VIV'S ENGLISH NEWSLETTER
By Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com). Edition Number 82 The fifth of February 2015.
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Welcome!
Viv would like to welcome Bruna Alves, Glicia, Juliana and Leandro, who have started English courses since the last Newsletter.
Good luck!
Viv wishes the best of luck for the future to Roberta.
Happy Birthday!
A very happy birthday to Glicia and Luciana, who both celebrate their birthdays on the 8th of March. Birthday greetings also go to Isabela (21st April) and Bruna A (28th May).
Holdays!
Viv will not be working from the 14th to the 20th of February due the Carnival. The Easter holiday will be from the 3rd to the sixth of April. Tuesday the 21st (Tiradentes) and Thursday the 23rd (St. George's Day) will be holidays, and there will be a long weekend from the 1st of May (May Day) to the 3rd of May. Last but not least, Viv won't be working from the fourth of June (Corpus Christi) to the seventh of June because his birthday is on the fifth!
Course news
The winners of a Viv's t-shirt as a prize for the top scores in the last vocabulary tests were: Mariela (19/20), Renato (18), Bea & Luciana (17), and Bia and Leandro (16).
If you haven't taken the test yet, you're too late to win a Viv's t-shirt in the vocab tests, but don't worry, in February / March there will be a Back of Notebook test and you will get another opportunity to win one! We will also be eliminating your Viv's Angry Pages expressions and doing a jigsaw listening song activity in the next couple of months. The next vocab. test won't be until April.
What's new?
In order to help his students study for the Vocab and BON tests Viv has designed his Database programs, which are on his computer. If you have a Windows computer, you can instal these programs at home, but if not, there is now Viv's DBAPP program, which enables you to test the expressions on your databases using either a tablet or smartphone. You can access these programs using a QR Code reader (Quick Response), which uses your phone/tablet camera to access a web page quickly. You'll find the QR Code for Viv's web site on page 2 of this Newsletter.
Viv has now completed the transfer of his 'Self Access English Learning' materials to his Google Drive. If you have Google Drive on your computer, tablet or smartphone, Viv will share these grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening materials with you. If you don't know what I'm talking about, be patient, Viv will demonstrate everything in class!
Student of the month!
Viv's student of the month for this edition is Amanda. She comes for classes on Saturdays and has made excellent progress. Well done!
Features!
Notebook test results for Viv's students in 2014, the QR code for Viv's site and a link to an article in Portuguese about when to study English.