On November 4th, five BSML students, accompanied by their teacher, Sandra Robinson, attended the Media Matters Writing Conference for Students and Teachers. This annual event is sponsored by The Boston Globe and The University of Massachusetts. While the majority of the participants are American students, Sandra was able to get permission for our international students to attend and has been taking groups to the conference for several years.

The purpose of the conference is to interest students in reading, writing, and journalism. Among the many topics BSML students learned about were investigative reporting, script writing, ethnic media, and photojournalism. The students were very enthusiastic about the conference. Isabel Porto from Venezuela commented that it helped her to realize the area of marketing which she wants to focus on. 

As a follow-up activity, each of the five students gave a presentation on their conference experience at a teachers' meeting.

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Bob's Grammar Tip

 

Question Words followed by Infinitives

Question words who(m), what, where , when, how, which, whose, and whether may be followed by an infinitive.

Examples:  

• I don't know what to do. 
• Have you decided when to tell her?

Compare the following sentences. Each pair has a similar meaning.

 She doesn't know what to wear./ She doesn't know what she should wear.

 Sam can't decide whether to study or (to) watch TV./ Sam can't decide if he should study or watch TV.

 

Sandra's Vocabulary Words

 

To foresee means to expect and believe that something will happen.

Examples: 

• Do you foresee any problems getting a reservation for New Year's Eve? 
• The experts didn't foresee that economic growth would slow so quickly.

To forego something means to decide to do without something that you would like.

Examples: 

• We had to forego our vacation in order to afford a new car.
•  Although the company hadn't had a very good year, it decided not to forego the end-of-year bonuses for the employees.

  

Ines' Idioms

 

To inch along means to move or progress at a very slow pace.

Examples:

• Because of highway construction, traffic inched along.
• The project is still inching along, but we hope to complete it by the end of the year.

To go out of one's way means to take extra trouble to do something, to do beyond what is required.

Examples:

• She went out of her way to make the visitors feel at home.
• I appreciate your going out of you way to recommend me for the job.

 

 

Graduates
Barbara and Ohle Mathiebe  Germany with his certificate.


Graduate
Barbara and Jakob Adamczyk with his certificate.



Honor Roll
Jose Saldivia, Mercedes Paris, Juan Biondi, Segis Albornoz, Julio Araujo  All from Venezuela.





Graduation December 17, 2010


Honor Roll
Aicha Pouo, Adriana Ardila, Ernest Menasu, Chunmei He, Segis Albornoz, Kei Hidaka, Lenin Maury, and Ana Perez