Manila Internship: consistency (w5)

Kamusta Readers,

While last week was the most off beat week, this week was the most consistent.  The consistency reminded me that I do have limits (diba?).  By Friday evening I was brain-dead, nonetheless, an awesome week full of insights.

In ESL Practicum, we did a speaking exercise, called J.A.M. ( Just A Minute ), and a rationale behind the articles ( "For A While," "The King's English and I," "Globish," and "Wronging English" ) includes awareness ( of code-switching, colloquialism, cultural criticism, politics, puns, transliteration, et. al. ) and other attitudes and backgrounds important in learning a language.  We reviewed different Reading Strategies as well.

Director N and I discussed possible reasons for a disconnect that happened between students' listening to direction and completing class task; I suggested delaying information to improve student focus.  Another revelation occurred during a peer review exercise.  I was working with Student R when I realized how when I was voicing agreement, I was very explicit, but if I were to voice disagreement, I would imply through questions ( politeness in order to avoid confrontation? ).

In the office, the Library Project went by faster with music in the background.  Secretary V and I also discussed various administrative tasks, such as data analysis, logistics, and public relations.  I was reminded of the table function in Word, which emphasizes user-friendliness while avoiding redundancy.  Project Data Gathering has been revised.  My updated task involves a lesson in Philippine geography ( locating participants' school and type ).  Trend analysis will be done by Project Manager M et. al.

I added the revision suggestions for my UbD article and submitted it.  Director N also told me that my comments for Writer P's article overlapped/shared similarities with Project Manager M's concerns.  We're a bit short on article submissions, so Director N told me to re-review the first 2 UbD articles submitted, and make general comments for further development. 

On a different publication, Runner J and I went over his abstract, chapter 1, and chapter 2.  We have a system of underlining, highlighting, and asking questions  ( An advantage of an editor outside the field is the type of questions that arise; nothing, not even insider's basic knowledge is taken for granted ).