Anyone for Battleship?

Hi everyone!
If you enjoy playing the game "Battleship" (where you have to locate and "sink" five of your opponent's ships before your opponent sinks yours), try this web game!
http://www.quia.com/ba/52505.html
It even helps you to practise gerunds and infinitives at the same time! How's that for a good use of your time?
Thanks for your posts - I'm looking for a good video for tomorrow night. :D

Cheers you all !

Hi everyone is good to have this site for our class, I heard it was a free space to post whatever we would like so I guess I´ll be writing about the music I like the most frequently, because it is kind of my hobby to listen to Jamaican music and its derivates.

I did this mini-interview last December when the rumor of a possible reunion tour from a band I really like was on air, they are called The Specials, They are from Coventry, England and they play mostly ska music and have been very important in the world ska scene since their formation around 1979 and they have been actually separated since the early 80`s . The interview was for a ska radio show. The radio show, called Skandalo had been broadcasted for more than 10 years in many radio stations to the México city´s listening audience in stations such as radio IPN, W Radical, Orbita and so for some time in the past it was transmitted to almost all the country and even some other Central American countries. Nowadays and just recently because of a change in the administration of the last radio station where it was transmitted the program is not on air anymore (at least on radio) but it is still going strong by the internet and even listened in Europe. The host of the show is a friend of mine, and I sometimes contribute news and reviews to its website which is www.radioskandalo.com where you can find more information about authentic ska music events and news around, and you can have a listen to some tracks too.

Cheers I´ll see you at school. Domingo

The guy I talked to is Roddy Byers also known as Roddy “radiation” who was the original guitar player of The Specials he has written some of the greatest hits from the specials as well, nowadays he is the lead singer and front man of the `Skabilly Rebels`. Here is the transcription in case you`d like to see it.

Dom: Hi Roddy hope everything is going well to you, we`d like to know what`s coming up with your projects, how are the Skabilly Rebels going? And what else is coming up for you?

Roddy: Been recording with the Skabilly Rebels, should have new C.D. READY TO RELEASE IN THE NEW YEAR* 6 SONGS COMPLETED.

Dom: Last September the crowd of more than 30,000 non ska fans were surprised at the Bestival 2008 edition for 7 guys whom quickly put to jump and move their feet . There were six from the seven original members of the Specials on stage and it was the first time for more than 25 years you guys jumped on the stage to play live for all that excited people. What did that experience mean to you?

Roddy: Well there were times when it seemed like it would never happen. We had rehearsals with Jerry Dammers but his idears were pretty crazy-he wanted to slow down all the old songs and play them in a modern jazz way? He also said he wouldnt do the re-union unless we all obeyed him completely! So the 6 of us decided to do it without him as we felt his new plan would not work and our fans on our Specials web site forum said they wanted our old songs to sound like they used too.

Dom: We have heard plenty of rumors about a Specials reunion the recent months, next year you´ll be celebrating the 30 anniversary of the band`s formation and so a reunion tour rumor is going strong, What can you tell us about that?

Roddy: answered in previous question.

Dom: finally, there has been speculating about the participation of all the original members of The Specials on that tour, and also there is a question in the air, if the tour goes ahead, what would be the name that the band would be presenting as?

Roddy: We are going out as The Specials.

Thank you for taking the time to do this We appreciate it.

Our best wishes for what is to come from your projects.

Domingo Muñoz. December 3 - 2008

Hi:

This is a good option to express myself about the class.
I think the class is good, normally, when I took english in the last years I felt frustrated because I never understood one of the teachers I had. Really, I never understood what she tried to tought me.
Now I enjoy the class and I understand everything, I love the part of the class where we listen and read a song. I would like to see a movie too

See you next class
Alicia Islas

Hello everyone.!.!.!

I think this activity on line is a good idea to improve our English language .. I´ll write in this section to practice ..

Can you recomend me what book I read for your class?

I hope all of you have a nice weekend.. and see you at school :)

My first blog

Hello every body!
(these are my corrections) I expect that I improve my blog and not the opposite.

Hi Shelley!, I am so glad to write in this space, I have never written in a blog, and I see, I am the first one in doing here! ;)

Well I think your class is ok, but until now we haven´t seen any movies; this is my suggestion, Could we see a movie?.

I´ll be writing soon!!

Edith

Welcome!

Hi everyone!

This is your blog for class 612. Feel free to post a video, text, funny picture, great website, or whatever you want to say. Just make sure it's in English!

I'm doing some research on the usefulness of classroom diaries, and so this blog is also part of the investigation. I will appreciate all comments on any particular class that we've had. Think about the following items:

• Did you enjoy the class? Why / why not?
• What did you learn in the class?
• How did you learn it? (was it something you read, something you heard, a grammar item we studied, vocabulary that was explained, or did you ask a question and somebody answered it for you? Did you look it up in the dictionary?)
• What might have made the class more enjoyable?
• What factors made the class better or worse? (eg. the heat, the light, the classroom setup, the activities, the content of the class ...)
• What factors affected the way YOU learned in the class? (eg. you were tired, you were hungry, you were very happy, you were feeling motivated ...)

You don't need to write about all of these things, but choose some that you would like to talk about. Don't feel shy to write. Your ideas may help others who are feeling the same! And they will certainly help me with my teaching!

Happy writing!