Friday 18 January 2013

The two little mice

1. This is a farewell story for second year students. I told it to some of them in a more concise form during our last class in December.
http://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/8250272/Two-little-mice#



For 1st year students, this is an example of storytelling for your final oral interview.

All of you can share here what you have learnt from it.



Finally, I hope we will keep in touch and you will return here to "brush up" your English. Communication is important!

Friday 11 January 2013

A 3-2-1 warming up at the beginning of 2013

Dear students,
I am sharing with you the fact that I am a student in an international online course where teachers of of Business English from all over the world participate, from USA, Uruguay, Argentina, Europe, Vietnam, India, China, Australia, and  a lot more, learn how to better teach their students.

In the first warming up task we had to share information about one another in a 3-2-1 way:
3 things your hometown is famous for
2 things you couldn't live without
1 thing you are looking forward to

This is what I wrote:

3 things about my town
I don’t think you’ve heard about my town, Tirgu Mures - a nice small town  of about 150 000 inhabitants, situated in central Transylvania - except for maybe the fact that the region is associated with Stoker’s novel about Count Dracula.  Romanians know it for its:
beer – Newmarkt beer,
 first class medical school,
nearby salt-water lakes.

I could not find an interesting touristic presentation of it on the Internet - This will be my first project with the Tourism students! So you must come and visit it yourselves!

2. things I couldn't live without
 I would wither away without the love of my beloved ones and without water – I love swimming and the rain.

1. One thing I am looking forward to
 I’m looking forward to the spring flowers and to knowing better as many of you as possible, while, of course, becoming a better teacher.
 
DO YOU THINK YOU COULD HELP ME WITH 3 things Tirgu Mures is famous about? I'm pretty sure you have better inspiration!