EEE Week12 Assignment - 2012103007 김정현

We can using the word ‘respond’ when we make a return by some action as if in answer. Likewise, the word of ‘reply’ could use answer in words or to make answer in word or writing. These two words ‘respond’ and ‘reply’ were have something in common in meaning. However, these two words have some differences in usage, using formed. We can find differences in these words, I examined 100 KWIC concordance lines from The Corpus of Contemporary American English word. The most popular using phrase was [subject(noun/pronoun)]to respond [object/adh (Davies, 2008-). This technique revealed typical phrases in which the expressions “respond” and “reply” usually occur.

The word respond is more often related to the some action as if in answer and the respond more often using in writing, academic verb]. The word respond using with phrase was [preposition] respond to [object/adverb]. We can find similar thing that respond often shows about someone action or answer to something in situations. However, the word reply is different to position ‘to’ with respond. For example in the sample phrase “reply to my posting”, “reply to this letter”. The reply used with ‘to’ and it was position the end of sentence.

Respond takes a preposition behind respond like ‘respond to’, ‘respond with’. Over 30 of the example concordance lines appeared in the form “respond to” and another 5 were in the phrase “respond with”. The other concordance lines appeared in the form “respond and”, “respond by”. Reply, over 15 of the example concordance lines determiner before reply. The many phrases were in auxiliary verb before reply. For example, “how do you reply to that?”, “I’ll reply to question”. Both these words reply and respond usage with phrases respond [to] and reply [to]. Both words are using with preposition ‘to’ behind the word.

The corpus shows many differences in the word between reply and respond. When we confused in writing and speaking structure in English, through corpus program, we can assort these two words usage.

Reference:

Davies, Mark. (2008-) The Corpus of Contemporary American English: 450 million words, 1990-present. Available online at http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/.

Absolute evaluation or Relative evaluation

Absolute evaluation or Relative evaluation

Introduction

My survey title was “Absolute evaluation or Relative evaluation”. The reason why I choose this title was the college scholastic ability test will be change absolute evaluation after several years. Therefore, most students, school parent, teacher were into this evaluation change. Through this survey, (1)investigate the college students’ opinion to absolute evaluation. (2) The respondents degree of evaluation method change relative evaluation to absolute evaluation.

Method

This survey was composed 14 questions. The 4 questions included about respondents information, 4 questions included investigate degree of concern in English and evaluation, and the rest 6 question included an observation about absolute evaluation. It was hypothesized that the college students, especially, preliminary teacher, would agree with the evaluation method will be change relative to absolute evaluation. Furthermore, based on the conclusion of survey we could evaluate to ‘Absolute evaluation’ view objectively.

Information of respondents

The survey respondents total is 3. The three person participate in this survey. Two person was male, another one person was female. The age of respondents were one person 22 years old, another person is 23 years old. All respondents were students and all of their major in English education.

Investigate degree of concern in English and evaluation

In this part, there was 4 questions about investigate degree of concern in English and evaluation. First, the degree of concern was positive. The two people degree of concern 3 point in 1 to 5 point. (5 point is very interested in English education) Another one person given 5 point this questions. In addition, the importance of evaluation method gives equally 3,4,5 point. The important thing was the respondents 67%, evaluated by relative evaluation. Only one person (33%) evaluated by absolute evaluation. Furthermore, most of respondents were satisfied their evaluation. The 67% people given 3 points.

Observation about absolute evaluation

The interest thing this part, most of respondents were already knew well absolute evaluation. The questions what advantage absolute evaluation, one person answer “It is clear, fare, and literally absolute. No questions about the grades”, and other respondents’ also alike responses. However, disadvantage answer was difference. One respondent answer this question, “It can split the students according just with the numbers given to students, ignoring other kinds of potentiality of the students.” On the other hand, another respondent answered “It can decrease of whole English level”. Heretofore, the questions were focused on opinion about the absolute evaluation of respondents. However, the rest questions ask to respondents’ absolute evaluation directly. The interest thing was most respondents responded to negatively about absolute evaluation. The absolute evaluation’s effected of four part (English ability, private education, motivation of students, qualitative evaluation), most respondents negative responded. In most of part, they were responded it will be no effect.

Conclusion

Interestingly, in the last question, reveal the responses were the reversal. The question was agreed with the evaluation change relative to absolute. In the before above questions, respondents were responded negatively about absolute evaluation. However, the 66% of the people responded more 5 points on a 8 point likert scale in the degree of change method to evaluation because they was all student now, from the standpoint of students, they choose absolute evaluation was more effect to themselves.

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Learn the poem through “Fire and Ice”

Learn the poem through “Fire and Ice”

Junghyun Kim

“Fire and Ice” is deal with two things that human’s philosophical meditation to desire and hate of human. When the first time you saw this poem, it was a difficult to understand meaning of poem. However, this poem receives a favorable evaluation as three preliminary teacher select suitable to teach to high school students. They choose this poem and they blogged about it. According to their blogs, the reason of this poem appropriate material to teach high school students is this poem is simple and short. Furthermore, it could help students struggle with meaning.

The bloggers have a one in common. The “Fire and Ice” is simple and short. Kyeong Ho Jeon point out that this poem is simple and short so, students learn English more essay. He says that short and clear sentence is strength to teaching because, simple and clear have powerful meaning (2014.10.11). In addition, he writes, “simple is the best” and “The writer expresses exactly what he/she want to tell people”  (Jeon,2014.10.11). Also, Jeong Rae Kim say that this poem appropriate material to teach because It is not long poem (2014.10.18). He writes, “The length of poem is not long and the vocabulary is not difficult. So, Students could study poem with tranquil heart”  (Kim,2014.10.08). According to both bloggers, we may agree with them that simple and sort poem could help to students learned poem.

Bloggers makes another point that is this poem have implicative meaning. According to Cheongjun Ji, implicative meaning of this poem will be able to draw a student’s thinking. He writes, “they struggle with meaning to get the poem” and “that’s going to be good study stuff for raising their ability to think” (Ji,2013.10.15). Kim agrees that this poem draw students thinking. He writes, “It not only gives a good idea for consideration but also easy and could reduce the repulsion of poem” (Kim,2014.10.11). Furthermore, Jeon also talk about this poem’s meaning. He says that this poem “has hidden strong messages” and it is “good for high school students to learn for their lives”, he focuses on this poem’s messages.

In summary, all of bloggers agree that “Fire and ice” is appropriate material to teach of the poem to high school students because through this poem, students can not only learn easy to poem but also they struggle with meaning thereby they could learn a lot of from the poem.

References:

    Ji, Cheongjun (2013.10.15) “Elt and Essay homework // Ice and fire” [Web Log Post] Retrieved from http://qlcnlss.blogspot.kr/.

Kim, Jeong Rea (2014.10.18) “Recommendable Poem (EEE Week 5 Assignment)”[Web Log Post] Retrieved from http://jeongrae.blogspot.kr/

 Kyeong Ho Jeon (2014.10.11) Untitle [Web Log Post]  Retrieved from http://keynote4.blogspot.kr/

The hidden power of words.

The hidden power of  words.

Junghyun kim

What does it means about “Fire and Ice”? It does mean just contrasting of two words “Fire and ice”? The general means “fire” is burn something and “Ice” means frozen water. It is same meaning of this poem?

We reading this poem, we are able to think about two words that “fire and ice.” In this poem, we think about human’s philosophical meditation to desire and hate of human. Therefore, we can learn and comprehend the opinion of writer.

This poem starts with an expression like “some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice”. What does it means the “world will end in fire and ice”? If as it is interpreted literally meaning, the earth could burn in the fire. Also if the world will the end of ice, It is meaning to come to the second glacial epoch but as you know that was not hidden meaning. The two words have implied meaning. In this regard, the first line reveal human’s thinking about destruct of world. In this line, the important thing is writer is does not talking the power of fire or ice. Taken as a whole poem, meaning of fire is ‘desire’ and ice is ‘hate’. The important subject is human’s desire and hate. The reason writer related the end of world and human’s desire was goes to show what a formidable thing. Human’s desire has a power as the end of the world.

The general characteristics of poem are metaphor and a simile. Similarly, also this poem using metaphorical expression. It the best feature of this poem. That’s interesting, human’s desire as destructed the world but, the “ice” and “fire” is very simple thing. Is there interesting between these two words meaning. The writer deal with wide subject “the end of the world” but, it was written down by just a few sentence in poem. That is interest things. Through poetic expression in poem make meaning maximize to using conflict of expression. This metaphorical and implicative because characteristic of poem. The aims of the poem were expressed short and simple to many parts.

We could learn a lot form the poem. Above all, we could understand the implicit meaning by studying poem. Especially, “Fire and ice” is more harder understanding,but it’s more helpful to study literature. The advantage of the poem “Fire and ice”, It make our to head work about literary thinking.As a result, It is worth to teach to high school students enough.