JGEO2 kicks off with a blast ^^

JGEO2 kicked off last July 29. The Korean orientation was held at three in the afternoon. Afterwards, they were given a campus tour. Students get a glimpse of the whole campus.

Since this is the first day of JGEO2, the management also planned a Social Evening, some ice breaker games were administered by the foreign teaching assistants to help participants be more acquainted with each other. It was a fun moment for everyone. The students enjoyed the games that were prepared for them. JGEO2 was a blast indeed.

Thanks to our organizers FTAs Keith, Kerwin, Morris and KTAs Ilene and Ye young.

KTA Ilene orients the students

Bonus of this program: CUK campus tour

FTA Morris orienting the JGEO2 students

Newspaper dance

Did they fit in the paper?

JGEO2 participants 

Check out JGEO2 Photos here:
Korean orientation
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Social Evening
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by: Abigail Go, Blog & SNS Editor

Notes: JGEO2 Daily Schedule

SUNDAY (29 July) PROGRAM:

3:00 – 5:00 PM	Korean Orientation	Global Lounge
5:00 – 6:00 PM	Dinner
6:30 – 7:30 PM	Social Evening: Getting to Know Each Other

Week 1	MONDAY 30 July	TUESDAY 31 July	WEDNESDAY 1 August	THURSDAY 2 August	FRIDAY 3 August
08:00 – 09:00	Breakfast
09:00 – 10:00	Level test / Introduction to the Global Lounge Global Lounge	Content Class IH 257			Field Trip
10:00 – 11:00
11:00 – 12:00		Club Activities IH 256
12:00 – 01:00	Lunch	Lunch Global Lounge Visit (starts at 01:00PM)
01:00 – 02:00
02:00 – 03:00	Opening Ceremony Global Lounge	Conversation Class IH 257
03:00 – 04:00
04:00 – 05:00	iZone Registration Listening Lab IH 239	Writing Clinic Meeting Room – A of Global Lounge			Preparation for Group Presentation
05:00 – 06:00	Dinner
06:00 – 07:00	Team Building IH 254 & IH 256	Speed Quiz Global Lounge	Game Show Global Lounge	Treasure Hunt Global Lounge	Movie Night IH 267
07:00 – 08:00	Study Room IH 257 or Listening Lab IH 239
08:00 – 09:00
SATURDAY (4 August) ACTIVITY: 01:00 – 05:00PM
Week 2	MONDAY 6 August	TUESDAY 7 August	WEDNESDAY 8 August	THURSDAY 9 August	FRIDAY 10 August
08:00 – 09:00	Breakfast
09:00 – 10:00	Content Class IH 257			Listening Test and Survey	Final Preparations
10:00 – 11:00					Team Talent Show & Closing Ceremony Global Lounge
11:00 – 12:00	Club Activities IH 256
12:00 – 01:00	Lunch Global Lounge Visit (starts at 01:00PM)
01:00 – 02:00
02:00 – 03:00	Conversation Class IH 257		Group Presentation Contest Global Lounge	Final Evaluations: writing and speaking	Preparation for Leaving Dormitory
03:00 – 04:00
04:00 – 05:00	Writing Clinic Meeting Room – A of Global Lounge
05:00 – 06:00	Dinner
06:00 – 07:00	Sports Night Gym	Study Room Preparation for Group Presentation Contest / Talent Show IH 257 or Listening Lab IH 239
07:00 – 08:00	Study Room IH 257 or IH 239
08:00 – 09:00

Welcome to GEO Intensive 17

GEO 17 opening ceremony was held last March 9 at IH Conference room. Professors, teaching assistants and students were all present during the event. The program was introduced in detail and students were briefed of what to expect during the semester. The professors and teaching assistants were all introduced. In addition, the clubs teaching assistants also made their spiels to encourage students to sign up for their clubs. Students can start signing up early next week. So what are you waiting for, select the club of your choice and sign up!!!

Participants listens attentively

Meet our lovely ladies and handsome gentleman

Korean TAs Jiyeun, Goeun, Ilene, Revan, Jin and Bomi

Your capable and hardworking Filipino TAs - Enrique, Gellene, Roselle and Raquel

Our GEO Intensive 17 Professors - Nigel, Tom, Peter, Roger, Stephen

Of course... our wonderful and capable TAs,

working in different areas of GEO (Classes, Clubs, English Clinics, Administration)

by Abigail Go, GEO Blog Editor

GEO 16 Opening Ceremony: A Beginning for Beginners in College Life 2012

Almost immediately after the level tests, an opening ceremony was conducted for the GEO 16 students yesterday, February 6 in IH 267. This orientation is held in order to brief the students about the house rules, to get acquainted with their professors and teaching assistants (hereonafter T.A.s), and to provide them a glimpse of the fun they are bound to experience in the English immersion program. One could somehow notice the students’ complex dispositions by looking at their eyes; feelings of excitement, curiosity, and even nervousness seem to characterize the general atmosphere of the day. Whatever they may be feeling however, the opening video displaying the fun and exciting highlights of GEO 16 appeared to be successful in stirring up positive emotion among the audience, making them to look forward to experience the program sooner than they previously wished for.

Following the ten minute video were brief introductions of English language professors concerning themselves, the countries they will be handling, the T.A.s whom they will be working with, and the clubs they will be conducting for the students to choose. With the professors’ brief, concise yet informative and effective short presentations about themselves and their clubs, the students seem to be hard-pressed having to decide which path they should choose in realizing their English abilities. Indeed, when it comes to GEO, confidence-building through continuous practice and community fun are the special ingredients for bringing out the English-speaking consciousness hidden deep within the students’ souls.

Afterwards is the short orientation about the rules and regulations that govern the lives of GEO students in the English immersion program. To leave no room for error as a result of misunderstanding, Korean T.A.s took the lead in explaining the prohibitions to students in the Korean language. Feedback comments and responses from the students seem to be enough evidence that everyone has understood the constraints that aim to refine their English speaking proficiency. Free stuff, board games, and beverages in the CUK global lounge are enough incentives for students serious in improving their skill in the language.

GEO T.A.s posing before the opening ceremony

GEO 16 students concentrating on the opening video – well most of them

Professor Greg briefly introducing himself and the necessity to discover one’s “passion” to the students

The ever-energetic Professor Jerry introducing himself and his “coffee club”

An OBF Master explaining the benefits of the Global Lounge to students

by Gerard Bambilla, English Clinic TA

GEO Winter Season is back

GEO is back. This winter camp, GEO 15 offers new activities for campers to enjoy. This English Immersion camp emphasizes on learning through structured lessons, and especially tailored activities to ensure students use the language as much as possible. Notwithstanding this purposes, the GEO program also aims not only to be an educational program, but one that spearheads cultural development. The goal is to offer students challenging instruction that aims to develop communicative competence in a stimulating and natural manner.

That is why aside from the classes, there are other avenues to use English. Students can go to the Global lounge and converse with Foreign teaching assistants or OBF Masters. There are also clubs which they can freely choose from. Aside from these, there are team events. The team events will take place mostly on Wednesdays. This Wednesday, January 4, the most awaited Speed Quiz will commence. Following that, we have the Sports Night on the 11^th, Cultural Evening on 18^th and 19^th, Treasure Hunt game on the 25^th. Students also have to prepare for the team country presentations. This camp, the organizers decided on holding a World Cultural Fair. As students attending the GEO program are at the forefront of an exciting and interesting period in the University’s history where the university aims for an “Inbound” Globalization”. It would be important to increase the cultural knowhow of the students. Hence, the World Cultural Fair is organized to give students the opportunity to discover other cultures. Presentors will discuss facts about their team country. This might include information learned such as geography, business hours, and hospitality, with the overlying theme of your team country’s role in the process of globalization and its impact on the world, among others. It is a real nice opportunity to learn from each other. We look forward to learn something from the presentations.

We have loads of fun activities in store for all of YOU…
Let’s all have fun learning English the GEO way ❁◕‿◕❁

by: Abigail Go, GEO Blog Editor