Did you enjoy winter break?. updated 2012-01-04 09:30 utc [email protected] today's menu lwear your...

did you enjoy winter break?

updated 2012-01-04 09:30 utc [email protected] http://goh.kawai.com/

today's menu

wear your nametag greet your TAs review course schedule tell us about your winter break watch a preview of next year's class watch a movie watch slideshow


course schedule (1) 2012-01-05 thu1

start the new year with conversations 2012-01-11 wed[124] and 2012-01-12 thu1

Yuka gives a talk on her exchange student experience

2012-01-18 wed[124] and 2012-01-19 thu1 Yoshia gives a talk on his overseas

experiences we do sushi conversations


course schedule (2) 2012-01-25 wed[124] and 2012-01-26 thu1

final exam written review of what you should know no conversations

you must take the final if you miss the final, then see me for an

interview no final and no interview? you fail

don't let that happen!


how was your vacation?June Happy New Year, Mark!Mark Happy New Year to you too, June!June How was your vacation, Mark?Mark I went home to visit my parents and friends.

We ate a lot. Too much maybe. And you?June I spent Christmas and New Years here in

Sapporo. I went skiing! Mark Do you ski a lot, June?June This was my first time. I fell in love with skiing!


comment cards

write your ID in the top box come up with 3 questions ask your partner write his/her answers write his/her ID in the bottom box use 1 sheet per partner

you can ask the same questions ... but different questions are better


frontline

preview next year's class material

help me decide what next year's freshmen will learn


goh's teaching plan

each week, students will view several minutes of a video read the transcript answer questions

every several weeks, students will form their opinion discuss their conclusions


example activities

next year's freshmen might watch a video and answer questions such as the ones you are about to read

are these activities effective? you decide

you earn points for helping me teach


think about flying How important are these aspects of flying on an

airplane? Arrange in the order of importance. Cheap fares Experienced pilots Friendly service Meals Onboard entertainment On-time departures Well-maintained aircraft


watch part of the video


what did the video say? In what city did Continental Flight 3407 crash? How many people were killed in the crash?


watch the video again, and read this transcript if you need help

ANNOUNCER: Last week, the government presented its final report on the Buffalo crash of Continental 3407, the deadliest U.S. air accident in eight years.CLAY FOUSHEE, Congressional Investigator: It is the watershed accident. It's become the symbol of everything that's wrong with the industry.ANNOUNCER: The investigation focused on a major transformation in the airline industry.ROGER COHEN, Pres., Regional Airline Assn.: Today's regional airlines are really the backbone of the domestic network system.ANNOUNCER: Tonight on FRONTLINE, Correspondent Miles O'Brien journeys into the world of the regional airlines.JOHN PRATER, Pres., Air Line Pilots Assn.: The major airlines created the regional industry as a way of lowering costs.ANNOUNCER: -investigating the financial pressures-COREY HEISER, Colgan Pilot, 2005-'09: If we didn't move those airplanes, they didn't make any money.ANNOUNCER: -examining the experience of the pilots-MILES O'BRIEN, Correspondent: Boy, nine months, you were a captain?CHRIS WIKEN, Colgan Pilot, 2004-'08: Yeah.MILES O'BRIEN: That- that's- that's quick.CHRIS WIKEN: Almost scary, isn't it.ANNOUNCER: -and asking what government regulators knew.LORETTA ALKALAY, Fmr. Regional Counsel, FAA, 1987-'08: It was horrifying. I think anyone who read that file would have had the same questions that I had.ANNOUNCER: Tonight, FRONTLINE investigates how corners were cut on safety-BEN COATS, Colgan pilot, 2007-'08: I knew that this company was not playing by the rules and something bad is going to happen.ANNOUNCER: -and the risks of Flying Cheap.MILES O'BRIEN, Correspondent: [voice-over] It was February 12th, 2009. Inside air traffic control at Buffalo International, everything was running smoothly. Continental flight 3407 was on final approach from Newark. Then at 10:16, controllers suddenly lost contact with the crew.CONTROLLER: Delta 1988, look out your right side about five miles-MILES O'BRIEN: They scrambled to locate the plane.

a transcript is a written document of a spoken words

you have the first 2 pages out of a total of 10 pages of transcripts

you are watching the first 8 minutes out of a total of 56 minutes of video


what did the video say? How long did it take the person interviewed to

become a pilot for the regional airlines? According to the NTSB, how many performance

tests had Capt. Renslow failed? How much did the first officer of the flight make

during the year before the crash?


what is your opinion? What two ideas are the most feasible for improving

flight safety? Why? Should the government mandate these measures

or make them voluntary? Why?


give me your comments

help me help next year's freshmen send me your comments on glexa all answers are correct

every answer earns points be blunt!


wallace and gromit


slideshow

if there's time


one-stop website

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link to glexa course material (these slides) contact form


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