Hello everyone
Hello everyone
My name is Hussain Luaibi. I am ESL/ELSA teacher. I have been in this field for about 18 years. I did the same thing in Moscow, Russia for nine years and three years in the Middle East, Yemen. Currently I teach at MOSAIC , Vancouver BC. I speak two more languages Russian and Arabic. I am haunted by technology! I love computing. 522 will be my fourth course. I am so eager to start it.
In addition to computing, I love cooking and politics!
Have a great day
Hussain
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shawnharris 1:47 pm on May 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Hussain, good to see you on this side as well. Looking forward to a great summer semester!!
Shawn
Hussain Luaibi 2:38 pm on May 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Shawn, you made it! Looking forward to working together.
Hussain
shawn harris 2:42 pm on May 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Yes Hussain! It took me some time, but I made it finally!
Shawn
Hussain Luaibi 9:44 am on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hello Shawn, the platform we are working on now is different from the classical VISTA. It is cool but has many glitches. I hope we will do well.
Hussain
mariefrancehetu 5:51 pm on May 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Hussain!
Nice to work with you again – I look forward to sharing experiences with you over the term. éare you still working on your ETEC portfolio?
Marie-France
Hussain Luaibi 9:51 am on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hello Marie-France
Happy to know that you are taking the same course. My eportfolio is still there. I need to update some information in it. I think we will need to have a portfolio here as well. I wasn’t able to upload a photo here in this site. The photo is JPG but still the system refused it. By the way I am taking some HTML CSS self-paced classes. I think we will need them in our future work.
Take care
Danielle 7:54 pm on May 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Salam wa aleikum!
Nice to meet you, Hussain! How long ago were you in Yemen? I would love to visit Yemen someday.
It will be great to share ideas with another English language teacher. Looking forward to learning from you and hearing about your experiences.
Danielle
Hussain Luaibi 10:17 am on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Salam wa aleikum ,too
Glad to meet you,Daniella. I worked in Yemen for three years. It is an amazing country in terms of culture and nature. People are very friendly. The innate beauty of people’s spontaneous behavior can be marred by overambitious politicians. I hope that hasn’t affected people there because I left Yemen in 1997. I would love to go back and see how things are there. Daniella, there is a market not far away from the city center of Sana’a, the capital. If you go inside you feel yourself you are in the year 1500. Oh, I miss it a lot. By the way do you speak Arabic? The way you transcribed the Arabic words was very very accurate.
Looking forward to working with you and other classmates.
Hussain
Danielle 1:26 am on May 19, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Hussain,
My apologies for the late reply! I am still getting used to finding my way in this blog. The search function is coming in quite handy!
I am learning Arabic though I have been a terrible student as of late! My Arab friends speak English so well, as do most people in the UAE, so there are few opportunities for me to be immersed in the language. Insha’allah I will be able to focus on learning Arabic once I have finished the MET – an Arabic eLearning venture perhaps? 😀
Nice meeting you!
Danielle
Colin Kam 1:43 am on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Hussain. MOSIAC does excellent work empowering newcomers to Canada. I look forward to working and learning with you this term.
Hussain Luaibi 10:20 am on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Colin, nice to meet you. Yes, MOSAIC has done a lot of work in regard to preparing newcomers to be part of the society.
I am sure we will have great ideas to share with all classmates in this site.
take care
Hussain
adi 8:49 pm on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Hussain,
When you say ELSA, do you mean ELSA Net.? Do you also work there? Did you go to the BC TEAL Conference at Capilano?
I’m looking forward to working with you, and sharing ideas about language teaching.
Adriana
Hussain Luaibi 12:26 am on May 10, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hello Adriana
By ELSA I meant English Language Services for Adults. It is offered by most of the schools that deal with immigrants and refugees. ELSA Net is a society of ELSA Service Providers. So MOSAIC is part of it. I don’t work for the ELSA Net. They usually hold conferences and meetings from time to time and schools that provide ELSA services usually send their members or some of their members to attend. I usually attend their conferences. Also I always attend the BC TEAL conferences. But I didn’t attend the one at Capilano. I attended the previous one which was held in Coal Harbor, Canada Place.
I am looking forward to working with you as well.
take care
Hussain