American English News from Maestro Sersea #33: 8/22/2021

Hello English Learners and thank you for registering for our American English class. On Sunday of every week, I will share news and learning activities with you.

1. NEWS 1: Here is a list of the rest of our live sessions/webinars for 2021:

— September 19th, 10AM -11AM (Los Angeles Time) via our chatroom:     https://elearningusa.myownmeeting.net/

— October 3rd, 10AM – 11AM (Los Angeles Time) via our chatroom:     https://elearningusa.myownmeeting.net/

— October 17th, 10AM – 11AM (Los Angeles Time) via our chatroom:     https://elearningusa.myownmeeting.net/

— November 7th, 10AM – 11AM (Los Angeles Time) via our chatroom:     https://elearningusa.myownmeeting.net/

— November 21st, 10AM – 11AM (Los Angeles Time) via our chatroom:     https://elearningusa.myownmeeting.net/

— December 5th, 10AM – 11AM (Los Angeles Time) via our chatroom:     https://elearningusa.myownmeeting.net/

— December 12th, 10AM – 11AM (Los Angeles Time) via our chatroom:     https://elearningusa.myownmeeting.net/

2. NEWS 2: Ioan Elvis Sersea, M.A., M.A.T. aka Maestro Sersea, was recently interviewed by Mike Herrera of Harbor Speaks Video and Podcast Radio in Wilmington, California, about the free online English class he has created for English Learners from all over the world. Listen to this podcast interview to improve your English listening skills and increase your knowledge about the English course Maestro Sersea has created.

3. NEWS 3: We had our sixth live audio-video meeting on Sunday, August 15th, 2021, in which we practiced English and had some great conversations. I highly encourage you to watch the entire 1-hour video so you can improve your English pronunciation, comprehension, and communication. Here’s the video:

4. News 4: Students, if you wish to continue to receive free English lessons from Maestro Sersea, you need to open your emails, complete the lessons, and watch the videos each week. If you’re not working hard to improve your English skills with Maestro Sersea, then there are other motivated English Learners who wish to learn English in your place. Maestro Sersea will soon review student activity records and delete students who have not been actively learning English via our English lessons and videos. Once students are deleted, they will no longer receive email lessons and newsletters to improve their English skills.

5. Learn and communicate about countries of the world with www.WorldFacts.club — We are happy to introduce to you our newest website, World Facts Club which helps English Learners improve English listening and reading comprehension, as well as writing skills. This week, we feature the country of Andorra, as part of our World Facts Club website. Please click on the link below and share your thoughts in the comments section after learning about Andorra: https://worldfacts.club/2021/08/09/andorra-world-facts-club/

6. Careers and Jobs in the USA #16: Mathematicians and Statisticians — We started a whole new educational section designed to help you improve your English reading and listening comprehension, as well as learn about jobs and careers in the United States of America. Please click on the link below and watch the videos to improve your English skills and your knowledge as well. Don’t forget to write a comment and suggest which American careers and jobs you’d like us to include here in the future. Click here: https://usacareers.club/2021/05/23/mathematicians-and-statisticians/

7. Each week we focus on an English Grammar topic you can review. This week we focus on WHO vs. WHOM. Click here to learn about WHO vs. WHOM: https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoVwhom.asp

After you study WHO vs. WHOM, you’re invited to take the following Who vs. Whom quizzes:

Who vs. Whom Quiz

Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever Quiz

8. English Vocabulary Word of the Day: DO – Each week we will focus on a specific English vocabulary word from our online English Dictionary at http://dictionary.sersea.com :

1. travel or traverse (a distance); “This car does 150 miles per hour”; “We did 6 miles on our hike every day”
2. the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
3. proceed or get along; “How is she doing in her new job?”; “How are you making out in graduate school?”; “He”s come a long way”
4. get (something) done; “I did my job”
5. create or design, often in a certain way; “Do my room in blue”; “I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest”
6. carry on or manage; “We could do with a little more help around here”
7. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; “A few words would answer”; “This car suits my purpose well”; “Will $100 do?”; “A ”B” grade doesn’t suffice to get me into medical school”; “Nothing else will serve”
8. engage in; “make love, not war”; “make an effort”; “do research”; “do nothing”; “make revolution”
9. doctor’s degree in osteopathy
10. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; “cause a commotion”; “make a stir”; “cause an accident”
11. an uproarious party
12. spend time in prison or in a labor camp; “He did six years for embezzlement”
13. carry out or perform an action; “John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters”; “the skater executed a triple pirouette”; “she did a little dance”
14. behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; “You should act like an adult”; “Don’t behave like a fool”; “What makes her do this way?”; “The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people”
15. arrange attractively; “dress my hair for the wedding”
16. carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; “practice law”

Thank you, students. I will send you the next American English News from Maestro Sersea on Sunday of next week. If you want to access all our previous News from Maestro Sersea, click here for the list: http://sersea.com/news-from-maestrosersea/