PODCASTS- TRAINING YOUR LISTENING

hI DEAR STUDENTS!!!

I'VE FOUND SOME VERY INTERESTING SITES WITH PODCASTS AND TRANSCRIPTS SO YOU CAN PRACTICE YOUR LISTENING SKILLS.
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK HERE IN THE BLOG AT THE EXERCICE LINKS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. LOOK FOR PODCASTS

LET ME TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS POST TO EXPRESS THE HUGE SUCCESS OF PEN PAL MAIL GAME BETWEEN ALL MY STUDENTS!!! EVERYBODY'S HAVING LOTS OF FUN AND ALSO ALL OF YOU ARE PRACTICING WRITING!!

CONGRATULATIONS

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND PEOPLE!!

KISSES
TEACHER VIVI

Extra practice- Theatre

Hi everybody!!! how are you?

I've discovered a theatre group that presents plays IN ENGLISH here at Brigadeiro Theater, It's a nice opportunity for you guys to have contact with English, develop the listening, and have fun.

They have 3 different plays, each one for a different level of student.
It costs R$80,00, but if you take a letter from me saying you study english then you pay just R$40,00,and you receive the material with some activities that you do there!


Nice opportunity for the ones that can't travel to practice english!

visit the site:

http://www.theperformers.net/season2010/index.html

If you prefer, you can ask me about it ok!

Best Regards,

Teacher Vivi

Amazing Facts

hi guys..just for fun!!! kisses...Teacher Vivi

IT’S AMAZING!

1. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

2. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

3. Coca-Cola would be green if food colouring weren’t added to it.

4. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.

5. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

6. Honey is the only food that does not spoil.

7. Earth is the only planet not named after a god

8. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206

9. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21” tongue.

10. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

11. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

12. The average person laughs 10 times a day!

13. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

14. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

15. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

16. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

17. More people are killed each year from bees than snakes.

18. Slugs have 4 noses.

19. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.

20. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

Hello Everyone!! happy 2010!!

Hi Guys, Fisrt of all, I'd like to wish you a really healthy 2010, full of joy and learnings! May all your best wishes come true this year!!

I wish that the old promisses of "this year I will study english" come true, and that you will be able to go till the end this time hehehehe

HAPPY 2010 EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!

VISIT:

HTTP://AULAPARTICULARDEINGLESSP.BLOGSPOT.COM

kisses,

Teacher Vivi

miss brazil speaking english

Hi guys...

just to remind you of the importance of studying english

Our Beautiful miss Brazil was one of the favourites do win the miss uiverse this year...and guess what? she lost it mainly because of her poor english!!

here's her video speaking english:

http://www.missuniverse.com/members/profile/41713/videos/480

so don't forget!! whoever doesn't speak english nowadays....never wins!!

Kisses

Teacher vivi

Hi people!!

First of all I really need to apologise for being such a long time without posting here for you guys, but you know how much I've been working, it's quite hard to finda a free time to post here...anyway..I'll try ok...

and here's the topic of the week for you guys to write me a composition ok:

topic: is there a place you've visited that is so spectacular that you can't forget about it? Share you experience!

you can write it and send me by e-mail or bring next class

have a nice weekend everyone!!

kisses

teacher vivi

Long time no see ya!!!

 Hello guys!!!! it's been  long time since I last had time to post here hun?!

Well, I'll try to do it more often ok...

Lets have an extra homework just for fun?

COMPOSITION: CHOOSE ONE OF THE TOPICS AND WRITE A (BIG) COMPOSITION ABOUT IT, THEN YOU CAN SEND ME BY E-MAIL OR BRING ME NEXT CLASS:

1)Have you ever had a day that was so horrible that you wish you hadn't woken up? What happened?

2)What was the most interesting thing you've ever bought? It may be interesting because of where you bought it, because of the product itself or because of the story behind it.

3)Have you ever had a surprise visit that made you either mad or embarrassed? Someone who showed up without calling first exactly the day the maid didn't come or someone that couldn't realize that  you wanted to do things and seemed would never leave?

HAVE A NICE WEEK EVERYONE...KISSES.....TEACHER VIVI

ANÚNCIO AULAS PERSONALIZADAS DE INGLÊS

AULAS PARTICULARES E PERSONALIZADAS DE INGLÊS Classificados

Friends Transcript Online

Hi everybody!! I'm so sorry for the lateness on posting here, it's just that things are in such a hurry...you know....

anyway...many students have been wondering the link to the site that provides the FRIENDS TRANSCRIPT , so here it goes:

http://www.friendstranscripts.tk/

For the ones who uses FAMILY ALBUM, you can aske me tha trascript that I send you by e-mail ok....

Have a nice week you all.....

YouTube - Japanarama Clip Dalmation Riding a Bike.mpg

Guys..take a look at this!!!

Please write me a composition telling in your opinion if animals are inteligent enough to do these thing on purpose or if they just do it mechanicaly!!

Let me know about your opinion on Animal Inteligence.See ya

YouTube - Japanarama Clip Dalmation Riding a Bike.mpg

WElcome 2009!!!!

Hello my dear students!!!!

I really hope you guys could enjoy Christmas and New years...

Now it's time to come back to our routines of studing English, doing homework, coming to classes...and so on....

This week let's see Obama as presidente hun!!

How About a composition about him, or about what do you or what do americans and the World think about and expect about him being president of USA!!!???

Write it ,or type it and give to me next class or send me by e-mail ok...

Have a nice week people!!!

Did you know that.....??

1) There are at least two words in the English language that use all of the vowels, in the correct order, and end in the letter Y: abstemiously & facetiously

2) The shortest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order is the word "almost."

3) No language has more synonyms than English

4) The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis

5) Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u

6) "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.

7) The longest one syllable word in he English language is "screeched".

8) The letter most in use in the English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used.

9) There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein

10) There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper

11) Widow is the only female form in the English language that is shorter than its corresponding male term (widower).

12) Out of all the eight letter words in the English language, only one has only one vowel in it: "strength"

13) Only 3 words in the English language end in "ceed": "proceed," "exceed," and "succeed."

14) No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple

15) Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions.

16) There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious”

17) "Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number

18) There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper

19) All pilots on international flights identify themselves in English

20) There are only 4 words in the English language which end in "duos": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

21) The most common letters in English are 

R S T L N E

22) Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language

After a long time!!!! HOMEWORK for you guys!!

He everyone....what's up? It's been a long time since I last posted here, so Today I'm gonna give you some options of composition for next class ok?!

1) Technology rules our lives!

2) Santa Claus is just a scary old man designed to make children behave

3) Global warming.

Have a nice weekend people!!

Homework!!!!

Hy guys....what's up?

So as you know...This Friday is Halloween in USA, and i've been preparing you guys for this big day for some time posting halloween articles here.

So I want you guys to write me a composition about halloween. It should be a horror story, with surprising facts.And try to use a lot of the information I provided here in the blog about halloween ok...

  HAPPY HALLOWEEN YOU ALL!!!

Halloween Symbols - Part 3

Most Halloween festivities are based on folk beliefs concerning supernatural forces and spirits of the dead. Halloween decorations typically feature imagery associated with supernatural beings such as witches, werewolves, vampires, and ghosts.

Halloween, a time of magic, also became a day of divination, with a host of magical beliefs. Images thought to symbolize bad omens—such as black cats, bats, and spiders—are also commonly featured in Halloween decorations. Elements of the autumn season, such as pumpkins and scarecrows, are also reflected in symbols of Halloween.

Particularly in America, symbolism is inspired by classic film, such as fictional figures like Dracula and Frankenstein's monster in the vein of Boris Karloff and Alfred Hitchcock. Homes are often decorated with these symbols around Halloween.

Black and orange are the traditional colors of Halloween. In modern Halloween images and products, purple, green, and red are also prominent.

The use of these colors is largely a result of advertising for the holiday that dates back for over a century. They tend to be associated with various parts of Halloween's imagery.

Color Symbolism

 

Black death, night, witches, black cats, bats, vampires Orange pumpkins, jack o' lanterns, Autumn Purple  night, the supernatural, mysticism Green goblins, monsters Red blood, evil

Halloween Symbols - part 2

The main event of modern US-style Halloween is trick-or-treating, in which children dress up in costume disguises and go door-to-door in their neighborhood, ringing each doorbell.

According to this custom, children greet each homeowner with the cry "Trick or Treat," suggesting that some sort of prank will be played unless treats are provided.

Formerly, trick-or-treaters vandalized the house if no treats were produced or if the treats met with their disapproval. Since the early 20th century, however, the threat of tricks has been largely ceremonial.

Halloween Symbols - Part 1

Hi People!!!

As you may know, The Greatest American holiday is coming: HALLOWEEN!!!

I don't really know why but I looooooove halloween time!!

I guess it's because of the symbols and customs and costumes huahauha!!

Well, in order to get you guys prepared for this special date whick is on OCTOBER 31ST i've decided to explain a litle about it everyday, so today we're starting with the JACK O LANTERN!

Jack-o'-lantern: The Jack-o-lantern custom probably comes from Irish folklore. As the tale is told, a man named Jack, who was notorious as a drunkard and trickster, tricked Satan into climbing a tree. Jack then carved an image of a cross in the tree's trunk, trapping the devil up the tree. Jack made a deal with the devil that, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise to let him down the tree.

According to the folk tale, after Jack died, he was denied entrance to Heaven because of his evil ways, but he was also denied access to Hell because he had tricked the devil. Instead, the devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the frigid darkness. The ember was placed inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it glowing longer.

The Irish used turnips as their "Jack's lanterns" originally. But when the immigrants came to America, they found that pumpkins were far more plentiful than turnips. So the Jack-O-Lantern in America was a hollowed-out pumpkin, lit with an ember.

Business- job interview

Hi guys....what's up?

Well, recently many students have been asking me about possible questions that can appear during a job interview.

I could post many articles,or a list of questions, but, instead I've decided to post some videos talking about it, giving practical examples.

So just look for it at the right side bar here in the blog, it's just after the video's of the week ...

Well, that's it for now, and look next monday for the homework of the week ok..

bye bye

HOMEWORK!!! knowing your learning style!

            There is something unique about the way each person learns language. If you are considering spending more time on improving your knowledge of English, it could be helpful to become more aware of your unique way of grasping and coding language. Gaining greater awareness of your personal learning and coding style can help you to develop a study strategy that works.   What kinds of learning activities are most enjoyable for you? What helps you most in remembering new words, idioms and grammatical structures?  When you try to recall words you have learned, are your memories of them visual?  That is, do you inwardly “see” the words written out in your mind’s eye?  Or, do you inwardly “hear” them in your mind’s ear? Or perhaps you feel the words and have a sense of moving with their rhythm. In making a study plan, it is important to Consider what to learn but also how to learn it.The more you know about how you best take in and retain language, the better the chances you can develop a study plan that is successful because it fits your learning style.

The way each of us processes information is very individual and personal. It can be interesting and useful to hear how each of us does it.  We can get ideas from each other about methods of learning—and also appreciate the very diverse ways that the human mind can work.

HOMEWORK!!!

Write two -- three paragraphs (about one side of a page) explaining how you tend to remember new words or grammatical items.  When you recall a word or expression, do you inwardly “see” the word in your mind’s eye?  Or do you inwardly “hear” the word or remember how it sounded when you heard someone say it in a particular situation (or in a film or TV program)?  Do you have any other way of recalling words?  Give an example of a word or expression you wanted to remember and how you succeeded in doing so.

homework! "ear trainning"

Click above to watch the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUJ-yBd2B6c

Instructions

1. Watch the video

2. Listen to it a couple of times

3. Read the transcript (the text) a couple of times while you listen.

4. Listen again, this time without reading the text.

5. Come back another time and listen again without looking at the text (how much did you remember?).

   Trascript: Bush and blair singing together:

   My love, there is only you in my life
   The only thing that is bright.
   
   My first love
   You are every breath that I take
   You are every step I make
   
   And I, I want to share
   All my love with you
   No one else will do.
   
   And your eyes they tell me how much you care!