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



Thursday, October 28, 2010

A published COMMENT from Huguette and about COLLOQUIALISMS

Hi! Everyone                              

Today I'm taking the opportunity to use Huguette's comment as part of my blog.

First I think it's important to publish your effort in writing a comment.
Secondly, it shows that everyone has a space on this blog and that you can use it!
Thirdly, it also shows you how you get a personal response from me, in which I take the time to rephrase  and correct YOUR ENGLISH IS FRENCH! 
It's a great learning tool for all!!!


Blogger Huguette said...
Hi Suzanne,

After read your text, I feel like to see the movie. I liked especially the comparaison between women and flowers. The film show us as It's lovely to see people who believe in something and who implicate themselves , but also he shows us traps of power when people want too. Moreover, the film shows the force of friendship in the difficulties. I saw it twice in french and in english because I didn't understand all the conversation. Espacially the last sentence, I didn't understand what they told. I hope that their french fries was delicious.
Have a nice weekend

*** MY ANSWER to Huguette:
So Huguette ...
After reading my text (Calendar Girls) you felt like seeing the movie... Grrrreat! That was my intention all along, to persuade people to see the movie ... in British English!!

As to the symbolism of SUNFLOWERS, isn't it a nice analogy (comparison)... especially coming from a man!!! And there are a few around!! Men that is , not flowers . OOPS! Sorry Guys! Not the ones in the UTA ESL classes! Just the ordinary ones!

People caring and involving themselves in causes! Yes! There isn't always a positive outcome; there are some backlashes to FAME and to where you put your priorities! True! I agree!

It also shows the STRENGTH of friendship and  who you can depend on in times of hardSHIP (tough/difficult times).

Of course some of the expressions and words used come from colloquialisms, that is Yorkshire regional expressions, just like here in Gaspésie for example. And in the script of the movie, at the end they say 'chips' for French fries  like "Fish and Chips".

Thank you Huguette, once agaoin, for your comments. You are getting there. What progress!!! Keep on reading and keep up your excellent work!

Suzanne

 P.S. BRAVO for using MOREOVER!!!

TO all of you: DON'T FORGET TO CLICK ON THE TITLE, 
there may be something hiding!!

And if you need HELP reading because the letters are too small
as in the CAPTION of this cartoon,
PRESS the 'ctrl' key on your keyboard and on the '+' icone at the same time.
CTRL+ (+++) 

2 comments:

Huguette said...

Hi Suzanne,

When you quote me, I feel old as the hills. ( It’s a joke ) Remark,I didn't again need help because of the letters are too small but It’s a good trick sometimes on the internet this is really written too small.

I went to see on Wikipedia and I found some expressions
dead as a dodo
dead as a door-nail
and I remembered of the expression
Its rains cats and dogs

Difficult the learning English. Phew!

Suzanne said...

Huguette!

YES! you are right!
It's all the vocabulary and the expressions and the idioms and the collocations and the pharasal verbs and ETC., ETC., ETC.
As you say: "Phew!" it is not "FEW".
You made a word play without knowing it!!

Suzanne