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Last week, our advanced English class learnt about different kinds of questions used in holiday situations. In this week’s lesson, our English teacher gave us a challenge: To make the first episode of a
First, we talked about the characteristics of a good soap We have some great stories including 2 sisters (who don’t know Tune in next week for another exciting episode. |
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This weeks English lesson was all about using the
We began by reviewing 3 different kinds of sentences using ‘if’ in the sentence. These were called the 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditional. By the way, the title ‘If I were a rich man’ is a song from a famous musical. Which musical? |
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Where could you find a piano, a music and film expert, an English teacher and a technical director who can’t sing and a group of very talented Language Lab students? The answer was ‘When harry pronounced Sally – The Musical. Our latest event combined pronunciation and stress skills with music to produce the first musical ever done in Second Life! ? Continue reading ‘When Harry met Sally (well sang to her really)’
Since I started training and then teaching at Languagelab.com (in Second Life) , colleagues and friends have been intrigued with the idea. They have asked me many questions about teaching avatars in a 3D world. I am sure that many teachers around the world would ask me the same questions. That´s why I have decided to write a weekly entry trying to answer these questions based on my experience. Continue reading ‘3D teaching: Is it virtual or real?’
The purpose of this lesson was to introduce language lab students to different styles of writing used in a travel brochure. This was part of our upper intermediate / Advanced Travel & Leisure module. We looked at 3 different paragraph styles commonly used in English travel brochures:
Introduction: Use of descriptive adjectives and future tenses for predictions.
Things to do: Sequence of events and future tenses using the word ‘enjoy’.
What to remember: Use of imperatives and ‘must/ have to’ to show obligation.
We met near the airport and looked at some sample paragraphs and in groups talked about the general grammar structure and organization of the paragraphs. For example, the grammar structure in the sample introduction was generally future tense and showed how you will feel if you went there: (you’ll love, you’ll never want to leave, will be happy). Also, there were lots of descriptive adjectives that made the writing colorful: (luxury amenities, classic cabin décor, perfect cabin retreat, tempting local attractions)
Then, we had to decide how to write paragraphs in Second Life. We used Chathats (special hats that show sentences above your heads) and projectors to show the finished paragraphs. We also created our own little ‘Virtual Yosemite Park’ (the real one is here) with waterfalls and mountains. We even created a campsite with some tents and a fire!
Finally, working together, we wrote our paragraphs and displayed them on screen projectors…
