May 2010
2 posts
Untitled: Weekly Speaking Reflection HW →
Yes I’ll let you know for sure and thank you for all you are a very very good teacher see you in a week bye.
ashort:
I am glad to hear that you have a roommate and that you know that there are counseling services on campus if needed. If you or anyone you know on campus is going through a really difficult time, please contact one of the teachers, including me so that we can find the...
Untitled: Weekly Speaking Reflection HW →
Hello Audrey how are you? I hope you enjoy your break with your family
sorry to reply late I was trying to get some rest and thank you for your wish have a good day :)
Adja
ashort:
It sounds like you had an interesting day. I hope you have many more in the future!
Today was a special day for me because I did a few activities and it was very different from the other days. First, I went with...
April 2010
29 posts
Weekly Speaking Reflection HW
Today was a special day for me because I did a few activities and it was very different from the other days. First, I went with my friend at the Tattoo store to do mine because I wanted to do it since I was young. When I went there I had a conversation with the man who had to do it about the kind of tattoo I want. I wanted to do my name in Chinese but he told that he couldn’t do it because...
Untitled: Weekly Speaking Reflection HW →
Yes, I get along with my roommate and some people who are in my floor. My mommy told me to talk to them and she put me in the dorm because for her I wasn’t ready to take apartment alone in a new city. I like our dorm but I was never confronted to the suicide before. I used to see the girl who commit suicide in my floor but I didn’t imagine that she had a problem so it was a little bit...
Weekly news HW
Don’t Believe ‘The Back-Up Plan’:Take It From One Who Knows, J.Lo
Inseminated:to introduce or inject semen into the reproductive tract of a female.
Miscarriage:failure of a plan
Fender-bender:a collision between motor vehicles that produces minor damage
Squinting :to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight.
Peeing:informal terms for urination
...
Weekly Speaking Reflection HW
Yesterday I spoke with my roommate about the topic that I choose in the classroom. It was about what are some important qualities of a good roommate? I had two roommates before her and we all got along together too. My roommate and I speak a lot and we do things sometimes together, she is very nice and very busy because her major is Biology and mine is full time in English so we don’t have a...
Weekly news HW
Teen Texting Soars; Will Social Skills Suffer?
Vocabulary:
1. Monitoring: the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it)
2. Backfire: a fire started to check an advancing fire by clearing an area
3. Whereabouts: about where; in, at, or near what location
4. Lounge:To move or act in a lazy, relaxed wa
5. Widespread: widely(to a great degree) circulated or diffused
...
Untitled: Weekly Speaking Reflection HW →
Oh Maybe in another time, sometimes he goes there but not that much and in this summer he is going to stay here like me to take some summer classes but maybe at the end of the summer I’ll go in NY because I went there just in the winter not in the summer but I’m not sure about it because Im more interested to go in Texas.
ashort:
Perhaps you can go up to New York when he is up...
jinke: speaking reflection →
And you shouldn’t be shy to dance for real and I didn’t know know that you haven’t party in your hometown Whoooa !!What is the name?
Today, when I went to the dining centre, I saw my friends are talking with her friend, my friend has been here about 2 years, and her frind is a native American, they are talking about the music, so I went there to join them. She said a lot...
jinke: speaking reflection →
Nice topic I really like it ;)
Today, when I went to the dining centre, I saw my friends are talking with her friend, my friend has been here about 2 years, and her frind is a native American, they are talking about the music, so I went there to join them. She said a lot of Americans like to listen to rock. She said she likes…
Weekly Speaking Reflection HW
Tonight I went to the Cabell Library with my friend C.J to study. He is from New York and he is a Senior at VCU but he has two major: one is English and the other one is Political Science. It’s good to know that he is studying English because I’m learning it and then I was wondering why he decided to move in Richmond because New York is a big City, he told me that because he got tired...
Weekly News HW
Infections In Hospitals Get Worse, Despite Safety Focus
Questions:
1 -Should we go to the hospital again after this report?
2-Does the doctor should be punish for that or the the members of hospital?
3- How can they prevent people from infection?
Vocabulary
Surgery:the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
Urinary:of or relating to the function or...
Untitled: Weekly Speaking Reflection HW →
Yes, I have one friend here at VCU from Mali. She used to be in ElP too but she done now and she’s taking Academic Classes now. We are Just two students Malian at VCU.
ashort:
That’s great that you have a lot of friends here. Perhaps one day, you can show your American friends Mali. Do you know any other Malian students here at VCU?
adja:
Yes, and it always interesting for me. They...
Choi I like your speeches and it was good to...
Thank you Ali, this place is in Arkansas now...
Nice Picture, Ammar I like especially the view...
The Little Rock Nine
Untitled: Should the legal age for drinking... →
Ok No problem.
ashort:
Can you include some opinion questions? Think of questions that start with “Should”.
Questions
In Which country, some young people have the right to drink at 16?
Usually in what age a young people start to drink?
What are the risk for the teenager to drink alcohol ?
P 171 -172
Vocabulary
Sake: a reason for wanting something done
Consumption:
the process...
Untitled: Weekly news HW →
Ok Ill talk with him about the topic for sure.
ashort:
Please talk to Oktay about this topic. He is doing his presentation in week 5 about parental responsibility.
Bullying Suspects Arraigned In Classmate’s Suicide
Vocabulary
Bully: the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
Arraigned :To call (an accused person) before a court to answer the charge made against...
Untitled: Weekly Speaking Reflection HW →
Yes, and it always interesting for me. They ask me always how is my culture such as my family and if my culture’s low or high context and also about the weather and the way we dress. If I say that it’s always hot in my country, they told me that they wanna go there. But I have a lot of friends around the campus who are studying International things so they know a little bit about...
Weekly Speaking Reflection HW
Today I spoke with a man in front of Hibbs, he was waiting for his boyfriend. At school people always time to talk with you. We spoke about “does Technology is good or not? and in his opinion, he said that it’s nice and bad because he uses computer to just see his Facebook, weather, mails, or to do shopping and stay in touch with his friend. Internet is a good thing for some utilities...
Weekly news HW
Bullying Suspects Arraigned In Classmate’s Suicide
Vocabulary
Bully: the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
Arraigned :To call (an accused person) before a court to answer the charge made against him or her by indictment, information, or complaint.
Stairwell :a vertical well around which there is a stairway
Relentless :implacable; inflexible; inexorable
...
Should the legal age for drinking alcohol be...
P 171 -172
Vocabulary
Sake: a reason for wanting something done
Consumption:
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)Binge-drink:The consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol in a short period of time
host:a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
...
Untitled: Weekly news HW →
Ok I think I’m going to post it today
I was just confused but for the news story and for the speaking HW
Thank you :)
ashort:
Thanks for posting this. Don’t worry about confusing the assignment. You can either post about your topic on alcohol next week (but be able to share this story about TV in class) or simply post on another news story.
How TV affects our Child ?
...
Untitled: Weekly Speaking Reflection HW →
I Think I saw it somewhere but I don’t know where exactly and I was wondering why they call it First Friday, it seems like it’s a restaurant but I really don’t know by the way thank you Audrey
ashort:
I’m glad you approached a student in the dining area.
Speaking of art, have you ever been to First Fridays on Broad Street. I went last night and it was a lot of fun. The...
Weekly Speaking Reflection HW
Today I went to Shafer and I spoke with a student at VCU. She is a Sophomore and her Major is Art. I asked her if I could sit with her because, I need to improve my English. We began to talk and I asked her many questions. Before, I thought that Art was easy but, while speaking with her, I understood a little bit such as they don’t just have to draw, they have to create some videos, such as...
Hi Audrey,
Thank you Audrey I’m going to...
March 2010
6 posts
Weekly news HW
How TV affects our Child ?
Vocabulary
Toddler:young Child
Brain:that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
Preschooler:a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
Wildlife: all living things (except people) that are undomesticated
Definitions from :
Wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Questions
1.What kind of problems does the...
ashort:Hi Audrey How was your weekend? I hope it...
hi? adja!! →
choi0825: Thank you Choi :) I hope you will like Richmond and I hope we can go to the movies sometimes there are some good new movies now !!!so see you tomorrow have a good Sunday ;)
hi?! I think you are so kind!! and you’re English is good. I want to make good relationship with you~.
Hey Everybody this is Adja,
Well I’ve been here at VCU for five months and at the beginning it wasn’t...
What are your goals for the future and what...
Choi, Hwa Ohk: what can you do specifically to... →
Thank you Choi :) I hope you will like Richmond and I hope we can go to the movies sometimes there are some good new movies now !!!so see you tomorrow have a good Sunday ;)
Hello Choi I read your response in my opinion you are brave and I think it’s gonna be fine after.
Have a nice weekend
Hello?
My name is Choi, Hwa-Ohk. I am came from South-KOREA. My e-mail address is...
What can you do specifically to improve your...
Hey Everybody this is Adja,
Well I’ve been here at VCU for five months and at the beginning it wasn’t easy to talk you’ are going to be shy to talk because you do not want to do mistakes etc….
I love my speaking Class it’s good but first I didn’t want to talk even all my classmate and I were there to improve their English because to talk in other language...
February 2010
10 posts
Can Doctors Tell Patients No? It's Not Easy
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/02/can_doctors_tell_patients_no.html
Vocabulary
Firm:marked by or indicating the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue: firm muscles
Nifty :attractively stylish or smart
wrist:the joint or articulation between the forearm and the hand.
Questions :
1. Do you think the old people have right to lie to the doctor because they will need medications...
Speaking Reflection, week 4
I like this article Sadeeqa Like you some people think the same in my country (if they see the black cat )this is mean you will have something bad :) but I also like this sentence (They believe in different things such as, the clock; they don’t dedicate a clock as a gift because they believe that the person who gave them the clock want them to die!!.) Ididnt know about this so I won’t...
Is Living Together Before Marriage a Good Idea?
Common “wisdom” says that living together in a “trial marriage” is a good way to determine if couples are compatible before marriage. There have actually been numerous studies that have examined whether living together before marriage is a good idea. The data shows that people who have multiple cohabiting relationships before marriage are more likely to experience more...
Now A Drug For People With Normal Cholesterol
Thank you Jtownes3 for agree with my opinion ;)
Adja
jtownes3:
Hello,
Interesting post! I thought that it was a good thing to not be on medication. I agree with your opinion. High cholesterol runs in my family, and I’m not sure I’d want to take a pill to reduces my chances of getting it. I’m interested to see what types of side effects this pill has. It seems that any side effect would be...
Now A Drug For People With Normal Cholesterol
Today I talked with my friend Deshonna about a new drug for people with normal cholesterol.She is in Indiana and I saw this is a actuality now so I decided to talk about it with her.I know that many people in America take pills just for cholesterol problem but in my country we don’t need to take it. It’s not the same because people are skinny and if you are fat this is mean for some...
Should teenagers under 21 are allowed to drink and...
Hello,
I think the same as Jtownes and people drink because they have so many problems
but does we need to drink when we have a lot of problem? no I dont think it’s always killing people like cancer accident I don’t agree with this , or maybe of some stress they smoke and mix drink with this and it’s smell so terrible for real .
Young people should not drink because especially...
January 2010
9 posts
Wedding in my country (Mali)
Hey everybody,
I’m gonna talk about wedding in my country
The First day of the wedding, they wake up the newlywed at 5 oclock to prepare her for the wedding, so they go to the hairdressing salon with her sister in law to put make up and dress on her just to make her more beautiful and then with her future husband they go to the city council to get marry with the family and friends.In my...
QUESTIONS
Yes I speak English Outside of class because I live at the dorm so I have to talk always English with all of my roomates in my floor !!!they always ask me things about my country this is the most important for them or to hung out somewhere and we talk about weather if its the same or if I like it etc…
yuj8:
ashort:
Do you speak a lot of English outside of class? If yes, with whom?...
Hey Sadeeqa Nice audio !!! I hope you will...