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We had great week of meetings with many topics for discussion, information, understanding and learning. Be sure to visit each topic and meeting recap to learn more and find tips. Better yet, join us and discover with us firsthand. Register for free and get the Zoom links.
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COVID-19: Home tests
Each residential household address can order four COVID tests to be mailed to its home address by filling out the USPS form.
New Year’s Resolutions and Goals
This article from the January 20, 2022 Hamilton County Reporter talks about making LIFE goals. Here is the source for the article: LIFE goals are about helping other people.
Vocabulary Building
Learning words in context of the situation (the content of the text or conversation) is very important for understanding and remembering (retaining) word and concept meaning. Word clouds can help you to see the words individually to both get a feel (understanding) for the overall content as well as concepts (ideas).
Here is a word cloud for the above article. You can see the words at a glance and target particular words that you are unfamiliar with.
Word cloud generators are free. Pick one that is easiest for you to use. You can save them, print them on paper, t-shirts, mugs. You can play with color and shape to enhance meaning for you or communicate to others.
Have more fun playing with your words. Learn more about this trending, popular game from this Fox News article.
Join the Wordle community and challenge yourself and others and play the game Wordle.
Dropping the "G"
When a word ends in -ing, Americans may casually drop the final g when the word functions as a verb/adverb or is added as a suffix.
- I am walkin' the dog later.
- Will you go shoppin' with me?
When the word is a noun, the g is usually pronounced.
- thing
- king
- ring
Following along these lines, someone might say:
The baker is busy frostin' the cake with buttercream frosting.
The Free Dictionary has a comprehensive (and some are inappropriate) list of words ending in -ing. These lists are great for expanding your understanding of all things -ing.
American Sign Language: Monday, 5:30-6:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
We reviewed the names of the days of the week and then told each other what we did on specific days. We talked about naming different nationalities, but also talked about problems with appearing to be politically incorrect with the signs and what we should do. We did not talk about impactful moments in our lives. Whew! We have a reprieve and can do more work on our discussions.
January 24: Tell two impactful moments and our most creative accomplishment.
International Bible Study: Tuesday, 9:30-10:30 AM EST (GMT-5)
1 Thessalonians: 1 is the introduction and sets the stage for the letter to the people of Thessalonia. We find out, first of all, who is writing the letter. The authors then go on to give the people affirmation and appreciation as well as to set the context for the information that follows.
January 2: We will talk about 1 Thessalonians: 2
International Friends: Tuesday, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
We had a great meeting where we got our personal questions about cyber security answered. Sometimes we need to have information settle before we realize that we have questions.
We took a nice little vacation to Vera Cruz. The architecture is beautiful, and the history is so interesting. This is an old city that has retained
We talked about needing to practice our English with others and how it is difficult to find chatting partners. This meeting is a great place for chatting and learning about living in the U.S. and in Indiana.
January 25: Finding medical help for specialists.
February 1: Celebrating Valentines' Day in the United States (and your home country)
Afternoon Conversation: Wednesday, 4:30-5:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
January 26: Last call for this meeting.
English Classes: Thursday, 9:30 AM- 12:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
We had some great discussions. We explored how we remember words and discovered what works best for us as individuals. We talked about how we fall back on our favorite methods but also how to use non favorite
January 27: We will talk about sympathy words and phrases and customs in the U.S. and other countries.
Kids Conversation: Friday, 4:30-5:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
We talked about what was going on in school. We calculated area using feet and inches.
We talked about universal design making something that is useable by many different people.
This definition is from the Universal Design Project.
January 28: Create something that is useable many people regardless of their size, strength or ability. Show us what you have created and tell us how it works and how it is useful for many different people.
- at a glance: upon a quick look
- feed burner: application that sends you email summaries and updates from blogs and sites
- firsthand: for yourself, in person
- following along these lines: logically
- got: had (not always interchangeable...)
- household: people living together in one home (apartment, house, condo, etc.)
- inappropriate: not polite, rude, not proper, not suitable
- it appears that: something seems to be
- last call: closing time
- politically incorrect: language or action that might be offensive to a particular group of people in a current social context
- recaps: high level overview
- reprieve: cancel or postpone a dreaded event or punishment
- source: original point or beginning point
- trending: growing statistics or numbers
- useable: works
- useful: practical, beneficial
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