Dear Aiden:
Sorry for late to write my self-evaluation for
self-defense on campus.
I send my self-defense on campus to you again.
But the file is too huge so I send it for two mails.
If you still can't get my file, please tell me.
Thank you.
Irene

Listen to Grace read 'Self-defense on Campus'.

Tell us what you think.

Aiden

Frances' record of self-defense on campus.

Give it a listen!

Chloe's reading of self-defense on campus. Give it a listen and tell us what you think. The objective of this acitivity is to practice reading with emotions. Feedback is welcome.

Gwen's reading of Self-defense on campus. Give it a listen and tell us what you think. The objective of this acitivity is to practice reading with emotions. Feedback is welcome.

Karen Hung's reading of self-defense on campus. Give it a listen and tell us what you think. The objective of this acitivity is to practice reading with emotions. Feedback is welcome.

Sophia's reading of self-defense campus. Give it a listen and tell us what you think. The objective of this acitivity is to practice reading with emotions. Feedback is welcome.

Evelyn's reading of self-defense campus. Give it a listen and tell us what you think. The objective of this acitivity is to practice reading with emotions. Feedback is welcome.

Kelly's reading of Self-defense on Campus. Give it a listen and tell us what you think. The objective of this acitivity is to practice reading with emotions. Feedback is welcome.

Jass's reading of Self-defense on Campus. Give it a listen and tell us what you think. The objective of this acitivity is to practice reading with emotions. Feedback is welcome.

Kate's reading of Self Defense on Campus. Give it a listen and tell us what you think. The objective of this acitivity is to practice reading with emotions. Feedback is welcome.

Ariel's reading of Self-defense on Campus. Give it a listen and tell us what you think. The objective of this acitivity is to practice reading with emotions. Feedback is welcome.

Aiden

Carol's Reading of Self-defense on campus. Give it a listen and tell us what you think. The objective of this acitivity is to practice reading with emotions. Feedback is welcome.

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Or go to Gary's podcast site and read more about the clues, click This podcast was produced by Gary Harwell of Nightschool podcast for ESL. His first show is quite interesting and it gives listeners, specially ESL/EFL students. The show offers music and a good story that makes you think. There's a question posted at the end of the story where you will guess who committed a crime?

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If you're able to guess the right answer, please let us know. If you didn't get it right, we also want to hear from you. Send us a comment, either audio or written at http://aidenyeh.podomatic.com/

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Listen to Oliver's self-evaluation on her informative speech presentation.

listen to Oliver's constructive criticisms on students' presentation (2nd batch)

Listen to Sophia's self-evaluation on final presentation

Listen to Evelyn's informative speech on Pregnancy Counseling Program in Taiwan.

Only the audio is uploaded here because the powerpoint contains a lot of blank slides.

Total running time is 6 min. 39 secs.

Listen to Karen Yeh's self-evaluation on her informative speech presentation.

Comments are welcome.

Listen to Brian's Impromptu Speech on Credit card

Listen to Karen Hung's self-evaluation on Informative Speech

Please provide your comments (good and bad (if any) ) to the informative speeches that you have heard (and seen) last week, January 5, 2005. You could either post your comments to http://aidenyeh.podomatic. com (written and/or audio).

Here's a list of the 12 students who presented last week:

1) Oliver, Obsessive Compulsive disorder
2) Vicky, Tiffany
3) Karen Yeh, Japanese Samurai
4) Frances, Herbal Tea
5) Grace, Astrology in Europe
6) Peggy Hung, Online Shopping
7) Caroline, Globalization
8) Evelyn, Pregnancy Counseling Program
9) Kate, Chocolate
10) Karen Hung, Lemon
11) Honey, Grow up Ceremony
12) Gwen, Perfume

I look forward to reading your comments.

Powerpoint presentations and speech transcripts will be published online as soon as I receive the files on Thursday.

aiden

Maya's self-evaluation on credit-card speech.

Maya's speech on suicide rate.

Evelyn's impromptu speech on credit card

Listen to Evelyn's impromptu speech on credit card

Daf: Hi Aiden, I was just checking your podomatic blog, and it really rocks. Congratulations to you and your students
aiden yeh: thanks
aiden yeh: i'll pass on your message to them
aiden yeh: i'm sure they'd be delighted
Daf: yes, please do
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This site was primarily created for my students. I see that there's a lot of potentials in using this tool specially in enhancing their oral speeches. We had some challenges here and there but so far I think we're getting there. Way to go guys and keep up the good work.

aiden

listen to sophia's self-evaluation

Listen to Vicki's self-evaluation on her suicide speech.

Grace's impromptu speeches on credit card

Listen to what Vincent has to say.

Listen to Vincent's first try on podcasting.

Listen to Irene's speech on suicide.

Listen to Irene's self-evaluation of her speech on credit card

Listen to Irene's self-evaluation on her poetry reading.

Listen to Sophia's self-evaluation on credit card.

Listen to Sophia's impromptu speech on suicide rate.

Listen to Kelly's self- evaluation on her poetry reading.

Dear Aiden:

Sorry I sent my poem-_eval to both of your email, because I am afraid that you will miss it.

Kelly YE3B 1094100078

please let me know if you receive my file!
thank you very much

Listen to Carol's impromptu speech on suicide.

Listen to Karen Hung's self-evaluation on suicide speech

Listen to Karen Hung's speech on credit card

Hello! Aiden: as title. This is my self-eval. If you got the mail, please check it out and let me know. Thanks a lot!

Kelly's speech on suicide.

Dear Aiden,

it's me again,
i couldn't send this file to aidenyeh@podomatic.com ,
couldn't make it.
so i send it here,
SORRY AGAIN!!!!!!

Oliver

Listen to Oliver's speech on suicide.

Linda's speech

Linda Chang
1094100062

This is Frances' speech on suicde. I'm sorry about being so late.

I enjoyed the poem that Karen Yeh read in class, 10 things I hate about you. I guess, I'm a hopelessly romantic person, and I think I'm still trying to hold on to the years when there was so much passion and the feelings of love and hate were so overhwelming. There's still passion in my life but the security of marriage somehow strips some of the excitement away. I think many of you who are in love may feel the same way, too. Do you?

Dear aiden:

This is Lillian's speech of "suicide rate on the rise".(YE3B)

sincerely,
Lillian

Listen to Gwen's speech on Suicide

Listen to vicki's speech on depression

Kenneth- reading the poem 'Incident'

Listen to Michelle's speech on Credit Cards

Dear Aiden
This is my poem-recording file. I read the pome "Fire and Ice." I hope this time I can succeed in uploading file. If you receive my file, please sent e-mail to me, thank you.

dear aiden:
this is the poem "virtue" from UE3B Flora, i transfer the file to be the mp3 file. after you receive the file, could you resend it to me? thank you!

flora

hi, I'm Matt. This is my mp3 file about the credit card, to ditch or not to ditch.

Hi, I'm Matt. This is my mp3 file about the suicide rates on the rise.

Dear Aiden
This is Penny Huang's reading a poem "the road not taken"by Robert Frost. I have tried many times to upload my file to podomatic.com but it doesn't work!! I hope this time you can receive my file without any difficulty. sorry and thank you for your help!!

p.s.
Penny, your file was truncated.

1092200116
Dear Aiden,
This is Britney. and this is mp3 file about the poem: winter by William Shakespeare.

1092200116
Dear Aiden,
I'm Britney and this is my file.

hello Aiden:this is credit card speech. My self-evaluation. Please check it out thanks.

UE3B Vero 1092200076
Dear Aiden:
I am Vero, and this is the mp3 file about the "Suside rates on the rise, says forum."

Hello Aidenyeh. This is my poem record. I read the poem The Eagle.

Dear Aiden,
This is Doris'.
The poem is "How Do I Love Thee" by Elizabeth Barret Browning.

Dear Ms. aiden:

I am Lillian(YE3B),
Here is my self-eval on ditch or not to ditch a credit card.

sincerely,
Lillian

This is the poem called " Do not stand by my grave and weep" from UE3B Daniel.

Dear Aiden,
This is Doris' file just as the subject.

Dear Aiden: I am so sorry that I sent those unsuccessfully.
Please check out this one, thanks a lot.

This is Rita Hsu from UE3B. It's my poem record file.
if this file still can't work, please let me know.

Hello, Ms. Aiden
About my uploaded poem-recording file, when I listen to it online, I find it is not my poem-recording file but my speech-recording file. So I upload poem-recording file again and so well as sent these two files to your another mailbox a"idenyeh@yahoo.com" to ensure that I can really get my files.

Dear Aiden:

It's Edison Lin from UE3B.

This attached file is the assignment of reading poem.

I chose to read "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" which is written by Robert Frost.

Thank you for your listening.

Could you contact with me by emailing as soon as you receive the mail.

Thank you very much.

Hello, Ms. Aiden
I am Vincent. This is my poem-recording file. I read the pome, Much Madness is divinest Sense by Emily Dickinson. If you receive it, please inform me.
Thank you. ^ ^

Dear Aiden:
I am Vero. I recorded the file before but it did not show on the list. I record another one. And this is another record "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost.

UE3B 1092200076
I am Vero and I read the poem "I never saw a Moor" by Emily Dickinson.

I am Fisher from UE3B, this is my record on reading a poem, "Dust of Snow", by Robert Frost.

Aiden's Feedback on Karen Yeh's speech on suicide

Listen to Aiden's feedback on Caroline's self-eval

Dear Aiden:
I am Jessica from UE3B. I've already changed my wav files into mp3.
Could you check it ? Because I don't know whether it can work or not.
The poem is called "I never saw a Moor" by Emily Dickinson.

From Taipei Times:

Civic groups attending a forum for depression and suicide prevention warned yesterday that the nation's suicide rate has risen dramatically over the past decade, and that it is often closely linked to depression. They also noted that suicide was ranked ninth in the nation's top 10 causes of death last year.

Click here to read the full version. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/12/12/2003284057

Think of the following questions:
1. What can the government do about this problem?

2. What is your opinion about the use of the Internet as a probable cause of Taiwanese youths' depression and suicide?

Post your impromptu speech to http://aidenyeh.podomatic.com

Listen to Caroline's Impromptu Speech on to ditch or not to ditch credit cards

Dear Aiden,
I don't think the previous one worked...
so i re-recorded it....plz check it out!!

Caroline

Dear Aiden,

Again...the last one didn't work!!
i think i've got some problems of online recording...
because every time i press preview...all i hear is my previous recordings....
reali weird......

Caroline

Listen to Karen Yeh's impromptu speech on suicide.

Dear teacher Aiden:
Listen to Kelly's self-eval.
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Please find the attached self-eval of 12/8 impromptu speech.

Thank you!!

YE3B Kelly 1094100078
12/14/05

Watch and listen to Oliver's impromptu speech on 'To ditch or not to ditch credit cards.' Do you agree with her? Tell us what you think. Click the link to watch, http://grouper.com/GlobalMedia/Preview.ashx?id=115308&c=1

Listen to Karen Yeh's Impromptu on Credt Card (re-upload). Tell us what you think!

Listen to Peggy's impromptu speech on ditching crediting cards. Send us your comments.

Thanks!

Peggy's message below:

Dear Aiden,
I don't know why I can't browse grouper..
I tried many times in these days...
anyway.. this is my impromtu speech.
check it out! thank you
Peggy

1. Impromptu Speech Videos

For those who have done their impromptu speeches in class last Thursday, 12-8-2005, you are required to do a self-evaluation based on how you have performed. You need to watch your own impromptu speech video and post an audio comment on our Speech class podcast at http://aidenyeh.podomatic.com/ Your self-evals will be sent to my podcast email address at aidenyeh@podomatic.com You could record your self-_eval using other mp3 audio recorders and send the file to the podomatic email address.

Let me know if you have already downloaded your videos from Grouper. You NEED to join this group to make the sharing of videos faster and more efficiently. To join Grouper, click this invitation link
http://grouper.com/GroupProfiles/Request_Invite/?id=186109

Our Grouper's Mainpage is available at
http://grouper.com//GroupProfiles/?id=186109 (Only 7 have joined, where are the rest?)

Your self-evaluation is a required task. There are no right or wrong answers on your evals; what is being graded here is your effort to critically reflect on your presentation (both orally and quality of content).

2. Those who still have not done any impromptu speeches, you don't have a single grade yet on my grading sheet. To make up for this, post your impromptu speeches on either Credit card or Fish issues to our podomatic page at http://aidenyeh.podomatic.com/ Your work and effort will be graded.

You need to show me that you deserve the grade by participating in class activities (in-class or online). The online activities will make up for your class participation- which unfortunately, many of you are not doing so well.

I hope that I have made myself clear. Please consider this as a special message to remind you that you are responsible for your grade. How you perform in this class is measured by what you have done in this class.

Send me an email if you have any questions.

Aiden Yeh

Click on the play icon to listen tom Elizabeth's message.

Hi Daf & Aiden
I hear a little buzz from the processor on this recording, but I think I am getting the mix better each time.
It is a friendly interface, isn't it?
---Elizabeth

Hi Elizabeth,

I created a video intruction on posting audio comments online here on podomatic. It's available on my blog, click this url, http://yehoyeh.blogspot.com/

Give it a try!

aiden

I'm forwarding Elizabeth's audio comment on using this tool in Listening & Speaking class.

I wonder what you (my students) have to say about this?

aiden

To students in my Speech class,

As some of you may have already seen, there are a few exchanges of audio comments made on our speech class podcast at http://aidenyeh.podomatic.com/entry/2005-12-09T19_15_58-08_00

The two people who have made their audio comments are Prof. Dafne Gonzales from Caracas, Venezuela and the other is Prof. Emeritus of California State University in Sacramento. Dafne and Elizabeth are good friends of mine and they have agreed to join our podcast. They will reply to your audio comments. In other words, there will be an authentic exchange of messages. You have your real audiences now. So, it is not simply 'US' but it is about getting your messages and opinions across continents. I'm inviting you to take this opportunity to expand your learning experiences.

I hope that you will give it (posting your audio comments/extemporaneous speeeches online).

To leave an audio comment, on the right column, click on "leave comments online" link. A new page will appear. Click on 'record' and click 'send' once you're done. All you need is a microphone.

There's a new message from Elizabeth coming in as I type this message.

I'll forward her message to our podcast so you could listen to it, too. Send her a message if you wish!

Cheers,

Aiden Yeh

dearest dafne,

many thanks for your email and thank you for sharing your students' experiences on using blogs and audacity. I agree- converting audio files and uploading them on a server is quite overwheliming specially to those who are not really computer savvy. Podomatic is surely better and I hope that must students will start using it.

I am posting your audio comment to my podomatic so my students could listen to it too. This way, they will feel that there's a purpose to sending audio comments.

Hugs,

aiden

Hi Elizabeth,

Your audio file (comment) was sent to my podcast email address. I'm forwarding it to my class's podcast site so my students could listen to it, too. The recording was truncated (both in the beginning and end). You were saying something about using
ATM and managing money.

Thanks anyway. I hope that you could drop by our site often. I'm sure my students would love to listen to what you have to say

Aiden

Go to CBS News link, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/02/eveningnews/main1094955.shtml, 'Digging out of Debt'. Watch the news (or read the transcript). This should help you in deciding on your argument, To ditch or not to ditch credit cards. Listen to my podcast to know more.

To post your short speech online, click on 'Click here to record comments online'. Your speeches will be uploaded right away.

I hope that those students who were not able to do their impromptu speeches in class will take this opportunity to share with us your opinion on this topic. Those who already did speeches in class, you are more than welcome to do it again online

I look forward to listening to your speeches!

Aiden Yeh

Go to CBS News link, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/02/eveningnews/main1094955.shtml, 'Digging out of Debt'. Watch the news (or read the transcript). This should help you in deciding on your argument, To ditch or not to ditch credit cards. Listen to my podcast to know more.

To post your short speech online, click on 'Click here to record comments online'. Your speeches will be uploaded right away.

I hope that those students who were not able to do their impromptu speeches in class will take this opportunity to share with us your opinion on this topic. Those who already did speeches in class, you are more than welcome to do it again online

I look forward to listening to your speeches!

Aiden Yeh