Personal Strengths Assignment (dueTuesday, March 26)

Multiple Intelligence:

1. Please take the quiz here to find out. This quiz will take some time, but you will get an interesting result! 

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/questions/questions.cfm

2. What were your top two strongest categories? 

3. What kinds of jobs/careers would be good for someone with your intelligence(s)?







Learning Style:

1. Take the quiz here: http://www.ithaca.edu/mathcs/LearnStyle/LearningStyleQuiz.shtml

2. What is your strongest learning style?

3. How would you apply this to learning English in and out of the classroom?


Finally:

1. Please register as a member (follower) in my blog

2. Make a comment on this post about the following:

• your primary intelligence and jobs that relate to that area

• your strongest learning style and how knowing that can help you learn English

 

Steve Jobs Video with Closed Captions

Steve Jobs --Stanford Commencement Speech 2005

Grammar Videos with Closed Captions

Here are some good videos to learn grammar tenses. They have closed captions (subtitles) to help you understand what the speaker is saying.

Learn English with Jennifer:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF467A1F872AFF222&feature=plcp

Enjoy!

Thursday Lab- Yeah!

Welcome New Level 4A Students!

Happy Thursday

We haven't jumped into Unit 1 yet, but you may want to practice the following:

1) Type one of your journal paragraphs into Word, read it out loud, and print it out. Make a title, use 12 point font, and make it double spaced.


2) Practice the verb tenses (info and quizzes). Note the areas that you need to work on more.

• Verb tense info: http://faculty.deanza.edu/flemingjohn/stories/storyReader$15

• Verb tense info and quizzes (uses moving cartoons also)- FUN!: http://www.englishtenses.com/tenses/present_continuous

• Simple tenses and irregular verbs:  https://www.linchomestudy.ca/online/eaonline/GrammarCentral/index.html

• Verb tense quizzes: http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/esl-english-grammar-exercises.html

• More grammar quizzes: http://a4esl.org/a/g3.html

3) Ventures Arcade- Level 4 (purple color, Unit 1), Remember to use your checklist.
http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/venturesadulted/venturesarcade/index.html


REMINDER: Here are some strategies you thought of for learning English. Great Job!

 

Derek Sivers: How to start a movement

4A Celebration Party!

Thank you, class, for the wonderful giftcard! Also, I appreciate the decorative wall plates from Cecelia! I love it all!

I enjoyed getting to know you during the last 8-weeks. Best wishes as you continue in ESL and on your life journey!