Happy Teacher's birthday

Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah

BECAUSE OF YOUTUBE! 'Because Of You' Kelly Clarkson Parody!

The Drifters - Under The Boardwalk

cool old song...

Cute Alphabet Song from WWW.ThatsMEonTV.com

Sing along and never forget the sounds of the Alphabet!

My students in Basic 1 are having a hard time trying to remember the letters of the alphabet. Well, these four letters, I hope they will never forget: Y-M-C-A.

I played the Village People on YouTube:

Y-M-C-A!!!

Hi everybody,

Check these 2 links to listen and learn about occupations:

Listen, learn an play:

http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/occupations_vocabulary.php

Memory Game:

http://www.1-language.com/memorymatchelem/occupations/memori1.swf

Blog 5 Estrelas:

• Saúde Alternativa
• Ana Scatena
• O Sentido das Coisas
• English Brainstorm
• Tecla Sap

This message was sent by Paul, a friend from London. He thinks it's funny but I don't. I don't know why... See if you can laugh like him.

Big LOL !!!!!!!!



HOW TO TELL THE SEX OF A BIRD

This Is AMAZING!!!

Until now I never fully understood how to tell The difference Between Male and Female Birds.

I always thought it had to be determined surgically.


Until Now.

Which of The Two Birds Is a Female??? Below are Two Birds.

Study them closely...See If You Can Spot Which of The Two Is The Female.


It can be done. Even by one with limited bird watching skills.

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Now, all of them.



Victor, Dani, Roberta, Jesus, Fabiana, Rodrigo, Jonnatas, Julia, Sebastian and Daniel.

Wednesday morning - midterm test day for Intermediate 1 students - they are all here, except for Daniella who's taking the picture:

Roberta, Fabiana, Jesus, me, Rodrigo, Julia, Sebastian, Daniel - Victor and Jonnatas up front.

I was just thinking that a blog is a log, a journal. There should always be something here written on a daily basis. Well, even if not daily, there is always something going on. If I commit myself to writing everyday, I know I won't keep my promise.

Well, yesterday I had a very pleasant Monday morning with my students. We had a break at the Café across the street from the school. Here they are.

Daniel, Sebastian, Jesus, Rodrigo, Dani, Jonnatas and Roberta.

Educational System - BRxUSxUK

My students always ask me about the school system in the USA.

Click on the link and see the chart comparing Brazilian, American and
British systems:

http://www.sk.com.br/sk-edsys.html

Hi everybody,

I have been busy with translations these days but my students keep asking me for online exercises. So here is a very popular one: Prepositions, especially in - on - at.

Click on (or copy) these links to do some exercises or review:

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/elementary/b_vocabulary/unit08/hwy_elem_unit08_3/

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz65fck.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz98bck.htm

Enjoy it and take it easy.

Everybody is Free (to wear sunscreen)

Inspirational words.

Articles: A or An? The or no article?

For beginners, click on this easy online exercise:

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9801/cg-a_an.html

If you want to learn or check some exceptions, click here:

http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/aan.php

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/302.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/21.html

htthttp://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/216.html (Intermediate - with sentences)

Explanation:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/540/01/

Have fun!

American dream

Source: http://www.inglespraque.com/

 

Who coined the phrase "the American dream"?

December 17th, 2006

http://www.inglespraque.com/

Do you know what the American Dream is all about? Check the following text from Ask Yahoo. If you want further information, you might want to check American Dream at Wikipedia. Here it goes!

Politicians love to talk about "the American dream." However, the phrase wasn't coined by an elected official. That distinction belongs to writer and historian James Truslow Adams.

Adams penned it in his 1931 book "The Epic of America." Of course, he couldn't have known it would go on to define the type of life most Americans aspire to. In fact, in his book, the phrase seems to have an entirely different meaning.

This page from the Library of Congress contains the original quote:

It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.

So, apparently Adams intended "the American dream" to be one of equality across class barriers. Over the years, the definition became more modest — a white picket fence, 2.5 kids, and a manageable amount of credit card debt. Even so, the dream is just a dream to many.

Source: Ask Yahoo!

Listening exercise to train your ears

Hi everybody,

 

Listen to this little story. There are many more on the same site if you can listen.

 

Have fun.

 

http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_survey.htm

 

Best,

 

Pedrina.

Check these 7 great tips from English Experts:
http://englishexperts.blogspot.com/2006/10/seven-trump-to-speak-english.html
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Site for kids

Hi all,

 

This is a "cute" site for kids but you can learn some words there. Just click and see them in movement.

 

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/wordplay2.html

 

Pedrina.