Mar 29 2008
Mohamed’s Website
Mohamed Al Marei has interesting pictures in his website. It is in Arabic, so you will be able to understand it.
Archive for March, 2008
Mar 29 2008
Reflections from Kuwait
Dot, Kuwait
In the short time that we have been running the project, it has been interesting to notice differences in the students.
1 In Kuwait, most of the classes are segregated. I have two boys in one class that mainly consists of girls.
2 Some of my students are veiled, so that you will never see them in photos or videos.
3 It is also unlikely that any of them will produce a Voicethread using their own voices. If I have male classes again, perhaps they will produce videos.
4 The knowledge of computing is quite low for some of the students. They are not used to sending emails in Arabic, let alone English.
5 They love seeing their own names on the Internet, even if it is only when photos they give me are published.
6 It is very gratifying to see them mastering even a low level skill using a computer.
7 We cannot devote too much time to the project, unless we continue with work that is connected to their syllabus. Towards the end of semester, we will produce more paragraphs that the students in the other countries might find interesting.
8 At the moment, they are working on PowerPoint presentations, but I cannot upload them onto the Internet as they usually just cut and paste someone else’s work. I am trying to tell them about the horrors of plagiarism!
Mar 25 2008
Questions for Sister Classes
Introduction:
The students in Kuwait are working on forming questions in their grammar classes and have these questions for our sister classes.
1 What’s the weather like in your country?
2 What are your favourite movies?
3 How’’s life in your country?
4 What are your favourite traditions?
5 What languages do people in your country speak?
6 Do people speak Arabic in your country?
7 Are there any Moslems in your country?
8 How old are the students in your class?
9 What are your favourite subjects?
10 What are the names of some of your holidays?
11 What are your favourite hobbies?
12 What nationality are you?
13 What languages do you speak?
14 What is your college or school like?
15 What do people do at the weekend in your country?
16 Do children have to go to school in your country?
17 What are the most famous sites in your country?
18 What is the name of your president?
19 What are the names of the favourite places that people go to in your country?
20 Do you want an email pal from Kuwait?
Mar 25 2008
CALL - Week 6
1 Displaying work
http://handsacrosstheoceans.edublogs.org
Our blog with pictures, words and videos from our students. Subscribe by email and you will get information about new posts.
http://esleflstudents.edublogs.org/
Student showcase for work by students in Kuwait, Hungary, Argentina, Brazil and the USA. You can post comments and questions there. Subscribe by email.
Argentina
http://finally5b.21classes.com/
Brazil
2 Mind-mapping
www.mind-mapping.co.uk/assets/examples
http://www.mind-mapping.co.uk/mind-maps-examples.htm
Examples
3 Blogging
Learn to blog. To get the English blog, change the language box in the top left hand side, and then the box in the top right hand side. Once you set up your blog, you can add your favourite links, photos, videos, your movies, and your paragraphs, at the end of semester.
http://coolkuwaitdaysandnights.blogspot.com
Blog in Arabic
Http://confashions.blogspot.com
Fashion in Kuwait
4 Interesting links
Great site
Build your vocabulary and donate rice.
5 Blackboard
Check out Blackboard to see if there is anything new.
Mar 22 2008
Weekends in Kuwait
Weekends in Kuwait by Nora Adel
People do many things at the weekend in Kuwait. They can go shopping in the beautiful, modern malls (shopping centers) or in the traditional shops. Also, they can enjoy walking or doing exercises in front of the beach or on the walkways. In addition, they can go to cinemas with their families or their friends to enjoy watching different movies. More over, they can go to different restaurants to eat a variety of food.
They can spend a beautiful time with their friends anywhere from this list:
- Entertainment City.
- Sailing, diving or fishing.
- Playing games or sports.
- Joining a club or institution.
- Going to a coffee shop.
- Practicing their hobbies such as collecting stamps, photographing, designig, etc.
Finally, people here in Kuwait look like other people in other countries. They do activities like others, and they have technology like others, so, in my opinion, there are no differences between us, but maybe organizing our priorities and activities are the difference between us.
Mar 19 2008
Creativesam’s Photos of Kuwait
Mar 19 2008
Fishing with Mohamed Al Marei
King mackerel
Sea birds
Mohamed and king mackerel
Flamingos in Shuweikh Bay, Kuwait
King mackerel
Oil rig
If you want to see more pics of activities in Kuwait (fishing, diving, trawling), visit me in Garooh.com
or check my Flickr profile.
Sea bird on Kubbar Island.
Mar 18 2008
Nora’s Favourite Links
www.englishjet.com/english_courses_files/test_level.asp
Test your English language to know your level.
Learn English online anytime, anywhere.
It helps everyone learn English. Also it contains many exercises, tests and dictionaries.
This is a beautiful site in Arabic. It’s about our heritage, and traditional things in Kuwait, so I hope everyone will visit this site.
www.bo9agr.blogspot.com
This blog talks about different events and explains them in both English and Arabic. It also has pictures.
This one’s for designers and for anyone who likes designing.
It contains many subjects, such as wild life.
www.flickr.com/photos/bo_3adel
This flickr by a young Kuwaiti man shows us his amazing, beautiful photos which were captured in Kuwait and other countries. It’s a very enjoyable flickr.
It describes miracles and facts that the Koran discovered before modern science.
