Sunday 8 February 2009

Sunday evening again...

Hello everyone,
Doesn´t the weeend go quickly? I hope you´ve had a nice one, even if the weather has been so awful.

I was wondering how you are getting on with your readers? Perhaps we can tell each other briefly about our books in the next class. I will also be bringing some more readers in with me on Tuesday for those of you that would like a new one.

That´s all for now,
See you soon
Julie

Tuesday 3 February 2009

Hello from Julie

Hi there,
This is just to say hello and to remind you about a few of the things that you could
be doing in English this week at home.......you´ve got a selection, so do what you like best!

1. Write up your personal anecdote about a holiday or favourite memory from the past...using all those past tense verbs...of course...

2. Read some of your reader.....and try to concentrate on following the storyline, and not worry about the words that you don´t know....I´ll bring some more books in next week for those of you who had to leave early and didn´t take one.

3. Have a go at matching the famous people with the famous things they did (this is on the same photocopy as the prepositions we did)

4. Have a look at/listen to an episode of the soap opera ("culebron") set in "Tony´s Cafe". It´s on www.englishonline.org.cn/learners/listening/big-city-small-world/ (Highly recommended!)

Also, to give you again the details of that grammar/exercise book you might find useful for revision. It´s called "English Grammar in Use" by Raymond Murphy, published by CUP. If you decide to buy one, remember to get the one with the answers!

Have a good week. See you next Tuesday.
Julie

Friday 30 January 2009

Create a Voki character



Go to www.voki.com and sign in with the login I'll give you.

1. Creating a voki character
  • Click on Create
  • Now Customize your character
  • You can change character, change his/her hair, clothes and accessories
  • When you like your character, click on DONE
2. Recording your character's voice
  • Now you're ready to Give It A Voice. Click on the microphone
  • When this dialogue box appears, check Permit and then click on Close
  • Click on RECORD and now record what you want to say
  • Use this model:
"My name is ... ( think of a name).
They call me .... because ... (
think of a reason).
I love ... (
think of something your character loves doing).
I hate ...
think of something your character hates doing)."
  • If you like your recording, click on SAVE. If you don't like it, just record again.
  • Give your audio a title (very important)
3. The final touches
  • Choose a Background
  • Choose a Player
  • Now click on PUBLISH and give your scene a title (very important)
4. Embedding your voki character in your class blog
  • Now create a new post on your class blog. Give it a title
  • Back on the Voki site, select and copy the code that's displayed
  • Back on your class blog posting, click on the Edit Html tab and paste the code you copied from Voki
  • And enjoy the results!

Thursday 29 January 2009

I don't know what I'm writing because I haven't got enough vocabulary



Let's sing all together

Let it be



I like it because when i was young i listened to it a lot