Cold again in Shanghai

I finally got around to updating the www.ielts-ielts.com page I created a few weeks ago and also wrote two lessons for www.englishryan.com.

Besides that, just spent the weekend relaxing and eating 'zong zi'. Zong zi is a Chinese food made of rice wrapped in a leaf, and it tastes awesome!

It's cold (again) in Shanghai, so I spent most of the weekend studying Chinese. I am now trying to learn the characters, but it is REALLY difficult. For example, check out this video:



Argh!

Laundry list of apologies

Maybe I should entitle this blog the 'apology' blog seeing as that is all I ever seem to write in it. :D But sorry that there have been so few updates. I spent the weekend outside with some friends, taking advantage of the awesome weather (t-shirt time!)

Last week, I taught some lessons on how to express yourself when you are annoyed by something. We used phrases like:

It bugs me when...

I find it irritating when...

My pet peeve is...

I am just sitting down to make lesson plans for the coming week and thought perhaps an interesting topic would be how to express yourself when you like something. So here are some phrases you can try out:

I love it when...

It's awesome when...

I find ... ... very pleasant.

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Have a great week!

Ryan

Active forum

I came across this forum http://www.usingenglish.com the other day. It is a great resource and is always active with both teachers and students. If you have any English related questions, check it out!

Ryan

Some new updates

Sorry again for the lack of updates. I wrote and recorded a few new lessons today and will get them up after work this evening.

Ryan

IELTS page up

I have finally put together a page dedicated to IELTS prep. There is not much on it now, but I will get some more vids up this weekend. Check it out at - http://www.ielts-ielts.com

Good luck!

Ryan

I love Shanghai

Beautiful day here in Shanghai! Going to hit the bund (Shanghai waterfront) later

Hope you are having a nice day, too

Ryan