We had a wonderful visit to Zhang Hongtu’s studio for our last English class. Hongtu and his wife very graciously opened their studio in Woodside Queens for us. We asked Hongtu questions about his art practice and his past … Continue reading ESOL Class with Pamela Cardwell- Week 6 ( last class / visiting Zhang Hongtu’s Studio )
Last Saturday, December 5 class was held at the Queens Museum where students got to see the work of Zhang Hongtu for the first time. We went through the exhibit and viewed the work from different time periods of Zhang … Continue reading ESOL, English as a Second Language, Week 4
On Saturday, November 21 students did a listening and pronounciation exercise to distinguish t, d and ed endings in regular past tense verbs. We looked at Zhang Hongtu’s Remake of Ma Yuan’s Water Series and talked about differences between the … Continue reading ESOL, English as a Second Language, Week 3
ESL Week 2: On Saturday afternoon at the Queens library ESL students used a list of past tense verbs to write and talk about what they did during the week. Commonly used irregular and regular verbs that they changed to … Continue reading ESOL English as a Second Language – Week 2
Our first English class was held at the library in Long Island City. We introduced ourselves with basic information about where we are from and how long we have lived in America. Students then broke into groups of two and … Continue reading ESOL English as a Second Language – Week 1
