Hi Rui, Thanks for your information,I can open it.
Thanks a lot~! Take care~ Jane On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:08 AM, rvertiz <[email protected]> wrote: > It is great to connect with all of you here! google groups is a great > platform to communicate an exchange ideas. Hopefully someday you will > be able to access facebooks and other sites without running into any > problems. > > If you are able and have time to joing the facebook take some time to > respond to the discussions. Hopefully some native english speaker will > be compelled to join the group and help us in our learning journey by > correcting our grammar and spelling. > > I still believe the best and most effective way to learn English is > through daily interactions with people whose first language is > English... there are allready a few american members ready to help us > in the process. > Post any questions you may have about the language or the culture. > > Jamie Coch, an American Member of the community has posted the > following question in one of the forums: > > For those of us that happen to only speak English, what is the best > way we can help? > > As I mentioned the help of native speakers is key to our success in > learning English. Go to Facebook and answer the question. This will > help natives help us out. > > If you, as mentioned above, can't access facebook post the response to > this group and I will post it on the facebook group. I will then > compile the answers and comments and send it to you via ESL Podcast > Study Group > > Talk to you soon, > Regina > > On Dec 15, 7:25 am, Rui Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jane, > > > > Nice meeting you here! I am chinese too. > > > > I know it deeply, our government has blocked many websites for political > > reasons, which is not fair. This situation cannot be improved in a > twinkle, > > could even become worse over time. However, please keep in mind that > nothing > > is perfect, even the way the websites were blocked. Get up and look for > the > > leak in the roof which shutting out daylight. > > > > There is a easiest way: try the proxy site: "Air-Proxy.com", which used > to > > be very helpful. Enter the address of the website in the input frame and > > click the button with "surf!" on it. The only problem is the bandwidth > has > > been limited badly via this site. Well, try to visithttp:// > www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofFaY9P5EKIto hear what Claire bring > > us---the song of the week! You'd likely wait buffering for several > minutes > > before catching it. > > > > Good Luck! :) > > > > Rui > > > > 2009/12/15 Jane Wu <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Hi Regina, > > > > > Thanks for your information. > > > Without doubt,it is a good news for us with great interest in learning > > > English. > > > I'm a Chinese.In our country,we can not connect lots of famous > > > websites,such as Youtube, > > > Facebook,etc.I'll try my best to jion the learning coummunity. > > > Thanks again~! > > > Have a nice day~! > > > > > Jane Wu > > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:32 PM, rvertiz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >> Hi Everyone, > > >> My name is Regina and as a native Spanish speaker and learner of > > >> English I am very interested in helping out other ESL learners. I have > > >> joined this group with two purposes in mind. One to help in any way I > > >> can as I believe we can all learn from each other and secondly to > > >> invite you to share a group I just created on facebook to promote peer > > >> to peer collaboration. I am also working on my Master's degree in > > >> Learning Technologies and focusing on learning communities. > > > > >> The group is located at > > >>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=201672389626 > > >> and it is just in its infancy... I hope together we can build a strong > > >> community of people interested in the English Language. The full > > >> description is below... > > > > >> Thanks a million! > > >> Regina Vertiz > > > > >> --------------- > > > > >> Inspired by my own journey learning English and by the works of > > >> Etienne Wenger on Communities of Practice, this group is an attempt to > > >> build a strong community of native English speakers and English > > >> language learners from around the world interested in helping one > > >> another improve their English. > > > > >> So what is a Community of Practice? A term coined by Etienne Wenger in > > >> the early 90’s, a community of practice is group of with a common > > >> interest who engage in a process of collective learning. In the case > > >> of this community the shared interest is English. > > > > >> I encourage you to join if you are interested in learning English, > > >> improving your English, or in helping others learn English. You are > > >> also encouraged to ask questions about spelling, grammar, etc and > > >> should welcome the comments and corrections. > > > > >> In this group we are all teachers and learners at the same time and we > > >> can all contribute to the learning process of our group mates. > > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > >> "ESL Podcast". > > >> To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or > just > > >> reply this message > > >> For invite your friends, visit: > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite > > >> Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: > > >> > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "ESL Podcast". > > > To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or > just > > > reply this message > > > For invite your friends, visit: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite > > > Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions-Hide > quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ESL Podcast". > To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just > reply this message > For invite your friends, visit: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite > Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions
