gdp's Comments

And then there was Alastair : Recent Day To Day Activities

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:59:30 +0000

I think that after I get home, see my relatives, have a Cheese toastie and drink a pint of Guiness, I\\\'ll then miss China and have the reality of how easy my life has been for 2 years set in.

And then there was Alastair : Another Letter From a Student

Sat, 9 Jan 2010 11:06:27 +0000

Agreed.

And then there was Alastair : Student Feedback

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:25:50 +0000

Thank you very much. :-) I will miss you all too.

On The Road : National Holiday in Tangshan

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:15:16 +0000

I was annoyed at the excessively long train journey we took to get there, while also having to do marking over the holiday, but the photos are good. :-)

And then there was Alastair : List of Courses I took at University.

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:12:04 +0000

That Databases course was the theory of why we have databases with little to no real word command line practicality. It\\\'s Imperial we\\\'re talking about here, do you think they\\\'d do a \\\"restart mysql\\\" type course. Regardless, you\\\'re right, a lot depends on the person taking the course.

And then there was Alastair : List of Courses I took at University.

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:03:47 +0000

That list is so geeky. I love the understatement of the list too. Third Year: Databases. Given the inclination of the student subjected to this desgree program that could range from knowing how to restart MySQL to optimising a search engine.

And then there was Alastair : Holiday Summary: What did we get upto?

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:35:53 +0000

Yes, you may. :-)

And then there was Alastair : Pigeon Central

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:20:31 +0000

Har Har Har. :-P Very Clever. Wish it were true, but it is not the case.

And then there was Alastair : Student Speech Entitled "Will Phones Kill Letter Writing"

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:19:19 +0000

I think it makes a good point. Especially for a student speech. I hardly write any letters as my handwriting and spelling is so bad. It\\\'s very worthwhile though.

And then there was Alastair : Lesson 2: Obama and the Middle East

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:23:51 +0000

My aim in these first few lessons is to give you skills to practise listening from some BBC Materials. I will focus on Topics a little later, after you\\\'ve had some practise with some perhaps less difficult listening tasks.

Please be patient. I\\\'m trying to give you the best material I can from different areas of the BBC. I know last weeks lesson was maybe less about Britain. But America has some special relationship with Britain, and seeing the British view of American actions can be helpful too.

Alastair

And then there was Alastair : FOOC Practice Process

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:20:18 +0000

Thank You. :-)

And then there was Alastair : Lesson 3: France and the UK

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:19:36 +0000

Thank you very much for you kind words. :-)

And then there was Alastair : Student Feedback

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:27:35 +0000

Thank you for your comments. I appreciate your support. :-)

And then there was Alastair : Lesson 2: Obama and the Middle East

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:49:00 +0000

It is challenging, but very worthy, please check http://alastairclark.com/2009/09/an-email-from-a-student/

Have patience and work at it. It will become less hard. :-)

And then there was Alastair : Lesson 1: Introduction to the BBC

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:19:26 +0000

The video was only some entertainment before the beginning of the class when people were coming in. I didn\\\'t want it to be too loud to stop others talking.

About the first class. It was just the first class, and each time I teach a new group of students, I try to let it be a little less serious and maybe have some activities that let students get used to me. I\\\'m sorry you felt it was noisy.

I hope you found my second class a bit different. :-)