Government Class May 9, 2008 class

For this week, please take practice test #15 online, and also:

1. 65-68
2. 151-154
3. 167-170
4. 242-244

I hope everything's going well for you!

Chris

Government Class May 2, 2008 class CANCELED

Hi, I'm sorry, but on May 2nd I must be at my university! I cannot come to have class with you. I'm so sad about that! Sorry, but we will not have a class. However, I'll see you again the following week.

April 25th 2008 Government class

Hi, please take the online test #14, and also make sure you've done the homework from last time, checked the answers, and tried to make sure you understand the questions; if you don't understand any of them, please ask me in class this week!
Thank you
Chris

Week 14 of GEPT Government class.

Try to d0 Huei #13 for this week; it may be available by Monday afternoon or Tuesday if at all. It will not be ready before Monday, I think.
Please try some exercises from your textbook too.

1. Writing practice: P. 237-241
2. Reading Comprehension: p. 194-200
3. Multiple Choice: p. 61-64.
4. I'll try to post some listening or speaking practice. If it's not here by Tuesday, then I probably ran out of time.
   

Congratulations to the new father!! Thanks for the tea!

Government Class Weeks 12 and 13

No class for week 12 due to a local holiday. Don't come that week, and don't even go to work. No need to thank me.
For week 13, please do Huei #13, and also do some items from the textbook:

1. 147-150 (cloze),
2. 57-60 (multiple choice)
3. 162-166 and 189-193 (reading comprehension).
4. I will try to do some listening items for you, or some oral items. I'll post them here, so you can check before next time to pick them up.

Government GEPT Class Week 11 March 28, 2008.

Please do Hueis 11 and 112.
In the textbook:
--141-146, cloze tests
Also you can do whatever you feel you need to practice more.

Family Times. . .

Our family and Chris's music

Government Class Week 10--Homework for March 21, 2008

Hi there! Please do "Huei" #10 online and also do some work from the textbook:
Pages 53-56 (Reading multiple choice) and 137-140 (cloze practice).
Thank you!

Government GEPT Class Week 9 March 14, 2008.

Hi! Please do hueis # 8 and 9 for class. Please be sure to wait patiently for the sound to begin when taking listening tests. Sometimes the sound is rather slow to begin. What a bore. Maybe you should paint a picture during that time, or go bowling.
You could also try this oral practice test. Thanks, everyone who came!!

MS Students: Homework for March 1, 2008

Hi there students! Sorry to be a bit slow to post these. For your GEPT oral practice, please follow the instructions below.

• First, speak your Chinese name and your "seat number" and "test number" aloud (make these numbers up).
• Next, read the first six items aloud, corresponding to part 1 of the oral exam:

1. Come into the kitchen and fix yourself a sandwich.
2. The computer has been broken for about a week.
3. Tilly, please type these reports for me, will you?
4. The mule deer lives in the forests of North America.
5. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
6. In the evening, Tommy went back to the supermarket to try again with the manager. He knew that if he could get a job as bag boy there, his money troubles would soon be over and he could buy that ring for Florence. Then they could get married and have a beautiful family. What a happy time that would be! Yes, he thought to himself, let me try once more. Let me do it for Florence!

• Next, listen to this audio file, which contain parts 2 and 3 of the oral exam.

Thanks! We will discuss these in class and get some more practice on Saturday, as well as introducing some English idioms.

Chris

Government GEPT Class Week 8 March 7, 2008.

Welcome back!
Here is the homework for this week, which you had TWO WEEKS for. . . :

1. Please go online and take the WHOLE TEST of "Huei" #6 and #7. Please take Huei 6 before Monday, Feb. 25th. Thank you!!
   
2. Textbook pages 11-16 (Picture listening)
3. 23-25 (Q&A)
4. 38-43 (short conversations)
5. 133-136 (cloze items)

Government Class Week 7: Feb. 29, 2008

Happy Leap Day!!
http://140.130.160.21/ is the practice site you may use. Input the user number I gave you and practice away!

Reminder: there will be NO CLASS today due to another class that many of you will attend.

Government GEPT Class Week 6 February 22, 2008.

Hi. For homework, please do page 19-22 (Q&A)
and pages 34-37 (Short conversations).
Stay healthy and happy this week!

WISE GEPT students, hello!

Hi there my dear students! I wanted to let you know, in case you missed class on February 2nd, that on February 9th, Saturday, there will be NO CLASS. The "Intermediate" students will just have a week off, but the "Elementary" students will make up their class on Monday, February 11th, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon.
Elementary students, if you cannot or will not come on Feb. 11th, please let me know early. Call WISE to do so. Thank you very much!
No special homework for this week aside from what I wrote in your communication books!

Take care and Happy New Year!

Government GEPT Class Week 5: February 15, 2008

Hi there, everyone.

You can see the class notes for our class every week at this location. Please check any time if you want to check what we were talking about.

For homework, please do pages 11-14 and 49-52.

Thank you! Happy New Year!!

Chris and Amy and Coral!

In class for week 5,

• We discussed the homework, and then did the first 2 pages of the Question and Answer part in your books: pages 17-18.
• By the end of class today, we had done all the "Short conversation" questions from pages 27-33.

TIT GEPT class January 28, 2008

Hi there everyone! Here are the notes for our class together.
Chris O'Brien

Government Class Week 3--Homework for Feb. 1, 2008

Hello everyone! Thanks for a good class. I am typing this during our break! For Feb. 1st's class, please do pages 7-10 in your books, as well as 46-48.
Also, I will give you some online listening or oral stuff to practice well; please check this blog again before classtime!
Thanks!
Chris O'Brien

PS. Today (Feb. 1) we did the first practice test online--Listening only!

Middle School Students: For January 26, 2008

Hello again! Please send me your blog addresses as replies to this post, and write in your paper journals 3 or 4 or 5 times this week. Thank you! Also, I will prepare some more listening for you to listen and then to write down in good English form: just one paragraph, as before. (please check back again later to get the MP3)

Work for January 25th, Week 2 of the Government GEPT class

Hi there!
Here is the text of pages 27-33 (if it isn't finished when you look today, look again in a few days.).
For homework, please review the material we did during week 1. Thanks.
Chris and Amy

Greetings Government GEPT Class! January 18, 2008--Class 1

Hello, everybody! Thank you for coming to the first class of our GEPT lessons. I hope that you will learn well and that we will ALL PASS the Elementary Level test this year. Please check the next entry to see next week's homework and, I'm sure, much more helpful information related to our class. Best wishes to everyone!

Here is the presentation used today. Here are the words spoken for pages 1-6 of the handout today.
Chris O'Brien PhD and Mei-Hsiang Amy Chen

For January 19, 2008

Hello everyone. I hope the semester ended well for you all.

• I have some listening for you to do. Please listen as many times as you want, and then write down what you hear. Please use good spelling, grammar, and formatting. The text is one paragraph long, so you won't need to hit "return" till the end. Here is the text.
  
• Also, please reply to this post and give me your English name and the address of your own blog.
  
• If you use that blog for Chinese posting as well, please use a label such as "AllPass" or "English posts" so I can find the posts that are specially for our classes. Thank you!
• Please tell about your exam experiences in your journal this week, and also post the corrected entries that you wrote and showed me last Saturday.

Thanks!!
Chris O'Brien

For January 12, 2008

Please listen to this recording carefully and write it down as a paragraph following the standard rules for written English. Please be careful to use good spelling and correct grammar. Answer is here.
Also, please remember to begin a journal or diary this week. Please write your diary on paper, and give me at least 3 entries on January 12th. I will edit your writing, and then you can post your entries into your blog, which you can start for free at www.blogspot.com.