Let the ride begin!

“1st class! I feel happy, anxious and motivated! :)”

By quoting Renata Cardoso ,who is just like you, cpe-holders-to-be I deliver my fisrt post, a short but punchy one ;). Coincidences apart, I feel just like her: Happy , anxious and motivated.

I was more than thrilled when Levi Ramos, who for sure kindled a spark of interest within me when it comes to teaching English, invited me to be a contributor in this blog. ( I was his student once during a Teacher Training course ).

Now, are my posts going to be read? How can I make them sound interesting, relevant and fruitful, not tedious nor unappealing? This apprehension about future uncertainties is also growing inside.

This one thing I’m sure of: I have an inner drive whenever I take up something new. We all do, actually. We’re curious by nature! But how am I going to sustain this effort and blog ultil December 2012? I just don’t know! And I’m eager to find out!

All in all, I genuinely believe one “cannot not feel excited” when joining a new learning experience. It’s up to you ,however, finding your learning style and best schedule in order to keep engaged and nor stray from your main goal: Pass CPE.

“It’s a helluva roller-coaster ride. The ups and downs will make you scream sometimes, it’s hard believing when the thrill is gone, but you gotta go and ride again , hold on!” Adapted from J. Bon Jovi’s song “Lie to me”.

Best of luck! You’re in awesome hands!

Luiz Agrizi.

Nooooooooooooo… it’s not over. Thinking of Paper 3, part 5 ( use of English – summary , right? Lol ) An easy task to start your engines:

Find in the text : 1.

a. A phrase which would be a synonym to “ extremely happy”

b. A possible definition for anxiety

c. Intrinsic motivational energy

First correct answer gets 15 medals ( 5 each )

2. how about brainstorming all possible derivations for the words "happy" ," anxious" and "motivated". Some fo them are already in the text. 1 medal for each word.