Monday, August 06, 2007
It is a Monday... Feeling the 'hang-over'.
Today started off quite well. I had a wonderful time
in Dr. Gloria's lesson on Grammar in Discourse.
For today's lesson.... I learnt to dissect a sentence
into Noun Phrase and Verb Phrase. It was real 'tough'
at first as I learned this about 13 years ago. I need
to recall what I learned in NIE. However, as we progressed,
able to see the link.
There is this exercise that was really interesting and it really
helped in dissecting the phrases. Prior to giving us the task,
Dr Gloria explained the meaning of Clauses. Clauses are actually
made up of phrases that define an action. To put it simply,
the message that it wants to convey.
Back to the hands-on activity. Dr Gloria gave us a text and
told us to first divide it into clauses. After which, we had to
draw comic strips to represent the clauses.
I did not realize the objective of the hands-on activity until
the end of the exercise. Each comic strip actually represented
a clause. Viola!! The Great one has spoken. I am currently on
lunch break...
I would not want to imagine the next class... It is Dr Richards!!!!!!
Aaahhh!!!!!! I wish the ground could open and eat me up.
Dr Richards is actually a very learned and experience person
in the field of syllabus implementation. He could relate to
which ever curriculum that was implemented in any part
of the world. Why am I not looking forward to his lesson... because
there is just too much to comprehend within the given time.
It is due to him having to leave this Friday. He wants to cover
as much as possible before he leaves. Personally... he is a nice and
has a great sense of humour.
Well... we will leave Dr Richards for a while (until 2 p.m. today)
I have to go now!!!
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