TESL Rockers Rock the Nights: 9 and 10 December 2011

Hi Rockers,

I am so proud of you people. You people smashed the rocks on both nights. I usually would be sitting back with evaluation sheets and pen but on those 2 nights I just want to absorb the emotions reverberating on stage and all around the hall. I laughed, i cried and there were times when the emotions were just too much. Rockers, thank you for the unforgettable semester. I LOVE you.

Augosta Boal and His Ideas

There are just too many theater theorists whom we met this semester. Many of their ideas ,if we looked closely, are valuable for ESL classroom.
In this space I would like you to look at Boal's ideas on theater. What are his ideas and do you think these ideas are different from the ideas of other theater theorists? Which of his ideas in your opinion is beneficial for students, teacher trainees and teachers of ESL?

A Note for Matin: I had been hungry, all the Years -

Is it wrong to want more in life?
Should we be satisfied with what we have and
Should we be contented with the situation we are in at present?
What does Emily say about her unsatiated hunger in " I had been hungry, all the Years -"

A Note for Matin: Byzantium, Yeat's Utopia.

Today, we traveled from Serdang to Byzantium. And from Byzantium, we flew off to Iran, Europe, States and back to Serdang. The road to Byzantium was a choppy, arduous one and there were colossal walls we had to climb over. But once we reached the other side, the experience was awe inspiring. We get to discover William Butler Yeat's Sailing to Byzantium. Alas, Matin one special request, could you share this journey with the rest of people who are trying to crack the code of Yeat's Byzantium.

Do Not Go Gentle into That Microteaching

Here is the list of topics for micro teaching. Try to get it off your shoulder before the final. If you can't, you have the month of October to complete whatever required assignment.

Bil Name Topics
1 Nurida Binti Che Mahmood Sonnet 64
2 Kwan Wei Kuen Sonnet 55
3 Sivasanghari a/p Nadarajan Sir Patrick Spens
4 Norul Faraliza Binti Abdul Ghani Bright Star
5 Saria Binti Limpot To Autumn
6 Hema Latha a/p Narayanasamy Ode to Nightingale
7 Barisha a/p Ootharakumaran Ode on Grecian Urn
8 Mogana a/p Gunasekaram My Last Duchess
9 Puteri Marina Binti Mostafa Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister
10 Baby Teh Ling Chee The Tyger
11 Chua Wei Ting Negro
12 Girija a/p Ramdas Chicago
13 Gan Siaw Fui Wild Swan at Coole
14 Kumaran a/l Balasundram Sailing to Byzantium
15 Nur Hafiza Binti Hasan Mending Wall
16 Tan Kai Lynn Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
17 Premitha a/p Mohan Desert Places
18 Sia Nga Yea Anthem for Doomed Youth
19 Yong Mei Shis Dover Beach
20 Zizie Ardina Lim Abdullah Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
21 Yap Geok Peng The Man He Killed
22 Thayamal a/p M. Raman Because He Could Not Stop For Death

Racing for 10.10.2011

Hello,

Winter came down on me from middle May to last weekend. Like any other creatures of winter I had burrowed deep into a world of my own making. Promises and plans were left at the entrance of this world and thus my silence since May.
Last weekend I scrambled into the real world trying to make up for the lost days. Friends here is the list of topics for assignment 2 on micro teaching.


Name /Topic
Tham Yee Khin /WH narrators
Karpakam a/p Ratinavelu /WH plot
Huh Lai Yee /WH characters and traits
Lim Shin Yee /WH setting
Wan Azira Binti Abdul Jalil /WH imagery (weather and seasons)
Mohd Ridzuan Bin Ismail /WH imagery dreams and supernaturals
Hasliza Ayu Ismail /WH theme of love
Chooi Wing Lock /WH theme of revenge
Deeba Malar a/p Noriraju /WH theme of death
Mohd Rohaizad B. Mohd Raduan /TA imagery sea
Mohamad Norhafizi B. Abu Talip /TA imagery colors
Tan Hui Chean /TA theme of awakening

* WH refers to Wuthering Heights
TA refers to The Awakening

The Lament of 6 May 2011

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all yesterday's dialogue signify
Nothing
When we strut and fret
And SMS
Puan Ju, tell me the tale
Of tomorrow's poetry.

Redemption 2: Heathcliff and Catherine in Wuthering Heights

Hello my long distance people,

It has been a month since you sat for your final. I know you don't want to think anymore about EDU 3215. It's done and over with. But my people, i'm offering you an opportunity to make changes to your fate. But alas it is your choice.

The relationship between Heathcliff and Cathy has always fascinated me. My fascination is also based on how each of you people looks at this relationship differently.How would you categorize their relationship and are you as enchanted/enthralled as me with their twist of fate or are you repulsed by the ugliness shown by excessive emotions?

Reminder: Micro teaching and Reflections

Hi Everyone from Near and Far,

There are still a number of you who haven't send in their recordings of the micro teaching. Please do so pronto! Those who have forgotten to include their reflections in the assignment 2, please reflect now and email the soft copy to me at juridah.rashid@gmail.com. You want to do good right? Do not Delay!

In Preparing for the D-Day: Edna and her Narrative in The Awakening

Edna has never failed to invoke heated discussions in any of my novel classes. She is a character that you love to love and love to hate. She has always been an example of a strong female character. Is it wrong to be happy? Isn't that what every individual in this world seeks for? But in pursuit of her happiness death overtakes her. So my question to you people, does she choose death or death chooses her?

Redemption 1: Edna and her narrative in The Awakening

Edna has never failed to invoke heated discussions in any of my novel classes. She is a character that you love to love and love to hate. She has always been an example of a strong female character. Is it wrong to be happy? Isn't that what every individual in this world seeks for? But in pursuit of her happiness death overtakes her. So my question to you people, does she choose death or death chooses her?

My Favourite Season of All

Fall in Vermont was the most memorable of all. Fall in New York State was vibrant and alive. But, Fall in Cape Girardeau stays with me and grows on me. I could still feel the leaves at my feet as I trudged downhill back to my abode; The soft wind lifting my hair as I looked at the opposite bank of the Mississippi River.
Keats's "To Autumn" reminds me of the things I miss; things I wish would still be. Alas, those days are far gone. Those were the days when I felt the world was at my feet.
'To Autumn" has always brought me back to a place I wish to remain.
Has "To Autumn" evoked any strong emotions in you, or it is THE POEM that you can never relate to?

Redemption IV: My Favourite Season of ALL

Fall in Vermont was the most memorable of all. Fall in New York State was vibrant and alive. But, Fall in Cape Girardeau stays with me and grows on me. I could still feel the leaves at my feet as I trudged downhill back to my abode; The soft wind lifting my hair as I looked at the opposite bank of the Mississippi River.
Keats's "To Autumn" reminds me of the things I miss; things I wish would still be. Alas, those days are far gone. Those were the days when I felt the world was at my feet.
'To Autumn" has always brought me back to a place I wish to remain.
Has "To Autumn" evoked any strong emotions in you, or it is THE POEM that you can never get it?

Redemption III: My brain Retards, My mind Perplexes - The Punch from Ode on a Grecian Urn.

When I first read Ode on a Grecian Urn, my mind refused to cooperate. It went numb. It took me a long while to slowly unravel the beauty of the poem.

What is your reaction when you first read Ode on A Grecian Urn?
How long does it take for the numbness to wear off?
Do you manage to discover the beauty of the ode or the mystery of the poem alludes you?
Perhaps by identifying the images in each of the stanza, you will get to form a comprehensible picture of the poem.
You might want to put in your understanding of the last couplet in the final stanza.

My brain Retards; My Mind Perplexes : The Punch from Ode on a Grecian Urn.

When I first read Ode on a Grecian Urn, my mind refused to cooperate. It went numb. It took me a long while to slowly unravel the beauty of the poem.

What is your reaction when you first read Ode on A Grecian Urn?
How long does it take for the numbness to wear off?
Do you manage to discover the beauty of the ode or the mystery of the poem alludes you?
Perhaps by identifying the images in each of the stanza, you will get to form a comprehensible picture of the poem.
You might want to put in your understanding of the last couplet in the final stanza.