Thailand 2012-2013

Fall 2011 & Spring Term 2012 Top Students (High-Intermediate)

Spring Term 2012 Party

 

Summer 2010 High-Beginning

Spring 2010 High-Beginning Class

Aden, Teacher Alex, Farahan, Fernando, Ama, Mary, Lul, Ali, Prasert, Alexis, Ahado, Mr. Ruganza

2009 Spring High-Advanced Class

BRITISH ENGLISH-----Vs.----AMERICAN ENGLISH

lorry-----------------------------------------truck

rubbish bin------------------------garbage can

crisps----------------------------------------chips

chips-----------------------------------------French fries

torch-----------------------------------------flashlight

boot-----------------------------------------trunk

windscreen--------------------------------------windshield

daft-----------------------------------------stupid

pub-----------------------------------------bar

bonnet-----------------------------------------hood

petrol-----------------------------------------gas

gearbox-----------------------------------------transmission

car park-----------------------------------------parking lot

brilliant-----------------------------------------cool/awesome/great

quid-----------------------------------------buck/dollar

French Words in the English Lexicon (1)

automobile

a la carte

au pair

bon appetit

bon voyage

c'est la vie (that's life)

coup de e’tat

déjà vu

cliché

communique

cream de la cream

critique

cousine

cul-de-sac

encore

es cargo

et cetera (etc.)

faux (fake)

garage

souvenir

genre

chic (stylish)

hors d’oeuvre

Mardi Gras

Alex's 20 TIPS for Improving Your English (Advanced)

1. Start your own blog, using English only ( www.blogger.com {FREE})

2. Write a news diary. It doesn’t matter what you write. Write something everyday. Later a teacher can check it for errors. JUST WRITE!

3. Listen to English music.

4. Read lyrics to a song you like.

5. Find volunteer work you can do. You may find something that will allow you to interact with the community and practice your English in real world situations. Follow this link for many opportunities to volunteer.

http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Parks/Volunteers/

Opportunities/page12221.aspx

6. Only search on the web in English.

7. Read a book you've already read or seen the movie of in your own language.

8. Label things in your home with small signs showing the English word.

9. Go to talk time at Oak Park on Vista (CWI ABE) On Mondays & Fridays

10. Find a language exchange partner (Email me, and I can suggest where)

12. Make your own flash cards for a subject you are studying.

13. Make sure you pronounce the s that is on the end of certain words: works, pays, walks, cats, dollars, etc. This is one of the most common mistakes ESL speakers make. By saying the s where appropriate, you can make a quick improvement on the fluidity of your speech. Also, condition yourself to master him/her he/she.

14. Some languages use a lot of jaw muscles. Be careful not to use these muscles too much when speaking English. Your jaw should feel relaxed most of the time.

15. Listen to PRI/NPR radio 91.5 FM

16. Read an English book. Choose a book that you can understand 90% of everything in. Chances are, the other 10% you can figure out through the context. Don’t be embarrassed to read kid books.

17. Sing karaoke using English.

18. Watch English movies with English subtitles

19. Try and learn at least 5 new words a day. That’s 150 words a month, 1,825 per year, 9,125 in 5 years.

20. If there is a word you just can’t pronounce, find another word that means the same thing. Make use of a thesaurus http://thesaurus.com/

Dubai Facts

Dubai is the fastest growing city in the world. No taxes on income and there are no personal taxes either. In Dubai Emirates Mall you can ski indoors while shopping, measuring 400 meters and using 6000 tons of snow. Burj Dubai will become the world's tallest building, along with the world's tallest man-made structure when it is completed. Eighty percent of Dubai residents are foreigners.

Interesting Facts About China

China, the new emerging power has been the oldest continuous civilization on Earth, for the last 4000 years. The Chinese flag is red, which represents the blood spilled during the communist revolution. On the flag there is one large star, representing leadership, and four small stars which represent four social classes: capitalists, bourgeoisie, workers and peasants all united under one Communist Party.

Some of the China's inventions:

gunpowder, paper, printing, compass, porcelain, first paper currency, animal zodiac, cast iron, chopsticks, crossbow, toilet paper, collapsible umbrella, fork and many other cool inventions.

Weird Wacky Words of the Week (1)

Chapstick 1) My lips are so dry,....do you have any Chapstick?

Morse code 1) The telegraph uses Morse code.

Roman calendar 1) Most Western countries use the Roman calendar (Jan.-Dec.)

The Pentagon 1) The main building for the U.S. military is called "he Pentagon".

cleft lip/hair lip 1) Joaquin Phoenix has a hair lip.

comical 1) We watched the monkey ride the bike, it was very comical.

curios 1) My son was very curious, " Why is the sky blue?" he asked me.
2) Curiosity killed the cat.

eccentric 1) Michael Jackson was very eccentric.

generation
1) My great great grand father came to the U.S., so counting him, my
grandfather, my dad, and me, that's 4 generations who have lived in the U.S.

grotesque 1) I don't like horror movies, they are too grotesque.

kooky 1) My co-worker Harry wears green everyday. Everyone thinks he is a little kooky.

nonchalant
1) He was 30 minutes late to the meeting, and he just walked in non-chalantly,
like it was no big deal.

pentagon 1) A square has 4 sides, but a pentagon has 5.

regalia 1) The military parade featured service men and women wearing full regalia.

riddle 1) I have a riddle for you: What has three letters, and is read the same forward and
backwards, & rhymes with a word that is important to everyone. What word is it?

romanticize 1) You shouldn't romanticize about war, it's an ugly business.

slapstick 1) Do you like The Three Stooges? They do great slapstick.

viscous 1) That dog can't be around children, it's just too viscous.

Oak Park

CWI's English Learning & Adult Basic Education Center at:
Oak Park Center 2323 S. Vista Ave Boise, ID 83705

Words About Language (1)

accent

admit

allude
advice

advise

alias

answer

ask

badger (v)

beg
bi-lingual

bicker

brain wash
chat
cite
colloquialism

confess

confirm

context
conversation

convince
criticize

curse words
cuss words

discuss

downplay
drawl

emphasis
euphemism
fluent

font
gossip

guess

harrass

hush
idioms
imply
imitate/mimic/impersonate

insist

interrogate

interpreter

interview

invite
lexicon

linguist

lisp

mention
multi-lingual
mumble
mute
mutter

pester
poetry
proverbs
punctuation
raspy

refute

reiterate

remind
reply
respond
rhetoric
Roman alphabet
rumor
sayings
slang
speech impediment

stutter
suggest
taunt
tease

text

translate

translation

translator

tri-lingual
ventriloquist
vernacular
well spoken

whine
whisper
yell/ holler/ scream/ shout/cry out/call out

Idaho Statistics

Idaho's state motto is "Estio Perpetua", which in Latin means

"It is Perpetual".

There are 44 counties in Idaho. Ada County is the most

populous, with about 390,000 people.

Idaho Compared With Other States:

Idaho State Population: 1.5 million (California: 34,000,000 / Wyoming 532,000)

Idaho Population Density:18.42/ sq mile (New Jersey: 11,7064/ sq mile -Alaska 1.2/sq mile)

Idaho GDP: $52.8 Billion ( California: $1.9 Trillion - Vermont $24.5 Billion)

Idaho GDP per capita: $31,632 per year (D.C. : $66,000 - Mississippi $30,103)

Idaho Unemployment Rate: 9% (North Dakota: 4.6% Nevada: 14% USA Average 9.2%)

Potluck 2009 at O.P.

Volunteer work in Cambodia 2005 (Siem Reap & Phnom Pen)