Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Monday, October 03, 2005
Hi to all the new students from the LC3 and Prof 1C
Hi,
I hope you all enjoyed our first lesson today and that we all have a great time (and lots of exam success) over the course of our eight months together. Remember, if you want to comment you have to set up a blog. It's very easy and lots of fun, so why don't you try it?
I hope you all enjoyed our first lesson today and that we all have a great time (and lots of exam success) over the course of our eight months together. Remember, if you want to comment you have to set up a blog. It's very easy and lots of fun, so why don't you try it?
Saturday, October 01, 2005
Greetings and salutations to all my students (God help them !!!)
This is going to be a quick post for all my students, I hope you all have a great year and get what you want. Just remember that through the wonder of technology I can keep an eye on all your blogs. HaHaHa he says in his most maniacal laugh.....So get posting and express yourself.
Friday, September 30, 2005
Exam Preparation Tips
This is a list of different things you can do to
improve your English outside class.
1 Use the internet - How ?
a Surf the web on a regular basis - 10 to 15
minutes a day is enough.
b Use chat rooms - Mirc or Yahoo have easy to
use (and FREE) chat services.
http://www.mirc.co.uk
http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/chat/chatbylycos.html
c Listen to radio or download podcasts from the
net.
www.cnn.com/services/podcasting/
www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
Or download a book and listen to it, it costs
nothing
http://freeaudio.org
http://www.scottsigler.net
d Set up your own blog (web page). It's easy and
costs nothing. Also it is a great way to practise
your writing skills.
www.blogger.com
2 Watch DVD's - without subtitles - at least once a
week. This is a great way of preparing for the the
listening test.
3 Read something other than your course books.
literature, short stories, magazines, newspapers;
In fact just about anything you can find in English.
All reading is good practice for the Reading
Comprehension part of the Cambridge exams.
All these things can be found at the kiosks in
Aristotelian square or in central bookshops.
4 Record yourself. If you have a cassette recorder,
mobile phone that can record or a microphone
for your PC, record yourself speaking. It's a
great way of correcting errors in your spoken
English.
5 Speak only English in class. This is probably the
only chance you'll get to speak English before the
exam so make the most of the opportunity.
Nobody expects students to do all of these things
but if you try some of them during the course of the
year then you'll see a great improvment in your
language skills and of course you'll greatly increase
your chances of getting a good grade in the exams.
This is a list of different things you can do to
improve your English outside class.
1 Use the internet - How ?
a Surf the web on a regular basis - 10 to 15
minutes a day is enough.
b Use chat rooms - Mirc or Yahoo have easy to
use (and FREE) chat services.
http://www.mirc.co.uk
http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/chat/chatbylycos.html
c Listen to radio or download podcasts from the
net.
www.cnn.com/services/podcasting/
www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
Or download a book and listen to it, it costs
nothing
http://freeaudio.org
http://www.scottsigler.net
d Set up your own blog (web page). It's easy and
costs nothing. Also it is a great way to practise
your writing skills.
www.blogger.com
2 Watch DVD's - without subtitles - at least once a
week. This is a great way of preparing for the the
listening test.
3 Read something other than your course books.
literature, short stories, magazines, newspapers;
In fact just about anything you can find in English.
All reading is good practice for the Reading
Comprehension part of the Cambridge exams.
All these things can be found at the kiosks in
Aristotelian square or in central bookshops.
4 Record yourself. If you have a cassette recorder,
mobile phone that can record or a microphone
for your PC, record yourself speaking. It's a
great way of correcting errors in your spoken
English.
5 Speak only English in class. This is probably the
only chance you'll get to speak English before the
exam so make the most of the opportunity.
Nobody expects students to do all of these things
but if you try some of them during the course of the
year then you'll see a great improvment in your
language skills and of course you'll greatly increase
your chances of getting a good grade in the exams.
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