上周我和我的朋友一起去了电影院。我们看了‘帕丁顿熊’。虽然帕丁顿熊是译制片,没有字幕。没有英文字幕。没有中文字幕。语言字幕什么都没有!所以去看电影成为一个比较大的挑战!我的中国朋友向我说,‘瑞娜,这是一个很好的听力练习机会!’。我不同意她的看法!!! 因为我是成人我以为我不会喜欢这个电影。但是呢,这次电影对我很大的影响。我发现这个电影的故事很好玩,演员很人才,对话不错。而且,我看到伦敦最漂亮的地方,这让我很想念我的家乡。 关于故事的内容:很奇怪。在秘鲁的雨林有一对熊夫妻。有一天一个英国科学家在雨林做探索。他和这对熊夫妻见面了以后,他们都成为很好的朋友。时间过去了。科学家需要回英国。他向熊朋友说再见,给他们的帽子,告诉他们如果他们有机会来到英国,一定要去看他。后来,在这对夫妻的身边出现了一个小熊。(我写出现因为我不知道他是从哪儿来的。看起来他不是这对夫妻的孩子。)Anyway, 因为‘叔叔’去死了,而且‘老师’的身体不好,所以小熊戴上科学家的帽子去英国找他的家。 到英国后,小熊跟一家庭见面。他希望能跟他们生活。但是呢。。。我不要说太多! 如果你们要知道电影的结果,而且如果你们喜欢搞笑片,我建议你们去看这个电影!哈哈哈! 我的生词 帕丁顿熊 – pa4ding1dun4xiong2 – Paddington bear 译制片 – yi4zhi4pian4 -a dubbed film 挑战 – tiao3zhan4 – challenge 秘鲁 – bi4lu3 – Peru – 南美国家 雨林 – yu3lin2 – rainforest 科学家 – ke1xue2jia1 – scientist 探索 -tan4suo3 – explore 戴上帽子- dai4shang5mao4zi5 – put on a hat or…
Chekhov’s 12 Subversive Endings Looking for direction in terms of writing good ending to my short story, Provocations of Light – part 1 and part 2 – my tutor encouraged us to check out some of Chekhov’s Subversive Endings: 1. Anti-epilogue If an epilogue is a short statement about what happens to the characters after…
Write to the End Every story needs a good ending. And no more is that true than for the short story I have been working on this semester. Following techniques suggested by my tutor, I have developed a very organic work, the first draft not really having a clear direction, but just being whatever came…
In this interview I chat about learning and teaching with Brendan Ternus, awesome team member of Beijing-based experimental learning centre Armada Education. Listen to the audio to know more about Brendan’s: – learning and teaching background – participation in an alternative learning camp for public schoolers – experience of volunteering as a Teaching Artist –…
Learning, Teaching and Sharing As per my previous post of wanting to combine my skills and interest into one, the result of a serious brainstorm with a friend before I started my Masters in DTLT last year, was that of discussions about methodology with teachers. Add a healthy dose of technology, and what do we…
Uncovering Future Interests Back in September 2014, just before I began my Masters in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching at the University of Nottingham, I met up with a friend who is an I.T. whizz. She was due to help me migrate my Tumblr blog to WordPress, help with plug-ins and in general, help me…
Psycholinguistics Psycholinguistics is but one area in the vast field that is SLA, or Second Language Acquisition. It is divided into three parts: – Neurolinguistics (What happens in the brain, how we learn and how we use a language) – Cognitive Psychology (How language processes occur) – Psychological Factors (Learner Differences) Psychological Factors In terms…
SLA Project Step 1: Identify a Problem For my SLA module I am working through problems in my teaching practice and looking toward SLA theory to provide some solutions. (I am also working through problems in my learning practice, but what with limited time, will have to come back to that at a later stage…
Provocations of Light – Second Draft by Karina Thorne Part 2 Lights on. Like a patient coming out of hypnotherapy, she awakens with a sudden jolt. Having risen from her stool, Williams assumes a battle-ready position. Her silhouette is that of a sumo wrestler, slightly squatting, hands and arms clenched by her sides. From afar,…
Provocations of Light – Second Draft by Karina Thorne Part 1 A hum of machines labouring under constant use, fills the airy void. Fridge-like vibrations, stop and start somewhere between walls of twisted aluminium sheets, light-weight and durable, and red lasers, stationed like cannons around the entire circumference. Supported by polished titanium columns, the low…