Excellent Dictionary On Line

When you want improves your English skills as second language, maybe the most dificult part is the pronunciation. It's the golden key for comprehension. Because, if you know how the word sound, you easily can recognize when somebody talk to you and beyond, them too when you speak.

So, you should be review this dictionary free on line, each word has a document in "wav" format. Try with my favorite word and don't forget visit the link:

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The Girl From Ipanema

Do you remember the famous song? Well, if you want to know the girl and the story behind of her, you can click in the link:

http://deodeo.multiply.com/journal/item/98/THE_GIRL_FROM_IPANEMA_Garota_de_Ipanema


Jose M.

A fascinating blog to check out

This is a blog created and maintained by one of our esteemed Saturday students,Jose M. We invite you to explore it.


http://www.desastres.org/

who is th best person in my life?

this story is relate to some daughter about her mother

when she was young, she was very poor. she has two mother

she felt hard for heart when she thought her mother becuase she love her mother

she think huge influence in my life

who is th best person in my life

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

Alfredo grew up in a poor family, and his father didn't even have enough moner to feed his family. But this was not beat Alfredo, Alfredo worked hard when he was five.
The proverty didn't beat him, it made him become stronger.
I think he was a good stereotype for people.

Sometimes i saw young people sat on the street and put a sign that wrote"Homeless."
Why didn't they go to work or efford themselves to this society?
They gave up themselves.
These young people had a bad luck,and they just desperated.
Even though Alfredo was poor, he still tried hard to live in this world.

Become a surgeon doctor was not easy, you have to study hard and diligent.

Wenling Hsieh

Improve your English with You Tube

Internet is a fantastic tool for everything. I share with yours, youtube.com is my favorite. If you want improve your listening and comprenhension you can watch ¨The Resident¨ My point is, the host is pretty and young. So, you can get some point of view from young american people and understand better about the American culture and society.

http://youtube.com/user/theresident?ob=1

Jose M.

The Sean Bell shooting - TELC's Debate

Hi everybody: I made three quotes about this case.

First: ´According to BBC News the defence lawyers claimed Mr Bell's friends were liars. Mr Guzman say to one of his friends: "Yo, go get my gun." ´

Second: In my opinion, the more important fact is the next line from BBC News. ¨Mr Oliver's lawyer, James Culleton, said the prosecution case was based on the testimony of Mr Bell's friends, who both had criminal records and stood to gain from $50m lawsuits against New York Police Department.´

Third: Don´t forget, two police officer are afroamerican. Rev Sharpton said: "The issue is not about race, it's about excessive force by the police."

We can´t denied a long history of abuse in NYPD where the phrase ¨Courtesy, Respect and Professionalism¨ painted in all police vehicles, not always is acccurate with the real behavior of their uniformed members. Like Mr. Diallo shoothing. He was a Togolese immigrant shot in the Bronx in 1999. In that case four police officers, all white, were acquitted. But, in Sean Bell case is total different, we can´t forget or ignore the criminal records. However, sadness, the veredict was granted in a non-jury trial. That´s mean no is the best option in a democracy. Finally, I guess, the veredict not means ¨innocent¨ means not enough proof for a veredict of ¨guilty¨. We´ll see in the next months. Meanwhile the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced they will conduct an independent review of the Bell shooting.


Jose M.

to rich our goles

Hi my name is juan and mexican where where evry poor person try to cames in the usa i gat here at age of 16 and star i new life specialy for me but i didnt give up i work hart and learn how to protec my on ways and learn to rich my dreams in my soal and the way i fund is to work like and animal and studing any thing in life one thing thank evry day is to have agood hatel and to be alife

maria caicedo plans

Hi,I'm Maria from colombia I want continuos in accounting in this country because i did my carrier in my country i think is more easy for me because i had in my main or take other subject

Emma's life

Hi, my name is Emma Yulieth, i'm from Colombia, i been here since 2002. I single, but i have a boyfriend who want to be married soon. I studying english in La Guardia Comunity College because I want to improve my english, I want to be a Pshycologic. I'm working in a factory in New Jersey, i travel 4 hours a day, i like my job, im a manager, i have 50 ladies and 2 boys, i explain to them every day what's going on, i wrote a lot. My boss is Joshua, he is from Israel and your religion is very dificult. I like work is this company because they are flexible with time, if i need a personal day i can tell him and he always say yes. I really happy in this country, i have a money every day, i can buy whatever i want, i spend money in a fancy restaurant, when i live in colombia i can't. I like music, i have a new computer "Mac" is the apple company, is really nice computer, and i going every week to Apple store for learn about it.

Marta

My name is Marta. I'm Polish, I'm 32 years old.
I live in Glendale.
I came to NY 5 year ago and 4 year ago I was married. In Poland I was finished college/economy. The reason I'm studying english now is to change my live for better. I have now my own business but in the future I would like to make this business bigger.

Armia H. Rizk

Hello, My name is Armia I'm from EGYPT. I Have Got the Bachelor Degree in Acounting on May 2006, After I finished my study I was lucky because I won the lottery in Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Program to THE UNITED STATES.
I came to the US MAY 2007, Since that time I Started working to earn my living and to save some money to continue my study to get higher educational level, So I started studying english to be the first step to achive my Goal which is to have the "CPA certificate" to be a Certified Public Accountant.
After that I'll see what I want to do and if there are any goals to be achived.

Armia

armiaabm@gmail.com

Study Plans

I am Jose, but everybody call me “Pepe”. I am from Peru. I came to New York almost three years ago. My goal is start a new career, maybe I get my Associate Degree in Computer Sciences in some college here. I am not sure yet, because study in the U.S. is too expensive. Maybe I should back to my country for short time and study a certificate program in Website Designer or Web Developer. After all, it’s the same software and acknowledges, it’s the same computer language (Visual Basic, C+, DHTML, XML, Php, Java, etc) Every day, I visited and review jobs offers in IT jobs, Craig list and Career Builder websites, also I saw the companies hiring people with only certificate programs.

Student/Marina

My name is Marina Rodriguez, I am of Paraguay, South America, I am unmarried and I have 33 years old, I was study in the college, my profession is lawyer in Administration.
I have been hearing for 2 year and I working like a baby-sitter with triplets; this is my first time in this college and I am studying in the fourth level. I would like to study therapist race.

PROFESIONAL PLANS

My future goal is get a job about my proffesion ( Public Accountat). That is the reason because I study English. I want improve my economic situation.
Before I came to N.Y. I was working on my profession, so now my job is diferent but I want come back to Accountant, that is my dream.
Sylvia

alcira garzon

I come united state from colombia since 2004 for the oportunitates of the studied, by i have more dificultates the first i not speak english, i no have money, if i no working i havent money for study and live in this country.
Now, i am study english too.i will study nurse next year, but i need speaking very well english, i learning , but to practice.
My family no haven't recourses for help me,thant I think that i might to go little always put my intruesting in my objetive.
this is very dificult yet that my mother died, because my brothers too, they need studies, y learns more about live.
Then, now i see more oportunites, for all in may family. if i speakin english...

My Dreams

My name is Rocio Escobar from Lima Peru. About 9 years ago I came to New York with my daughter Carolina. At first it was really hard to adapt me to a new place, weather and people, but God is great, now I feel more confidence, and my daughter will go to College this Fall. I am studying English at La Guardia Community College to improve my economic situation and continuing my career. I am a Psychologist in my country, so I have to continue my education to get any job in relation with it. I hope to get my dreams, It's really hard when I have to work and also study and much more when I have to see my daughter about her education. Meanwhile, I translated my degree and then I have to rivalidate some courses that is necessary. Study English is difficult however I try to do my best. I always think that one person have to struggle for everyhing that is necessary; in this country I see a lot oportunities to achieve your goals and I know with the help of God and some people will reach everyhing on what I am trying to reach.
In Lima, Peru I was working as a Psychologist and at any times as a Teacher of learning disabilities with children. It was a great experience for me, thus I worked in that field around 15 years and I knew distinguished professionals in that area, also I heard speeches, lectures, and congress about that. I miss very much regarding that.

DELFA TELLEZ

I am from Colombia, I am teacher, I studied Literature and Languages (Grammar of Spanish and English) at an university in my country, I got my certificate in 1984. I got married in the same year. Now I am living in New York from June 2006 with my husband and my son. I feel good in this city despite the weather. I am studying English, because I like this language, also I want to improve for many reasons: personal satisfaction, to valid my carreer to get a best job. I want to get a job according my laboral experience, because also, I have a postgrade in Marketing and Sales from an university in my country too, and I would like to work in this area again because I consider marketing is the window of the companies, for me it is very interested this kind of job.I have one brother and my mother. My brother lives in Georgia and my mother lives in Colombia, but sometimes she comes to USA to visit us.

Patricia Echeverry

I came to United States 2 years ago, was easy move to this country because arrived whit legal documents and my mother familoy have been living maybe 30 years ago. First
I came to Houston in my brother's house, I was living during 6 mounths after I moved to NY. with my sister and sons.

I was studing English in Riverside School in Up Manhathan, this school especialized in teach English for inmigrants is basic and very good!.

Before finished 7 levels (because I lost one and repeat conversation), studied one level in New York University and after I have working in a big meals company I have a good position and I like my job, the problem is that in my job no practice English because the most people speack Spanish.

I like USA is a big country with many oportunities but I lovely my country Colombia.

My Future Plans

Hi, I'm Doris I'm from Ecuador I want to speak and write English and look for better life. The main reason I'm studying now is go to College My future goal is to be a nurse the reason I have chosen that goal is that I like to learn about healthy and I want to help sick people I'm interested in Dermatology about the skin Before I came to United States I worked as a sales woman because in my country I was studying Administration and Computer I finished it, but When I came here I have been interesting in Nursering I hope will be a nurse some day nearly.