Can someone recommend a good beginner's book for learning the German Language? One of my New Year's resolution for this year is to learn a new language. So, after long consideration, I decided to learn German. I want to challenge myself to learn one of the most difficult language. So guys, i hope you can recommend me some good beginner's guide for super beginners like myself! danke schan!

DONATIONS FOR THE EVACUEES Our city is under siege. Today marks the 8th day of this unfortunate event.So many people lost their homes and other properties. They stay in evacuation center, far from the comforts of their home. The people don't have any proper clothing, shoes, bed and even food.Citizens of the city are giving whatever we can to provide the needs of the victims. Nevertheless, Our resources are not enough to feed the increasing number of evacuees. I humbly ask to those generous people who are willing to give donations for the people. It will be much appreciated. Thank you very much! Below are the information. This is not my perosnal information.

Results As promised, I present to you my score in IELTS. I must say that I am surprised with the result. I did not expect that I will get a relatively high mark for reading and a not so good mark for writing. Nevertheless, I must say that the score I got is good enough. :) I think, with all the pressure and stress I have during that time, i did not expect to get such mark. Thanks everyone who prayed for me! It was such a fulfilling experience for me!

summer heat! I am definitely feeling the summer heat! I know some of my students envy our weather here, but i think it is too much! The temperature ranges between 33-35 degrees Celsius! As a result, I have develop rashes. It is called prickly heat. It is very uncomfortable and extremely itchy. I relieve it by applying some prickly heat powder I bought in the supermarket. How about you? Do have any allergies for a certain season? :))

Summer Heat! I can feel the summer heat here in our country!! It is just excruciating and very uncomfortable! The temperature reaches up to 37 degrees Celsius!! it is just crazy! The weather is just humid!! How about you? How is the weather in your country?

One of the most effective way to learn ENGLISH In our country, English is the medium for teaching. We are well acquainted with the language because we use it everyday at school. Nevertheless, I felt that lessons at school is not sufficient. I have the feeling that my English is not good enough. So I searched for ways to improve it. As a child, my dad would encourage me to read books. He used to tell me that reading is good because I can learn a lot of things from it. I ignored this recommendation. Eventually I gave in to my dad's persistence. I then realized that reading is actually fun. I discovered a lot of things. I knew places that are not familiar to me. More than that, reading actually helped me in honing my English skills. I learned new words and how to use it properly in sentences. So now, I pass this recommendation to my students and to everyone. If you want to be good at ENGLISH, READ! :) It's fun, entertaining and most of all informative! P.S. I recommend authors like Paolo Coelho, Mitch Albom and Nicholas Sparks! great authors! I love them! * The picture is just part of my collection. :)

a simple THANK YOU. :) A simple thank you from a student never fails to melt my heart. I feel very happy whenever my student will say "thank you Shariz" at the end of the class. It is just a common word that we use everyday, but for me, it is one of the precious gifts a student can give. It motivates me to do my job better.. THANK YOU SO MUCH DEAR STUDENTS!

Slight increae to my students: I increased my fee by 2 ITC. I hope that it will be ok with you guys. Please give me your feedback and thoughts about this. See you!

GROUP CLASS SCHEDULE For those who are interested in joining the FREE ONE HOUR GROUP CLASS, I will conduct it on FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30, 2012 at 17:00-18:00PM (BEIJING TIME UTC +8:00). IMPORTANT: PLEASE LEAVE YOUR SKYPE ID IN THE COMMENT BOX. I WILL ADD YOU. THE FIRST 5 TO ADD THEIR SKYPE ID IN THE COMMENT BOX CAN ATTEND THE FREE CLASS.