Home of DRIVE-THROUGH ESL: September 2008

Wed, 1 Oct, 6am PDT. VOICE

Teacher: Daisey Ragu Vocabulary, spelling , pronunciation The teacher will give you a list of words: 1st: write sentences with the words given 2nd: when the teacher tells you to, paste the sentence in chat. 3rd: the teacher will correct spelling. 4th: read the sentence. 5th: the teacher will correct your pronunciation. Repeat as needed.

Tue, 30 Sep, 12pm PDT. TEXT

Teacher: Yanto Dyrrsen The English Verb Tense System 3/5. A series of 5 classes devoted to the English Verb tense system. Beginning with the simple present tense, we'll work our way through the entire tense system via the examples that students offer for study. We'll examine both how we form the tenses and how we use them.

Excursion Class. Voice. 8am PDT

Excursion class time has changed. Class will start at 8am PDT, 2 hours later. More time to test voice!

Practical English. Text/Voice. Wed 6am PDT

In this class you will be given a notecard which has some mistakes in it. As a group we will look at how to write better reports and fill in a simple application form. Helpful for both second life and real life. Make sure you have voice enabled and a microphone if you wish to speak in this class. Text available before class. Ask the class runner.

Like Skype and MSM with all your contacts from SL?

SAN FRANCISCO — September 3, 2008 — Linden Lab®, creator of 3D virtual world Second Life® (www.secondlife.com), has announced a new voice and instant messaging client that will enable Second Life Residents to connect and communicate with their Second Life contacts whether or not they are actually inworld. The thin client, called SLim™, provided by Vivox (www.vivox.com) in partnership with Linden Lab, enables Residents to conduct voice or text conversations with members of their Second Life Friends list in and out of the virtual world. While the Second Life viewer will still serve as the primary inworld communication engine, SLim is capable of running on any computer and offers users a voice-enabled instant messaging client that extends the value of the Second Life platform beyond the virtual world.

SLim significantly lowers the barriers between virtual world and real world communication and ensures that Second Life users will always be able to connect to friends, regardless of location or broadband connection. SLim is also a compelling tool for the Second Life enterprise offering, which will enable employees to communicate and collaborate with colleagues meeting inworld without having the Second Life application running.

Additional features of the SLim client include but are not limited to:

Provides Residents with access to their Second Life Friends list with real-time "presence" status updates
Enables users to seamlessly migrate a text conversation into a voice call
Allows SLim users to leave voice mails for offline friends

Story writing. Text/Voice. Saturday 10am PDT

Story class is back. Not the new story class with voice. The old story class in text. Voice will be used at the end for reading. Never been to story writing class? CLICK HERE This class is limited to 7 students. If you don't want to miss it IM Tiana Compton to reserve a seat.

Grammar. Text. Friday 10pm PDT

This class has been posted for some time but not many seems to know it's there. It's early afternoon in Asia and early morning in Europe.

Practical English. Text/Voice. Friday 2am PDT

The English Verb Tense System 2/5. Text. Tuesday 12pm PDT.

Every Tuesday at 12pm PDT for 5 weeks. Did you miss the first one? Trop pis. Try not to miss the second one. “The English Verb Tense System 2/5” A series of 5 classes devoted to the English Verb tense system. Beginning with the simple present tense, we’ll work our way through the entire tense system, via the examples that students offer for study. We’ll examine both how we form the tenses, and how we use them. Cost: 500L$ (1.3 euro; 1.9US$; 215YEN) First class is free. More classes: http://www.drive-through-esl.info/

Quiz Class. Voice. Saturday 13 Sep 6am PDT

Word games, puzzles, tenses and team games. Bring a friend. Teacher: Daisey Ragu Class Runner: Tiana Compton - RUM Today's class : QUIZ TIME Practise your English skills in this fun lesson. Includes word games, puzzles, tenses and team games. Bring a friend. Voice enabled. Microphone needed. Come to the infohub 15 minutes before class to test voice set up. Limited number of seats available depending on technical conditions. Cost: 1000L$ (2.6 euro; 3.8US$; 430YEN)

Week 36

Late for class? Look on the calendar who is the classrunner and send a IM. The classrunner will tell you what the class is about, give you the notecard for this class and send you a tp. If it's a voice class they will come to the infohub to test your voice set-up. 10 Classes this week: 5 txt and 5 vox.

Beginner Program: Classes 4, 5 and 6. Mon 10am (Bank), Wed 11am (Hospital), Fri 10am (Grease car repair shop/hair salon. All times PDT. Vox
Tuesday 12pm PDT. Txt Yanto begins a series of 5 classes devoted to the English Verb tense system. Beginning with the simple present tense, we’ll work our way through the entire tense system, via the examples that students offer for study. We’ll examine both how we form the tenses, and how we use them.
Friday 10am PDT. Txt. Grammar class. Teacher: Thea Pevensey. Do you have questions about understanding or using English grammar? Come to DRIVE-THROUGH ESL grammar class to brush up on your skills. Each class will begin with an explanation of the topic, followed by student practice.

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Week 35

CLASS CALENDAR: CLICK HERE HELP TEAM CALENDAR: CLICK HERE Beginner Program started Monday, 1 September. Classes on Wednesday at 11am PDT and Friday at 10am PDT as well. Test will be Friday 19 September. Enrollment still open. More about Beginner Program: HERE I swear the teleport works if you learn how to use it. Yes, it can take some practice. Come to the infohub to try it. 10 classes this week: 5 text, 3 Beginner Program and 2 vox.