Greeting.

I hope you had a good weekend.

I also I hope, everybody would have a quite happy week, enjoy it.

Happy Monday this is a beginning of the week. Forget it about the past its gone. Smile it doesn't cost a penny. 

introduce by us self ( Miyo & Ena)

this is interview of Ena and Miyo.

we were talking about NYC and our neighbors.

Junho & Leonardo

This is an interview of Junho and Leonardo.

Aya and Koki's interview

This is Interviews of Aya and Koki. Koki will interview to Aya where she come from, how many countries she ever live in, etc. You would see which country she like and how she thinking about living in U.S. And Aya will ask Koki what he is doing on his off day, and how is his life, and also how he like to live in NY. Thank you!

Thinking about everything 🐴👑

Why? 

Because I have seen so much, and more than over 10 years, that I have been leaving in. New York, I am looking around, learning a little bit of everything with none stop. 

Wake up you can do this, wake up you could do this, use your most powerful arm, let it fly no matter what how high will go. You have to discover it on your own, or for your own propose, just do it !   ( if you felt do it again). 

Love, peace and pain. 

Honor to My Mother (Carlos' Audio Story)

I WANT TO HONOR MY MOTHER

WHY? Because since my father died she took care of us by herself. My mother sacrificed for us always and still looks for the best for all of us because she loves us so much.

She did everything that needed to be done for us starting by supported and accepted my father death.

She went crazy and couldn’t believe it when I was two years old. I do not remember him but I enjoy it when my mother tells me stories about him. That he was her life. She was about to die too but she never did. Because she thought about us and in God before she wanted to do something wrong. She is very smart and intelligent to do this kind of things. I love my mother now more than ever…

After my father’s funeral, my mother had to work in my father’s job which was just for men no for women. Because my father’s boss  was a friend to our family so he made an exception.

She was the only one woman working in this job. She was the supervisor of a big city company that specialized in keeping the streets and parks of Guayaquil clean, like Trash collectors. My mother needed to go to school at the age of 40 because my grandparents never sent her to school. Once my grandfather died, my grand-mom sent my mother to live with her relatives. They had my mother work as a housekeeper instead of sending her to school. In order to get this job at least she had to know how to read and write and she did not know how to read and write so she went to school for Adult Literacy and finished her education. And finally she got the job.... Well at the very end  After eight years working in this place each and every one of the workers or employees including my mother,  got fired. like animals they got fired for no reason.

And then she was so desperate.

Could you imagine a woman with 7 children, feeding them, educating them and doing whatever else we needed to be happy?

One day she was walking and trying to buy some food for us, at the big market in the city.

There she found this fine young man, This person was her distant cousin from my grandfather’s side of the family.

So he asked to my mother, “What happened to you cousin?”

And she told him everything that had happened. This person was and still in a good economic situation.  He had -- or I don’t know if he still has -- a big food market. He owns a whole building where he has or had his business, right in the middle of the city. They used to be very good friends when they were youngers. besides that they are family relatives. So he helped her by giving to my mother everything in order to open a grocery store or bodega again. when I say again is. Because that’s what my mother used to do before my father passed away she used to work at the grocery store and my father worked for the city.

Once she opened again her grocery store or bodega in the south side of the City. where we used to live at. where all the poor people used to live at and we had everything that we needed in terms of food, education, toys, and a lot of love from both of them. But one day it changed everything, it was a different story. it was not the same at all.

Before and after my father died my grandmother used to take care all of us, my cousin also helped us by cooking and doing the laundry while my mom was working and we used to go to school one of my brother had and needed to work and help my mom but he never dropped the school, because the money that my mom used to make was not enough for everybody, i remember. when my mother bought a nice pair of shoes and a shirt for only one of my brothers and we used to said mama what about for me ? and also she used to buy some toys just for two of my brothers we used to tell her mama what about the rest of us ?

But without knowing that she did not have enough money to buy clothes and toys for her children, not even enough food, what she did was very smart,  we used to keep and collect the clothes from my brothers and as soon as  we  grow up we will wear their clothes, same thing with my sisters,  now about the toys we used to make our own toys by using our imagination and talents that our teacher from our. Same school, taught us using glue,  woods and papers. Because we used to receive toys,  in Christmas eve. New Year eve and holidays only and also when our God fathers used to show up.....  the ones that used to always helped us were my older cousins from my mothers side family, Ok.

One day my mother won the lottery wow that was  excellent because she used to buy it every weekends, she used the money to made our house a little bit more bigger than it was. and still was not enough for all of us and then we started rented half of the house to helped us to pay the rent and all the bills that were needed to be paid, such as transportations, education, electricity and gas uff and a lot of more that i can not finished to described. let me tell you something guys compare to other families.

i remember one day i was on the roof lying down and i looked up to the stars and i cried and i told to my self one day we will have a better life. Because  the night i wanted to eat more food and my mother told me mijo, son is done there is no more food left and that was . Tuna, my favorite seafood.

I remember that  my mother was a very strict woman because she never let us to go outside without finishing  our homework first.

I had to give my lessons to my mother even though it was really late and we wanted to go to sleep. sometimes when my mother used to go out to visit my uncles or sometimes she stayed working over time,  we had an opportunity to go out without  permission from her. she is very smart she used to come very slowly without saying anything to nobody and she knew where we were.

Because she asked one of our neighbors that lives in front of our house, and she used to come  with a belt underneath her blouse, so we can not see it. I never knew that she had a belt hidden inside her blouse around her stomach, and then she punished me and everybody else for not listened to her.

Well that was long time ago after all my mother loves us so much she just wants us to obey her in  everything that she told us to do.  Otherwise we would become criminals, thief, drug addicts etc.

Well then. Now let me tell you when my mother was traveling to USA. from Ecuador.

My Cousin lives in Chicago, he offered to helps my  mother to come to USA and in the middle of the way he refused to helps her so my mother was supposedly to come to Chicago instead of  NY, she was stock in Texas for a little while,  she was so desperate, she did not know what to do, She called my uncle that lives in New York.

Because when my cousin and most of all our family used to live with us. So this person Is my aunt husband. He helped my mother to come to NY He borrowed some money to my mother also the money that my mother borrowed in. Ecuador, now she needs to work to pay everything that she owns.

Now she is here in New York she needed to find a job. sooner than later, right away, She easily found a job in a. Korean Factory as a cleaner. She used to clean tuxedos, dressers, and much more stuff. She used to make a little bit of money and  She wanted to work more hours so she could make a little bit of more money. So she learned how to use the machines even though was older she learned faster from her friends, She started to collect some money a little by little and then she brought all of us two by two, she suffered a lot.

I remember when she used to call us by phone and started crying every time she hear our voices. We  were very sad also. I did miss my mother a lot,  but at the same time I felt good, I don't know why But I was 10 years old, I think so because I could go out and have fun with my friends, but when I used to come back home I missed my mom.

Well, when I was 11 years old I went to H.S, I felt this first year of school because to be honest with you guys my family put me really late at this school, The students were advanced with the classes and exams, and my siblings also were not in a good way to teach me or to guide me in the school so I felt, and in the next year.

My mother gave an authorization to one of my old cousin, now he is resting in peace because he passed away many years ago, He was an awesome person he put me at this school and I never felt any other year anymore, I graduated in Industrial Mechanic, specialized in, Welding and Lathe,  or windlass.

I was the last one that my mother brought to New York. I didn't suffer like my mother and my sibling did.

I took this like a long trip like I was on vacation I came inside of a fishing Vessel, so I was inside where they keep the fishes but the week they didn't transport them, we were inside of it. I have never traveled in a fishing vessel before, this dream came true, I was throwing out for two days, so after the third day I was ok. I used to eat whatever I wanted to, watermelons, pineapples a lot soup and rice, compare to my friends.

They  were very sick inside the boat, there were no doctors around only our, Captain and three workers. They helped us a lot, They were in charged of cooking and prepared everything.

We last for about 7 days in the middle of the. Ocean Pacific, I saw Dolphins, Big whales and a big    tornado in the middle of the Ocean, that scared me a lot, because I have never seen one like that. When I arrived in Guatemala I got stuck over there for almost two months I was in a bordered between, Guatemala and Mexico, which is call. Tecun Uman. I did everything just to come to New York. It was a long big adventure For me.

Finally after almost two months living in Guatemala the coyote gave us some instructions to cross the bordered from. Guatemala to Mexico. I started to walked for many hours none stop. finally i passed.

Traveling between the cities was more easy than the borders.

I flew for more than three times by airplanes, from Mexico Df to Guadalajara and Mexicali and L.A to New York.

Now my mother is living with me and all my family are togethers. We are not a perfect family but. We still together even though my father died many years ago Just my grandmother still and. Ecuador. With my cousins from my mothers sides. We are taking care of my grand mother. All of us are working to succeed in this. World. God. Bless you. All.

Kazu&Risa2

Interviews of Kazu & Risa.Hi!everybody.We are going to introduce each other. We would be happy to share with you guys. The first interview from Risa to Kazu. She was asking for his hobbies. The second video is interview from Kazu to Risa. He was asking for her job.Sorry!!We are both shy so we couldn't show up our face but hope you to enjoy our video:)Thank you!

Sylvia's on Lenox

Im going to write a review about Sylvia's Soul food Restaurant.

its on a couple blocks up from subway 125st. its pretty convenient location to eat in if you are browsing around harlem.Sylvia's is the one of most famous restaurant in the neighborhood.

When you going into the restaurant,you might got to be wait.especially weekends.

Include receptionist and all the stuff who works in the restaurant are very friendly.you could pretty much enjoy southern hospitality here in harlem.

any entree starts from nicely baked cornbread which is served free.

i thought the price is lil pricy but fried chicken and waffle that signature menu of this restaurant was decent.mad good. but one thing ,the two side dishes that i had to ordered was kinda too salty for me,collard green and mac n cheese.

by gosh

sylvia's restaurant

Cha-an East Village

This Japanese style café in Ease Village is must - go.
It's like a hidden place from noise, you don't feel like you are in Manhattan any more.
Quiet, Zen atmosphere you can enjoy.
I recommend order mattcya ice cream, tea, anything with mattcya is great which is fine Japanese green tea.

Mayumi

Daniel Restaurant Review

Daniel Restaurant

There are 704 review for Daniel. Most of them gave 5 stars, and say the restaurant is amazing.
People go there to celebrate their anniversalies and birthdays because the restaurant is one of the expensive restaurants in NYC.

First of all, they say the servise is fluid and respectful. Both wait staff and sommelier are extremely helpful and friendly, and also excellent without being pretentious.

Second, talking about their foods. There is 3 course tasting menu which comes an appetizer to a dessert. They recommend beef and foie gras. Once we get them in our mouth, just melted and smoothly dissapare. The foods are right amont, and they serve them perfect timing.

Even thought, everything there are awsome, reviewers have to think about how they will survive next a few weeks because their wallets are crying with paying such a expencive meal. However, people consider to come back again to enjoy the next wonderful dinner.


miho

Amy's Bread

Summary about Amy's Bread review.

They have 3 locations in Manhattan.
This summary is about Hell's Kitchen location.

They have average 4 stars according to yelp.

They have not only good breads and sandwiches but also great cupcakes.

They are little bit pricey.

Their service are quick and friendly even the line extends out of the door.

They are open late.

http://www.amysbread.com/

Yoshi

SobaKoh

The best authentic soba place in  NY.

Their soba master make soba noodles everyday at their store front.
so their noodle is very fresh.
And their tempura is very high  quality .

I been there a lot . my favorite plate is soft shell crab tendon.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/sobakoh-new-york

koki murakami

Best Vegetarian restaurant in East village!

The review said Incredible food.
 "Fresh, healthy, and I always walk away feeling wonderful. My personal favorite is the macro plate - never tasted such simple but delicious food!"
I been there once also. I am a vegetarian, so for me it is too hard to look for vegetarian plate in regular restaurant. And there are always only a few options. It was my first experience to go vegetarian restaurant, and it was great! People may think vegetarian food are less tasty, less salty, less of something...etc, but they are tasty I don't know why. So even you are not vegetarian, you can have a great time!
http://www.souen.net

 Aya Tanaka

Update! Life with My Grandmother (with Julia's Narration)

Julia's text about her memories with her grandmother inspired many thoughtful comments, and a wonderful story by Hakim.  Now you can listen to Julia read her story in her own words!

-Eric, NYC, USA

Life with My Grandmother

     I am writing a history about my grandmother.  She was a very nice woman.  She cared for me, my sister and brother.  She worked hard on her farm.  She had cows, horses, pigs, sheep and chicken.  She made cheese, planted plants, corns, potatoes, beans, vegetables and fruits.  She taught me how to cook cake, salad and chicken soup.  I helped my grandmother milk the cows.  I collected 40 eggs every morning.  I let the sheep out into the fields.  I washed the clothes in the river.  
     She cooked delicious food during Christmas time.  She invited her family over.  She prepared food like chicken, soup, rice, pernil, and salad.  I remember yellow corn boiling in water, green salad being cut and white potatoes being peeled.  I smelled delicious pernil and yellow rice. The potatoes were soft.  The corn was sweet.  The pernil was salty.  The soda was bubbly and sweet.  After we ate, we sang and danced with music.  The party started at 7pm and ended at 3am.  After the party, she washed the dishes and put them away for the next year.
     My grandmother's house was very big.  Every year she painted her house a different color.  Her house was near the river.  She had three daughters.  Their names were Mary, Rosa and Carmen.  She had six grandchildren.  Their names were Nancy, Freddy, Fausto, Nely, Marlene and Julia.  She cried sometimes because her family lived in America. She died ten years ago.  My mother and my aunts paid a woman to care for the farm.

By: Julia

kaoko&chizu

We took videos about our NYC life.

KOKO &KENJI

hi everybody,we made two interviews about our work experience,please feel free to listen this, we talked about how we make our connection to the next.peep this,tx.

The Three Stooges

Hello everybody,
The reason why we choose "The Three Stooges" is because we ran out of the idea, we are three people in this video, Lupin, Yoshi, and someone who doesn't want to us to publish his name, anyway, we'll call him DJ.
We are welcome anyone to leave the comment, we are not perfect, so please correct us, thanks, good day.


 

Update! In the Farmyard (Blanca's Audio Story)

A few weeks ago, Blanca shared the text for her story of her life on the farm in Mexico.  Her memories of working with the animals in the pastures inspired Hakim to share his exciting and terrifying childhood experience of a bee attack.  

Now you can hear Blanca read her story in her own words.  

-Eric, NYC, USA

In the Farmyard

This is my story about my life on the farm. When I was a girl I worked with cows. I like to touch the cows when I milking them. When I was making cheese, smell good and taste good. Sometimes cows hit me and pushed me down. Sometimes I fall off the horse. I liked to work with chickens. Goats borned in farmyard. I good memories about my life. I hear the rooster and birds singing in the morning. I used to see the sunrise everyday.

-Blanca, NYC, USA

What happened to the Blog?

Hello everyone!

You may notice our blog looks a little different (again).  And we will probably continue to make changes.  

I have switched back to the "simple" template for several reasons:

• I have found that the "dynamic" template we were using is especially challenging for students new to the blog.
• I often found that there were errors when the page was loading with the dynamic template.  Sometimes the comments would not show.  Sometimes I couldn't see the videos.
• I want some of the features of our blog to be easier to find.  

Now, the pages are back at the top of the page.  In the pages, you can find information about the blog, tutorials, and links to helpful websites.  

Having trouble finding a particular post?  Try searching with the labels on the right-hand column.  We have about 350 posts now, on many, many, many different topics, including culture, animals, music, dance, poetry, performances, and presentations to name a few. 

Also, I was thinking that our background (which is blank right now) could be designed by students.  Students could submit art or original photos.  If we have many submissions, we could update it each month.

I would love to hear your feedback.

-Eric, NYC, USA

When I Was a Kid (Hector's Audio Story)

Hello everyone!  I am proud to introduce the final audio stories from Level 5 NYC!  These students worked until the final moments of our last class, right up to the end-of-the-year party.  These students did all of the work, typing, rehearsing and recording their stories.  I'm just here to push the publish button.  You will see updated posts from Julia and Blanca, now with their narrations.  You will see an epic tale from Carlos, where he honors his mother, and shares his family's long journey from Ecuador to New York City.  First, you will see a story from Hector.

Hector was familiar with big cities before he moved to New York City.  He grew up in a neighborhood of Mexico City, one of the largest cities in the world, before he moved to a small desert village, far from the excitement of the Formula One race track.  But Hector remains optimistic  and recalls the good times he spent with his family.

-Eric, NYC, USA

When I Was a Kid

     I want to share a story about my life when I was a child. 

     I was born in Mexico D.F. The name of my neighborhood is Tlatelolco. I remember living in the same building with my grandparents, my uncles, my aunts and my cousin. I have good memories about living in Mexico City. 

     Mexico D.F. is a big city. It has many different places to visit. Chapultepec, Alameda, Plaza de Toros, Bellas Arts, Ciudad Deportiva, Estadio Azteca, Paseo de la Reforma and the big plaza Zocalo. 

     I remembered that every Sunday my family would go to different places, but one of my favorite places was Ciudad Deportiva or Sport City. The actual name is Magdalena Mixuca founded by President Miguel Aleman. 

     Sport City was an Olympic park which was used during the Olympic games in 1968. The park continues to serve as an Avenue for cultural, social and sports events. They have the Autodromo hermanos Rodrigues for Formula one racing, the Foro Sol for concerts, Football fields and the Palace of Sports for Basketball. Sport City is my favorite place to remember. 

     My brothers and sister would play football, soccer and many other games all the time. We would remember the sounds of the Formula one cars, we could hear the motors from so far away. I liked to smell the food from the vendor on the site of Sport City. 

     A special day that I liked to remember was January 6, the day of the three Wisemen. That day, my brothers and I would wake up early to see the gifts and toys. In the night, my grandparents would make us dinner. This dinner was the traditional Rosca de Reyes or the King Cake with chocolate. 

     In 1970, my family moved to a new place called Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl. The first days were hard for everybody. But the good thing was that we were not alone. My cousin lived next door to us and my grandparents lived on the street in front of us. My father and my uncle had identical houses. 

     In Nezahualcoyotl, it was very bleak and had too much dust. But in the Summer, there would be a lot of rain. When it rained, the water would come into our house and our furniture would float around. In Autumn, there would be a lot of dust and this would cause dust tornados. 

     These first years were very hard. Little by little, the community and the government worked together to make schools, hospitals, streets and urbanized Nezahualcoyotl. When I was a child, my life was hard but I enjoyed my childhood. In spite of moving to a new place, I still enjoyed my time.

-Hector Vasquez

Job Interview

  Job interview

My first job in USA is iron in a factory clothes, very hard for me 10 hrs. is so much  but I do well after one month  I have no experience  first  job in my life with discipline and dedication I work for 3 years. After that job I find another job dishwasher in a restaurant ,same story no experience , nighttime ,hard for me but I do that for  4 years after this two jobs I do not speak English but I interesting in food I do like to make food looks easy for me. Well I do not have in of money to survive I have to go back to the factory and for 6 months I work  in the factory and restaurant then I learn more in factory  I step up  and I  do other job I work full time in the factory with much better  salary, and I work another  two years.

Then I find other  part time at this time ,now is in a German deli I try to do the grill at sundays is new experience I try my best , I do that for two months  after that they offering me  full time dishwasher and I accept I left  the factory to the other new job  dishwasher in a deli I do dishwasher for 6 months then I step up because other guy take another job and now I help to prepare the veggies and star to make salads and I do salads for two years then the chef need to change the job , step up again now I start to cook , soups, meats, new salads, some Italian food, german food .I practice to prepare food for special orders like reunions , celebration business , I almost know all food  we make in the deli  and  the chef at this time  find another job and finally I take the responsibility in the deli    for 3 years but the guy was a chef before me wants go back to the deli and he is very welcome for our team.

         Job responsibility

Manager in a factory for more than one year .

Chef in a German deli for two years.

         special food

For: St. patricks day , christmas, New years , July 4, thanksgiving.

          Conflicts.

We have a big team ,orders pass for many people if one of this make a mistake we are in trouble and is not easy to find who make a mistake , this is the most conflict at the deli.

          Most difficult  dish I have prepared.

For me at this time after 10 years prepare every days same dishes still difficult for me the dishes named: rouladen, bavarian casserole, seafood gratin and goulash.

                            something about my self.

I am a persevering person I like to challenge myself , I like to see the progress and enjoy the progress, most of my jobs I start  at zero to the tap.

            Hi my name is Miguel , at this time my post is about job interview ,I want  this project because I can use in the future , for me or for a member of my family or friend.

I hope all you guys like and enjoy thi is one of the last projects in level five, I have fun to learn and post in this blog I am very lucky to work with you guys thanks for letting me share my stories and ideas I never forget all you , great job you are winners  and professionals our future of the world thank you, thank ,you, thank you...............................

                       

Adolfo Experiences

Hi my name is Adolfo Vega. I was born in the Dominican Republic. I

lived in the Dominican Republic for 21 years. I want to let you know about my experiences that I had in my country. I graduated from high school and after that I started working for an event company.

I worked there for 6 years to support my family and myself. By working for that company I got to know every inch of my country. I used to travel all over the country and I got to meet a lot of famous people. In 2008 I met my wife and we dated for 2 years. In 2010 I came here to the United States and lived here ever since.

When I came to the United States I started with my new life. I got married couple of months after I came and soon after my wife got pregnant. Unfortunately, we lost the baby at twenty weeks gestation which was very sad for us to handle.

Then, I found a really good job where I am very happy right now and I have been working there for three years. I’m a sheet metal worker and I really love my job.

In 2012, God blessed us with another pregnancy. And now we have a beautiful child named Kian Vega. And he is now six months old. I would like to thank all of you for listening to the experiences that I had of my life.

Thanks.

A little bit of my family.

http://www.reverbnation.com/jayjimbo

Having a lot fun.

Yesterday I woke up early to go to school. And then I went to see my brothers singing at the Ecuadorean. Consulate, we had a good time because we were listening a lot info. About the Benefits that my. Country. Ecuador has for us. In terms of. Education, Jobs, and equal rights for the human being. No body is less or more better than any body else. 

In. Ecuador you could go and enjoy the. Galapagos. Island.

We have a lot of beautiful. Beaches. You can go and. Surfs. 

 The. Beautiful. Mountains. That they have seen, wars and bloods dropped around it. They know much about the. Real Story. Since we were. Slave by The Spain's since When. America. My. America was. Immigrated. By. The. Whole. Europeans. That they  Took. Our. Gold, our. Culture,But. They. Never  took our. Lives. And. Souls. We were. Independent finally. After. Many years of. Slaved. 

My brother and I we had a good time. After he sang we went for a few drinks at the bar near our house, one of his friend just graduated in. Real State. This conversation was more about. Business and to congratulate my brothers friend. And to celebrate. 

Because my brother has launched to sing as a semi professional.

 Singing and. Bars around. Queens. New York. 

This is brother I wanted to share with you this part of time  that I spend with him and his friend.

http://www.reverbnation.com/jayjimbo http://www.reverbnation.com/jayjimbo

 

Cultural exchange between Berbers and the Dominican Republic

Karina and I had a great experience by exchanging our cultures :D
I was in The Dominican Republic personality, I am Pedro from The Dominican Republic, I speak Spanish, my favorite food is Lavandira and I like la batchatta dancing,...loool

Karina was in Berber personality, she was Hakima from Algeria, exactly Vgayethe, she speaks Kabyle, her favorite food is couscous "Sekssou" and of course she likes kabyle dancing...:D

Exchanging our cultures is the greatest ideas that we had.
Now, let's see it!

To Love Somebody

In this life everybody needs someone to face the difficulty of life, for this you need someone who can help you to build your dreams and goals. But it's so hard and touching to try to be with somebody that doesn't care about your feeling.

In this performance we wanna show you how is difficult to accept this bad feeling!

"To Love Somebody"

There's a light
A certain kind of light
That never shone on me
I want my life to be lived with you
Lived with you
There's a way everybody say
To do each and every little thing
But what does it bring
If I ain't got you, ain't got? Hey babe

You don't know what it's like, baby
You don't know what it's like
To love somebody
To love somebody
The way I love you

In my brain
I see your face again
I know my frame of mind
You ain't got to be so blind
And I'm blind, so so sorrily blind
I'm a man, can't you see
What I am
I live and I breathe for you
But what good does it do
If I ain't got you, ain't got? Hey babe

You don't know what it's like, baby
You don't know what it's like
To love somebody
To love somebody
The way I love you

Oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

You don't know what it's like, baby
You don't know what it's like
To love somebody
To love somebody
The way I love you

Noo noo no-no nooo nooooo

You don't know what it's like, baby
You don't know what it's like
To love somebody
To love somebody
The way I love you

Algerian dance!

Hi everyone,

Some students here in New York City asked me about our dance in Algeria "for men", as you know in Algeria there is a lot of kinds of dancing, Kabyle dance, Chaabi dance, Rai dance, Sahraoui dance, ...etc.
Today, I wanna share with you the Chaabi dance that Hakim and I do like it a lot. hopping that you'll enjoy it too. :D

Hello I am Rosalia this is my classmate Henrry, I interviewed him with the propose of practice speaking English and know a little beat about Henrry`s dreams, goals and his personality live in this country.

This is my english performance

Hello.

My name is Vasilios Gasparatos:

In the lesson of interview Manuel asked few questions about my life.

ENJOY THIS INTERESTING INTERVIEW

Hi, my name is Rosalia, today I interviewed my classmate Silvia Astudillo.  The propose of this interview is to practice English conversation using new words and lost ours fears when we are speaking English   The Silvia`s interview was very interesting because she described very well her country and we learned more about the Ecuador`s biodiversity and learned about her personal live and her family.

Topics of the life

The interview between Pablo and me, about our experiences, knowledge and hopes.In my opinion, regarding my experience, I have to confess that these questions let me to remember and back to live situations that has been influence on my life .Every day always have something to learn.
Edwin NYC

Adolfo and Carlos's Introduction

Hi everyone,

We are Carlos and Adolfo, today we will show you our performance and how people can make interviews for instance.                                                                                                                             Enjoy it!

Save our land

Take care Our land. Our home our Earth stop wars stop wars reforestation ,pollution,extinction ,animals. Together  we can save our land, we have a wonderful world everybody can help in our land. Hector Vazquez .

DEATH'S DUST STORMS

In conclusion the posters. Is representation  the disasters also about  American history,economics in the April 14. 1935.  Every birds squawking, the animal seemed terrified and trying to escape to the a monstrous cloud of dust , hundreds of feet high them storm mo bed faster0.

       

What We Make in Class: Level 5

In the class of level 5 we are talking about different things such as;
Natual disasters, Deforestation,stop war, Golden valley a better life, imigration, and some importent words from the song.

Terror in the great plains

The topic that we showed its based on real event that happens during the 1930s like consequence of the dust storm in the Great Plains region that suffers high temperatures reached 115 degrees besides the heat and drought in this case the people fled with few belongings to safety places

The governments know the future is the children education, instead of wasting too much money in the war with no benefit for anybody, the thirst of power is selfish.

DEFORESTATION

We are working in a deforestation poster, because is very important that the people know what happen when they cut down trees.
If we continue doing this, the earth will run out of oxyegen.
Every minute, 40 hectareas of trees are destroyed trees and forests are very important to the environment and us and they provide homes and food for millions of types of animals.
In our poster we used green color for the trees and we drew trees around the poster to invite everybody to plan trees and we wrote in red color the word "STOP" to let know that we have to stop cut down the trees

Imigration

 Many immigrants come here because this country give a lot of opportunities for all people in here we can have a better education for our family and a better life .
                                                                ROSA (level 5) . NY . USA 

Background. For your land is my land

Hi , Edwin ,Pablo and Miguel ,work in background  poster .Hear is our finish work: Looks like sandstorm everything  fly all over people try to scape to be safe.

Adolfo vega

Hello everyone,
Especially students at Level 5. I  want to introduce you my son Kian Adolfo Vega. and I want you to know that he is the reason that inspired me to study English for the future of two of us . Thanks for reading my posting.

Adolfo vega

Hello

Gifts for my Mom

A digital scan of a print I made for my mom.  This print was modeled after KCJoughDoitch's "Radial Sunset" on DeviantArt.com.

Hiba's post about Mother's Day inspired me to try some creative projects.  

I have two things to share with you: a picture and a song.  Both of these were gifts for my mom.  I had a lot of fun making them, and I think she liked them.

My Linoleum Print
My mom and dad love boating, the beach, the ocean and lighthouses.

This picture was made using a print-making technique called linocut.  To make a linocut, you start with a square of linoleum.  It's similar to the material used for floors.  It's like a hard rubber.  Using special tools, you cut away at the linoleum to make your picture.  Finally, you cover the linoleum square (called a relief) in ink, and press a sheet of paper on to it.

Audio Collage: The Lake Isle of Innisfree
A few years ago, my mom visited Ireland.  She has Irish ancestry, and celebrates St. Patrick's day every year.  She bought a book of poetry by W. B. Yeats, and gave it to me when she returned.  I decided to try and make a song using a recording of W. B. Yeats reading his most famous poem: The Lake Isle of Innisfree. You can find the transcript of the recording, and the text of the poem below.  You will also find some background information too.

I think I should warn you: this song is pretty weird.  There's guitar music I made, and there are also many sounds I recorded in nature, of water, insects, and birds.  There's also pieces of really old songs, and static and noise.  

I think it sounds like a radio, moving between stations.  This is an original recording, but I do borrow from some other people.  The borrowed sources are at the bottom.  
  
Text: The Transcript and Poem
I'm going to begin with a poem of mine called The Lake Isle of Innisfree. Because if you know anything about me, you will expect me to begin with it. It is the only poem of mine which is very widely known. When I was a young lad in the town of Sligo, I read Thoreau's essays, and wanted to live in a hut on an island in Lough Gill, called Innisfree, which means "heather island."   I wrote the poem in London, when I was about 23.

One day in the Strand, I heard a little tinkle of water, and saw in a shop's window, a little jet of water balancing a ball on top. It was an advertisement, I think, for a cooling drink. But it set me thinking of Sligo, and lake water.

I think there is only one obscurity in the poem. I speak of noon as a purple glow. I must have meant by that the reflection of heather in the water.

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;

Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee,

And live alone in the bee loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,

Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;

There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,

And evening full of the linnet's wings.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day

I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;

While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,

I hear it in the deep heart's core.

- W.B. Yeats

Background Information

W. B. Yeats, near the time of the BBC recording.  Image found at WikiMedia Commons, originally from  National Library of Ireland on The Commons @ Flickr Commons

W. B. Yeats is considered by many scholars to be one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century.  He was the first person from Ireland to received a Nobel Prize for literature, but was not popular during his lifetime.

He wrote the poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree in 1888.  He read his poem on BBC radio in 1932.

  

You can hear the original recording of Yeats here.

About My Recording
This song was made from many different pieces.  I used recordings I made playing the guitar.  I also used my iPhone to record nature.

I use several samples of old recordings from ExcavatedShellac.com.

I also use a field recording from Luftrum's Drone Atmosphere, found on FreeSound.org.

All of the sounds were edited and mixed using Audacity.

-Eric, NYC, USA

A SECOND TERRIBLE NEWS!

Hi everybody,

In this evening, I spoke to our lovely friend and teacher Hakim Benachour and I heard that he lost one of his aunts!  As he said: "she was very close to us".

Hakim, we know how hard it is to lose two important person in a short period of time, but anyway, This is life and we must accept it as it is.

                 We present to all the family our sincere condolence

"INNA LI ALLAH WA INNA ILAYHI RADJIOUNE"(to God we belong and to Him we shall return)