8th Question

Where is the best place where you've been?

Last year, I joined the English teachers training program in Canada. We stayed in Toronto for a month and we traveled on weekends and for about a week after finishing the program. The days I had spent there were fantastic. We enjoyed wonderful scenary and diversity caused by multiculturalism of Canada. I really want to visit there again some day.

7th Question

How do you get rid of your stress?

Last week, I felt so tired and exhausted. I think that was because we had a lot of presentations to do and I ran out of my energy. So, as , I took an enough rest, watched a movie , drove to the suburb and enjoyed the smell of plants and wild flowers, and enjoyed beer with my husband during last weekend so as to be refreshed . Now, I feel a little better. When I feel stressed, I do that. How about you?

6th Question

What do you usually do during your vacation?

On vacation, I usually visit my parents' house in Kyeongbuk and stay there for about a week. Next to it, there is a stream, so I take my kids there with something to eat. They swim and play there until the evening almost every day. Sometimes we have 'Samgyeosal'(baked pork) in the beach. My kids, therefore, are looking forward to having a summer vacation fast. However, I'm not sure whether they can go there or not without me.

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5th Question

We have 4 weeks left before we go to America.
What do you want to do there? Why?

I want to know the town where I stay, so I will tour there after school. It will also be helpful for my English because I can hear English everywhere outside the class and get more chances to practice it. Last year, I participated in the training course in Canada. There, after school, we toured one place of the city every day . Now when I review that time, the happy memory comes up in my mind first.

4th Question

My daughter is in the 3rd grade in the elementary school. She had learned English at home through Teunteun English and then with me. After I joined this program, she has been studying English at the private institute.
Nowadays I'm very sorry for her because she has had tons of homework from that institute. So, I'm not sure it's a good way or not to let her go to the private institute in terms of time, money, and the effect. Studying at home has some bad points: pronunciation and short of writing practice, but going to the private institute also has them: time consumption and lots of homework .

Based on your experience, what ways do you recommend for children to learn Enlish?

3rd Question

After finishing visa interview yesterday, I went to Cheonggaechuon with Sunny and Gracie(my roomy) and walked around it for about an hour. When I saw it on TV, it looked very beautiful and refreshing place. However, I was disappointed at it after I visited there. It is surrounded with cement walls and
sidewalks, smells pungent, and has just a little grass and no place to take a rest. It is extremely artificial. Making it has historical value, however, I heard municipal authorities of Seoul spend millions of money a month in letting its water not go bad. Where has national taxes been gone ???

President MBL has plans to make a "big canal".
What do you think of it? Why?

2nd Question

Do you like to cook for your family?
What kinds of food do you cook?

Did you enjoy your weekend?
I had a comfortable weekend with my family just at home.
Because I can't take care of my children during the weekdays,
I try to cook special food for them on weekends.
This afternoon, I cooked Kimchijeon for them.
I think it was so-so, but my family enjoyed it.
Cooking is sometimes bothersome, but
watching them eating the food what I made is my pleasure.

Hi, everyone!
The second session began!
I hope all of us are happy, healthy and do well in this session!
Go go!!!

About the second session

1st Question
Did you make any new plan when the second session began? If so, what are your plans?
In the first session, I decided to do my best to develop my English skills and made many plans such as reading some articles of "Chicken soup for the soul" and newspapers every day, writing a journal a day, Listening to EBS radio programs every morning and so on. However, as time goes by, it wasn't easy to execute them because we had a lot of homework and I felt exhaused. I don't think I was improved a lot. So, in the beginning of this session, I created new plans: reading an editorial every day, reviewing what I learns and listening to three to five listening materials.
How about you?