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



Tuesday, September 28, 2010

WELCOME TO YOUR ESL CLASS

Hello! And Welcome!
to your English class

My name is Suzanne Lord and
I’m going to be your English teacher and coach!
I’ve been teaching for 44 years and I LOVE it!
   So … my job is to make learning English                           EASY and FUN             

In this short introduction I will tell you about my views and what I think is important for you to know as a student or learner of English as a second language (ESL).

Let’s start with the question “WHY … English?” Well as everyone knows, nowadays the world is becoming smaller and smaller because of technology and the accessibility of travel. Communication with our ‘fellow earthlings’ is as easy as pie! And a touch away with the internet, the world wide web WWW.

First, just let me say this: you need TIME and PATIENCE. You cannot be rushed. TAKE IT EASY!
Second, you need words to make this happen! Your knowledge of VOCABULARY is the most important thing at the beginning. You must start with a strong foundation or base, and slowly build on it, DAY BY DAY. It must become a part of your life.
Third, PRACTICE. Ever heard of the word COMMITMENT … and the expression, “Practice makes perfect!” Daily practice is so very important just like it is with your physical needs. Do not worry about making mistakes, the more you make them the more you learn from them. It just like riding a bicycle: sometimes you fall off the bike … so what do you do next, you get right back on and try again!
Fourth, do not look at English as just another school subject! Your ATTITUDE towards English and how you view the learning process will decide how well you progress and learn.
“No pain; no gain.”
Fifth is CONFIDENCE! You will get there! Practice every day and be confident. You will find that the more you use English, the better your use of the language will become, and the more confident you will become then, the more you will want to use it! Make it a rule to tell yourself: « I CAN DO IT! »
Not just once or twice, but every time you speak!

Learning English should and can be FUN!
I hope that you discover how much fun it can be!
And as a teacher, I hope I can communicate to you
how much fun it is also for me to show you!
Let’s make it a pleasurable and enjoyable experience
for both, you and I. 
WELCOME back to class!
Click Me!                       



P.S.  Questions anyone???

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

ONE WEEK TO GO!!

A warm HELLO to all of you and 
a warm WELCOME to all the new students!!!

Just a second and I will get my thesaurus and find a synonym for those two warm's ...
An AFFECTIONATE greeting to all the 'old' friends and students!

YES! Summer's over and for me it's out of the woods and back to the city. It's also a return to the classroom and seeing old familiar faces and a bunch of new ones! I'm really looking forward to meeting new people and getting the ESL classes started.


One is ending and the other will start!
One is sad and the other is exciting!

On one hand, this week, I'm packing up the last of the items that were very useful for me this past season at the summer camp and on the other hand, I'm getting things organized here in the city for this autumn's classes. So right now, I'm in a bit of a two-world situation here!


Before I go for today, I would like to tell you a little about the summer immersion vacation at the cottage at Lac Quesnel. This first experience has been a really good one! I think that all the participants were satisfied and thoroughly enjoyed their time in an English environment.
We had fun!
The weather was great and 
Boy'o Boy can we talk! 
And laugh! And eat! And ...!

When we get back to class we will here from a few of the participants.
I will also share with you a letter that I received from one of the ladies in my next communication.
In the meantime I want to say that I had such a wonderful summer and that I also know I'm going to have a wonderful time seeing you this coming fall!


Until we meet again!
Regards,

Suzanne