Monday, 8 June 2009

Fire ze missiles...

On nukes: the end of the world

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end

Monday, 25 May 2009

UKOK! Presentations [updated] | VT – 08/09

Week 4 – Monday 11 May 2009
1. Rowdy de Graaf
2. Debby Hidma
3. Florian Verbeek

Study Week – Monday 18 May 2009
1. Nina van Buuren

Week 5 – Monday 25 May 2009
1. Ottelien Sebus
2. Tom van den Bergh
3. Ariane Bergsma

Week 7 – Monday 8 June 2009

1. Gert van der Stelt
2. Niels Veenstra
3. Arne Wierda
4. Thomas van den Berg
5. Tania Jacobs
6. David Sportel
7. Ellis Paas

Projects presentations
1. Florian, Rowdy, (Lisanne)
2. Ottelien, Cristle, Nina
3. Arne, Thomas, Gert, Niels, Debby

Week 8 - Monday 15 June 2009

1. Lisanne Fagel
2. Cristle Raghunath
3. Simone van Dongen
4. Renate Oostra
5. Merel Boegheim
6. Manon Schrievers

Project presentations
1. Merel, Ally, Ellis, David
2. Renate, Simone, Manon, Tom

Monday, 18 May 2009

Project Presentation Schedule

UKOK! Project presentations | VT – 08/09

Week 7 – Monday 8 June 2009
1. Florian, Rowdy, (Lisanne)
2. Ottelien, Cristle, Nina
3. Arne, Thomas, Geert, Niels, Debby


Week 8 – Monday 15 June 2009
1. Merel, Ally, Ellis, David
2. Renate, Simone, Manon, Tom

Monday, 11 May 2009

Header lay-out feature article

Dutch "ex-Muslim" lawmaker to be investigated over alleged anti-Islamic remarks
By YOUR NAME
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (HU) _ The Dutch public prosecutor's office said Monday it will investigate complaints against a Somali-born woman newly elected to parliament who was quoted as calling the prophet Mohammed a tyrant.

Story Forms

hourglass story
http://www.chspaonline.org/pdfs/lessonplans/Basic%20News%20Shapes.pdf

five boxes story
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=52&aid=11486

Monday, 20 April 2009

Speaker's corner schedule

UKOK! Speaker’s Corner | VT – 08/09

Week 4 – Monday 11 May 2009
1. Rowdy de Graaf
2. Debby Hidma
3. Florian Verbeek

Study Week – Monday 18 May 2009
1. Lisanne Fagel
2. Ellis Paas
3. Ariane Bergsma
4. Nina van Buuren
5. Cristle Raghunath
6. David Sportel

Week 5 – Monday 25 May 2009
1. Ottelien Sebus
2. Tom van den Bergh
3. Simone van Dongen
4. Renate Oostra
5. Merel Boegheim
6. Manon Schrievers

Week 7 – Monday 8 June 2009
1. Gert van der Stelt
2. Niels Veenstra
3. Arne Wierda
4. Thomas van den Berg
5. Tania Jacobs

Blog entry example

***EXAMPLE FORMAT***

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/apr/18/hillsborough-anniversary-sun-newspaper

Summary:
"The newspaper, which has a circulation of more than 3m nationally" (AUTHOR).
Background story - why now - tell about the memorial.

Comment:
Insightful opinion on UK culture and society

Tuesday, 14 April 2009

Welcome 1C

Dear students,

Unfortunately, we haven't been able to meet in person yet this week. If I'm right, Kate is talking to you as we speak, explaining to you how you need to set up your own blog and get started for next week. She'll also briefly touch on the idea of the speaker's corner and most importantly your projects.

As you can see, my blog is still set to last block - with students from the minor. Throughout this week I'll slowly start adding you guys to my list, but for this I need you to create your blogs. Use this website as a portal to all your fellow students' blogs. This site will also be the source of schedules, updates and other announcements that may need to be made.

I'll explain everything to you in greater detail next week, but for now, get to those projects!

I still look forward to meeting you and hope you're being nice to Kate ;)

Cheers,
Syreetha

Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Speaker's Corner Schedule

UKOK! Speaker’s Corner | LINT – 08/09

Week 3 – Tuesday 24 February 2009
1. Nadia Nasirkhan

Week 4 – Tuesday 3 March 2009
1. Desiree Linssen
2. Wendy Oude Nijeweme
3. America Malaver Ramírez
4. Lusine Mamedova
5. Peter Brinkman

Week 5 - Tuesday 10 March 2009
***NO CLASS***

Week 6 – Tuesday 17 March 2009
1. Leanne Elbertsen
2. Gijs Bosshardt
3. Matthijs Liebregt
4. Josta Wagenaars

Week 7 – Tuesday 24 March 2009
1. Frank van Dijk
2. Wilco Wigboldus

Project Deadline

Dear students,

This is just to remind you of the deadline we set for your project outlines to be handed in.

Please e-mail me your research proposals before or on March 10 2009. Keep in mind that you need to do the following things when setting up your proposal:

• You need to choose an angle. Then formulate a research question and pinpoint what you want to find out about: e.g: What is the real attitude of school pupils to wearing school uniforms?
• You need to write 10 “wh- questions”. These should help you define what you want to find out. These need to be submitted to your teacher well in advance, so that they can be revised and refined.

You can find more information about the project here:
https://www.sharepoint.hu.nl/minor/Engelstaalencultuur/default.aspx?RootFolder=%2fminor%2fEngelstaalencultuur%2fCourse%20materials%2fUKOK!%20-%20Lint%20-%20Period%203%2008-09&FolderCTID=&View={17C6CFFA-C9BA-4580-891F-172DC3D9CD7D}

If you have any questions, send me an e-mail or ask me in class.

Best of luck,
Syreetha

Tuesday, 10 February 2009

New WebQuiz Deadlines

Dear students,

Due to the official opening of our building on the 10th of March, there will be no UKOK class on that day. This means that the deadline for WQ for shifts to the next week. The deadlines are now as follows:

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WebQuiz 1: Week 2 – Tuesday 17 February 2009

WebQuiz 2: Week 3 – Tuesday 24 February 2009

WebQuiz 3: Week 4 – Tuesday 3 March 2009

WebQuiz 4: Week 5 – Tuesday 17 March 2009


The WebQuizzes can be downloaded from the appropriate Sharepoint folder. Please log on and go to
“English Language and Culture Minor” > “UKOK! – Lint – Period 3 08-09”.

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Regards,
Syreetha

Speaker's Corner

Dear students,

Have a look at the following video to get a good idea of what Hyde Park's speaker's corner is like. It can also provide with lots of useful topics of discussion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzr_TyC2Jc&feature=related

Regards,
Syreetha

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Welcome and Deadlines

Dear LINT students,

Welcome to my UKOK! blog. You'll be able to find a link to all your fellow students' blogs in the right-hand column. This should make it easier for you all to follow and comment on each other's posts.

I have set the following deadlines for the Web Quizzes. Please make sure to bring a printed and filled out copy for you to hand in.

WebQuiz 1: Week 2 – Tuesday 17 February 2009

WebQuiz 2: Week 3 – Tuesday 24 February 2009

WebQuiz 3: Week 4 – Tuesday 3 March 2009

WebQuiz 4: Week 5 – Tuesday 10 March 2009


The Web Quizzes can be downloaded from the appropriate Sharepoint folder. Please log on and go to:
“English Language and Culture Minor” > “UKOK! – Lint – Period 3 08-09”.

Best of luck with everything, and I hope you enjoy the course.

Best wishes,
Syreetha