22 November 2023

B1. 2B Changing lives

  1. 💬 
  2. HOW LONG/ BE A TEACHER?
  3. HOW LONG/ WORK AT THIS SCHOOL?
  4. HOW LONG/LIVE IN THIS TOWN?
  5. HOW LONG/KNOWN YOUR BEST FRIEND?
FOR- period of time e.g 2 months, 3 years, a long time, ages
SINCE- a point in time. e.g. October, I was born, last summer, I was a child, etc.




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Gradable adjectives

Most adjectives are gradable. This means we can have different levels of that quality. For example, you can be a bit coldvery cold or extremely cold. We can make them weaker or stronger with modifiers:

She was quite angry when she found out.
The film we saw last night was really funny!
It can be extremely cold in Russia in the winter.

 

Non-gradable: extreme adjectives

Adjectives like amazingawful and boiling are also non-gradable. They already contain the idea of 'very' in their definitions. If we want to make extreme adjectives stronger, we have to use absolutely or really:

Did you see the final match? It was absolutely amazing!
After 32 hours of travelling, they were absolutely exhausted.
My trip home was really awful. First, the traffic was really bad, then the car broke down and we had to walk home in the rain.

Here is a list of some common extreme adjectives and some modifiers that we can use with them.

Modifiersabsolutely/really
Adjectivesamazing, ancientawfulboilingdeliciousenormous, excellentexhaustedfascinatingfreezinggorgeousterribleterrifyingtiny, etc.

 









20 November 2023

C1. Language

Why are you learning English?








What do you think these quotations refer to? Do you agree with them?


💬 Discussion Questions

  1. Do you think a non-native speaker can speak the language like a native?
  2. What do you find most difficult to learn in English?  Why do you think is that?
  3. What is the best way to speak a language?
  4. What do you do on your own to improve your English?
  5. What techniques do you use to learn new vocabulary?

Useful Vocabulary:  

  • to switch between two languages,
  •  to put into practice, 
  • to feel frustrated,  
  •  a conversation partner, 
  • to memorize vocabulary, 
  • to improve your grammar, 
  • speaking skills,
  • to have a good range of vocabulary.

Empower: Language learning. page 9, exercise 3
How easy is it to learn English? Teacher´s resource pack

               

  



Asking for Advice

  • What should I do ( about)…?
  • What do you think I should…?
  • Can/ could you give me some advice about…?
  • Do you have any advice on—?
  • Could you recommend…?
  • What do you suggest I do?
  • What ought I to do?


Giving advice

Present:
You should/shouldn’t…
You ought to/ought not to…
You had better/had better not…
If I were in your shoes/position, I would…
I’ll tell you what, why don’t you…?
What you can do is…
I suggest/recommend that you + infinitive – to
I suggest/recommend + gerund
Have you tried + gerund?
It’s vital that you…
You simply have to…

Past:
You should/shouldn’t have + past participle.
You ought (not) to have + past participle.


👉The statements:

There is no point in learning a foreign language when Google Translator can do it for you”

“Translation technology is good but should not replace learning languages”

👉Task:  Worksheet cloze test. Does being bilingual really improve your brain?

Key answers :

1 claims   2 development     3 actually   4 suggests   5 ageing   6 beyond   7 leading     8 faced   9 key   

10 Although   11 performance   12 arguing   13 further   14 leading   15 likelihood  16  widely    17 however.


Read the original article at the following link:

 👉https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/04/does-being-bilingual-really-improve-your-brain/

👉 Listening. Multiple choice   Ted talk how-speaking-multiple-languages-benefits-the-brain




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