Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Apakah kamu bicara bahasa Inggris?

Translation: Do you speak English?

I've started teaching English every morning at 8am to the people in the office. Well, it's more like me picking a topic for discussion and then facilitating that discussion. Most of the staff have pretty good reading/writing skills but need to improve their listening and speaking skills.

I pick an article from the internet and distribute it for them to read. The next day, we have a discussion about it. Yesterday's topic was Intel's plan to spend $30m to build a free wi-fi network in Banda Aceh. Today was about the Australian woman who was caught with 8kg of pot at the Bali airport, she's been sentenced to 20 years in jail in Indonesia. Tomorrow morning, we'll discuss food eating competitions - inspired by the recent Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Competition (49 dogs and buns in 12 minutes!!!)

Anyway, I need your help! If you come across a stimulating article (that is not too long) please email it to me! Thanks!

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