Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums

[wing]

Knock my socks off! All the things have changed... into one that is really like MSN forums. I'm still wondering if I go into the cafe I used to and if I...... It seems posted messages are all gone.

Too early to call the 'new' design good or not as I am still adapting to the whole new environment. But I would like to hear all of your opinions.

[sperling]

Hi Wing -

The old format was really not powerful enough to run my many forums, so I decided to make the change. The old forums are still around, though .... as long as you have the old address. If not, please email me at [email protected].

All the best,

Dave Sperling
Founder
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Dave's ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com

[wing]

[pugachevV]

Hi Wing, Dave and co.,
It seems pretty quiet in here but I guess it will pick up eventually. I think Chinese New Year (Spring Festival?) is coming up in a couple of weeks so perhaps the Asian kids are doing exams or, maybe, on holidays.
I guess the new year is going to be the year of the horse, 4700?

[wing]

Hi PugachevV,
Probably it is due to some useful extras on the new forums that are quite new to posters. Yes, the kids are busy with the exams and prepared for the biggest Chinese holiday. The first day of this Chinese New Year, a.k.a. Spring Festival, is on February 1st, starting the year of the 'Ram' and sending out the old year of the 'Horse'. (What do you mean by '4700'?) Before the New Year arrives, every Chinese family spend about a week buying presents, decoration material, food, clothing, and giving its house a thorough cleaning to make it ready for in-coming luck. (We cannot do any sweeping during New Year's Eve for fear that all the good luck would be swept away.) Kids would love to celebrate Chinese New Year. They can collect 'leisee', red packets with 'luck money' inside. And even though they might be naughty they are not punished!

[winnie]

It's so nice to for meto find this web and have this forum to make friend and express our opinion!!!
really great!
I am interested to know who designed this web site?
what's your nationality?
when did this web establish ?

[wing]

Hi Winnie,
The founder is Dave Sperling who replied to my post here. For another two questions, you can email him at [email protected]. I think he would be glad to answer you.

[wing]

Thanks a lot, PugachevV. I guess there will be Traditional Chinese lion dances, or lighting firecrackers in Vancouver or somewhere in Canada for those Asians living there. By the way, have you ever tasted some festive foods? It is worth trying some of them, like new year cakes and dumplings (the type stuffed with sweet fillings, no meat). The Chinese consider the seventh day of the New Year as the birthday of all human beings. My mother always cheerfully prepares these two foods for the day.

[Chris]

A new and nice environment here. Completely different than the other forums and I must admit that I'm a little bit lost with this new presentation. So why not archiving all the old messages and to keep only this one?

[Roseray]

I got the same feeling as you guys did - a bit lost. The old one seems a bit challenging as you can directly reply the message you want to, more informal that you can chat freely without any responsibility with words and attitude. Why I say so.
For the old one, you don't have to register before you can chat in the forum and there wasn't any obligations for you to follow and Dave didn't clarify that your messages will be deleted if they are inappropriated in the old system.
This new one is more systematic, more formal and Dave's stance stays clear that no one will challenge him as an autocrat. It is a website of enhancing English language and the freedom of speech is limited to the extent that it won't abuse it.
Am I right, Dave?

[wing]

[Diana]

Hi Wing,
I agree. Also, a person has to register to post messages; therefore, it would be difficult to have another Diana. I also like the emicons.