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little reflection:

just wrote down the vocabulary on my notebook so that will be easier to carry it around.

However, it's so difficult to catch up the study plan.

Lots of things should do and there is actually no time to memorize it...

have to find some way to solve it.

1012 meeting

ideal vocabulary: 10 pages(217-237)

completed vocabulary:

two pages (Lilian, Tifi)

skim through these ten pages (Claire)

reveiw these ten pages (Birdie)

140 words (Ivy)

IBT TOEFL:

the first practice reflection:

1. work on vocabulary

2. summary is the most difficult part of the test

3. good tests explanations and analysis.

Improvement: 

1. actually memorize the vocabulary (237-248)

2. Finish the listening part of IBT TOEFL (p.43-p.78) 

3. review the vocabulary.

1005 meeting

Time: 6:30-7:30 

Place: 文圖

The content of discussion: 

1. assign the reading excercise of the textbook 

   - each of us must finish the assigned pages till p. 41 before next meeting 

2. memorize the vocabulary from p. 217-237 for this week 

Basically, during each meeting, we will simply have a vocabulary test. 

websites

good websites:

TED

Ignite youtube channel

euro news

taipeitimes


check it out if I have time

0928 meeting (buy books)

Group Members: Lillian, Claire, Ivy, Tifi, Birdie

Place: Coffee shop

Time: September 28, 2011

Today’s main task:

1. Going to Taipei train station to pick and buy TOEFL textbook. (We have already bought a vocabulary book together.)   

2. Discussing study plan

3. Making Mini Report PPT (materials)

0919 meeting

[Vocabulary]

Claire:

• 10 words per day. For those words, I will look up the dictionary for their background knowledge, synonyms, antonyms, and English translation.
• note down some related meanings that I think important.

Birdie:

• I will read through them first, 
• and then I will cover them up, trying to memorize them.
• Last, I will read the usages. 
• do it repeatedly.

Tifi:

• find the relations between Chinese and English 
• memorize the example sentence and write for 3 times. 
• read when writing the words
• read by separating the words into parts

Lilian:

• Read through first and using the sound to help me memorize, 
• then cover the English part. 
• After that, test myself with both English and Chinese in turn by writing.

[Writing]

C:

• look up the dictionary when writing, 
• jot down the usage, 
• think carefully before writing down

T:

• New York Time, 

1.  Look the Chinese version and try to translate it into English. 
2. Compare my translation with the English version. 
3. Look the English version and translate it into Chinese.
4. Check the differences.

B:

• Organize before writing, 
• when writing, find the words that are memorized before. 
• Look up the dictionary. 
• Try to change the sentence pattern. 
• Write down good words and sentences when seeing and use them in the composition.

L:

• write a brief outline before writing the whole composition to help me organize the composition and avoid going to far from the topic. 
• Try to change the word when mentioning the same thing.

[Listening]

all: listen as much as you can

[Speaking]

C: Force myself to speak more in the class

B: read the words when reading a book, imitate the pronunciation when watching the movie and try to speed up.

Study Plan

[This Semester]

• Vocabulary: 11 pages/ week  (1/2 per day)
• Listening & Speaking: Listen to TED on meeting day and discuss

Conclusion: study hard

Next meeting: 0928 (Wed.) 10 a.m.

0918

the plan seems to be too difficult to actually accomplish...

0916 meeting

• facebook club (ideas, and some articles to share with group memebers)
• textbook (find it together?)

1. mock test
2. vocabulary, gramma, reading, listening (seperated)
3. RUBY
4. everyone buys the mock test and buy others individually.
5. everyone buys one and prints it for others.
6. print the mock test

weakness:

Lilian: speaking and listening

Claire: speaking, listening and writing

Birdie: speaking and listening

Tifi: writing

suggestion: 1.TED speech,  reader digest(Birdie)

2.Taipei times, NY times from newspaper (Tifi)

study plan:

1. regular meeting (listen to the same TED speech and discuss)
2. write down the vocabulary when you see on other books (includes the examples)
3. watch TV series, discovery and TLC and repeat the character’s words(use subtitle at the first time, and close it in the second time)

Next meeting: (0919/ 8:00)

1. textbook
2. study plan

Conclusion: 

1. mock test (includes reading, listening, speaking and writing)
2. vocabulary textbook (PLEASE)