Why This Blog

I wanted our first English class of the year to be different, so apart from taking a few minutes to introduce the new students and ask the class about their summer holidays, I asked what they might have considered unusual and probably unexpected questions such as:

Why do you study English? What learning experience have you enjoyed the most?

Where are your folders and books from last year?

And what about those from the previous years?

Have you ever carried out a project you were really proud of or one you enjoyed a lot? What was it about? Where is it now?

If you had to prepare one now, what would it be about? Where would you look for information? Would you like to share it now and be able to find it in the future?

Although there were different answers, many students told me they didn't know where their former material was and some even dared to say that it had been part of a fire... Anyway, they still remembered many projects they had made though there isn't any written evidence of them anymore.

Most of them said that if they had to prepare one now, the would like to choose a topic of their interest and most probably would look for information on the internet, a source that wasn't available for many of us in the past.

Regarding their general experience at learning English, they are all aware that it's an essential tool for their future at a personal and professional level and they really enjoyed it when they could use it as a way of communicating, getting to know different cultures and people around the world, expressing their thoughts, opinions and feelings.

That's why we decided to open this blog and share our work with you all. You'll see there will be different kinds of posts and many authors. Feel free to leave us your comments and we hope you will make the most of it as much as we will.

Miss Corina