Tedtalk: Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering

Dear Class

Today we're going to do a transcription exercise using tedtalk. What is tedtalk??? It's a website that has video footage of interesting talks given at conferences around the world.

You are going to watch a short talk and transcribe (write down) what you hear. You will need to use Word to do this.

Here is a definition of the word tinker:

tinker verb /ˈtɪŋ.kər//-kɚ/ v [I usually + adverb or preposition] Definition to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it. He spends every weekend tinkering (about) with his car. I wish the government would stop tinkering with the health service. Compare: fiddle

Here is the link to the talk:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action.html

Don't worry if you can't catch every word that Gever says. Leave a space if you are not sure.

judy x

Welcome back!!!!!

Hi All

It's great to see you all again after the long summer holiday. This semester the lab sessions will be different from last year. At the beginning of every blog session please look at my blog for instructions about the activities we will complete in class.

Here's our first activity....We are going to watch a video about English language learning in Romania. I will give you some worksheets to complete. Here is the link for the page on englishclub.com:

http://www.englishclub.com/esl-videos/lessons-from-romania/index.htm

Don't forget to put the subtitles on!

judy