This blog is opend for GEK1036 study only. Professor Deng, thank you all my classmates. I really learned a lot from you and I really had a lot of fun in every single class.

And it is down to the last one. This module has been insightful and fun to be in. It is part of our everyday speech yet I had overlooked it all my life! Posted by eiL . As mentioned in class, proficient u.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Final Thoughts on Cross Cultural Communication. Haha I have a newfound respect for linguists. It really does require researchers to be ultra meticulous in sifting out patterns behind discourse material. Saturday, November 7, 2009. Do a tiny recap and try. Wednesday, October 21, 2009.

I still remembered the very first lesson when I came into classroom 1A of CELC, where Dr Deng welcomed us with a smile. We begin the lesson with an introduction of ourselves as to why we take this. For instance, the first lesson itself which is on.

The reflections formerly known as open-book quiz. While i can understand the need to give each member of a group enough time to earn their presentation grade, this migh.

Thursday, October 22, 2009. This topic is extremely relevant to such times as surely everybody uses this means of communication at least once. Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Politeness in many different degrees. never thought about it like that before. Thursday, September 17, 2009.

Sunday, November 15, 2009. Parting is such Sweet Sorrow.

Thursday, November 12, 2009. Its almost the end of the semester and this course is the best because there are no exams! Thinking back, this journey has been pretty fun. TA DAH! I just confirmed your suspicions that Yi Wen. And I were sisters right? Someone else whom I was coincidentally taking this course with is Syafiah. Oh well, so there for the c.

GEM is finally coming to a close! And then its exams and then its holidays! The lessons learned in this class were merely tools in which greater analysis could be done. Most would have used these tools to analyse the people and cultures around them, but I prefer to use them to analyse myself.