Assignment 3

Dear Everyone,

Thank you so much for the effort you have put in so far for the project. I'm really looking forward to what we will be able to achieve in the next two weeks.

As for the primary questions, please try to respond to 3~4 of them.

1) When did their immigration begin?
2) How many are there?
3) From which countries do they come from?
4) Why did they come to Korea?
5) How do they feel about their life in Korea? Do they think that it was a good choice to have come to Korea?
6) What do they wish for?
7) What was the most dfficult part about working in Korea?8) How were their relationships with Koreans so far?

See you soon!

Best,

Eddie

Assignment #2

Tell me how you felt after watching the video here!

Assignment #1

Dear Andrea, Sally, Emily, Catherine, Grace, Jane, Clara, and Ronald,

Thank you for your self-introductions. I'm really excited that we will be starting our class from today.

Best,

Eddie

Greetings!

Hello! My name is Eddie Kang, and I will be working as one of the teaching fellows starting from next Monday (7/27/09), and I cannot wait to meet all of you in person!

To tell you a little bit about myself, I attend Columbia University in New York. Starting from this fall, I will be a junior, and I study Comparative Literature and Society and Linguistics.

Currently, I'm in Japan learning Japanese at a program called "Princeton in Ishikawa." Since I know Korean, I thought it was going to be easier for me to learn Japanese, but participating in this program made me realize how wrong I was. To learn another language requires a lot of work and memorization, and these aspects of studying foreign languages are, I think, less than interesting for almost everyone.

Though it is true that working and memorizing are less than fun, I truly believe that it is possible to make the process entertaining, and with this spirit, I hope to spend the three weeks I have with you having as much as fun as possible while learning English!

So what do I have in mind? The project we will be working together is called "My Message to the World." Three teams of three students will be each making a mini-commercial in which you will be conveying a message that you think is both important and relevant for everyone in the world to hear. Are you excited? I hope you are because I am!

So before next Monday, I would like you to do the following:

1) Please create a personal account on Blogger.
2) Please write a short self-introduction. (by 7/22/09)
3) Please watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oumVHSj6AE8 and write how you felt after watching the video in 2~3 sentences. (by 7/24/09).

If you have any questions, please feel free to write on this blog or ask Becky who happens to be my little sister!


I hope to hear from you very soon!

Best,

Eddie