Level 4 NYC: Student Wisdom Final Drafts

On Tuesday, students returned to the Words of Wisdom.  We were asked to display these projects for a multicultural festival, and the students worked hard to make final drafts of their Words of Wisdom projects.

We focused on proofreading, checking for spelling and grammar.  And we also worked on making text visual.  We examined some examples of visual texts, discussed what made these texts successful or not. 

The students decided where to put emphasis in their own texts.  They planned images and symbols they could use, and made decisions on word placement on the page.

Note: These are some quick photos I took at the end of class.  After the festival, I will scan them and update with higher-quality images.

-Eric, NYC

Level 1 NYC

Hello everyone, my name is Eunice P. I'm from The Dominican Republic and right now I live in New York City. I teach ESOL for a very diverse community in Queens. I really enjoy working with people and this is a nice way to do it. I learn from many cultures and different places around the world.

Level 5 NYC Winter 2013

Hello I'm Mery teacher in Queens NY. I love Flowers that's way I'm using it as my photo. I love my class and my students are learning a lot.

Level 3 NYC: Introduction

Hi my name is Pricila Ibern and I teach ESL at Riis Settlement House which is an organization that helps immigrants students to communicate with others in English and find ways to improve their lives in USA..

Level 2 NYC: Hello All!

Hello all,

Welcome to Level 2 ESOL class in Long Island City, New York. We have a wonderful session planned for you, so let's get ready to take a journey into the English world!

Level 7 Bejaia: Project 5

In this video, Hakim Benachour travels with his Level 7 students.  They hike along the beautiful coast of Bejaia, Algeria, play music, dance, and share their thoughts about learning English.

Note: The original video was too big to upload to Blogger (about 36 minutes, or about 140 MB).  I tried to cut the video into smaller pieces.  Some segments of the original video may not be displayed.

To see all 8 parts, click on the Post Title (Level 7 Bejaia: Project 5).

You can also click the blue link "Read More" near the bottom of this post.

-Eric, NYC

Part 1

Level 7 Bejaia: Project 4

This video is a slide show introduction from Abdelhak TABLI, a 24 year-old accounting and financial audit student at Aboudaou University in Bejaia, Algeria.  Below the video you will find his transcription for the narration.

-Eric, NYC

 

I am so impatient to know you my new friends!

Hi I’m Abdelhak TABLI  I’m 24 I study accounting and financial audit at Aboudaou university I’ve spent 5 years full of beautiful moments with my friends  and I’m going to graduate this summer and join the professional world .

I’ve always dreamed to be a successful manager in a big company but it would be preferable if its activity doesn’t accentuate the global warming cause I care a lot about our planet earth.

 I was born in Bejaia and I’m still living there it’s a very nice city situated in the north- east of Algeria known for the Gouraya Mount  and also for its gorgeous costs and the port of Bejaia.

A couple of years earlier, my English was bad, but I always wanted and desired learning it .In 2010 I heard about a good center of language teaching called CEIL, so I couldn’t wait to join it cause it was finally a great chance for me to learn English with teacher along with classmates in a school you know, it’s perfect.

I remember when I begun ,my level of English was low then I up graded a little by a little until I reached the  intermediate level. in spring of 2012 I was lucky to have Mr. Benachour Hakim as a teacher, with him learning English has a new face his method of teaching is different from the classical ones used here I mean he gives a big importance to some skills like speaking and listening so students develop an ability of speaking spontaneously and naturally  and also we do many activities such as singing performing plays and writing about our daily life and share our life experiences. It’s really exiting and we never get annoyed.

            Now he’s still my teacher and my level is better I’m an upper intermediate learner which is a great thing. Because now I can watch films in English without problems and also listens to English music and I chat with English-speaking friends on the net.

I hope you loved my story new Yorkers by the way our cabs are yellow too but your skyscraper are special. Thank you for watching. 

Level 7 Bejaia: Project 3

In this video, students from Bejaia, Algeria show us a special meal to celebrate Spring.  Below the video, you will find a transcription of their conversation.

-Eric, NYC

A special dish to celebrate Spring !

Hi !

This is a special dish that we eat to celebrate, to celebrate Spring… ! And this dish is called Aderyiss… ! It is about couscous and so many vegetables like carrots, beans, peas, potatoes, onion, carrots and so on ! And it is served with eggs…mmmmmm… hahahahah! Well, we can eat eggs like that….can you see ? Yes…. !  And like that or like that ….hahahaha !   This is what is called olive oil…mmmmmm ! Unfortunatelly, we do not really have honey or sugar, so we have Coca-Cola….hahahahah ! And we have salt ! And we have some orange juice…etc ! Do you like it ? Yes… ! Really ? Yes…, I do ! So, we are going to eat Aderyiss. It’s very nice and delicious ! Do you like it ? Yes…. ! Do you like it ? Yes…hahahaha….I do ! So, do you want to eat now ? Yes… ! So, we are going to eat… !