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Friday, January 19, 2007
AIM 2
Oh, wow, can't believe it's midnight already. Ok, I'll keep this short then.
Well, to start with that admin lady is REALLY out for my blood. Bloody hell, it's me who's paying her wages, what does she think she'll gain by being this nasty? I'm phoning her tomorrow, she is just too... *screams*
I finally got ALL of my books. I dunno what's up with the library these days, but there's always a shortage of textbooks, esp the ones I need for my classes.
Oh, Val, btw, I already speak/read/write French. AIM is a new method for teachers who teach a second language (up to now, it's only for french as second language) but heck, if they did it for Japanese, the whole world would be oh-so-much better. there are no homeworks per se, since this method is mainly about developping language skills through speech first.
It's not like you've got to learn a list of words without knowing when to use them, or even how in a proper sentence (they may even be of no use at all, like a list of dinosaurs' names -frakly, do you speak of dinosaurs all day long?). No, you learn the words and use them in context. LOTs of verbs too, high-frequency ones that you are sure to use in everyday life.
The lady who was giving the conference told us of a funny story: she has this anglophone kindergaten 4/5-year old kid who has just moved to Montreal with her mum. this city, as you know, is a french speaking one. The mother doesn't speak one single word of it. So one day, about 3-4 weeks after the little girl has been to the AIM class, they all go shopping downtown. Problem: the girl behind the counter doesn't speak english... the mother tries to communicate, but fails. she was about to leave when the kid intervenes and told the girl exactly what her mum wanted! guess who was the most surprised... XD
If you wanna know more, I can dig up the site for you. The lady also told me that she'll be doing some sort of conference in California soon.
G'night!
Celeste
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