Ideas for 10/18: Language

Hello Everybody in C.I. class!  

This week we'll start our discussions of our next topic, Language.  Any presentations you'd like to give are welcome!!  Please just drop me a line by email or text or phone if you'd like to share a presentation on Language with us.  We had a lot of good ideas during our last class brainstorm, including:  

Poetry, "the flower of language"

Body Language 

Language Learning Tips

the History of a Word 

Bilingual Education 

Bilingual, Trilingual, etc. Speakers  

Sign Language (Taiwan's or other countries')  

the Origins of Writing 

Computer Languages 

Language Extinction 

Fun with Language: Jokes, Puns, Riddles, etc.  

an Introduction to French, or Japanese, or Welsh, or Atayal, or any other language!  

Language Families 

Translation 

Mother Tongue Education 

Linguistic Anthropology

"Colorful Language" (= Swearing!!)  

Language and the Brain

Secret Codes 

Oral History

Writing vs. Speaking 

2012-09-27 We're BACK!

Hello there! It's been more than 2 months since we updated our blog with new articles. Time slips away as usual but it's always happy to get back with old fellas and have a chance of meeting new friends!

It was the fourth class in this semester and our topic "history" was still hot. We've got so much to share and learn with each other.

Today, teacher Abbie led us to think of the positives and negatives of history. Here are the ideas from the class.

Positives:
History can help understand the background of people and places.
History is not just written down in books - it's real objects.
History is treasure of human beings, animals and the world.
Studying history helps enrich experience.
History helps us think of things more logically.

Negatives:
The past is over and don't dwell in the past.
Live for now and history repeats itself.
There is nothing new under the sun.
Life will find the way out.
History is not useful for my job and life.
Don't look back, look forward.
You can learn bad things from history.

As for me, life's just like what Abbie described - it's like a mirror reflects who you are, what you've done and where you've been to. We are all equal to have the chance to learn from good and bad experiences. We all get to learn from mistakes and deserve a second shot to make things better in the future. If we hold more thoughts on the positive side, we'll be able to make a better world and help people live better lives. At least help those who we love and those who love us.