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First of all, I wish to congratulate our Ss on finishing the school year 2007. I hope you'll enjoy your summer holiday and get back heathier and more motivated. Now I'd like to share my impression about Omsk where I examined YLE and post some photos which, I hope so, you'll find curious.Omsk is a really nice city with the beautifyl river Irtyish. It's a bit dirty and looks rather brown as well as not so mighty as I expected. People explained that this is because Irtyish runs through densly populated China where folks dump a lot of waste in the river and take its water for irrigation. And the river is becoming narrower and weaker. It's a pity! But still it's really a gorgeous Siberian river. Now look at some sights of Omsk in the centre. There are still a few statues of Lenin there. But you can also see some funny sculptures like 'Santekchnik' who is getting from the underground hole on the pavement, just in the very centre of Omsk. I hope you'll fi...

First of all, I'd like to congratulate our fellows who sat the FCE in March. Exam results have become available on the Cambridge ESOl site and our students found out that all of them passed!!!. The Results are as follows: A (2), B(2), C(4). It's excellent!!!!!! Well done!!! One more thing. Those of you who want to use my site, you're welcome. The URL is here: http://go2pru.77.com1.ru/index.php

Dear all. I've not been writing to the blog as I was unable. I was on the island of Creta from 29th April to 9th May. It was a wonderful holiday which, I hope so, I deserved as I had been working with by broken wrist for so long time without taking a sick leave. I was swimming a lot, even though the temperature was not so comfortable: 19-20 C. But the weather was really warm and sunny so I could feel good after swimming sessions lying in the sun for a while. The place was beautiful, the nothern part of the island, inbetween Heraklion and Retimno. It was my second time on the island. The first one was in 1998, when we returned to Moscow to find ourselves bankrupts as it was the year of the collapse of our economy. We managed to survive and so did the island which didn't seem to have changed. It is said that Creta was the home of the most recent civilization??. In 1998 we were on the southern coast of Creta and now I can say that the southern part is more wild, less civilized t...

Home assignment for FCE group. Writing -Successful Writing , Unit 8, page 56, ex. 6 (1). FCE Plus -Exam 4 (Reading & Use of English) Speaking - (L&Sp) book - forms of entertainment (compare and contrast 2 of them, same task) Use of English Unit 4, Pre-Test till the end. Unit 5 till exs 129 Mission Unit 4, parts 3,4 (in a week) Deadline 26.04.07 Home assignment for CAE group. Fast Track Workbook, Unit 1 Speaking - monological mini presentations on assertiveness (1-1,5 min). Make use of advanced Gr& Voc from the text Deadline 26.04.07

I'm happy to say that we are going to have 5-6 students joining us in CAE group. They'll have classes at 5'30 pm, after the FCE group. The coursebooks used are: 'Fast Track to CAE' Students book and Workbook. Also they'll need to buy CAE Plus 1 book so that they can start doing tests right after they begin the course. The supposed date of the examination is going to be in March. Let's wish them good luck and improve their English throughout the course, which they must achieve as all of them are really good and ambitious as well as they already have had good experience doing FCE. Good luck! Home assignment for FCE group. Writing -Successful Writing , Unit 8, page 56, ex. 6 (2). PEP (1) - KWTransformations -till end. FCE Plus -Exam 3 (Reading & Use of English) Speaking - (L&Sp) book - forms of entertainment (compare and contrast 2 of them, same task) Mission Unit 4, parts 1,2 Use of English Unit 4, Pre-Test till the end. Unit 5 till exs 129 (in a week...

Writing -Successful Writing , Unit 9, page 53, ex. 6 (1,2).Your choice. PEP (1) - KWTransformations at the bottom of the book, till # 149 FCE Plus -Exam 2 (Reading & Use of English) Speaking - (L&Sp) book - forms of entertainment (compare and contrast 2 of them, same task) Mission Unit 4, parts 1,2 Use of English Unit 4, Pre-Test till the end. Unit 5 till exs 129 (in a week) Deadline 12.04.07 I'd also like to congratulate all my ex-FCE students who have recently received their ESOL certificates (I brought exactly 12 of them in the envelop and handed in to be kept in a safe place at the Principal's room). So I'd be very happy to see all of you or, at least those who are willing to continue, and I hope you'll join in a small CAE group at 5:30 pm on Thursday, after my classes with the FCE group. See you.

Writing -Successful Writing , Unit 8, ex. 4, page 50.Your choice. PEP (1) - KWTransformations at the bottom of the book. FCE Plus -Exam 1,2 (Reading & Use of English) Speaking - (L&Sp) book - forms of entertainment (compare and contrast 2 of them) Mission Unit 4, parts 1,2 (in a week) Use of English page 65-71 Deadline 05.04.07 Have a look at some more photos of Y-Sakhalinsk. The place where I took these photos is believed to be very bizarre and odd. People say they witnessed UFOs in this area. What is more, the sea and many big and small lakes are together, creating the feeling of something mysterious. I wish I could go there in summer and in early autumn so as to enjoy the view of 'sopkas ' , the forest and the sea which was covered in ice by the shore when I was there. I could see only daredevil fishermen on the ice. There are some crazy people who love fishing more than anything else in the world.

Hello everyone, I've been disconcerted to find only 7 of you in the class last time (22d March). Why's that? Probably you were affected by the first warm spring sunshine. Hope you'll turn up next time - March 29 at 3pm. Here's your home assignment: Writing -Successful Writing , Unit 8, ex. 7, page 48.Your choice. PEP (1) - page 150 - ## 66-132. FCE Plus -Exam 1 (Reading & Use of English) Speaking - (L&Sp) book -same hometask Mission Unit 3, parts 3,4 Use of English (in a week)-page 65-71 Deadline 29.03.07 Have a look at some more photos made in Yuzno-Sakhalinsk. They show the city itself with the statue of Lenin dominating over the main street called ulitsa Lenina. The city is full of five-storey buildings and is a typical one of the mid 50th. See you on 29th, Minats

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Hello everyone. I've just come back from Yuzno-Sakhalinsk. My trip was amazing! I did not expect I could find there so many interesting and unusual things, which make living on an island very different from that of the continent. First of all, I saw mountains everywhere. It's so different and romantic. Secondly, dazzlingly beautiful snow and sunshine, which are very rare things in Moscow, made me feel very good. Last but not least, fish (salmon), caviar, nuts, berries etc on the market. But more importantly - children of all over Sakhalin sitting PET. They seemed to be so brave, outgoing, trendy and beautiful. I was surprised to see them like that as I expected to observe a bit timid and humble provincial kids. On the contrary, some of them could even outshadow the Moscovites. I was pleased to realize, that I was very mistaken about their look and character. There are many Korean people in Sakhalin as well as Russians, Ukrainians and some Chinese. The last community is not big ...

Hi everyone. I've experienced some trouble with my blog as I was unable to post to my blog. Only title appeared. Now, it's the first time it started working as usual. Please, keep writing to your blogs. See you on March 15th at 2:30pm.

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Let's keep our fingers crossed!!! The fellows struggling for FCE in a Group at 5pm are sitting their Listening and Speaking on March 3d at school 1937. We all wish them Good Luck! See you all on March 7th at 3:00pm and 5:30 pm respectively. It will be the final leg before Reading, Writing and Use of English come on March 10th.

As all of you are trying to pass valuable Cambridge ESOL examination - the FCE, I do advise you to look at the possible statement of results. It's something you'll receive after you've done the examination (in 1 month). If you passed, your results, in any paper, will be above borderline (60%). If you fail, it's gonna be lower than that. So try your best to make each paper (Reading, Writing, Use of English, Listening, Speaking,) at its best. This will definitely help you to get the better overall mark. Keep trying.

Group 2.30pm Writing -Successful Writing , Unit 7 till the end, ex 7,pg 39. Your choice. PEP (1) - Test 9 Use of English (1), complete Unit 4 , pp 45-52 Speaking - (L&Sp) book,Unit 2, Speaking about Work Mission (in 1 week) revise Unit 2 for Speaking Deadline 01.03.07 Group 5 pm Writing - Mock writing in class FCE-Sue O'Connel , Test 2, Mission KW Transformations, p 73 Use of English ,Unit 9 page 144-150 Speaking - mock Sp in class Deadline 01.03.07

Did you know which square in NY can be compared with Red Square in Moscow, Champs-Elysées in Paris, Trafalgar Square in London and so on? Sure, it is Times Square, which has achieved the status of NY's landmark and has become a symbol of Manhattan. We first saw Times Square in the evening and it looked so amazingly familiar to us as if we'd known it for ages (of course, we did not but this picture is stuck in everybody's memory in Russia from films and ads). Times Square is situated between Sixth and Ninth Avenues from east to west, and West 39th and West 52nd Streets from south to north. It makes up the western part of the Midtown Manhattan. It should be seen in the evening as it's full of bright lights then. Have a look!

Group 2.30pm Writing -Successful Writing , Unit 6 till the end, ex15, 16, 22. Your choice. PEP (1) - Test 8 Use of English (1), complete Practice Test #2 and Unit 3 Speaking - (L&Sp) book,Unit 2, Sp Test Mission Revise Unit 3 for class speaking(in 2 weeks) Deadline 22.02.07 Group 5 pm Writing - Mock writing in class FCE-Sue O'Connel , Test 1, Mission KW Transformations, p 73 Use of English ,Unit 9 page 144-150 Speaking - mock Sp in class Deadline 22.02.07

If you go down Manhattan to the NYCity's Financial District (it is on the famous Wall Street) you definitely can't miss noticing a huge statue of a bull. The strange statue is near the well known Stock Exchange. There are many people who are called stock exchange brockers in the nearby cafes. Of course, they pass by the bull every day going to the Stock Exchange. When we looked closely at the gigantic animal we noticed that the testicles on the statue are brilliantly burnished. I asked my host family in NY about that and they explained that this burnished spots appeared from the hands of thousands stockbrokers as well as tourists who are rubbing the statue there every day for luck on their way to work or simply passing by. It is a NYC's Lucky Bull. And if you keep going down, there will be China Town with lots of sea food stalls which also look beautiful. To your attantion : Chrisa! You said you lost your blog. Seek it on the address: http://4elovek-hrisa.blogspot.com/ . Ot...