5C - In Class, December 18

3C - In Class, Monday, December 18

Talk for two to three minutes about Vienna Week:

Who went to Vienna?
When did you go there?
How long did you stay?
How did you get to Vienna?
Where did you stay? Who did you stay with?  What was your room like?  What was the food like?
How did you travel around?

ADD LOTS OF DETAILS HERE:

What did you visit?
What did you see?

What was the highlight of the Vienna trip for you?

What's the point of Vienna Week?

9C - Homework for Monday, December 18

Here's a TED Talk on the future of work.  Keep checking back for links to other topics you may see on the Schularbeit on December 21! (and if you find anything good about globalization, hurricanes, ecotourism or outsourcing, please leave the link in the comments!)

Here's a video on ecotourism focusing on success stories from Africa, the Arctic, and Iran:

9C - Lehrstoff for Schularbeit, Thursday, December 21

FORMAT:  TWO HOURS

EXPECT:
A listening section
A reading section
A writing section

TEXT TYPES
Article
Blog Entry
Blog Comment
Report
Email
Letter (includes letter of complaint)
Summary

TOPICS
Globalization (advantages/disadvantages, be able to connect the dots with hurricanes, global warming, tourism, English, and world of work)
Hurricanes (causes, consequences, knock-on effect, connection with global warming)
Global Warming (causes, connections to tourism, effects on tourism in Austria)
Tourism (types of tourism, effects of tourism - cultural, economic, environmental,
World of work
Teaching English without Teaching English
Flipping the Classroom

3C - Flipping the Classroom

In the lesson on Wednesday, we talked about "flipping the classroom".  The idea is that students watch videos and prepare at home, and in school they do the actual work (instead of the other way around.  What do you think? Is it a good idea or a bad idea? Why?

Leave a message in the comments.  The best comments will be posted to the blog!

1C - Blog Comment 1: Krampus or Nikolo?

HW 1:  Blog Comment:  Write a comment/or question about Krampus.  Make sure you put your name on your comment.  The best comments will be published to the blog! (write at least 80 words)

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We don't have Krampus in the United States, but we do have St. Nicholas (good old St. Nick, Santa Claus).  I think Krampus is a crazy tradition:  people running around in devil suits and masks with giant jingle bells on their belt, terrorizing villages? No thank you!  Is it true that he carries off naughty children in his basket, or pounds their toes with a hammer?  In the U.S. naughty children just get coal in their stockings. 

What do you think about Krampus? Is he scary or cool? Why?  Tell me about your Krampus experience!  And do you have any questions for me about Christmas traditions in the United States?  Leave your questions and comments below!