Have you ever wanted to be a restaurant reviewer? CISL San Francisco teacher Lou Ann gave her students this chance when she asked her class to review a restaurant and write a report about their experience. The class chose The Cheesecake Factory and compiled a beautifully detailed review of the establishment. Thank you to each...
Last week, we posted the writing samples from the winners of CISL San Diego’s March writing contest. The prompt was “What’s the best meal you’ve had in San Diego?” Congrats again to Areum and Fernanda! Today, we are posting the winners of the CISL San Francisco writing contest. Sophie and Maram sent beautiful submissions detailing...
St. Patrick’s Day may have originated in Ireland, but Americans have certainly adopted (and adapted) the holiday into a celebration of everything green. San Diego and San Francisco both host fun events to celebrate the holiday, and the following is a list of some of the more popular parades, parties, and public events. We hope...
What is life like for a CISL student? Today Barbara, a student at CISL San Francisco who will soon take the Cambridge Exam, gives us a glimpse into her daily schedule. Thanks, Barbara, for sharing your day with us! One day in my new life By Barbara, CISL SF Student It’s a typical Monday morning....
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 San Francisco) 2. SOIREE (A very elegant evening party) 3. SIESTA ( a short afternoon...
USE OF THE PASSIVE Most of you have found yourselves studying the Passive at one time or another in your CISL classes. Like many other concepts, how you construct it is not as confusing as why or when you should use it. We’re going to mention this month just one common use of the passive,...
Pablo, Volunteer English Student, SPAIN I’m a Website Designer from Spain and I studied at CISL San Francisco for 3 weeks. I was here for personal development although I speak English at work too. Learning idioms was so nice for me; it was actually my first time to learn about idioms in the classroom. CISL...
By CISL SF student, Miri Han, Korea It might look like an ordinary small convenience store in the Financial District. But you can have great Kimbap (Korean style maki) and Kimchi burrito here. In small Kitchen John’s mother and some Mexican women cook 10 kinds of Korean food. When I heard of John’s Snack and...
