What Makes Kuwait a Unique Country? by Durdana

Thanks to Durdan for creating this video using Animoto, and then, posted it to her blog to share with the entire world how she sees Kuwait as a unique country. Durdana is also a freshman student in my English 090.

What Makes Kuwait a Unique Country? by Aisha

Yet another opinion on what makes Kuwait unique expressed through this nice video, by my freshman student, Aisha...The background music is interesting..

Aisha used Windows Movie Maker to create the video, and then, uploaded and published it on Youtube. Thanks, Aisha :)

All the best...

What Makes Kuwait a Unique Country? by Amal

Yet another interesting video about the uniqueness of Kuwait as seen through Amal Al-Nasser's eyes! Amal is a freshman student in one of my English 090 classes; she created the video using Windows Video Maker, then, she published it on her blog and Youtube channel...

What Makes Failaka a Unique Island? by Amany

Amany, another freshman student in my English 090 class, thinks that the Kuwaiti island of Failaka is a unique island; so, she created this video, using Animoto and posted it to her blog

What Makes Kuwait a Unique Country? by Khuloud

The idea of this project came from Ronaldo, a Webhead colleague in Brazil. I liked the idea and asked my students to create a video(s) about What Makes Kuwait a Unique Country?

This video was created by my freshman student, Khuloud, using Windows Video Maker.

Thanks, Khuloud for your great work :)

How to Open a Banana When it's Ripe / Not Ripe The Mexican Way

I'd like to thank El Silvador for his time and effort, cooperating and collaborating to make this video clip, showing how to open a banana when it's ripe or not ripe.

yehya - the egyptian hollywood celebrities photographer

Thanks to Saoud who is a learner in my Social Sciences class for sharing this video. It is interesting to see the difference between learning English and acquiring English.

The video is of an Egyptian photographer, Yahya who has obviously acquired English and spoke it in his Egyptian accent. It is hilarious and well worth watching.

How to Use an Apostrophe

Hi all, the following is a very useful video about how to use an apostrophe. This video was shared by a Webhead teacher, Doris Molero via Twitter. Enjoy!


Punctuation:How To Use An Apostrophe

Unit 5: Antarctica

Please check out the required vocabulary words of Unit 5, shown on the image above.

To find the meaning of any of the words shown on the image, please use the spelling Thesaurus at: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/bee/


Have fun while learning :)

Shocking Heath Ledger Revelation

This video is hilarious! I actually couldn't stop laughing when I was watching it. I recommend that you watch and carefully hear the video to improve your listening skill. Enjoy!

Digital Conversion PSA

This is such an interesting video clip that I thought of sharing it with you. By the way, I came across this video through the blog, LangLabUnleashed at: http://tinyurl.com/66nu4g

It'd be great if you jot feedback in the comment section on what you think of the video.

Enjoy!

Learn English Second Life for Teens

Hi, Class,

Watch the video by teacher, Graham Stanely of British Council in Spain, and then post your note stating your opinion on this way of learning English. Would you like to learn English in Second Life?



Thank you for your cooperation,
Buthaina Al-Othman

Dalton Sherman

This is a must see video showing an amazing American young learner delivering a speech to thousands of people, which is focused on the main question "do you believe in me?" and other possible dreams in life :)

Enjoy!

Google Docs in Plain English

This video should assist you learn more about Google Docs and ways to utilize this useful technology.

Enjoy!

The Evolution of Digital Communities

Hi Class,

I was watching this view and thought of sharing it with you to see how the world is changing! So, watch it and hurry to post a comment to your blog to join the digital community :)

Enjoy!

USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS WITH NOUNS

Some of you have asked for more clarification on when to capitalize words in English. The use of capital letters or capitalization can only be with nouns.

The link below has good examples of the different categories of noun that need to be written in capital letters:

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/NOUNS5.cfm


Hope it's helpful!

Unit 6: Writing Activity - Antarctica in 5 minutes

Please watch the video about places and life in Antarctica. Then, read the first article in Unit 6 of North Star. Finally, go to your blog and write an essay about the advantages or disadvantages of Making Antarctica a Touristic Place.

Use the following general statement (GS) to begin your essay:
"Antarctica is becoming a touristic destination nowadays".

Thank you!

Practice Quiz 4

Hi all,

The following are practice quiz 4 part 1 and 2:

1) Practice quiz 4-1

2) Practice quiz 4



And here is the official Kuwait University English 090 website.



Best!

What Is Your Favorite Song Now?

Play the video to watch my favorite song at present :)



When you finish watching my favorite song, it will be your turn to share with us your favorite song at the moment.

All you need to do is click the comment tab at the bottom of this post, and then embed the code of your song or add a link to it.


Thank you very much for your participation!

Kuwaiti Inventions!

Hi Class, I saw this poster in my way out of Engineering College and thought you might be interested in attending the event shown on the picture. I am glad to see such an activity taking place in our campus as it really makes us feel proud.

If you are interested we can go together tomorrow; it's near our class at the Sabah Al-Salem Theater. Well, we'll see; we can talk about this in class.

Later!