We are all excited about our English-teaching

TV programs for the year 2005. While

Studio Classroom is experiencing a lot of

changes, our Let’s Talk in English program

will stay refreshingly consistent. This year’s

co-hosts, Campbell Chang and Andrea

Brodersen, will continue for a second year.

Our scenario, set in Tampa, Florida, will also

continue and students will be happy to see the

same familiar, lovable cast back for 2005. We

are also adding an additional story line set in

Portland that will air one week per month.

ORTV’s English-Teaching TV Programs Get a New Look for 2005

A Review of October-December 2004

Christmas Greetings From All of Us at ORTV

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Our Studio Classroom program

will be different from previous

years in many ways. We have a

brand-new set and a completely

new format for the show. We also

have new hosts. Steve Marth and

Liz Archer will be joining veteran

host Vickie Pettis as our core

teaching team. Rachel Sawatzky

and Ken Lee will also do a daily

feature on the show. Please

pray for this team as they work

together, that they will develop

good on-screen chemistry with

each other and depend on

God’s strength for everything.

The English Corner is one of the newest ways that ORTV is using the Internet

to reach out to students. The English Corner is an electronic bulletin board that

was launched by ORTV in March 2004. The English Corner now has over 1,300

registered users and receives around 80,000 hits per month. Students log on to the

bulletin board and post questions about any topic. Our discussions cover almost

every life issue under the sun. This forum gives us the chance to reach out and

minister to students, offering words of encouragement and Godly advice that

they often don’t get anywhere else.

Julie Hartlé, who moderates the Studio Classroom forum, says, “The English Corner

is so fun! A lot of students are really honest about their lives. I try to help encourage them, and

they end up encouraging me right back! It’s

been a great way to get to know students and

to find out more about Taiwanese culture so

I can be a better minister to the students.”

The English Corner also allows our

students from all over the world to connect

with each other. And quite significantly,

students from mainland China and Taiwan

are starting to build friendships–a small,

but significant, step toward mutual

understanding and peace.

Log onto the English Corner yourself

to see how ORTV is helping minister to

today’s students. Maybe you would

post a message yourself!

Please pray for the TV hosts and TV crews of both programs as they work tirelessly to produce these daily programs. Pray that the Lord will use these programs to prepare people’s hearts to hear the Gospel. Please also pray that our programs will continue to reach vast numbers of people and their English will improve through our programs.

ORTV Reaches Out Through Online “English Corner”

Our Web team has

developed a new

interactive Web

content page for our

Advanced readers

which features

the Advanced

teachers giving

lesson synopses,

explanation and tips.

ORTV Reaches Out Through Online “English Corner”

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Vickie, Steve and Liz

Rachel and Ken

www.StudioClassroom.com/ecorner

New for Advanced

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● Amount needed to produce this product: NT$1,600,000.● Please pray for swift and smooth distribution of these storybooks. Pray that many non-believing parents will buy the books for their children. Also pray that the Lord will grant us a heart that loves and cares for the children who will use these storybooks.

Down-Island Christmas Rallies

From December 3 to 19, the Heavenly

Melody Singers and several Studio

Classroom teachers traveled to seven cities

around Taiwan spreading the Christmas

message. Producer Linda Yeh wrote a

musical called “Christmas: It’s All About

God,” which conveys what it means to

have God’s grace in our lives. Many seeds

were sown and souls saved. Please pray

that our outreach department and the

supporting churches will be able to do

effective follow-up work in the new year.

On average, we receive one or two requests a week to perform at schools. This is a great opportunity for us to present the Gospel message and teach English to junior and senior high school students around Taiwan.

NT$6/student is needed for follow-up.

Pray that the Lord will lead us to the schools He wants us to visit. Also pray that we can be sensitive to each student’s needs and convey God’s love to them.

ORTV Launches Children’s Character-Building Storybooks

Teaching young children about character

values is one of the most important things a

parent or teacher can do. ORTV hopes to play a

part in the character education of young Chinese

children by offering six storybooks released

in late November. The books are bilingual

and targeted toward children ages 5-9.

Producer Linda Yeh and her team based the six

books on true stories. Each book comes with an audio

CD and a CD-ROM, which has some basic animation

for the kids to watch. Young children were brought

into the ORTV studios to help record the English text.

One book, titled God’s Precious One, is

about a woman named May Hwang who

has cerebral palsy. The book teaches

children that each person is valuable.

ORTV hopes that both parents and teachers

will use the character-building storybooks.

Activities based around a character lesson

are provided at the end of each book.

“It’s exciting to be a part of this project,” said

Yeh. “Everyone has done a great job.”

ORTV Launches Children’s Character-Building Storybooks

Christmas Outreach

School RalliesChristmas Kids’ Club

Studio Classroom

teachers got up

early on December 26

to present the Christmas

message to 600 kids

ages 7-12. The theme

was “A Christmas Toy

Story,” and teachers

performed a short play

about toys in a toy store

that learned the real

meaning of Christmas.

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Responding to the need for trained

English teachers in the rural areas

of Taiwan, ORTV sent three foreign

teachers on an English-teaching

adventure! After two weeks of intense

cultural-introduction and language

training in the Taipei office, the teachers

set out for their respective areas.

Teachers Hope Klein and Charlotte

Oke are living in Yuli, just south of

Hualien. Marcus Robinson is living

in Chu-Shan, south of Taichung.

The teachers strive to provide quality

character education, encourage

teachers and motivate students in

these poor, rural areas of Taiwan.

Special classes are offered to students

who are financially unable to receive

a good education. Charlotte shares,

“I hope that through our work here

we can give the students greater

opportunities in the future and the

teachers greater confidence in their

English skill and teaching ability.”

ORTV Sends Teachers to Rural Areas of Taiwan

Charlotte Oke from

British Columbia,

Canada

Hope Klein (sister of

ORTV staff member

Amy Klein) from

Indianapolis, Indiana

Marcus Robinson from Los Angeles,

California

HEADQUARTERSP.O. Box 104-195 Taipei, Taiwan 104Tel: (886-2) 2533-8082Fax: (886-2) 2533-1009Letters@StudioClassroom.com

INTERNATIONAL OFFICESBeijing, ChinaOverseas Chinese Village 3-10-324 JianwaidajieBeijing, China 100022Tel: (86) 10-6515-0960Fax: (86) 10-6515-7096china@ortv.com

Singapore61 Tras St. Singapore 079000Tel: (65) 6325-4833Fax: (65) 6325-4855singapore@ortv.com

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3F, 302, Letter Box 24Wisma Methodist Lorong Hang Jebat, 50150 Kuala Lumpur, W. MalaysiaTel: (603) 2031-4990Fax: (603) 2078-5472malaysia@ortv.com

London, UK100 Kingsbury Rd. Kingsbury, London NW9 OAXTel: (44) 20-8200-8600Fax: (44) 20-8933-5066uk@ortv.com

If you would like to support the ministry of ORTV with a donation, please send your gift to the branch office in Arcadia, California, at the address below.

Arcadia, California, USA130 S. First Avenue Arcadia, CA 91006Tel: (1-626) 462-0880Fax: (1-626) 462-0008us@ortv.com

ORTV’s community English classes in North America have been

growing in number and popularity ever since they started in

May, 2001. Volunteer teachers use ORTV’s English materials to

teach Chinese immigrants in their area. As well as teaching English,

the teachers share the Gospel with the

students and invite them to church.

Most classes take place in the Los

Angeles area. There are 33 classes

there, with approximately 400 students

total. There are also a few classes in

Seattle, Texas and North Carolina.

Martha Beyer, a volunteer teacher

in the L.A. area, has been very

encouraged by her experiences in

this ministry. She says, “I have been blessed as I teach Asian

immigrants to speak English. The students are bright adults who

are eager to learn. My delight is to see their face and eyes grow

bright when they finally produce the correct pronunciation.”

Please continue to pray for this

ministry and the seeds of faith

that are sown in each class. If you

are interested in either helping

in an English class or starting

your own, please contact Susan

Cheng or Angela Wills in our

North American branch office.

ORTV Sends Teachers to Rural Areas of Taiwan

ORTV’s Community English Classes in North America

visit us at:WWW.ORTV.COM

PICTORIAL is published four times per year by Overseas Radio & Televi-sion, Inc. ORTV’s mission is to bring the gospel to Chinese people worldwide through mass media communications.Founders: Doris Brougham, Lee and Dorothy HaggertyExecutive Director: Simon Hung Editor: Doris Brougham Writers: Melissa Tan, Amy KleinArt Director: Jessie Kao Design and Layout: John Mark Derbyshire Photographer: Jeff Chao

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