Hi Languagelab Students,
We have great news for you !
The welcome area has moved to a brand new and improved space for you to get technical help and meet the Helpers.
Click here to visit.
Thanks and see you soon in English City,
Jessie Teacher
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Languagelab currently holds the record in Second Life for raising the most money in 24 hours for charity - over $1,000 USD and in total $2,000 USD. This was last year for the China Earthquake Fund. Some of our students and helpers wanted to help their fellow citizens and we had a great 24 party with singing, dancing and special guests. So this year we want to break our record for fund rasising and help even more people!
On Friday 13th we are having a fundraising event to raise money for the charity ‘Comic Relief‘. This is a charity whose aim is to help free the world from poverty.
This is a quote from their website:
“The money we raise is allocated to a wide range of grants and social investments aimed at delivering real and long-lasting change to the poorest, most vulnerable people at home and across the world; as well as informing the public and young people in particular about global citizenship and the underlying causes of extreme poverty”
Our theme is the circus so we will have fun, games and lots of music - dress up as the ringmaster, a lion or put on your red nose and donate for a good cause!
For more information on how you can help visit our welcome area or email info@languagelab.
We need your help - if you are a DJ in SL or have some great costumes you want to share come along everyone is welcome all day on Friday 13th at our Welcome area.
See you there,
Jessie Teacher
Languagelab would like to extend a very warm welcome to students of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) who are joining us at Languagelab.
The students are using English City as part of their study programme based in Second Life and will improve their English while exploring what it is like to study in a virtual world.
KAIST teacher Chris Surridge has made this possible and we would like to welcome them to our student community.
One of our students Energizer Aboma came to me a few days ago with a great idea – a writing contest. This is a great way to improve your writing and get critical feedback that can help you improve.
Many of our students have been writing on the English City News Blog a newspaper run by the students and Lane Jarman, reporter at the City News. If you would like to write something for the blog come to one of Lane’s activities or comment on another student’s article and we will get back to you.
Ok so here are the rules:
- Below there is a list of 50 words, you must look up their meanings.
- Students must write a fictional story, news style report or discursive essay using at least thirty words in the list.
- Points will be given for originality, style, grammar and structure.
- The winner’s profile will be featured on the new Languagelab website and also displayed all over English City.
- Everyone who enters will be given detailed feedback and those who choose to share their feedback with the group will be posted on the blog for all students to benefit from.
The words:
- advice
- benefit
- liaise
- compete
- effect
- relate
- budget
- discreet
- regard
- respond
- comply
- procure
- paradigm
- defy
- assess
- criterion
- appreciate
- jingoism
- analyse
- retain
- affect
- enhance
- podcasting
- acquire
- oblige
- information
- use
- intend
- ecopolitics
- endeavour
- continue
- provide
- allege
- emphasize
- aesthetic
- empathy
- request
- pragmatic
- despite
- ubiquitous
- sceptic
- propose
- assume
- ambiguous
- competence
- irony
- subtle
- implement
- concur
- general
The deadline is 9th March and all submissions should be made on the English City News Blog or to jessie@languagelab.com
Good Luck !
Want to come and visit English City ?
Never learned English in a virtual world ?
If you want to visit English City for one day and meet our ‘English City People’, students and teachers why not get a Day Pass - for the special reduced price of $2,500 Lindens which is less than $10 US dollars you can try all the classes and activities for 24 hours and also get help from our team on how to use your voice and move around in English City.
So to visit us:
1. Register
2. Visit our welcome area
3. Join the group Languagelab Day Pass
Start learning now !
Jessie Teacher
Hi Students,
There is scheduled maintenance on the Second Life Grid so SL will be closed until 8am PST (4pm UK time).
See here for more information.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused and if you have booked a lesson and cannot get in email us on info@languagelab.com and we will give you back the lesson you missed.
Hope to see you all later !
Jessie Teacher
Do you want to know which country has the most English speakers?
Which type of English is better - American or British?
What about the future of English and why should everyone learn English and not Chinese?
If you have questions about the English language and how it is used around the world come and talk to language expert Samuel Teacher.
This event is open to all students and their friends so come along and enjoy the session.
Where : Languagelab welcome area
When: 8pm UK time/12pm PST
Who: English Expert Samuel Teacher
Using Second Life for education is something that Languagelab have been researching and developing since SL was in beta. Now educators all over the world are using SL to produce unique and innovative projects. From learning a language to tracking flight paths in real time over a city, using a virtual platform to perform research and deliver education solutions is what many see as the future of Second Life.
The Second Life Education Support Faire has brought together educators from all over the world to showcase their projects. Languagelab has presented on several topics including; Lessons from two years of teaching in SL, the challenges of providing a multi-cultural registration area, The English City People and how acting can be used in teaching English, Languagelab’s history and the technology and logistics of running English City and the website.
Languagelab has received very positive responses from all the presentations so far and will be presenting again at:
Languagelab.com - “Operations a lesson in multi-sim, multi-data,& multi-cultural”
Languagelab.com - “Lessons from 2 years of teaching in SL”
Languagelab.com - New Spanish Program
Language.lab.com
We hope to see you there !
We would like to wish all our students Happy Chinese New Year 2009 !
2009 is the year of the Ox.
We hope that 2009 brings you health, wealth and happiness and improves your English !
From all the team at Languagelab.com
If you are a Chinese student and interested in studying with Languagelab, we have Student Support Staff from China to help you who speak both Chinese and English.
Contact us at info@languagelab.com.
Buy on the 1st of January and get 1 month free !
If you have always wanted to study English with native speakers and never had the chance then 2009 is the year for you !
If you buy a subscription on New Years Day 1st January 2009 you will get the 2nd month free ! So pay for January and get February free.
So you can explore English City, meet new friends and improve your speaking, listening, reading and writing FREE !
Included in a one month subscription you get:
Classes with native speaker teachers.
24/7 Access to our virtual City.
Games and online activities to help you to improve your English.
Students from all over the world to practice with.
If you would like to take a look at English City and meet some of our actors, who are called the ‘English City People’ you can sign up and visit us free too - English City is open to the public on January the 1st.
There may be some special prizes and offers available exclusively in English City too - but to get those offers you have to go in-world and find them !
So why not go and visit English City and see the City People and enjoy our New Years offers.
See you there !
