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Don Doehla

The Creative Language Class - 0 views

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    Shake things up! Make language learning more engaging! My name is Megan Smith (just got married in July… Yeah!!) and this is my sixth year teaching Spanish in Louisville, Kentucky. I studied International Business and Spanish at Grand Valley State University in Michigan and am now finishing my master's in Education at Northern Kentucky University. I really love my job and what I get to do in the classroom. I'm lucky to have a school who gives me freedom to try new things, a friend and mentor (Kara) who challenges me as a teacher, and other hardworking teachers who are willing to collaborate with me! I am honored to have been the 2011 Kentucky New Teacher of the Year from the Kentucky World Language Association. In November 2013, Kara, Rachel, and I presented at ACTFL's national conference in Orlando. How awesome! And a big hello from me, Kara Parker! I'm the other collaborator on this blog. I'd say that I've been "around the block" when it comes to teaching. I've taught for 12 years total (6 at a private Catholic girls school, 2 at a large public school (with Megan), and now 4 years at an awesome alternative school). I have my National Board Certification in World Languages. I'm excited to share on this site. :) Hopefully you can take something from the ideas posted here to make your classroom better for your students and your workload a little lighter. Here's to sharing! If you'd like to reach us, send us an e-card, or invite us to your school… Here's an email both of us use! :) creativelanguageclass@gmail.com
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    Shake things up! Make language learning more engaging!
Don Doehla

TV5MONDE - Lettres d'Haïti - 10 auteurs d'aujourd'hui - 1 views

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    Dix voix,  dix plumes, pour célébrer Haïti, île caraïbe et seule nation francophone du nouveau monde,  qui maintient au-dessus des flots de la misère la dignité d'un peuple fier.  Haïti créole, Haïti créative, Haïti multiple au gré de la diaspora. Autant de poètes et d'écrivains pour  en chanter la diversité, la douleur et l'espoir. Réalisé à partir du travail de Thomas C.Spear, professeur de littérature d'expression française à CUNY (City University of New York) qui a parcouru les « îles » de la francophonie pour y recueillir des témoignages d'auteurs de premier plan, Lettres d'Haïti offre un espace d'expression multimédia à dix figures de la littérature haïtienne d'aujourd'hui. 
Don Doehla

Emory University Japanese Language Program | エモリー大学日本語プログラム - 0 views

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    Welcome to our site to share students' work from the first to the fourth year Japanese language! The purpose of this site is to give you some ideas of what our students do in class and to create opportunities to share work by our students. Our program offers Elementary Japanese I and II (first year), Intermediate Japanese I, II (second year), Advanced Language and Composition (third year), and Advanced Language and Cultural Studies I to IV (fourth and fifth year). We have about 150 students enrolled in total for 2013-2014. Please click the classes which you are interested in and tell us what you think.
Don Doehla

A life in writing: André Brink | Books | The Guardian - 1 views

  • There's so much constantly to react to in the world in which we live, and in a country like South Africa, that can become a full-time occupation'
  • Patriotic South Africans like to say that the biggest diagnosticians of their country's failings tend to have something in common: not living in South Africa.
  • Patriotic South Africans like to say that the biggest diagnosticians of their country's failings tend to have something in common: not living in South Africa.
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    • Don Doehla
       
      How would you explain this phrase in your own words? Why is this an important topic sentence?
    • Paul Tucker
       
      People that don't live in South Africa tend to criticize the country without knowing from experience what they are talking about.
    • Myriam Beltrán
       
      People who don't live in South Africa are telling the residents what works and not in their country. This is an important topic sentence because it starts the debate if someone who does not live in the context is allowed to discuss what goes on.
    • elizabeth c
       
      This statement seems to be very typical of many ex-pats.
    • elizabeth c
       
      No matter what their home country is.
    • elizabeth c
       
      It seems to be human nature to talk about what doesn't work.
    • elizabeth c
       
      OUr table says that one person's involvement and an organization can make a difference than a thousand people who complain.
  • Rondebosch
    • Don Doehla
       
      Look for this town on a map. What do you think it is like there?
    • Paul Tucker
       
      It's like a university town.
    • Myriam Beltrán
       
      Like any European town but in Africa
    • elizabeth c
       
      It looks like a nice coastal town, like carmel, with lots of golf courses !
  • "When I was in prison, you changed the way I saw the world."
    • Don Doehla
       
      What do you think of this comment by Mandela? What do you suppose it means?
    • Paul Tucker
       
      Brink was a big influence on Mandela.
    • Brenna Wright
       
      Since Brink was a writer sill living in country, his word carried more weight with Mandela.
    • Myriam Beltrán
       
      Mandela knew his work/thoughts in prison and changed the way that Mandela saw the world
  • Brink has "almost a veneration" for Mandela himself, whom he wishes had stayed on for a second term in office.
    • Don Doehla
       
      Based on this article (and beyond the highlighted comment to the left) what impression do you have of Brink's mindset about Mandela? What can you cite from the text to support your claims?
    • Paul Tucker
       
      Brink believes that Mandela was a good leader.
  • Born in 1935, Brink grew up in a succession of "small dun-coloured villages" in South Africa's interior,
    • Don Doehla
       
      How does his childhood home town compare to where he lives now? How are the two towns similar or different? How do you know?
  • Afrikaans,
    • Don Doehla
       
      What is Afrikaans? Where does it come from? To whom is it connected?
    • Paul Tucker
       
      Afrikaans is a form of Dutch.  It comes from the colonial masters.
  • Afrikaner nationalists,
    • Don Doehla
       
      What is an Afrikaner nationalist?
    • Paul Tucker
       
      A descendant of the Dutch colonists of South Africa.
  • Calvinist teachings of the Dutch Reformed church
    • Don Doehla
       
      Can you explain the theology mentioned in this text?
    • Paul Tucker
       
      This mentions the way that the Dutch justified Apartheid with biblical scripture.
  • n his memoir, he recalls a pious phase during which he assembled a crowd of dark-skinned domestics and preached them a sermon on the Biblical reasons for their subordinate status.
    • Don Doehla
       
      What underlies this world view?
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    'There's so much constantly to react to in the world in which we live, and in a country like South Africa, that can become a full-time occupation'
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