TO ALL MY ESL STUDENTS and TODAY, to YOU, someone NEW! !

You are all invited to join in and be pro-active! This blog also belongs to you.

Here are some of the ways you can participate:

* COMMENT (even if you make mistakes) C'est pas grave!
You will get better and better! You cannot GO BACK!
PLEASE leave a COMMENT (click on comment at the bottom of post and follow instructions)

* SHARE INFORMATION with your classmates, they will surely appreciate your findings:
New ESL sites, stories, anecdotes, jokes, games ...
* WRITE what's on your mind! How you feel about your learning process.
You are not alone! Group 'therapy'!!!

HAVE a dose of FUN!!!
* LET me KNOW that you are there to encourage... ME TOO (inside joke)!

LISTEN to this INTRODUCTION VIDEO:

NOTE TO THE READER:
- CLICK on Ctrl and +++ to enlarge TEXT
- anything UNDERLINED ia a link to click on



Sunday, January 31, 2010

SUNDAYS are a wonderful break!



SUNDAYS ... 

I'm tempted to write 
AND 
I really do need a break 
from all this blogging , 
soooooo for the moment, 
I'm taking a day off!

TRY IT too!
Breathe, energize and re-fuel!




Saturday, January 30, 2010

MY FACEBOOK MESSAGE of this morning


Suzanne Lord



Hey! I know it's freezing. There's a great blue sky out there! It looks really good from MY window !




If you do go out! Keep Warm! Be careful with the FROST BITE, wouldn't want to lose a piece of you!! And don't forget the sunscreen. Isn't it IRONIC speaking of sunscreen !


A warm day to you all!

And to my friends that are living their summer months right now 

SHUT UP !

I don’t want to hear about it!


Bisous! XXX





BRRRRRRR ... x 2 !!!



OK! OK! I know, it's f ****** freezing ... OOPS !
Please find a replacement word, this time I DON'T need a synonym!
You know that when the thermometer goes down ...
the sun comes out ... Mother Nature, thank you!
We have been missing the sun so much lately!
The blue sky looks great from INSIDE, don't you agree?!

Speaking of which I've included a picture of someone (who this summer MADE A VERY WISE DECISION), could be anyone YOU and I know, who ,today 'as we speak', is sitting on a beautiful sandy Caribbean beach in the sunshine ... OUTSIDE !!!

F ***! No! No! No!
There's that NAUGHTY word again!


I wish you a WARM day ... at home!!
Read a good English story, rent an English video, watch an English TV program, go on the WEB to an ESl site, listen to the news on ( NEVER MIND!). Or, I have a better idea, visualize a warm place and feel the sun shinning down on you, sipping a fruit cocktail ... and have a chat with the English speaking tourist sitting right next to you. 
Then you can practice INTRODUCING yourself.

OHHHHHH! Soooozanne!

Love you and appreciate the hard work!




Friday, January 29, 2010

BRRRRRR ... is this morning's SOUND!

Good 'chilly-frosty-freezing-frigid-really cold' morning!

Winter has come back to BLAST us with Arctic air and a northerly wind!
And some snow as well!
I have to go out this morning and I am going to BUNDLE UP
because there's also some snow to shovel!
I'll get back to you later and let you know
if I'M STILL ALIVE !!!

Later, Suzanne

P.S. My teeth are already CHATTERING at the thought!

Well I'm back and I've survived. I have to thank my neighbour, Alain who got his snow-blower out and did most of the 'job'! I stopped for lunch at this little Greek restaurant in Pointe-aux-Trembles that makes the BEST souflaki 'in town', really THE BEST! While I was there, I met an ex-student, Dominique. I was happy to see her and we reminisced! She remembers always looking forward to coming to class and having FUN! Her comment was, « 'Pi, c'était pas platte! C'était vivant!» And I remember the EFFORTS that she put into learning and participating. She wasn't boring either! She remembered some of the activities and even the classmates she had worked with. So, a HAPPY lunch served with really 'YUMMY' memories!

A nice moment for today ... and the FACIAL too!
I have had a very busy week ... to say the least!
This week's highlights:
meeting you all & creating this BLOG

I wish you all a FUN week-end,
Suzanne



Thursday, January 28, 2010

We are all learners ... Every day !!!




Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

I WISHHHHH!

Have a great day and remember,
BABY STEPS!
You will get where YOU want to be.


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

A sunny, sunny day! Just what was needed! C'est bon pour le moral!! Bon! Bon!


Hi! I'm working very hard on my computor! Getting this blog going and trying to use the tools at my disposal to create a visual that really represents my personality. Step no.1, the color PINK then, choosing a template, editing, and so on ..



Now on to today's WORDS!
I've also been emailing all my 'new' and older students!
I have sent you a mother-load of documents, don't hate me!
JUST PRINT AWAY!

I really had a wonderful time yesterday meeting you all. I left with a great SMILE on my face. I have a feeling, and the energy was quite palpable, that we are going to have TONS of FUN! Thanks to all the 'old' students for getting things going and 'adopting' the new crew! I know that I can depend on you, you are very helpful. And you are officially going to become assistant-teachers!

OH! YES! You want to communicate, well here's your opportunity!
GOOD JOB! Everyone!

See 'ya!

Suzanne

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

My NEW blog! WOW ... EEEEEE !!!

Good evening to all of you!
This is quite a thrilling experience ! My first attempt at 'blogging' !

I have been working for the past two hours at getting all the Facebook 'blog-texts' that I have shared with some you since January 1 of this new year. I wanted ALL of you to get around to reading them buttttt... The images didn't register in my copy-paste function so I will eventually reproduce some of them. Nobody will miss out!

SO from NOW ON,
I will use my newly created blog-site
which I have lovingly named
WORDS FOR FUN


With all of you in mind, this is my participation in your learning process: a daily read! And for me, an opportunity to chat with you and have a look-back on my day, recalling the FUN moments and sharing them with you. Not quite a personal journal, but a little bit of one ... We'll see where it goes and where it takes me and you!

I really hope that you will react and JUMP IN with comments or questions.
Your participation will nourrish my creativity and help me to keep this going!

That's all folks! :))

LOVE
Suzanne