"The mediocre teacher tells, the good teacher explains, the superior teacher demonstrates,
the great teacher inspires." William Arthur Ward

Monday 24 March 2014

The classroom

I'm sharing with you a poster Emilce found on the internet:


Interesting, isn't it? What do you think about it? Is this a complete idea of what goes on in a classroom?
Is anything missing? What would you add or dismiss?

Time to share opinions!!

Wednesday 19 March 2014

Reported speech

Something nice and simple about reported speech:

Reported questions:
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/gr_movie/s_rep_que/index.htm

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1061590.html?AP_rand=854594258

Reported statements:
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/gr_movie/s_rep_st/index.htm

Reporting verbs:
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/gr_movie/s_rep_v/index.htm

Click on "reference" for some explanation.

Office gossip

 Watch the following video and try to answer the following questions using reported speech:

  • Why does Nick want to talk with his boss? 
  • What did he say about Kirsten? 
  • What is she always doing? 
  • What does Nick think about the relation? 
  • What did Nick about the rest of the people? 
  • How do they react? 
  • How did Nick say he felt?
  • What did his boss answer?
  • Does this also happen in your workplace?
  • How common is it?



    Monday 17 March 2014

    WELCOME TO LEVEL 9

    This welcome message is rather weird, isn't it?
    Anyway, I thought it was something different and funny.
    I hope you like it!



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