English practice and ask, ask and ask more questions.

Since Week 7 was the midterm, this will be week 8′s assignment.

Please surf the Internet to Facebook at www.facebook.com Sign up for an account and connect with me at professorbrandon@gmail.com  Just search for my email address.

After connecting, I’d like you to also connect with other students from your class.  Go ahead and ask for their email address they will use to sign up for the account and start building a small network of friends from class.  Continue beyond the class and also start connecting with other foreigners as well.  Get to know them.

Use the applications as well on Facebook and get familiar with the website!

Write up the dialogue that was created in the class activity “Build a Story/Dialogue.” In essence, transcribe it to your blog and let everyone know in your group and myself that it was published.

Compare two different cellular phone cultures.

Research how cell phones are used in a foreign country and compare it to Korea.  You will probably need to research data on Korean cell phone culture as well.  For example, this article from MSNBC details cell phone activity in Korea.

Detail the differences like:

• the number of cell phone users in both countries
• analyze the “texting” between the two counries
• average cell phone usage & bills in both countries
• cell phone etiquette
• other forms of communication other than cell phones

After you’ve completed your 350 words or more report/analysis, please post it up to your website/blog.  After you upload it to your blog/website, please email both your team members and me the blog/website url/address.

Happy Chuseok Everyone!

Please find an non-profit/NGO group which does something to “beautify” Busan in one way or another.  The group can be a small one or a larger well known organization.  However, the group must have some information available which you can summarize.

Information you may submit about the organization include:

• Name of organization
• When founded
• Purpose behind the group » Continue reading “KMU English Conversation II Week 3 Homework”

#1: Group “Get to Know” Email

• All members of your English Conversation Group must ask questions once and answer the set of questions in your group via email
• You can opt to send the email to the entire group or to individuals, but after everyone has emailed a set of questions and answered once, please send the email to Brandon

#2: Watching a movie about Heroes

• Please watch a movie with a hero like Superman or the 6 Million Dollar Man or Wonder Woman
• Be ready to answer questions while we have a discussion about your movie
• The movie should NOT have subtitles

#1:

Write a profile email to Brandon. It should contain the following information:

(You can also download a Word .docx file here if you would like to use a form)

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