Easter Sunday is a Cultural Renewal and Celebration Among Christians

The Lenten Season begins from Ash Wednesday and it will end with a Joyous Easter Sunday, particularly in the Catholic Faith.  Catholic devotees flock into churches during the Passion Week from Holy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday Vigil up to Easter Sunday to commemorate the passion of Jesus Christ up to his Resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Good Friday - Commemorating the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ:

credit: Theophanes_the_Cretan, 16th Century

Receiving the Holy Light - Saturday Vigil 

credit: Maggas @en.wikipedia

"Because the new liturgical day begins at sunset, the vigil begins between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter Sunday outside the church, where an Easter fire is kindled and the Paschal candle is blessed and then lit. This Paschal candle will be used throughout the season of Easter, remaining in the sanctuary of the church or near the lectern, and throughout the coming year at baptisms and funerals, reminding all that Christ is "light and life.""

A Blessed Easter:

Christians across the globe celebrate Easter Sunday, where the replica of the cross that Jesus was crucified on and his resurrection are important symbols of Christian Faith. Many Americans and cultures across the world illustrate their celebratory events with decorated real eggs, chocolate eggs, materials that are made of rabbits, lambs, and or hares. Stores carry various forms of chocolates and candies in the shape of an egg.. Abundance of Easter Lilies are also available in many supermarkets and flower shops. And many designs of Easter cakes across bake shops. Easter is one of the most vibrant celebrations during the Spring Season in the United States.

Learning Benefits through Skype Conversations across Cultures

It is a fascinating experience among individuals who take time in sharing their thoughts, ideas and experiences with others. Particularly when eliciting new learning, challenges and techniques in furthering higher level of proficiency or gaining competency in Conversational English.

Conversational English requires competency or at least an intermediate level of speaking proficiency to demonstrate topical knowledge, varied ideas, grasp of culture, multi-cultural expressions, slangs, and idioms used by speakers, as well as recognition of the locale where one is using the English language.

Recently, individuals converged through a Skype Conversational English Session - FRSKYPE, who were attracted in the subject focus 'Conversational English Session'. The session was attended by enthusiastic new friends; Jesus, who is based in Colombia, South America and a senior university student, intending of becoming an ESL Teacher in the future. Bere, who is from Mexico, only two weeks old new resident in Bay Area, California and is learning Conversational English. Sunitha, an engineer by profession from India, living in Bay Area California, and acquiring proficiency in Conversational English. The session was hosted by Jaytee, the resident expert, linguistics and business coach of Ideas N Conversations.  

The group had a great exchange of ideas, have met new friends from other locations, and learned from different perspectives, shared experiences, and challenges. Learning took place pertaining to philosophical insights regarding how we perceived others when they were/are speaking, and how we were/are perceived by others and or our listeners when one was/is speaking.

The group shared a common idea that English is a means of communicating with others who speak English, living in English speaking countries, and working in globally operating organizations that use English as their business language. 

It was shared in the forum, that to be conversationally efficient in English, one must have a linguistic ear, and linguistic competency in order to understand the sounds, words, phrases, expressions, and contextual meanings that English speakers use. 

Each participant shared some challenges in demonstrating competency or at least proficiency. Each shared different experiences where their known proficiency  was not enough to sustain the conversations across listeners and audience to be a meaningful experience.

Insights and strategic options were shared by the Host, regarding ways to learn effective Competency in Conversational English. How language are used across locations and speakers with cultural implications. How the English language was taught in other countries, and what makes up the unit of an English speakers and their community. 

The group intends to meet again and discuss other topics that will enhance additional learning which are relevant to Conversational English and related matters.

Ideas N Conversations intends to hold other sessions that will increase knowledge and facilitate learning among participants. 

Interested individuals who likes to participate in the succeeding sessions, please check back here about the next schedule. Or you can email your interest to: info@ideasnconversations.com and we will add you to the future attendees list.

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Learning English Vocabulary Reinforce Ability in Speaking and Writing

Program: English Vocabulary and Competency Development

Goal: Developing adequate English Vocabulary that will reinforce one's ability to speak and write effectively.

English vocabulary plays an important role in speaking and writing. It makes up the construction of the both the spoken and written forms of the English language. The same is true with any other languages in the world. 

Brief Summary:

This program is designed to develop and increase adequate supply of vocabulary of the learner(s) in order to gain proficiency in communicating by either verbal or written forms of the English language. 

By learning many essential functions of vocabulary, it will result to effectiveness in communicating . Learning sessions provide interactive action-oriented, results driven, competency-based that are applicable in any setting within personal environment, business, relationships and daily transactions.

Philosophy:

The Whole Language influences the intent of anyone who likes to learn, improve and gain proficiency in English communication. This educational philosophy will create the experience of a meaningful exchange of discussions, verbal interactions among individuals within different settings, performing a job or searching a new job, like a native speaker of English.

Approach:

Our experienced American Coaches / Trainers use techniques that overcome the identified difficulties of Learner(s) and they complement to increase the current level of proficiency. These various learning approaches will sustain results through interactive, effective, easy-to-experience with realistic impact to identified difficulties. Activities will change progressively in order to support the growing level of proficiency which results to demonstrable skills and effectiveness.

Vocabulary Development:

Using Vocabulary Effectively:

What is the Role of Vocabulary in Writing?

Writing is the tangible language form which illustrates ideas and thoughts concretely. This is something that another person can read in many different media whether in a printed material, electronic forms, digital devices or anything that can be held, touched or see.

Today, when students say, "I like to learn writing" what do they actually mean?

There are many areas of writing that are important to know about. Which of the many fundamentals of writing do students like to learn? In some instances depending on the level of learning needs, or current level of schooling of the student in need of writing lessons - a coach or tutor can easily determine where to begin when the student identifies where the deficiencies in writing are.

When you learn the technicalities of writing effectively, the following are basic areas to pay attention with.
1. Legible writing illustrations when done manually by hand
2. Readability with style, context and passionate illustrations when done electronically
3. Subject matter
4. Number and tense agreement
5. Action words and descriptions
6. Use of words or vocabulary
7. Time and location
8. Effective usage of the Other parts of Speech of the language
9. Cultural implications of thoughts
10. Audience

As the learner advanced to more specific areas of writing, depending on where this language form will be needed, there are lessons that can be learned. Experienced professionals in many areas of this type of language forms and types of its use can easily be used as resource.


Components:
Twelve Modular Sessions of two hours each
Intensive Program Participation
Continuing Progress Proficiency Evaluation
Competency Demonstration + COC

Terms and Fee Schedule:
1. Tuition Fees are pre-paid
2. 2:12 Intensive and interactive Sessions
3. Customized class topics based on learner's assessed proficiency
4. Coaching class type: 1 on 1, dyad, or clusters of 3, max of 10 per class
5. Learner's Centered: Whole Language Approach and Results-oriented Methodologies
6. Cancellation: 48 hours' Notice

After completing this class you must have:  - gained an intermediate to advanced proficiency in Conversational English for Business or Personal Use
- acquired handy techniques in speaking fluently with anyone without hesitation and fear
- assimilated the competency demonstrating communication skills, with correct use of grammatical functions in both conversational, speaking and writing, including culture and social implications of the English language within business or personal settings.

American Coach Background:
Over 20 years of experience in teaching English Language Courses (basic to advanced curricula) among college students, adults and young adults, ESL/ESOL students from many countries like Vietnam, Japan, S. Korea, the Philippines, China, Mexico, France and other non-English speaking countries. Career professional in both private and public environments. Have worked with clients in over 40 countries. Students acquired better opportunities in career and living after speaking English fluently.

Coached, trained and tutored business professionals whose mother tongue is not English. These include multinational executives, employees and their family members. Demonstrated English proficiency was helpful in the performance of their duties and responsibilities within an English speaking country.

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