Showing posts with label hasler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hasler. Show all posts

4/29/10

4/21/09

Superfast crisp omelette

Ingredients for two people
A bag of crisps potatoes
2 eggs
a spoonful of olive oil

Method
Beat eggs in a bold and crush crisps and add to eggs. Leave for three minutes. Meanwhile heat oil in a pan. When it is hot, pour in the mixture. Cook one side, turn with the help of a dish and cook the other.
That's right! Ready to be served!

4/9/09

I´m having problems to do my homework on time

To work hard in XL internet, to contribute in the Junta de Patronos of the Fundación + árboles, to participate in a lot of professional and cultural activities organized by my customers (specially active are the Observatorio del Diseño y la Arquitectura and the Biblioteca Regional), to know better my boyfriend and his children... Too many things to do at the same time! In this situation, what about my English improvement? Left it! Forgot it! Minimized it!
For example, today is Thursday, we're in Easter Holidays, I could to study two or three hours, doesn't I? And start writing my favorite recipe in English, the homework that my teacher Stephen Hasler suggested me yesterday.
But, however, I´m here, wasting time, choosing to watch a collection of videos produced in Spain -and in Spanish- like celebration of the International Year of Astronomy. And trying to embed one in this blog without arrive it.
Well, perhaps this site inspire me any suggestion to have to my customer, the Museo de la Ciencia y el Agua de Murcia, before the end of the year. To be in time. ;-)

8/31/08

Rewinding

I think that it's important to begin this blog presenting my resources, skills and tools in languages.

My mother tongue is Spanish and I studied French as second language at school. My mother was an excellent French teacher (now she's retired) and she taught me when I was child. Moreover, I can understand Catalan, Italian and Portuguese quite well if the conversations happen in a relaxed atmosphere.

In terms of English, I must say that to learn this language is a pending subject for years which causes me quite a lot of frustration. Although English is important in my job as web manager and business women, I've someone who is responsible for translations and who works as an interpreter when I need deeper English communication.

I was almost self-taught, I was learning with BBC videos, tv series subtitled and Internet tools... But, I needed a faster and more complete method.

Since January, I have been improving my English with the help of Stephen Hasler, a very nice British teacher who has lived in Murcia for twenty seven years and knows very well the problems that Spanish people have to learning English. I'm sharing his classes with my partner in XL internet, Daniel Caballero. Our teacher recomended me Bell Scholl Centres for my summer holidays. Thanks, Stephen!

My English isn't very good yet, it's just enough to get by. I didn't have time in two weeks in Cambridge to understand so enormous quantity of words that people said me, to fix all this Grammar, Vocabulary, skills for Marketing and Business, correct Pronounciation and Writing... But now I've a global and clear knowledge about what I need. I'm more confident and I'm sure that I'll find time and energy to have a better level as soon as possible.

I'll be really happy with this new language for my life.

2/13/08

Homework: Make questions with HOW (long, deep, old…)

1. How many students has Stephen this year?
2. How often should you have English classes for the best results?
3. How old is your youngest student?
4. How many students had S. in 2007?
5. How cold is Loch Ness?
6. How many inhabitants are there in Cambridge?
7. How far is it from London to Cambridge? How far is London from Cambridge?
8. How many times did Lourdes’s children fall when skiing?
9. How often did they laugh at Stephen’s jokes last weekend?
10. How much doest it cost to make a woman happy?

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Answers

1. I’m not sure, but I estimate that they are ten.
2. The most complete english class is daily
3. It’s a girl who is 20 years old
4. In 2007 S. H. be teacher of 100 spanish students
5. Loch Ness is very cold because its water comes from glaciers
6. Cambridge has 130.000 inhabitants more or less, students included
7. It’s about 80 km (50 miles)
8. Well, I don’t have this information yet, but it’s possible that Steve will give me it soon
9. Ditto
10. Actually, that’s a challenge that depends of her boss, her hairdresser and, finally, her lover.