Do you like to watch Dr. House?
Asthma: "Do I look like an idiot?" from Gabe Perez on Vimeo.
Let me tell you about two movies I have recently watched.
I have watched the two Oscar winning movies: The Black Swan and The King's Speech.
Both of them have something great to tell us. What the former has told me is that there is always a white and a dark side in each of us and that each masterpiece, each accomplishment, needs sacrifice.
Have you seen them? What ideas did you find interesting in King's Speech? how about Black Swan?
You can also tell us about another interesting movie you have seen BUT PLEASE DO NOT RETELL THE MOVIE SUBJECT, write ONLY about what you have learned from it ( DON'T WRITE MORE THAN 50 WORDS)
Looking forward to your movie suggestions!
Monday, 21 March 2011
Saturday, 19 March 2011
WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED AROUND
In the clip below you are going to see what people have (just) done. Try to guess before the interviewer answers the question.
After you have watched the video and done the exercise, pass on to the challenge below
Your turn:
First, tell us where you are and what you are doing.
Look at the people around you wherever you are, in your house, or watch out of the window, or watch TV for a couple of minutes, read from a newspaper/book and then let us know what people, actors, characters, etc. have done.
Example:
Context: It's Saturday afternoon, 5:00pm and I am inside, preparing the lesson for you. The TV is on and my husband is watching the news.
What has just happened around:
I little kid has just cried out for her mom in the playground near my block. The ambulance has raced past, I've heard its siren.
The news reporter has announced the number of victims in Japan. I've also read on Yahoo news that UN forces have hammered targets in Lybia.
Now it's your time, tell us what you have done, heard, seen, read... etc.
After you have watched the video and done the exercise, pass on to the challenge below
Your turn:
First, tell us where you are and what you are doing.
Look at the people around you wherever you are, in your house, or watch out of the window, or watch TV for a couple of minutes, read from a newspaper/book and then let us know what people, actors, characters, etc. have done.
Example:
Context: It's Saturday afternoon, 5:00pm and I am inside, preparing the lesson for you. The TV is on and my husband is watching the news.
What has just happened around:
I little kid has just cried out for her mom in the playground near my block. The ambulance has raced past, I've heard its siren.
The news reporter has announced the number of victims in Japan. I've also read on Yahoo news that UN forces have hammered targets in Lybia.
Now it's your time, tell us what you have done, heard, seen, read... etc.
Sunday, 6 March 2011
Welcome to our BLOG GUESTS from FRANCE!
Dear students,
this is our fabulous opportunity to meet Mrs. Elizabeth Anne and her students from Grenoble, France. You will be able to exchange information about what it is to be a student in France and Romania as well.
Welcome to our blog, dear Elizabeth and students!
Monday 14th March
Thank you so much for all of your questions. I hope my students will answer them when I see them next week. Please don't hesitate to add more !
I have made a slide show to show you our campus. You can see it (and listen to me) by clicking on the link here.
Keep up the good work :-)
Elizabeth
this is our fabulous opportunity to meet Mrs. Elizabeth Anne and her students from Grenoble, France. You will be able to exchange information about what it is to be a student in France and Romania as well.
Welcome to our blog, dear Elizabeth and students!
Monday 14th March
Thank you so much for all of your questions. I hope my students will answer them when I see them next week. Please don't hesitate to add more !
I have made a slide show to show you our campus. You can see it (and listen to me) by clicking on the link here.
Keep up the good work :-)
Elizabeth
Friday, 4 March 2011
A VOICED GUIDE FOR ERASMUS STUDENTS
It's time for us to be welcoming hosts for Erasmus students and share with them some information we know about our town, student life, university, which will help them to get the best of their stay in Targu Mures.
I will appreciate your personal opinions and I am sure our guests will appreciate them as well.
This is how you do it: go to VoiceThread.com and create an account.
Then go to our Welcome to Erasmus students VT at http://voicethread.com/share/1804649/ , sign in and click on Comment. Choose to comment with voice (either with microphone, or via webcam).
Erasmus students from Turkey have been invited by their Romanian colleagues to enjoy the Romanian life style.
I will appreciate your personal opinions and I am sure our guests will appreciate them as well.
This is how you do it: go to VoiceThread.com and create an account.
Then go to our Welcome to Erasmus students VT at http://voicethread.com/share/1804649/ , sign in and click on Comment. Choose to comment with voice (either with microphone, or via webcam).
Erasmus students from Turkey have been invited by their Romanian colleagues to enjoy the Romanian life style.
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Let's Go shopping in our area
Shopping has become a modern pastime. It has been said the people have replaced going to church on weekends, to going shopping.
Below is a Red Wall (no grafitti :-)) where you are invited to share your ideas about how you enjoy to do your shopping. Read the questions at the top of the Wall and answer them there.
To post your answers on the wall, click on Post a sticky, then doubleclick anywhere on the page and answer one of the questions at the top of the Wall. Don't forget to write your name. You can also embed photos, add urls, YouTube movies that are linked with your answer.
So don't forget, post on the wall, not in the Comments area.
Before you comment on the blog, you can take the following Quiz. Let us know how it went:
Shopping terms on PhotoPeach
In the comments section you are invited to answer the following questions:
1. Which is your favorite shop in our area and why?
2. What is the most important criteria that you consider when buying?
3. Have you ever bought something you did not intend to? Why?
4. What shopping place would you recommend to a foreign tourist visiting our town? Why?
5.Is there an exquisite shopping place you've ever visited? Tell us about it.
As for me, my favorite shopping place is the open market place because it is more romantic. I like to look around for special flowers and even when I don't need one, I end up coming home with at least one. Well, even if I look at the price, when I really find something I like, this is crucial. For tourists visiting our town I would recommend the Souvenir shop in Tudor - they have very nice embroidered blouses.
The most exquisite place I visited I think was the Harrods in London. It is a unique experience and I especially enjoyed the Perfume and Chocolate and Tea departments. It's worth visiting (even if you don't buy!)
How about you?
Below is a Red Wall (no grafitti :-)) where you are invited to share your ideas about how you enjoy to do your shopping. Read the questions at the top of the Wall and answer them there.
To post your answers on the wall, click on Post a sticky, then doubleclick anywhere on the page and answer one of the questions at the top of the Wall. Don't forget to write your name. You can also embed photos, add urls, YouTube movies that are linked with your answer.
So don't forget, post on the wall, not in the Comments area.
Before you comment on the blog, you can take the following Quiz. Let us know how it went:
Shopping terms on PhotoPeach
In the comments section you are invited to answer the following questions:
1. Which is your favorite shop in our area and why?
2. What is the most important criteria that you consider when buying?
3. Have you ever bought something you did not intend to? Why?
4. What shopping place would you recommend to a foreign tourist visiting our town? Why?
5.Is there an exquisite shopping place you've ever visited? Tell us about it.
As for me, my favorite shopping place is the open market place because it is more romantic. I like to look around for special flowers and even when I don't need one, I end up coming home with at least one. Well, even if I look at the price, when I really find something I like, this is crucial. For tourists visiting our town I would recommend the Souvenir shop in Tudor - they have very nice embroidered blouses.
The most exquisite place I visited I think was the Harrods in London. It is a unique experience and I especially enjoyed the Perfume and Chocolate and Tea departments. It's worth visiting (even if you don't buy!)
How about you?
Welcome Second Semester - your favourite word
Welcome to school again!
I am really thrilled to see that you have already posted your comments before we started.
I also hope you were successful in your exams and had a nice (
but short :-( )holiday.
We will have new and attractive subjects this term, so keep coming to our blog and sharing your ideas! Your opinions are important!
To start with, I'd like you to say Which is your FAVOURITE WORD IN ENGLISH and WHY?
BTW, have a look at the highway screen below - We're on!
My favorite word is TRUST. I appreciate trustworthy people and usually my friends are people whom I trust. Although the American dollar has the slogan 'In God we trust' there is less and less of it nowadays and that is why 'trust' can be more valuable than gold.
How about you? Which is your favourite word and why?
I am really thrilled to see that you have already posted your comments before we started.
I also hope you were successful in your exams and had a nice (
but short :-( )holiday.
We will have new and attractive subjects this term, so keep coming to our blog and sharing your ideas! Your opinions are important!
To start with, I'd like you to say Which is your FAVOURITE WORD IN ENGLISH and WHY?
BTW, have a look at the highway screen below - We're on!
My favorite word is TRUST. I appreciate trustworthy people and usually my friends are people whom I trust. Although the American dollar has the slogan 'In God we trust' there is less and less of it nowadays and that is why 'trust' can be more valuable than gold.
How about you? Which is your favourite word and why?
Friday, 14 January 2011
Live on TV tonight - congratulations for students working on this blog
Click on the button in the middle of the image below to listen to the news:
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