Intermediate (Evening Class)Nov. 2009

Hello Guys,

We're going to use this page to communicate together during the course period. Feel free to express your ideas and thoughts about the topics that we discuss in our classes.!

LEVEL 3 July-Augst (Females)

Hi there,
How are you all doing? I'm so sorry that it took me much time to set up this page as I have promised earlier. But here we go, this page is your home now :) You're most welcome to comment on anything. You can talk together about what we have discussed in the class. you may ask me about anything that you need to understand. But you must try to log in this page at least once everyday, so that you will be able to read all the comments made by students and the teacher.

Just please notice that you can make this page successful and helpful for you...or you can just make it another empty page! The choice is yours...All you have to do is to ask, comment and participate.
Good luck,
Mr. Mohammed Shehata

LEVEL 3 JUNE-JULY 2009

Hi everyone,

The Conversation Course

Hey,
The conversation course is over now and I would like to receive your comments on the course. please be free to express your opinions as well as your suggestions.

I was honored to teach you.

Yours,
Mr. Mohammed Shehata

Hello everyone,
you may watch this video and answer the question sheet that you have.

Have a nice weekend :-)

Level 3 Homework :-)

Hi again,

Now it's time for you to watch this video again and complete the question sheets that have been given to you in the previous class.

Have fun,

WRITING CLASSES

Hi all,
how are you doing? I hope you that you are doing well. Okay..Would you please add your writing drafts here in this post so that I can check them for you. All you have to do is to click on "Comments" then chose "post a comment" then start writing your draft. Don't forget to write down your name at the end of your comment.

Thank you for your interactivity.
Yours,
Mr. Mohammed Shehata

VIDEOS

Hi everybody,
How are you doing? Here are some videos that may help you improve your English skills. Try to enjoy them and try to answer the questions that you have received in your classes.


Enjoy!

Mr. Mohammed Shehata

LEVEL 4 HOMEWORK :-)

Hi class,
Would you please submit your homework here in this post. All you have to do is to click on "post a comment"
thank you.
yours,
Mr. Mohammed Shehata

LEVEL 2 HOMEWORK

Hi all,
Would you please answer the questions on page 47 (check it). Then please go to pages 48 and 49 and read the two reading passages after that you have to answer the question number 3

Goodluck

Hi again,
The course is now over...As i asled you in today's class that you may please answer these questions freely about the course:

What are the things that you liked most about the course?
what are the things that you found boring?
What about the things that you wanted them to be better? what are these things? how can I make them better?

what do you think about the way we practised each of the four skills: listening,reading,writing and speaking?
If you have any suggestions to make this course more intersting what are they?

I would like to read your reply here...
thanks alot..
I was honored to be your teacher.

Hi again,
How are you? I think you're studying today's new words now :-)
Today we learrnt some new verb patterns like:

used to+ info
decide to+inf
manage to+inf
start to+info
begin to+inf

BUT

enjoy + verb+ing
like + verb+ing

your homework task is to write two examples using these verbs ...as usual try to make it funny!

Now..i have a present you...yes..a gift...
Here's a site that contains LOTS of English songs with some vidoes and the lyrics too!!!

http://www.morkol.com/index.php/artistas/song/744/Bryan_Adams/I_Will_Be_Right_Here_Waiting_For_You

So you can strat listening to songs and read the words too!!
Let me know if you liked this site
I will wait for your answers here..
Have a good day..
Mr.Mohammed
Sara Institute.

Hi again,

Do you remember what we explained today about "IF, when, before, after, until, as soon as, etc."?
We use :
· If → present simple →future

We can express the future in 3 ways, do u remember them?!
· Will+inf
· Am,is,are going to + inf.
· Am,is,are +verb + ing

Ok…now you're going to complete these sentences about yourself using the correct form of the future tense. Try to think about funny answers though!
For example:
If I win the lottery, I will produce a movie !

Now it's your turn:

1. If I win the lottery, …………………………. .
2. If I study hard,………………………………..
3. When I meet my best friend, ……………………………
4. As soon as I finish this course, I will…………………. .
5. When I'm 50, ……………………………………..

ok..see you in tomorrow's class.
Mr. Mohammed
Sara Institute

Hi everyone,

how are you? Today's homework task is a speaking task, as you were lazy in today's class! This video is the final scene of a movie called The Pursuit of Happiness. It's about a man who had difficult life-really hard life-till he finally achieved his dreams and became happy.

You're asked to watch this video now and think about your happiness. What is your biggest dream that would make you extremely happy if it came true.

Try to think. You may write notes if you like as tomorrow you will speak about this dream of yours in front of the class....

Try to brainstorm for idea....think about anything that would make you happy. What is your main goal in this life?

see you tomorrow,

Mr. Mohammed

Sara Institute

Today's homework Task!

Hi again,
Today's homework task is really easy. All you have to do is to answer these questions into your notebook and we will discuss it in class tomorrow:

Rewrite these sentences:

1. I have to take the medicine everyday. (Change into negative)
2. WE have to speak English all the time in class. (Start with Do)
3. He has to do the washing up. (Negative)
4. Jacky has to sleep early. (Ask a question)

The second task is watching this video. Try to listen carefully to this new expression. Try to understand it and finally try to write it into your notebook.

........what...I forgot what to say...It was on the tip of my tongue! :-)

Happy Feast !! "Homework!!"

Hi again,
How are you doing? i hope that you're having more exciting holiday
well..here comes your new homework task...
It's writing task..I want you to write an essay about what things that you need to be happy. Write about your dreams,about your goals. JUST WRITE!!
WRITE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN..NOT JUST FEW LINES :-)
OK...again
write an essay- a group of paragraphs about things that you dream to have to be happy in your career life as well as your personal life.
I'll be waiting for your answer here on this page and i will reply back as soon as I can.
see you soon,
Mr. Mohammed
Sara Institute.

Homework Task "Present Perfect"!!

Hi again,
How are you? I hope that you had enjoyed the last homework task and that you found it interesting and helpful at the same time. Well... Today we explained the present perfect tense in the morning class, remember? So, we will try to have some tasks which will help us understand this important tense better as well as using it in our everyday English.

So, are you ready to start?!! I can't hear you!! Did you say "yes we're ready"? Raise your voice!!

The first task is to listen to this song. It's a soft song by Bryan Adams. It's called "have you ever really loved a woman"- I really like it very much and I hope you'll like it too. As you will be listening for the first time, just relax and enjoy the song. For the second time, I want you to listen for these words " have and ever". Try to notice the way they are used in forming a question " Have you ever loved a woman?" well, did you like the song?! Now what should you do is trying to learn the new words that you found in this song so let's do this now please. Try to look them up in your dictionary.

click here to listen to the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUqugcJ11YU


The second task is a writing task. I want you write an answer to this questions:
What are the funniest moments in you entire life?
Try to think about a personal experience that you have experienced and that you want to share with the class! Think about any thing that have happened to you, anything interesting that you have learned, done, watched,..etc

The final task for today is that I want you to please add a comment on this blog trying to suggest any idea that we can use in order to make it more exciting and more useful for you as well as other students. Just click on the word" comment" then add your comment. You may kindly write your first name, so that I would know who added that comment when I read it.

Mr. Mohammed
Sara Institute.

Homework Tasks!!!

Hi again,
How are you? I hope that you found the idea of this blog interesting and helpful . OK...
Now it's the time for our first homework task. It's really exciting task. I will post here a link for a site that contains some videos that can be used to learn English. I want you only to watch the first episode and answer the questions that you will find at the end of this page.

Now I want you to go to this page: http://www.sozoexchange.com/2007/03/16/episode-1/
Watch and enjoy the video, when you finish come again here and answer these questions:

1. Spend some time thinking about your adjective, the adjective that best describe you as a person. Take it easy :-) This should be fun!! Try to think about one adjective that you feel and think it tells much about what kind of people you are.
2. write down all the new vocabulary that you learnt from today's video. Write them down in a sheet of paper as we will discuss them in tomorrow's class. DON'T FORGET!
3. Try to watch the video again.But this time i want you to focus on the listening skill. Now you're listening to a native English speaker and WOW you can understand her,right?? This means that you're doing good job!
   

See you tomorrow

Mr. Mohammed

Sara Institute

THE FOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS

Hi again,
Are you ready to start? I'm going to talk about the four language skills that you need to develop in order to be a good English learner. Let's start with the listening skill. Some students think that it's the most difficult skill. But the question is DO YOU LISTEN TO MUCH ENGLISH AS YOU SHOULD DO? The answer often is going to be NO! So how come you be a good listener without listening?!

I always tell my students that the four language skills are Skills NOT GIFTS". Do you know the different between a skill and a gift? Let me tell you...Any skill can be improved by practice and by only practice. So if you like be a good driver, all you have to do is to practicse more driving. Well....so if you wish to be a good listener, all you have to do is to listen more. i'm going to share some sites with you that i've found useful for developing the listening skill. Some of these sites are online radio stations or TV sites.These sites will help you to listen to different kinds of topics. You may also listen to some music as well...

ok...let's go and check these sites now & let me know how do find them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
http://www.cbsnews.com/
http://abcnews.go.com/

Welcome To My Blog

Hi all,

How do you do? As you're here surfing this blog; so you maybe be one of my students in Sara Institute or you may have known about this page by any other means.......Anyway...Allow me to welcome you all for being here.

Actually, I had to write this introduction to let you know the reason why i made this blog. As i believe that teaching is a life experience, and that the relationship between the teacher and his students should be extended beyond the time spent in the classroom. So having this handy blog is a way to achieve this kind of friendly relationship. Moreover, this blog can help me in extending the teaching process. So students may submit some homework tasks or we can also exchange some useful links that can help you achieve your goals of being a better English learner.

As i said before, this blog is a way to enhance this kind of relationship which is based mainly on mutual respect between me, as a teacher, and you. So you're free to suggest any idea that you think it may help in the improvement of this blog.

finally, i hope to start contacting with you as soon as possible. I'm waiting for your comments on the different topics that will be posted here.

REMEMBER!!!
Learning is a life-long task....you have to keep going through it......
Together we will achieve this goal...
take care...see you soooon in other posts