Virtual English Online

How Does Virtual English Online Work?

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:10:00 +0000

If you have always wanted to speak, write, read or listen in good English then Virtual English Online is for you. Interactive, easy to access and more effective than ever before...

Tip of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:15:00 +0000

Welcome to 'Our New Look Website' Virtual English Online! Learn English online, live in real-time. Create an account and ENROL NOW in your online English Course. Try our FREE Lessons for Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and Advanced levels, there are lessons for all macro-skills.

Take our FREE placement test. It's absolutely FREE.

Pre-Intermediate Test

Intermediate Test

Advanced Test

Did you receive our FREE Newsletter? If not, create an account with Virtual English Online and click on 'subscribe to newsletter'! Easy...

Tip of the Day! How-To: QuickFlicks

Adding a Next Button in PowerPoint.

www breakingnewsenglish com ESL/EFL Lesson Plan on 'Gender Equality in Rwanda Politics'.

Rwanda - world’s first women-led country. Rwanda will soon become the first country in the world where female politicians outnumber male politicians more...

I hope you have a great day and I look forward to your feedback - post a comment.

Take care

Karen

Site of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:51:00 +0000

'Virtual English Online' now have FREE Demonstration lessons

https://www.virtualenglishonline.com/Free_Demonstration_Lessons.html

Present continuous tense, writing an informal email, pronunciation and many others...

Receive your FREE lesson NOW https://www.virtualenglishonline.com/Free_Lesson_Request.html

Australia Election 2007 - Labour claims victory

SURROUNDED by family, friends and faithful, Kevin Rudd last night claimed his position in history as Australia's 26th Prime Minister after Labor's victory. Click on the URL for more ... http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/sundaymail/ courtesy couriermail.com.au powered by Sunday Mail

Site of the Day

Find out the best of the Web. TechLEARNING.com's Site of the Day presents Web sites for classroom use or for professional development daily.

www. Breaking News English .com

Facebook and MySpace start 'hyper-targeting' - what is Facebook & MySpace?? What is 'hyper-targeting'? Click on the URL for ready to use ESL/EFL Lessons.

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0711/071108-facebook_myspace.html

Hope you have a great day!!

Talk soon

Karen & Ruth

The IT Guy

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:16:00 +0000

'Virtual English Online' now have FREE Demonstration lessons

https://www.virtualenglishonline.com/Free_Demonstration_Lessons.html

Present continuous tense, writing an informal email, pronunciation and many others...

Receive your FREE lesson NOW https://www.virtualenglishonline.com/Free_Lesson_Request.html

The IT Guy

Tips, information, and advice from TechLEARNING.com designed to help readers keep their hardware humming happily.

Purdue Owl is great, check your GRAMMAR and WRITING - learn online English in your spare time

What is the Difference between Adjectives and Adverbs?

The Basic Rules: Adjectives

Adjectives modify nouns. To modify means to change in some way. For example: "I ate a meal." Meal is a noun. We don't know what kind of meal; all we know is that someone ate a meal.

The Basic Rules: Adverbs

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. (You can recognize adverbs easily because many of them are formed by adding -ly to an adjective, though that is not always the case.) The most common question that adverbs answer is how. Let's look at verbs first. "She sang beautifully." Beautifully is an adverb that modifies sang. It tells us how she sang.

Click on Purdue Owl for more great examples http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/536/01/

Hope you enjoy!!

Talk soon

Ruth & Karen

'Virtual English Online' Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:59:00 +0000

'Virtual English Online' now have FREE Demonstration lessons

https://www.virtualenglishonline.com/Free_Demonstration_Lessons.html

Present continuous tense, writing an informal email, pronunciation and many others...

Receive your FREE lesson NOW https://www.virtualenglishonline.com/Free_Lesson_Request.html

Word of the Day

Click on the link and learn a new word every day. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/wordoftheday.asp courtesy Cambridge Dictionaries Online.

Games & Activities

This section contains Interactive Games which are intended to improve students’ language skills, and help them practise and extend their vocabulary. Get students to check in their dictionaries if they need help.

Technology & Learning

RSS in Plain English:

If you want to know what RSS is and how to use it, click on this link http://www.techlearning.com/edge/index.php Make sure you watch the video 'Plain English'!! How simple does it get??

To keep up to date with Virtual English Online and Technology and Online Learning click on the Virtual English Online Blog RSS on the right side of your screen to subscribe. You may need to watch the Plain English video again...

World Cup Netball 2007

The Silver Fern's (NZ) lost the cup to the Aussie girls 42-38 in the decider on Saturday night at Auckland - a great game!!

Liz Ellis overcome with joy as she announces her retirement at all levels. It was 34-year-old defender Ellis' third world title in a 122-test match career that spanned 15 years.

Don't forget to check out our website 'Virtual English Online' https://virtualenglishonline.com/

Take care for now

Ruth & Karen

Virtual English Online - Learn English Anyhow Anytime Anywhere

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:23:00 +0000

Hi there,

To our past students, current students and future students, to our families and friends who have supported us throughout our lives to date and also towards the future. We hope you are great and that life has been kind to you.

Ruth and I have been very busy building a new business called Virtual English Online. We are very excited about this new venture and would like to share it with you. Virtual English Online is an online business teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), across three time zones, 24/7 in real-time.

Our aim is to advance English Skills using online, live classes for clients where English is their second language.

Traditionally this was only available through classroom style presentations where everyone must be available at a pre-set time to attend the class. Expensive training forms have little flexibility to meet organisational growth and on-going training requirements, often people missing out on valuable learning or struggling to perform in their role due to conflicting time tables. These traditional approaches can deliver a training solution only at one point in time and they rarely assist in creating an ideal culture for all personnel.

Virtual English Online would like to offer our unrivalled ESL education program using web conferencing technology to deliver face-to-face instruction online to classes in 'real-time' to clients who wish to learn ESL either at home, at the office, or in a corporate training room.

Virtual English Online General English classes begin October 22nd 2007

Course Descriptions and Fees.

Virtual English Online courses include:

General English

Business

Hospitality

Tourism

Preparation for Cambridge Examinations:

IELTS

TOEFL

Our classes are simple to administer, you can have people started in a click of a button. All lessons are recorded and a Learning Management System (LMS) is in place to track performance and to provide feedback on their learning.

Progressive organisations now require on-demand training that can meet the changing dynamics of their teams and most importantly become an asset of the organisation.

We believe our online language school will be the first of its kind in the world and would be so grateful if you can be apart of its beginning. By clicking on the links is one way of supporting us, please forward this to your family, friends, aquaintances, business identities, schools, sporting groups, committees, career training organisations, anybody who may benefit or have clients who wish to advance their English Skills.

We are currently advertising for teachers, applications close 1st September, tefl.com or eslbase. Please subscribe to our Weekly News and/or blog 'Our ESL Students' feedburner. Look for this icon under my profile, scroll up and look to the right.

Many thanks for taking the time to look at our business 'Virtual English Online'. Please forward our email and take care for now.

Kind Regards

Karen and Ruth

Happy Fathers Day

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:03:00 +0000

Fathers Day is celebrated this Sunday 3rd September. Click on Father's Day Poems to read and listen to some poems for Fathers Day. Hope all the dad's have a great day....

Riverfire Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:19:00 +0000

This Saturday 2nd September, we have the Riverfire Festival . In a spectacular display of choreographed colour and music the bridges, rooftops and skies above Brisbane City will light up the river for Brisbane's most popular annual celebration. And for the Riverfire finale, an RAAF F-111 strike jet will sweep low over the city, reaching speeds of up to 800kph before performing the crowd favourite ‘dump and burn’ display. Have FUN!!!

Queensland Parliament House

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:42:00 +0000

We had a fantastic time on our excursion to the Queensland Parliament House last Wednesday. Rona our tour guide was excellent - many thanks Rona. Go to 'Our Students' and check out some of the students own blogs - they have been very busy creating their blog, as well as writing and inserting photos. Next week we will create a Photo Story about our excursion to Parliament House or a 'special place'.

Our ESL Students Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:49:00 +0000

Welcome to all students and I hope you'll have a very successful term.

We'll be creating some podcasts this term - what's that you might say???? The web link to 'Our ESL Students Podcast' is just below 'Our Forum', so stay tuned!!

Look for the listening exercises, click on Play and answer the questions - won't be long...

Safehome

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 02:27:00 +0000

On the 9th June we travelled by bus to 'Safehome' at Petrie, a suburb on the northern side of Brisbane. Safehome is a comprehensive fire and safety education centre.

The fully interactive fire and safety demonstration house provided practical ways to learn what happens during a fire, common causes of fire, and what people can do to protect themselves and their homes.

This is a photo of Massah putting out a gas fire with a fire blanket. Read the newspaper article Helping new Australians learn fire safety in the home from the Logan City Council website for more information and photos. Thanks Lamar for a great day.

FIFA World Cup 2006

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:55:00 +0000

Check out the recent world cup coverage; FIFA World Cup - Videos, exclusive video highlights after the game, as well as the Socceroos and FIFA World Cup 2006, behind the scenes news and footage from the Socceroo's camp - News, Teams, Schedule and Results

Coach Guus Hiddink has warned Australia's players to be on their best behaviour in their opening FIFA World Cup™ match against Japan, fearing any ill-discipline could derail their campaign

The Socceroo's first match: 12 June at 11:00 PM AEST Australia vs Japan will be played in Kaiserlautern go to websites for updates of the Socceroo's games, gos' and schedule.

Courtesy of flickr and yahoo.com.au

Multicultural Employment Workshop

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Mon, 22 May 2006 03:10:00 +0000

Working in Queensland

What employers want: skills, knowledge and attitudes
Employees rights and responsibilities
Finding out where suitable work exists

Getting Ready

Identifying skills and writing a resume, cover letter, selection critera

Marketing Yourself

Preparing for an interview
Presenting youself at interview

The Federal Government Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) has an excellent website Job Guide 2006 and includes information on:

learning pathways
building your career
looking for work
extensive list of occupations and skills needed

Other great websites are:

Career One
Australian Job Search
My Future Information This site provides information about work and employment, education and training, financial support, awards and scholarships.
The Source For young Australians covering careers, lifestyle, money, learing, youth services, news, youth rights.

Write five things that you could do to help yourself get work.

What things have you done before?

What things do you think you could do?

Resume Writing

Write the answers to the following questions in your blog.

What is the TFN Number and who is eligible?
What bank details will you need to provide to your employer?
Name two internet sites for job seekers?
What is networking?
Name two contacts for networking?
What advice would you give for effective networking?
Why is volunteering good?
What are the important steps to getting a job?
What is the employer looking for?
Proper preparation prevents poor performance and getting ready for the interview-give examples.

The workshop was excellent, thank you Geraldine.

Australian Citizenship

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Mon, 22 May 2006 03:08:00 +0000

What are Australian values? 1. Democracy 2. Freedom 3. Equality of Opportunity

As new Australian Citizens you will have responsibilities. What are they? 1. to obey laws 2. to enroll on the Electoral Roll and vote at Federal and State/territory elections and referenda 3. to serve on a jury if called on 4. to defend Australia, if the need arises (subject to the same rights and exemptions as Australian born Citizens

State additional privileges 5. to vote to help elect Australia’s governments 6. to apply for appointment to public office, or nominate for election to Parliament 7. to apply for an Australian passport and to leave and re-enter Australia without a resident return visa 8. to claim protection from Australian diplomatic representatives while overseas 9. to apply to enlist in the defence forces and for government jobs requiring Australian Citizenship 10.to register a child (under 18 years of age if born overseas) as an Australian citizen by descent

You can become an Australian citizen if you: 1. are a permanent resident 2. have lived here for at least two years in the previous five years, including at least 12 months in the last two years 3. intend to reside here or maintain a close association with Australia 4. are over the age of 18 5. are of good character 6. are able to speak and understand basic English, and 7. understand the responsibilities and privileges of Australian citizenship

Look up this website http://www.citizenship.gov.au/ the steps in the application process are. Step 1: Confirm that you are eligible Step 2: Get an application kit Step 3: Fill in and lodge the form and pay the fee Step 4: Attend a short interview Step 5: Find out when your citizenship ceremony will be and invite family and friends Step 6: Go to the ceremony, make the pledge and receive your citizenship certificate

What do you think it means to be Australian? Write an informal letter to your friend stating why Australian Citizenship is important to you, give reasons.

Australian Skills Recognition Information (ASRI) http://www.immi.gov.au/asri/index.htm

The Courts—In close up

As a citizen, you will have formed a general idea about the part that law courts play in our society. You may be familiar with certain courtroom procedures, and to some extent the principles that lie behind them. The courts are there to settle disputes and deal with people who break the law of the land.

Courts use the ‘adversarial’ system. It means that the two sides (‘adversaries’) present opposing arguments, doing their best to convince the court of their version of the events that led to the trial. This process is usually conducted by lawyers representing the parties. Each side calls witnesses, who give their evidence as answers to questions that are put to them.

In criminal trials, the person accused of the offence is ‘innocent until proven guilty’ and that, in serious cases, whether they are guilty or not is decided by a jury.

Go to the following websites for further information

Court Room Scene: District Court or Supreme Court Court Room Scene: Magistrate Court The Map of Courts in Brisbane City

Mothers Day

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Thu, 11 May 2006 11:01:00 +0000

Happy Mothers Day to all the special Mum's in the world!!!

M - O - T - H - E - R

"M" is for the million things she gave me,

"O" means only that she's growing old,

"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,

"H" is for her heart of purest gold;

"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,

"R" means right, and right she'll always be,

Put them all together, they spell

"MOTHER,"

A word that means the world to me.

Howard Johnson (c. 1915)

Photo courtesy of flickr

Building a Healthy, Active Australia

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Wed, 03 May 2006 07:31:00 +0000

The 'Building a Healthy, Active Australia' initiative recognises that we need a balanced approach towards nutrition and physical activity to promote healthy habits for life. Importantly, the initiative is focussed on children, because healthy and active children live better and learn better, and grow up to be more healthy and active adults.

A healthy diet should include a good variety of nutritious foods. In general, we should all eat: A wide variety of nutritious foods, plenty of breads and cereals (particularly wholegrain), vegetables, legumes (such as chickpeas) and fruit, low salt foods, use salt sparingly, and small amounts of foods which contain added sugars.

A good balance between exercise and food intake is important, as this helps to maintain a healthy body weight A healthy diet can include a moderate amount of alcohol (men should drink less than two standard drinks per day and women less than one standard drink per day). Alcohol should not be given to children.

Test yourself: Healthy Body Quiz Food Quiz Water Quiz Calculate how many kilojoules you need each day Use the Kilojoule Counter to calculate how many kilojoules are in the food you eat… Calculate the calories you burn when exercising in different ways…

Photo courtesy of flickr

Easter

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 03:16:00 +0000

There are many symbols associated with the Easter season. Lambs, chicks, bunnies and other baby animals symbolize the birth of new life. One of the best known symbols of Easter and spring time is the egg, which also represents new life. In modern times, chocolate Easter eggs, painted (see photo 'Kiss Easter eggs') and decorated Easter eggs, and bunnies have become very popular. Another common symbol has been the Easter bonnet, which is a kind of hat. The white lily, also a symbol of rebirth, is the traditional Easter Flower.

In many cultures, sweet breads such as hot cross buns are also an important part of Easter. In many countries, Easter parades are common. Some parades are religious with people carrying heavy crosses long distances. Other Easter parades are just for fun. They celebrate with colorful floats, costumes, Easter bonnets, and of course, the Easter bunny.

Easter is the greatest festival of the Christian church. This religious holiday commemorates the rebirth of Jesus Christ, the son of God. It is celebrated on the first weekend after the first full moon that follows March 21. It can occur as early as March 22 or as late as April 25. Although Easter Sunday is the most important celebration of the Christian church, Good Friday is also a very important day in the holy week of Easter. Good Friday marks the day that Christ was crucified or nailed on a cross until he died. Because Christ was killed on the cross, the cross has become the symbol of Christianity. Easter Sunday commemorates the miracle of Christ’s rebirth or resurrection, three days after his death. Christians all over the world celebrate Easter by attending church services, praying, and spending time with family and close friends. This year, Good Friday falls on April 14th and Easter Sunday on April 16th.

Our Forum

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:58:00 +0000

To ‘Post a new message’ on ‘Our Forum’

Click on the link ‘Our Forum’
Enter details: Your name *********** Password ***** (ask me for these details)
Click on ‘Sign in to Quick Topic’
This will take you to ‘karensforum topics’
Click on a topic, read the comment/s
Click on ‘Post a new message’
What’s your opinion? Use your new 'discussion strategies'
Type your comments and ‘Submit message’
Add a comment to another topic
Click on ‘Sign Out’

Have fun....

Edit Post

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:23:00 +0000

To Create and/or Edit a Post

Go to www.blogger.com
Enter your username and password
Click on your blog's name
Click on Posting and then Create or Edit Post
Click on the post eg, 'Welcome' and enter information
You can insert photo's and pictures from your computer or Flickr, or upload video's to Dropshots
Click on Preview - make changes if necessary
Click on Publish Post
View blog in a new window or Refresh blog to see changes.

St Patrick's Day

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:57:00 +0000

March 17th is St Patrick’s Day. This is Ireland’s most important national holiday, but it is also a special day for Irish people living throughout the world. On St Patrick’s Day, people of Irish descent wear the color green. This is the national color of Ireland. It is the color of the shamrock, a plant with three leaves on a single stem. The shamrock is a symbol of Ireland and St Patrick’s Day. In many cities, St Patrick’s Day is celebrated with parades, dances, and festive dinners. People greet each other with good wishes and often send cards to each other. Many stores are filled with green decorations and cakes and candies are often decorated with the color green. Some restaurants and pubs even sell green beer! Visit Dooley's Hotel in Brisbane - Fortitude Valley and Meadowbrook, also read the media release Saint Patrick's Parade Big Hit in Brisbane. Photo courtesy of flickr

Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:39:00 +0000

The XVIII Commonwealth Games will be held in Melbourne from 15 to 26 March 2006. The Games will run for 12 days, with 72 countries and 4,500 athletes taking part in 16 sports. Click on the following website Starting Blocks and you'll find information with many graphics, photographs and audio files, also Schedule and Results -great stuff. They say the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne were 'Simply the Best' take a look at the video.

Video Hosting - Photo's courtesy of flickr

Music by Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Scherzo)

The Education System in Australia

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:39:00 +0000

The Department of Immigration website has general information about : Education in Australia . It also has links to each : State and Territory's Education Department. The Federal Government also has a comprehensive website: Education Network Australia Online. This has information on all levels of education including Adult & Community Education, Higher and International Education and Vocational Education & Training. Discuss the following topics:

advantages of private schools
advantages of public schools

Welcome

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:16:00 +0000

Welcome to our 2006 ESL classes and I hope you enjoy learning English while making new friends. There are many events happening this term, Valentines Day, the Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006, St Patrick's Day and Easter....so how do Australians celebrate these worldly events?

Classes for 2006

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:53:00 +0000

Classes for 2006 will start 30th January at Logan and 31st January at Browns Plains. I look forward to seeing you again as this year is going to be very exciting with the introduction of blogging and podcasting, see you soon.

Holiday Classes

noreply@blogger.com (Karen) — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:38:00 +0000

Welcome to our holiday classes and I'm looking forward to creating this blog with our students. We will be looking at different websites, while learning about What's on in and around Brisbane over the next month. 2006 is the year of the Dog - welcome in the Chinese New Year with lion dances, entertainment and more in Chinatown. Australia Day is your chance to celebrate what’s great about our country and our people - plan your day now!