San Diego

Hi there.

I'm not sure if you guys know that I work as a group leader on my vacations (sometimes in July, and almost always in January). My job is pretty much to make sure the trip runs smoothly and that students have an adult around to help them out should the need arise. Despite a few problems that crop up (and some always happen), it's usually a lot of fun, a great experience that we all take with us for the rest of our lives.

The first city I visited as a group leader was San Diego, in Southern California. That was some five or six years ago. I had been to California before, but not San Diego. On that trip, I took 18 teenage students and a few adults, who stayed there for a month. Most of them had host families; some stayed in hotels. The routine was basically classes in the morning, cultural activities in the afternoon and free time at night, during which everybody did their shopping. On weekends, we visited different attractions (famous spots in California) like Sea World, San Diego Zoo, Universal Studios, Disneyland, Six Flags, Hollywood, Beverly Hills and the famous Californian beaches.

Despite being one of the largest cities in the USA, San Diego is very pleasant, organized and safe. It's not very cold in the winter. Students say that it reminds them of winters in Petrópolis and other places in the mountains in Rio. There are several malls, good restaurants, and various attractions to suit everyone's tastes.

That was certainly one of my best trips. The city is gorgeous and the weather is wonderful!

I really hope you have the chance to visit San Diego someday.

Awesomedude

Assignment #2

Hi, Bloggers.

As promised, here's your second assignment -

I believe all of you like traveling; well, I do. I travel overseas once or twice a year. I'd like you to talk about a memorable trip and attach some photos as well. Tell us where you went, who you traveled with, when that was, how long you stayed there and why it was so special.

Hope to see your postings by this coming Sunday.

Take care,

Awesomedude

Hello! How are you, Master 2ers?

Well, it's my first post at the blog.

Sincerely, I don't actually practice my spoken English outside the classroom. On the other hand, I have some friends from another countries and I keep chatting in English with them. Besides, I always listen to music and read websites, mainly the sports's ones. I feel that specially the reading is really effective, as I try to look in the dictionary for any words I eventually don't know.

One great site to learn english is BBC Learning English, that was recommended by an other teacher at Cultura, Marcia. There are some texts, with the vocabulary explained and the audio available. There are some great mini-games also.

Another one that I can recommend is Tecla SAP. Even though the explanations are in portuguese, there are some good tips for those who are learning English. As it covers the main subjects of mistakes made by people, it turns out to be really interesting!

So... That's about it! See you.

Hi, Master 2ers! How's it goin'? How was the holiday? Anything interesting? Mine was pretty low-key.

 

Well, as promised, here's our first assignment: I'd like each and every one of you to tell me how you've practiced your English outside the classroom. Has it proven to be effective? Do you feel your English has been improving because of this out-of-the-classroom practice? Why do you say so? What else would you recommend to someone who's willing to improve their English language skills? If there are some interesting sites for those who study English, I'd like to know what they are. Our BLOG has the very spot for that!

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

Looking forward to seeing your postings.

 

Alex

 

Hi, Bloggers.

 

This is Master 2 Rocks, our blogosphere, a place created for us to keep in contact and share with each other stuff that's been happening in our lives. In a couple of weeks, we won't see each other in the classroom anymore, but through this blog we'll remain in contact.

 

Hope to hear from you soon.

 

Awesomedude