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Reading pride and prejudice part two

By Salsita Says | Published: May 2, 2009

Last week’s conversation class about the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was quite successful. We met at the Egdgware arms pub in Second Life and spent about an hour discussing the first chapter. We mostly spoke about social changes, particularly the role of women in society in the past 200 years. The discussion [...]

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Conversation hour pronunciation practice

By Salsita Says | Published: April 22, 2009

Have you seen the video below before? It’s the flight attendant onboard a South West airlines flight who is ‘rapping’ the welcome aboard message.
Come along to conversation hour and learn how to ‘rap’ this song. I’ve posted the words below the video.
When? Tuesday 21st April, PST 11pm
Where? The airport at languagelab.com (Click here to teleport)
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Reading Pride and Prejudice part one

By Salsita Says | Published: April 19, 2009

I am going to run a new and experimental class at languagelab. The aim of the class is to read, study, discuss the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
How can I participate?
1) Make sure that you are a student at languagelab.com. Click here to read more about this virtual school that you can attend [...]

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Upcoming classes

By Salsita Says | Published: April 10, 2009

The bad news
My computer is still at the repair shop. It doesn’t look like I will get it back until Wednesday the 15th of April. This means that I will not be able to run my classes for next week - the week beginning Sunday 12th of April.
The good news
I am spending the time that [...]

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Practice English with Twitter

By Salsita Says | Published: April 7, 2009

To tweet, or not to tweet, that is the question…
If you don’t already know what twitter is, then here is a short video that explains what it is and how to use it. If you already know about twitter then scroll down the page to learn about how you can use twitter to learn English.

I [...]

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Using RSS to practice English

By Salsita Says | Published: March 29, 2009

When I was talking to some students the other day I was surprised to find that some of them didn’t know or had misconceptions about what RSS is and how it can be helpful in their efforts to improve their English. I thought that I had better write a quick post explaining what it is, [...]

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Salsita Says conversation hour - RSS and Internet censorship

By Salsita Says | Published: March 27, 2009

Class topics at the last conversation hour ranged from camel riding, to Internet censorship by governments (most recently the Chinese government’s censorship of You Tube) and how to use RSS. The class culminated in a very interesting debate about culture, religion and whether or not some religious or social customs can intefere with a person’s [...]

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English conversation hour - The future of books

By Salsita Says | Published: March 24, 2009

Today we began to talk about the future of ‘the book’. When I say ‘the book’ I mean the traditional kind of book, with a cover, a blurb, a spine and pages that you can turn. Everybody present agreed that the convenience of being able to read online was somewhat marred by the unpleasantness of [...]

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The DailyLit challenge - write a story in exactly 50 words

By Salsita Says | Published: March 22, 2009

The website DailyLit has a challenge for its readers that could be a really fun way to practice writing clear concise paragraphs. The idea is that you have to write a 50 word story with a beginning a middle and an end. The rule is that you must have exactly 50 words, no more, no [...]

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Salsita Says: New conversation classes at languagelab.com

By Salsita Says | Published: March 21, 2009

This week I will be introducing a new weekly class at languagelab.com. The classes will be open to all languagelab subscribers and will be held on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays from PST (Pacific Standard Time) 10 pm to 11pm.
What is PST? Click here.
Want to convert PST to your country’s time? click here.
What is the aim [...]

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