VIV'S
ENGLISH NEWSLETTER
By Viv Quarry. Edition Number 59 The twenty-seventh of November 2007.
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Welcome
back!
Viv is happy to see Milena again after her time spent living and working in the USA. Two of Viv's ex-students, Andrea and Liana, who he helped to prepare to work and study in England, should be returning to do mini-intensive courses in December and January. It's always great to welcome back people who have been successful in achieving their ambition to live abroad, and hopefully, to help make their lives there easier and more enjoyable.
Happy
birthday!
Viv would like to wish happy birthday to Roberta, Flavia, Ludmila and Bia, who all celebrate their birthdays in January, on the 8th, 14th, 18th and 25th respectively.
Good luck!
I would also like to wish Isabel the very best of luck in the Cambridge Advanced Examination, which she'll be taking in December.
Holidays
Viv's Christmas holiday will start on the 22nd of December and his first classes of 2008 will be on the 5th of January. Viv will be sending his bills for classes in December before the holiday. Please pay your bills before the holiday so that Viv can enjoy his Christmas too! :-)
Before Christmas, all his students will get a book to read during the holiday. If you already have one, please make sure that you have finished reading it before restarting classes in January.
What's new
on the web?
Just after Viv first arrived in Rio de Janeiro, he went on a helicopter ride which took him around the Statue of Christ, over the Rocinha shanty town and back along the beaches between São Conrado and Copacabana. The photos Viv took on this trip are on his site in 'The teacher' section.
Course
news
Unlike most private teachers and all language schools, Viv only sends his bills for classes at the end of the month. However, his rent must be paid by the fifth of the month, so please, if possible, try to pay your bills for the previous month's classes at the beginning of the month.
The last activity of the year will be a video activity based on a recent CNN news programme and everyone will be having another 'Back of notebook' test in January.
Student of
the month
My last student of the month in 2007 is Leticia Maciel. She started classes in September this year and has worked very hard on improving her English ever since. She will have to stop her English classes soon to give birth to her daughter, Julia, and Viv wishes her the best of luck in this important stage of her life.
Features
Since Viv started paying for an advertisement-free web site in January 2007, the number of visits to the site have gradually increased. Page two of this edition of the newsletter has statistics on visits to Viv's web site and a list of countiries from which these visitors have come. Do you know what the adjectives are for these countries???????