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Lesson of the Month: December 2012
DID YOU KNOW: WORD BORROWING English has borrowed a lot of words from different languages, and sometimes from languages you might not expect! What languages do you think the following come from? 1. ALCATRAZ (The island prison off the coast of … Continue reading
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My Experience in San Francisco
Raúl Hervás Díaz, Spain I have been living in San Francisco for nine weeks. My purpose to be here is studying English because I want to work abroad in the future. I finished Civil Engineering five months ago in the … Continue reading
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Balboa Park: a natural place in the center of San Diego
If there is one place where one could linger for several days, it’s here: the 490 acres of Balboa Park are home to fifteen museums, an art colony, theaters, restaurants, clubhouse botany, zoo A field of “petanque” on grass and … Continue reading
CISL San Francisco – blog entry by Isabelle (France, Premier Course)
To Wanda, “I’m sorry, I haven’t done my homework”… What is my excuse today? After three days, I’m still feeling jetlagged or maybe I should look for another explanation of being tired. As a matter of fact, I attend class … Continue reading
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CISL San Francisco – blog entry by Jinny (Korea, Premier Course)
In our school activity, I went to the Castro theater to watch the primier of “Alice in Wonderland”. This was the first time that I went to an old style movie theater where an organist plays the organ before the … Continue reading
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CISL San Francisco – blog entry by Jose (Spain, Level 7)
The day I arrived in SF, I was nervous because I hadn’t practiced my English for a long time. I had to speak with a police officer when I arrived at the airport, so I was afraid about having difficulties … Continue reading
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CISL San Francisco – blog entry by Ah Young (Korea, Level 8)
This story happened the first week I came to San Francisco. The first time I went to an American restaurant for brunch, I looked over the menu and just selected an item which included eggs. I thought it was done … Continue reading
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CISL San Francisco – blog entry by Giheon (Korea, Level 7)
What is San Francisco for me?????? Before I came to San Francisco, I had decided to go to Boston to study English. Because I wanted to know how Americans study. But I didn’t go there. There were many reasons. One … Continue reading
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CISL San Francisco – blog entry by Sue (Korea, Level 8)
In my case, I’ve never been to America. Before I came here, I was a little worried about what would be happened. I still remember my first day in San Francisco. Everything was so different from my own country that … Continue reading
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Creative Writing Exercise: What our Dreams Tell Us About our Personalities
“It’s a warm summer day. The bright sun flahsed through the tops of the trees. I’m walking on a path of pebbles. The birds are singing and a soft breeze blows on my face. I hear the soft sounds of a little stream. I pass over a little bridge: the stream is surrounded by thousands of beautiful little white flowers.” Continue reading
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