Bye For Now

So we've come to the end of another semester at City College of San Francisco.  Next semester will start up again August 16.  Check back here from time to time  (an idiom which means occasionally or sometimes) because I may write a post if I find something interesting.  Until then, I hope the resources below will be helpful.

Me:              dselleck@ccsf.edu

                    www.ccsfcvc.blogspot.com

Radio Stations:  (These are mostly all talk)

                    KCBS 740 AM, 106.9 FM:

                   http://tunein.com/radio/KCBS-All-News-740-AM--1069-FM-s31955

                    KQED 88.5 FM: http://www.kqed.org

                    KALW 91.7 FM: http://kalw.org

Podcasts:     (These are for English speakers so could be challenging.  They are all  people telling true   

                    stories.)

                   This American Life:  http://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast

                   Snap Judgment:  http://snapjudgment.org/podcast

                   The Moth:  http://themoth.org/about/programs/the-moth-podcast

Online:         https://sites.google.com/a/mail.ccsf.edu/esl

                   http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~vcook/alemlab.html

                   http://www.elllo.org

                   Storycorps: http://storycorps.org

Other:         Free walking tours of San Francisco: http://www.sfcityguides.org

                   Cheap & free things to do in S.F. http://sf.funcheap.com

Happy Summer!

Denise

 

Getting a Job

 

This week we've been talking about careers in class.  Here is a fun link where you can find out the right job for your personality as well as learn about different kinds of jobs.

Thursday will be the last day of the semester, so my post next week will have lots of links to keep you busy over the summer.

ARE YOU FEELING HAPPY?

Summer's almost here.  Time to celebrate with this fun video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DePFiF-nNoE

Here are the lyrics of Happy by Pharell Williams

It might seem crazy what I'm about to say
Sunshine she's here, you can take away
I'm a hot air balloon, I could go to space
With the air, like I don't care baby by the way

Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

Here come bad news talking this and that
Yeah, give me all you got, don't hold back
Yeah, well I should probably warn you I'll be just fine
Yeah, no offense to you don't waste your time
Here's why

Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

Happy, bring me down
Can't nothing, bring me down
Love is too happy to bring me down
Can't nothing, bring me down
I said bring me down
Can't nothing, bring me down
Love is too happy to bring me down
Can't nothing, bring me down
I said

Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

Happy, bring me down
Can't nothing, bring me down
Love is too happy to bring me down
Can't nothing, bring me down
I said

Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

Thursday Night Words

Hi,


Today I'm putting up 20 words and expressions from my High Intermediate Level 7/8 class.  The theme was saving money, but there is other vocabulary there as well.  For example, do you know what the verb to hog means?  Click here to find out that and more!

A Mishmash of Vocabulary

Hello!

What does mishmash mean?

a.  A way to prepare potatoes.
b.  A collection of unrelated things.
c.  A part of speech.

You have a few seconds to guess the answer:

Ready?  The correct answer is B.  Today's vocabulary comes from very different topics -- war and peace and on the road.  Click here to practice them.