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Last Wiki assignment: due by Week 15: Taiwan's Plunging Birth Rate
Week 16: Holiday: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Week 17: Final Exam. Topics from Wiki: Taiwan's Plunging Birth Rate, Green Island, Chinese Food in America
From Textbook: "The Rickshaws of Kolkata" (pp. 82-83), and "Survival School" (pp. 58-59). It is possible that I will add one more thing, but I will let the class know on Monday.
Week 17: Final Exam
Week 18: Review

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Welcome to Your 1pm Basic English class: WIKI IS BACK TO NORMAL. DO BEYOND BACKPACKING ON WIKI
Week 12: Thai Islands wiki
Weeks 13 & 14: Mini-presentations about Travel/Ecotourism/Getting off-the-beaten path: check the Wiki that I made to see the assignment guidelines for doing this Power Point Presentation.
Last Wiki assignment: due by Week 15: Taiwan's Plunging Birth Rate
Week 16: Holiday: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Know this stuff for your Final Exam:
From Wiki:
Thai Islands, Taiwan's Plunging Birth Rate, Chinese Food in America
From your Textbook:
"Survival School" (pp. 58-59)
"Rickshaws of Kolkata" (pp. 82-83)

Welcome to Your 1pm Basic English class: WIKI IS BACK TO NORMAL. DO BEYOND BACKPACKING ON WIKI
Week 12: Thai Islands wiki
Travel/Ecotourism/Getting off-the-beaten pathpath: check the Wiki that I made to see the assignment guidelines for doing this Power Point Presentation.
Last Wiki assignment: due by Week 15: Taiwan's Plunging Birth Rate
Week 16: Holiday: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Next Week's Presentation Guidelines
Each presenter should speak for about 2 - 3 minutes (try not to go much more than 3 minutes; this means that you have to practice at least once so that you know how long it is going to take you to get through your slides)
Use photographs and key points, but do not copy and paste entire paragraphs off of Wikipedia
Use English-language sources: if you use Chinese sources the likelihood of errors will dramatically increase
Face the class, don't stand with your back turned to us
Do not read notes off your hand. Do not bring a note sheet up with you.
Photos of spicy girls or "hot guys" are OK, but no yellow movies.
If you can find a place that is off-the-beaten path, I will like it.
Don't rely on memorization: this will kill your intonation and fluency and make you sound robotic.
Try to find beautiful photos to enhance your presentations. Every country is photogenic, and I am sure that you can easily find good pics

Taiwan's plunging birth rate || ||
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Please read this article from the Taipei Times about Taiwan's plummeting birth rate and respond to the Discussion questions above.

Taiwan's plunging birth rate || ||
{babies.jpg} babies.jpg
babies.jpg
Please read this article from the Taipei Times about Taiwan's plummeting birth rate and respond to the Discussion questions above.

Week 12: Thai Islands wiki
Weeks 13 & 14: Mini-presentations about Travel/Ecotourism/Getting off-the-beaten path
WeekLast Wiki assignment: due by Week 15: Review for Final ExamTaiwan's Plunging Birth Rate
Week 16: Holiday: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Week 17: Final Exam

Thai Islands for Nature Lovers
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Ko Ra pier
Please read this article and also check out this nature lodge's Web site, and respond to the Discussion questions above.