Useful notes:
-Literature can...活用於生活中、呈現文字之美、具音樂性（押韻）、趣味性、提供wit and humour
-Literature can... in literature there is ambiguity between the lines, and life itself is filled with various ambiguity and uncertainty, so by reading some ambiguous good literature, students can learn to adjust to the real world. This can then be a good balance from the one-way, planned atmosphere of traditional teaching, telling students the world is not all planned out, there are some uncertainties that needs to be adapted and coped with skills of being flexible and creative
-語言是思考... 並創新
-"richness of simplicity"
-語言溝通4層面：1.表層意思（文字＆修辭）2.深層意思（隱喻, similes, metaphors, literary allusions）3.跨文化（communicate effectively/ critically, bring in the culture behind the language, it'll mean much more and more interactions can be sparked）
-4 levels of questions: 1. factual 2. interpretation 3. application 4. evaluation
-矛盾修飾法：bitter-sweet, terribly good, a wise fool (often seen in Shakespeare plays), laughing tears (喜極而泣), weeping laughter (悲極而笑), cautiously optimistic, the sound of silence
-改編名句，激盪新意"Not that I love Caesar less, but I love Rome more", "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink"..."You can sent your boy to school, but you can't make him think."
-Einstein: "Education is what remains when one has forgotten everything he learned in school"
-Poetry can be taught by introducing songs with simple lyrics... and guide students to rewrite the songs
-英文老師評分好文章，通常重視內容。遇好文章則讚歎："Wow! This kid can really think~"
-global "Englishes" (plural), versus traditional value of standard American English
-經典文學＆兒童文學 是培養學生對英文樂趣的好文本
-Don't teach too much, let them learn and express and participate
-Creativity is connecting things
-Say "no", by saying no you can focus on the more important things in your life... and that makes all the difference!
