Monday 12 October 2015

Dear Students,

You are all invited to join in my blog, a website that is used for posting photos, stories, and entries related to learning English. I shall post a new issue every week and wait you to state your opinion or make a remark on it. Your postings will be assessed weekly and you will get one grade per month. Keep stuck to the rules of academic writing.
 
In addition, I expect you to say hello to each other and give some hopes you might have related to the blog.

As you may see, I have now added a website to read and comment. Please note that it has the tag ADDITIONAL in its title, which means that it is additional - for those who would like to enjoy reading in English. 

Home Reading for pleasure (additional)
http://www.businessinsider.com/chopra-points-out-3-biggest-career-mistakes-2014-9

In a nutshell, accept my invitation and a challenge, greet the bloggers, write down your hopes and comment the reading. I hope you will find a way to make sense out of all this. 

Looking forward to reading your responses!

Regards,
Ülle Lepp
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24 comments:

  1. Unknown23 October 2015 at 03:01

    Dear Ülle,

    Thank you from adding me to your blog. I am glad because we start learning English more practical way. This way of learning English, I hope, would certainly improve my language skills. Bring out some of my expectations as regards blog.
    At first, I would like to say that I am trying to read the newspaper as much as possible, and I thought to write down all the important key words. Why not even new words and entertaining phrases!
    Secondly, In my opinion blog should also be links to video clips, which help to develop language skills or to teach grammar. Videos teach grammar in practise. For example if I do not remember what is most important rules of writing academic letters, then I can always click on the video clip and remind myself the rules.
    Finally, I hope we are all active bloggers and help each other to learn English. I already look forward to an exciting writings. I believe that I shall become bolder and my confidence is growing when I speak in English.

    Best wishes,
    Liisi

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    3. Ülle Lepp23 October 2015 at 04:48

      Dear Liisi,

      Thank you for the reply. It took you so long to reply, didn't it? Do you know the saying that the early bird catches the worm? Do you? According to the dictionary, it is used to say that if you do something early or before other people, you will be successful. To be honest, it is a pleasure to work with you.

      Liisi, you are right, this is a more practical way to learn English. It certainly will improve your writing skill and thus, will help to gain a better result at your final examination. In addition, it is a great idea to write down important key words, unknown words and essential phrases while reading the popular press, I mean the Mirror. At last, I will definitely add the links to the rules that support grammar.

      Kindest regards,

      Ülle Lepp .

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  2. Jane S24 October 2015 at 13:40

    Dear Ülle ,
    Sorry for the late response, but I really wanted to take a break from all the schoolwork and charge by batteries before the new half-semester.
    Nevertheless I tried to incorporate some english to every day of the holidays by reading books and watching films in English. Not to mention listening to music and reading daily newspapers.
    I strongly believe this blog helps all of us to evolve our english skills, so we can get the best results from the final examination.
    I also hope that these tasks and postings will be usesful not just for the exam, but also in the future, because language skills are really important in terms of travelling and getting a good job.

    Best wishes,
    Jane

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    1. Ülle Lepp29 October 2015 at 02:02

      Dear Jane,

      Thank you for the reply. You bring sunshine into my life. I love the way you approach to the learning English via Internet and the blog.

      Wishing you all the very best.
      Regards,
      Ü.Lepp

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  3. Unknown25 October 2015 at 01:44

    Dear Ülle,
    I rejoice becuse we have to opportunity learn English more practical way. I really believe learning English like this enriches our vocabulary and gives us more courage speaking in English and also takes away the fear of making mistakes. Because in my opinion the best way learn are make mistakes.
    I tried every day read books and watch films in English. I hope this will be useful from our final examination.
    I am sure this blog are useful and helps all of us get the better results from the final examination.
    best wishes,
    Reelika

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  4. Kelli25 October 2015 at 04:38

    Dear Ülle,

    Thank you for inviting me this blog. I want to say that in my opinion is the blog better way how to learn english than vocabularies. I think that only through the practice languages can give productive result in our progress. Like in article all the three reason is related to language learning. And so I hope this year when we use the blog in learning english will be successful to all of us.
    I hope that in this blog we can work many different things like videos, pictures and texts. So it will not be one-sided.

    Best wishes,
    Kelli

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  5. Unknown25 October 2015 at 06:22

    Hello everybody,

    I hope I will approve my English in this blog because I have to make the English examination in spring.

    Best wishes,
    Martin

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    1. Unknown25 October 2015 at 07:05

      +1

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    2. Unknown25 October 2015 at 11:02

      +1 :D

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    3. Ülle Lepp29 October 2015 at 02:28

      Dear Martin,

      Thank you for the time spent on writing your posting. It must have been a real effort. Next time, I suggest that you should state something more essential. Otherwise you fail in spring.

      Good luck,
      Ü.Lepp

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  7. Unknown25 October 2015 at 07:19

    Dear Ülle,

    First of all, I would like to thank you for this great opportunity to join your blog. It is big honour to improve my grammar skill in way like this. I am really looking forward to get into this practical type of learning.

    Secondly I hope to sit less in English class and and more in home or computer class to make effort for this blog.

    For last, but certainly not least, I wish good luck for all my fellow classmates.

    Best Wishes,
    Johann

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  8. Unknown25 October 2015 at 08:09

    Hello bloggers,

    Thank you for inviting me. It is refershing to try new techniques for learning English. I'm really looking forward to see the results of doing this blog. I hope everyone enjoys being here.

    Best Regards,
    Egert

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  9. Unknown25 October 2015 at 08:44

    Dear teacher Ülle and classmates,

    I am thankful to you for inviting me to our private class blog. As well I apologize for replying to your post so late, I understand it is highly inappropriate and undutiful. I hope your anger does not last long.
    At first I would like to point out the magnificent idea of yours - to create our own class blog. It surely differs from our previous learning methods and brings variety to English lessons.
    Secondly I want to bring out some hopes and opinions about our class blog. I would like to present them as a list:

    1) I hope this blog helps us, twelfths, extend our knowledge about English language and maybe a little bit of England culture, too.
    2) Through this blog I am hoping to get to know my cobloggers (classmates) better and be helpful if needed. Also I would like to do as much group work as possible.
    3) I agree with my classmate Liisi - there should be instructive videolinks in this blog. Watching videos will certainly help to learn grammar and remind us for example most imprortant rules in English language.
    4) In my opinion it would be exciting if you, as our English teacher paste here e.g. previous writings from your schooldays (the time you went to high school or university).

    Last but not least - I hope we all are kind and pleasant for each other and would not undervalue anybody. In addition I expect us to be hard-working and as envolving as possible. I am sure we all will impress our English teacher one way or another. I look forward to work with each one of you!

    Yours Sincerely,
    Sigrid Kivilo

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  10. Unknown25 October 2015 at 08:53

    Dear Ülle and other bloggers,
    First I would like to thank Ülle for the invitation and I would like to say my best to everyone. I am delighted to join the blog and to read beatiful English from all of our class. I hope that my English is getting better after working with the blog and doing practical exercises. Also I hope that we are gaining better results in our final examination. In adiition I would like to say that I wish you all the best and have a nice evening!
    Best wishes,
    Krislin

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  11. Marius25 October 2015 at 10:50

    Dear Ülle and other co-authors,

    Thank you for inviting me to this given blog. It is marvelous to see you approach to studying differently than other teachers. Although it is new and compelling, I can not see myself getting fond of this kind of tutoring. I am not saying that it is atrocious, it is just that I personally prefer earlier era studying over digital education.
    All in all, you gotta do what you gotta do, even if it seems unpleasant since experiences enrich us. Even if it does not improve my final examination result, it sure does broaden my horizons. And who knows, maybe I will grow fond of blogging after a while.
    Best wishes,
    Marius

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  12. Unknown25 October 2015 at 10:52

    Dear teacher!
    I am honored to have been invited to join this english blog. It certainly looks like a promising new way to gain an adequate undrestanding in writing formal letters. I am looking forward to the challenges this quest sets before us and I hope we get ample opportunity to practice english.

    With gratitude,
    Markus

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  13. Unknown25 October 2015 at 11:05

    Hello everyone

    Thank you for inviting me to this blog. I hope this blog will help me to learn English better and will be easier.


    Best wishes,
    Risto

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  14. Kaidi25 October 2015 at 12:41

    Dear Ülle and classmates,

    First of all huge thanks for inviting me to the blog. I am sure it is truly helpful for learning more English and getting ready for our upcoming exam.

    It is nice seeing and reading more and more real English and I hope that through this blog I can practice my English consistently. I am sure that this blog will be a help for our future also, because of the practical works we will do. Hopefully writing and thinking in English will come more smoothly and automatically after a while.

    I am excited to get this blog starting.

    Best wishes,
    Kaidi

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  15. Unknown25 October 2015 at 14:31

    Dear Ülle,

    Thank you for your invitation and greetings to all of you, who has joined the blog!

    To be honest, I am not thrilled about this kind of learning, because I would like to execute exercises and tasks by communicating with real people in real life not through the internet. Maybe I am being too old-school, but in my opinion working mostly in internet is not the most compelling way of studing.
    Nevertheless I do not think, that it is completely useless. Doing things that are not among on your favourites can be extremely valuable in some other way, that you can not even think of. Who knows, maybe it turns out to be my favourite homework during the year, but right now I am a little bit skeptical about this.

    I hope that reading the newspaper turns out to be useful for all of us. I also believe that these writing tasks we have to do are good practise for the examination.

    Best wishes,
    Mariann

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  16. Nannu27 October 2015 at 11:22

    Dear Ülle,

    I am grateful for invitation to follow your blog, what is preparing 12 form for examination. Also I want to send my greetings for other co-authors, hopefully we all enjoy reading each other writings.
    First of all, I would like to bespeak some thoughts what pop into my head. Whatever, i couldn`t care less and so on, but when i took a second look my train of thought had changed.
    In a future school all learning goes through practical experience, what has applyed through vital foreknowledge. This kind of school is not functioning yet. I think that this way we can stay abreast of development stage. What do you think? Pleasant reading http://www.inspiratsioon.ee/oppimine-tuleviku-koolis/
    Backwards to English learning. The newspaper reading idea is quite handy- the more we read the wider our mind become. In addition, all theoretical knowledge fix in the memory with practical work, such as making videos.
    Anyhow i hope for the best to this blog will go like a clockwork. I keep my fingers crossed, that we all gain auspicious results in our final examination.
    Best wishes,
    Nadežda

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  17. Annika3 November 2015 at 23:00

    Dear Ülle,

    I am very thankful for the invitation and I want to sent greetings to all who has also joined the blog. First of all I belive it is a very good opportunity to improve our English with this writing and I hope that our result will get better. Second of all,I belive reading the newspapers helps us with reading but also gives us more knowledge. It may happen that turning the examination we need to talk about exactly what we have read in the newspaper or something similar.
    I hope the best for everyone!

    Best wishes,
    Annika

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