Who am I ?

Hello everyone, it’s me, AnnaJ.  As we are a really large group of students it is unlikely that everyone knows me. So I want to tell you something about me.

I am 19 years old and my home town is in the wonderful Carinthia. There I live together in a big house with my mum and dad. I also have an older brother but he already moved to Klagenfurt. We really get on well together and sometimes we go out and party together. I really enjoy this, as he always protects me J

My home country is very rural so I love spending time outside. My favourite place is a lake up the mountains, 20 min away from my home. I often go there, especially in summer with my friends and we put up a tent and stay there for 2 days, enjoying the nature and atmosphere.  

Beside this, I love reading books, mainly thrillers. As a symbol I’ve posted a picture of a shelve full with books, so that you can imagine how my room looks like. Every time I buy a new book it is really difficult to find space for it, as my shelves are completely “covered” with books. 

 

With this picture I want to finish my” Who I am” post. Do you have an idea why I chose a picture of dextrose? No? Dextrose is something I always have with me as I am diabetic. So it can happen that my blood sugar level is low and I have to eat something. My mom is sometimes despairing as the dextrose is really everywhere in our house- even in the bathroom.

 I hope that you know me a little better now and I am looking forward reading something about you all ;)

Who am I?

Drink with milk! ;)

I think it is easiest to describe myself with these photos. My mother is from England and the whole family speaks English at home. Some habits are very British, others very Austrian.




I live with my parents, 2 younger sisters and my younger brother in a small house in the countryside in Upper Austria. 

 In 2013 I travelled around South and Northamerica, mostly on my own. That trip taught me a lot about people, including myself.

I play the guitar, piano and drums, but most of all I enjoy singing. I also like drawing and painting, a talent I inherited from my mother.












When I was nearly five years old we moved to Austria to live at my grandparent's house. Before that, we lived in Luxembourg. I have travelled a lot with my family. I enjoy sleeping outside, working in the garden and I love animals. I also love travelling and have a lot of stories to tell. :)

Who am I?

Who am I? That’s a question I have asked myself often in the past years and I always found a different answer. Till I was 14, I was that stereotypical good girl. I didn’t wear make-up, did all my homework and never lied to my mum. But then somehow I changed and I don’t even remember why. I really got into punk and rock music, so that was my style from then on. I tinted my hair pitch-black, wore black t-shirts with band logos and studded necklaces. At the age of 15 I dyed my hair bright red and I loved it (Well, I still love red hair! And I am still mourning for it – four years later). When I was around 16 or 17 I changed my style to “normal” again and now it is still pretty much the same.

Nevertheless, some things never changed during these eventful years, for example my affection for travelling. My lust for discovering the world started when I was 13 and went to London with my dad. I fell in love with this city immediately. Unfortunately, I have only been there once again afterwards but I am planning to go there again any time soon! Another passion that has been staying with me for over seven years now is dancing. I started taking Hip Hop classes when I was 12 years old and also performed afro dance and musical dance back then. With 15 I took up ballroom dance, both International Standard and International Latin. I am still going to these classes once a week. I even danced as a debutante at the Vienna Opera Ball this year! What’s more, I am also attending pole dance (it's not what you're thinking- totally different!) and acro dance groups once a week.

I hope you know me a little bit better now and I am really looking forward to read about you all. You can also check out my 25 facts about me blog post on my own blog, if you want to know some more facts about me :)

Have a nice day,

Larissa 

Why you should watch Food and Health Videos at videojug.com

What makes this site so useful for learners of English is that there are not only tons of short, educational (and often entertaining) videos on how to do and make all kinds of things, but also a handy list of "things you will need" and a set of written instructions as well.  You can hear how the words are pronounced and are more likely to remember them because you see/hear them being used in context. Definitely a smart way to improve your vocabulary while learning some useful things.

Here are two of the topics we are covering this semester:

• FOOD
• how-to-make-american-apple-pie
• Listen and jot down some useful vocabulary. Or simply follow the recipe and make the world a better place :)

• healthy-eating

• HEALTH
• how-to-give-a-chinese-massage#
• Try it out on a friend. I'm sure they'll appreciate it!

Who I am? Well, find it out:

Hello dear SUK2 students and lecturers J

I am 20-year-old Lisa Maria Zarfl and today I am going to tell you what defines me as a person. Firstly, as you can probably guess from my choice of study, I am passionate about foreign languages. I have a good knowledge of English, French and Italian and also Russian was amongst my school subjects. My love of languages and communication goes along with my wanderlust. I have already been to 14 different countries across Europe and I am looking forward to visiting as many other fascinating places as possible. If I am not exploring foreign countries, you will probably find me hanging in the middle of a climbing wall. I definitely have a head for heights and love challenging myself. My friend Kerstin and I have been climbing for five years now and our motto is The only way is up. The next hobby I want to mention is fine arts. I have always loved drawing and learning new stuff about artists and stylistic eras. For this reason, I would probably study Art History, if I didn’t decide to focus on languages. Last but not least I want to tell you about my passion for boating and the sea in general. When I was 16, I got an international driver’s licence for motorboats and a couple of years later I also passed a test that focused on sailing. In my opinion, navigating your own boat through the water towards a beautiful sunset is one of the best things you can do in life. Well, I hope you found out something new and interesting about me and I am looking forward to reading your blogs!

See you in class,
Lisa

 

Vocabulary: Food and Kitchen

Two colorful ideas for improving your food vocabulary

●       Little Explorers (Enchanted Learning)

How many of these simple FOOD words do you already know and which ones are new for you?

●       Picture dictionary (very thorough!)

Don’t worry. You don’t have to know every single word here, but the more you know the easier it will be to talk and write about this topic.

How to quickly become familiar with the words needed to write and talk about food

1. Go to simplyrecipes.com/index/ look at the alphabetized list ingredients. 
2. Click on the yummy words!

WARNING!  Do not do this if you are hungry and have no food in the fridge!

As American as apple pie: Typical American food

As American as apple pie

Have you ever heard this expression? Is it really so prototypical? What is the equivalent in your language that compares a country to a food item?

Every once in a while Hofer here in Graz will sell what they think is American food. What do they sell? And does anyone ever actually buy those hamburger buns?!

After perusing the index of a book called American Dish : 100 Recipes from Ten Delicious Decades, by Merrill Shindler,  I typed up some of the food items on the list that I remember from my boyhood in the States. If any of you have been across the pond, please add a comment telling us what you actually bought and ate over there that you wish was sold here.

Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix

Barbeque

Birdseye Frozen Foods

Brownies

Buffalo Chicken Wings

Caesar Salad

Campbell’s Soup

Cheerios

Cheese Whiz

Chocolate Chip /Toll House Cookies

Chop Suey

Chow Mein

Club Sandwich

Coca-Cola

Cocktails

Corn dog

Dagwood sandwich

Decaffeinated coffee

Dressings  (Ranch, Russian, Thousand Islands, Blue Cheese)

English Muffins

Fish sticks

Fortune cookie

Fritos

Granola

Häagen-Dazs

Heinz  Ketchup

Hershey bar

Hot dog

Iced tea

Instant Coffee

Jell-O

Kellogg’s Cornflakes

Life Savers

M&Ms

Macaroni ‘n’ Cheese

Meatloaf

Miller Lite

Minute Rice

Oreo

Peanut Butter

Pop-Tarts

Pringles

Reddi-Whip

Reuben Sandwich

Rye bread

Spam

Tropicana

Tuna Noodle Casserole

TV Dinner

Velveeta

Weight Watchers

Source: adapted from "American Dish" : 100 Recipes from Ten Delicious Decades, by Merrill Shindler  You can read a few pages at amazon and get two recipes that will make your mouth water, especially if  you have a sweet tooth.  http://www.amazon.com/dp/1883318106/ref=rdr_ext_tmb

So what does a successful Food Magazine article look like?

Wow! We sure have a lot of articles now in our Food Magazine! Over 170!

The quality varies of course, but we can learn from the ones that past students have written.

The ones below are all about food culture in the United States.

TASK: 

Read all 5 titles and then decide which one you would click on if you only had time to read TWO articles. Explain your choices.

As you read the articles, think about just what it is that makes them successful. Make a few notes of any ideas that might help you write a successful article yourself. One that stands out. One that people will really enjoy reading. One that people will finish and say "More, please!"

• Sophie’s American Pies
• David’s Scandinavian Influence in Minnesota's cuisine
• Julia’s Let me go to prison, I want good food
• Josepha’s School lunch - Is all hope lost?
• Sarah’s For the love of the South - A tribute to the Southern cuisine

Successful Irish Food magazine articles

In no particular order, here are some of the articles that I liked for various reasons.  While they are certainly not all perfect, there are aspects of each that I quite like.  What about you?  Which of the articles below do you like best and why?  Are there any that you don't like much?  If so, why?

• The Irish Tea Debate: Barry's or Lyons?
• Simple, Easy to Prepare and Fresh Every Day: Soda Bread
• What the Irish really eat (By taking an Irish family as an example)
• Are craft beers taking over Ireland?
• Debunking the myth of alcohol as a common ingredient in Irish dishes
• Ireland – The “Green Tiger”
• The traditional Irish breakfast?!
• Irish-Austrian Breadventures
• Popular Irish food bloggers
• Forget Murphy's law, here comes Murphy's Ice Cream
• Around the world at dinner time!
• The cross-border shopping madness of the Irish by Sabine Pajic
• Irish Stew by Dominik Berger