Day10 : The Lesson

Today's lesson was conducted based on a special request from Phy Sokun. Sokun asked me yesterday just after the morning break if I could conduct a short lesson on writing e-mails. So I did some research on the internet last night on the topic of e-mails for this morning's class. Found a useful powerpoint on the topic of "netiquette" and so I incorporated this for use for this morning's lesson. I was a bit worried about this powerpoint because it was prepared for native speakers but it seems that the class found it useful and informative. That's a relief!

The second half of the morning was fun! As part of the handover process to Evelyn, I made full use of the conveniences of Skype. I skyped Eve and got the students to talk to her. The objective was twofold:

1. To get them to hear Eve's voice so that they won't feel strange meeting her for the first time on Monday and vice versa.
2. To get them to practice having an English conversation on the telephone. This is a good practical lesson from yesterday's lesson on Telephone English.

Afternoon session started with getting the students to practice writing. They each have to write a short email to Eve on what are their expectations of her in terms of lessons. The writing isn't great but I am compiling it for Eve verbatim so she will know their standard. This is also part of the handing over process to her. Emailed her the file just now. In the second half of the afternoon, we continued with the In Company book.


Another Cultural Moment:

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono came round again today to visit the Cambodian King. The motorcade carrying President Susilo was greeted by hundreds of Cambodian primary and secondary school students. They were brought there early in the morning to wait for the Indonesian president. All of them were carrying little Cambodian and Indonesian flags. A number of them were also given A4 size portraits of King Sihamoni and President Susilo.

I guess this is probably not too unusual, what's unusual for me as a Singaporean was, the children were asked to wait by the road side until President Susilo had finished his visit with the King! The students from many schools were standing by the road side for nearly two hours! That way when he return the same way, the VIP can see the students waving their flags and pictures again.

Their role over and done with, all hell breaks loose! :c)

Work Done:
Purdue University's Powerpoint on Netiquette

In Company, Chapter 8