Nordhausen course

[HansUlrich]

Hi Torsten, Richard and Slava,
today, Wednesday, 18th March 2009 we have managed excellently with the Nordhausen mixed group.
The group members are very thankful that we are preparing them for the TOEIC test examination.
We have managed some English-test-net tests (f.i. with watch vs see & call vs speak…)
We have reviewed today and will review tomorrow
the numbers,
the simple present
(positive,
negative,
questions),
the question words,
how to tell the time,
basic adjectives,
adverbs
comparison etc.
The four Ladies & the three gentlemen were very motivated and cooperative.
Best regards from Mrs Zien and the team.
I will deposit Friday afternoon your chip card for entering the Schachtbau area agian with the door keeper.
Best regards
Uli

[HansUlrich]

Hi Torsten, Richard and Slava,
today, Friday, 20th March 2009 ( beginning of Spring in Nordhausen but rather cold & windy outside ...but a cooperative atmosphere in our very motivated learning group) we have repeated some grammar....
The group members are very thankful that we are preparing them for the TOEIC test examination... but Frank proposed to manage also the IELTS test for entering the expanding Canadian labour market. Please discuss this with the group and Mrs. Thomas next Monday.
We have managed some additional English-test.net tests especially the listening / audio versions...many thanks for your great work.
We have reviewed today
the plural formation,
how to form new words
the simple present
(positive,
negative,
questions),
the question words,
how to tell the time,
basic adjectives,
adverbs
time schedules etc.
The four Ladies & the three gentlemen were very motivated and cooperative.
Next Tuesday another Gentleman will enter the group.
Best regards from Mrs. Thomas and the team.
I will deposit your chip card for entering the Schachtbau area agian with the door keeper respectively with Mrs. Thomas.
Best regards
Uli.

[Torsten]

Hi Uli, Matthias, Richard, Ian and Scott,

The Nordhausen group have been making great strides and they look forward to meeting their second native speaker on Monday, Mr Graham. We have covered Busniness Basics including 'Dealing with Problems' on page 103. We also did the simple present/present progressive, simple past, present perfect and the future tenses. As you know, this is an ongoing process and you need to review all of these grammar items on a regular basis.

We also did quite a lot of listening comprehension using Voice of America exercises on our own site.

You can see the progress report of one of the group members here: We also did quite a lot of listening comprehension using Voice of America exercises on our own tests. You can see the progress report of the group members here:
http://www.english-test.net/progress_report/index.php?user=31686

TOEIC listening, question-response: You haven't registered for the conference yet, have you?

[HansUlrich]

Hi dear Torsten, Matthias, Richard, Ian and Scott,
Congratulation to your great successes with our diligent Nordhausen group.
Many thanks for the detailed progress report of one of the group members.
You are quite right: using a lot of listening comprehension via Voice of America exercises on our own site is an excellent preparation for successful global communication.
Please give my best greetings to our diligent Nordhausen group students.
With my best regards Uli. :P :P

[Scott Graham]

Hi to all the Nordhausen crew,
I've had a great couple of days with the group, I have to say I'm very impressed with them.
As well as covering 2 chapters of the book which were 'Complaints and solutions' and suggestions. We also looked at conditionals which the group all found 'a piece of cake', and also the use of 'used to'.
I also showed them a useful website for watching English movies and series, and we watched an episode of 'Dragons' den' which I find is great for them as lots of different business language crops up.
Throughout the 2 days we also talked about English culture, behaviour and idioms.
I look forward to see them again next week.
Have fun!!!

[Torsten]

Hi Scott,

We completed the book up until page 12, read an overview of the TOEIC reading part, did some sample TOEIC incomplete questions and reviewed the tenses. Please review the tenses, the conditionals and the passive again and you might also do some more work on The Dragon's Den (compiling a list of some of the business ideas pitched, creating list with phrases used in the presentations and writing a guideline for giving a sales pitch/presentation. Frank has all the information for the field trip on Wednesday so please ask him to give you an update.

Also, please go through the different parts of speech again as the group will need to know how to use them in the TOEIC exam. We talked about the difference between its and it's and you might want to read its vs. it's with them.

Many thanks,
Torsten

TOEIC listening, talks: Announcing the next participant in a TV quiz show

[HansUlrich]

Hi to all the Nordhausen crew and students,
all the best for you. Best regards Uli.

[Torsten]

Hi Uli,

Thanks a lot for checking in with us. Scott, can you please review the tenses again and also do some activities such as telling someone the way, ordering a product, buying and selling a car, opening a bank account, etc.

Also, please remind the group to continue with their project (we started creating a list with English words and phrases used in German). In addition, please allow the group some time to complete some of our online tests.

We'll schedule the TOEIC test for May 27.

Have fun,
Torsten

TOEIC listening, talks: A newspaper journalist is leaving a voice message for a city developer

[HansUlrich]

Hi to all the Nordhausen crew,
today we had a great day with the group.
We also looked at the negation, comparison, formation of questions etc. as Michael wrote in the documentation.
Throughout the day we also talked about the Irish history, culture, behaviour and idioms.
We look forward to see our group tomorrow.
Have fun!!!
Best regards Brian and Uli.