So, morally, I feel obligated to help out in this regard. Since language is our method of transferring information, I think it’s a splendid idea for everyone to have a shared language. I’m also a trained information scientist. At the time of his talk, an estimated two billion people were attempting to learn English globally. I became interested in teaching English after learning from Jay Walker about (in his own words), the World’s English Mania. The English Programme in Korea places teachers from English-speaking countries in the Korean public school system. Here’s the second post I made, with the title: “Becoming an EPIK teacher: why I want to teach English.”: But do share mistakes made by bad copy editors. Never, ever, tease a language learner when they make a mistake. This, and the countless amusing or alarming misunderstandings that followed over the next 24 months, is why nothing can really ever prepare you for living abroad. Turns out, he meant to say that I shouldn’t hit the children. Would it be alright to touch the children then? So, I diplomatically asked about situations such as emergencies. Wasn’t I supposed to have an English teacher as my co-teacher? Isn’t this rule perhaps a bit extreme? My second question, about the kids, seemed the best to actually voice out. Not a single one of the six or so books I’d read, the hours of YouTube videos I’d watched, the many dozens of Korean language lessons I’d studied had prepared me for this moment.
Later, as we drove the two-hour route to my rural city, he also asked me to “not touch the children”. I met this man, who was to be my co-teacher, babysitter, translator and general life support system for the next year, at the same time that I would cut myself off from the native speakers and fluent locals with whom I’d spent the last week.Īs we made our introductions, his first words included: “I don’t speak English very well.” My old and fond colleague, WJ, drew this picture But that’s for another post.įirst, I bade my colleagues at the University of Pretoria farewell. However! I did play with PubCoder after installing it, and am finding a lot of promising interaction design decisions which, I think, will prove it to be a powerful tool for creating fixed-layout or interactive ebooks. My verdict so far is that PubCoder’s installation process is needlessly complicated, requires an internet connection, and leaves the user without much guidance at first startup. Here are the screenshots and my thoughts about installing PubCoder as comments. Which is why ebook designers ask a hefty fee for making them.Īnyway. I suggest checking out Non-Fiction Fixed Layout eBooks from my mentors, eBook Architects to get a sense of how complicated it can be to make these kinds of books. I’ll be using PubCoder as a tool to create fixed-layout interactive ebooks that can be published on a variety of platforms.
So if I struggle to set it up, I’ll likely struggle to get into it. Also, the installation process is a herald of the kind of interaction design decisions designers made about the rest of the application.
I can’t answer that question before installing PubCoder. Does the tool support effortless writing?.
When critiquing an ebook creation tool, I ask: In my last post, I determined the first of 10 heuristics/criteria for choosing a tool that helps you create and publish ebooks. I’m leaving for the USA in a while for a holiday, so been busy preparing for that.
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