Join the new blog "ieltscommunity9"

Hello again silent ones!

Some of you have taken the IELTS (Nadeem and Huda) - some are taking it this weekend (Ahmed Aly especially) the rest will be taking it soon.

So, as this blog seems defunct, why not join us on the new weblog www.ieltslearn.blogspot.com and help the new class?

Leave a comment below or email me.

I have invited Ahmed to join the new weblog and to talk to them about how the IELTS went. Let's have some dialogue and co-operation, people!

Waiting (in vain it appears!) to hear from you

Tony

as Blogmember

The blog is dead! Long live the blog!

Hello my guide seekers!

One week gone and precious little news - no feedback from Nadeem and Huda, just a wee comment from Miss Noora. See how busy you get and time swallows up all those good intentions!

I know a lot of you are girding your loins for the IELTS ordeal on 23/25 February, don't suffer in silence, post on the blog OR better still, join the new weblog for my next course. I have opened a new weblog, you can post as BLOGMEMBER or I can invite you to join. It would be fab to hear from you, come on, make the effort! We are now:

www.ieltslearn.blogspot.com

Join us and share your knowledge / lessons learned!

Good luck to everyone

Hoping to hear from you

Tony

Ahmed's happy, Nadeem's cheerful, the rest?

Just blogging in to say hello...

Now you are free to catch up on all those other tasks, me too until we kick off a new course next Saturday. Do you have any suggestions for the name of the new blog - the future ieltscommunity9? Yes, I will continue, of course, as the blog can serve a useful purpose in uniting 16/17 disparate, desperate souls.
Yes, so Ahmed is happy - his team won yesterday - they had the luck and took their opportunity. Nadeem had his IELTS Speaking on Thursday and the rest earlier today - we look forward to his report.
Huda also had her second bite at the IELTS apple - we really, really hope that she kept her nerve and got the bands she deserves.
What about the rest of you? You were going to post essays / task ones for me and Dr Rashid to look at, er we're still waiting...
LEARNING ZONE - remember you can book a computer (two on the left) through reception to use anytime call (02) 6910600 and check availability. We have a saying in English: "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions"... Which means??? Good intentions are not enough, the right actions are what will lead to salvation and success (in life as in IELTS.)
Okey dokey, you're on you're own now, your guide is with you in spirit and via the weblog, the rest is up to you...

Bye

Tony

Anybody there?

Hmmmm

I was wondering if I'm the only one using the weblog...

Remember this facility is for you. When we have a final feedback session tomorrow I'll be asking you why this weblog hasn't worked and should we just rely on the 2005 archives. It seems the three week course is too intensive to enable you to use the blog. Please advise.

Ah well, mock testing tonight, do bring your Insight into IELTS coursebook.

Bye for now

Tony

Blog breakdown???

Hello again!

Funny things happening on the blog... We lost posts by Ahmed, Seddiqah and myself, while at the same time I can't comment on new posts such as Nesreen's! Maybe it's a conspiracy...

Ah well, let's keep plodding on.

This evening I'll finish the interviews and we'll have a post mortem tomorrow on the Speaking module.


As for this evening:

• I have two language features - using articles (a / the / --) and giving opinions
• I have some model essays to consider
• We should discuss how you got on with the reading test yesterday
• I'd like to give you Afaq's (GT 8.5 overall band) IELTS tips
• We'll do a full scale WRITING Task 1 / Task 2 test (8.20 - 9.20)
• One of the past successful students did a SWOT analysis of his IELTS profile = STRENGTHS / WEAKNESSES / OPPORTUNITIES / THREATS - why not look at yourselves critically?

See you later!

Tony

Wonderful Wednesday

Happy Woden's day (one of our pagan Norse gods!)

Do enjoy your weekend, if it has arrived already.

I'm off to Dubai with my family - see you at Global Village this afternoon?

I haven't forgotten you - I was correcting your Task One efforts! I see progress, indeed!

One language point: what is the difference between affect and effect? One is a noun, the other is a verb (you seem to be affected by the effects of poor teaching/learning in the past...) Comments please!

OK campers, that's your lot from me till tomorrow. It would be gratifying to hear from you, but I understand if you are pre-occupied with the effects of being showered with IELTS information and this affects your contribution / non-contribution to the weblog. OK, got the point now?

Over and out

Tony the Torturer

ps I have a special mission to accomplish at Global Village, wish me luck!

pps Er, you are meant to have fun as well, while studying with me... I'm not a monster or a cruel person. As Shakespeare said:

"All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and entrances;"

Exit Sir Tony of Zafaranah