TEDxESL | ESL discussion material based on TED talks Ruth's story: One child refugee's journey from Eritrea to England - CBBC Newsround Ruth was 14 when she left her home country of Eritrea in east Africa. She didn't like the way she was being treated, so she embarked on a dangerous journey to the UK. Ruth has been telling Newsround's Hayley her story... Three-thousand children Three-thousand children arrived in the UK alone last year. Many of them are migrants or refugees escaping war or devastation in their home countries. When they get to the UK they are often tired and afraid. They are taken by immigration officers or police to a safe place where they are asked lots of questions. This is so that the people in charge can understand how old the child is, where they have come from and what they will need to keep them healthy and safe. Leave to remain If the child is under 17, they are given leave to remain, which means they can stay in the UK and will be looked after until they are old enough to look after themselves. I have spoken to 12 children. One of them was Ruth. Living in Eritrea But this was no easy task. Leaving Eritrea
5 interview tips to help you land that first post-university job Be on time Obvious? Yes. But you’d be surprised at how many candidates think it’s okay to arrive late. Or turn up at the office when the interview’s due to start. You’ll create a better impression than arriving on the dot, beetroot-faced with beads of perspiration trickling down your back. Do your research Don’t just rock up in your best interview suit without doing your research. Don’t just rock up in your best suit without doing any research What they really want to know is why you want a role with THEIR company – so knowing zilch about your prospective employers is a real no-no. Take a look at their website and memorise a few key facts about their business. Don't panic Try to be calm and relaxed. Expect there to be some pregnant pauses during the interview, but as long as tumbleweed doesn’t roll across the desk, that’s fine. Be positive - but not aggresive By all means big yourself up but don’t go OTT. The interviewer wants to see how you react to probing questioning. Answer the questions
Does Speaking A Foreign Language Change Your Personality? My high school English teacher used to tell us stuff like, “Learning a foreign language changes you forever.” Despite being an obvious attempt to make us passionate about her subject, her words made sense to me — the kid who quoted obscure Buffy the Vampire Slayer lines and treated Alanis Morissette’s lyrics like the word of God. After all, without a basic understanding of the English language I couldn’t have done any of that, and all those beautiful imaginary friendships would have never blossomed. Then I made it to adulthood (I think) and experienced first-hand the perks of speaking a foreign language: hitting on exotic men (whilst still using Buffy references as pick up lines #ForeverAlone) and weaseling my way into more office gossip than ever before. Split of the online self Learning English strongly affected my habits, but was I really profoundly changed by it? Blogging is where the signs of this metamorphosis first showed. The persistent vegetative state of the party
Queen's 90th birthday is marked at Trooping the Colour parade Thousands of people turned out to watch the annual Trooping the Colour parade on the Queen's official 90th birthday. Dressed in a vivid lime green coat and matching hat, the Queen was escorted down the Mall in a horse-drawn carriage to the ceremony at Horse Guards Parade. After the parade of more than 1,600 soldiers and 300 horses, she appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with members of her family, including Princess Charlotte, for an RAF flypast. Gun salutes were fired across the UK. In the afternoon, the royal barge Gloriana led a flotilla of about 50 boats in a pageant down the River Thames, carrying figures including five-time Olympic gold rower Sir Steve Redgrave. Visible in her vibrant ensemble, the Queen smiled and waved to crowds as she was driven with the Duke of Edinburgh in an open-top carriage up the flag-lined Mall. Image copyright Getty Images Image copyright PA This year the Colour being trooped belonged to 7 Company Coldstream Guards. Image copyright Reuters
Revising Simple Past,Used to and Would with some Engaging Activities This lesson has been designed as a next-day revision activity for B2 (Intermediate +) students. Aim: to consolidate the use of Past Simple, Used to and Would for past habits and routines. Level: B2 (Intermediate+) In this lesson you will find. Grammar and exercisesSpeaking: Picture discussion in pairsSpeaking: an advert from a popular drink comparing past and presentWriting: a fun writing gameSpeaking: bits of your childhood STEP 1. The use of these three verb forms to express past habits and routines can be a bit confusing for students, so in this class I am aiming at some revision to clarify concepts. PDF with exercises here. STEP 2.Picture description. Display the picture of a family in the past and ask students, in pairs, to discuss the differences they can see and the differences they can guess exist between the family shown in the picture and their own family. Get feedback STEP3. Tell students they are going to watch a video. STEP 4. Preparation: none Procedure: Example 4 points. STEP 5.
5 Sexist Things People Need To Stop Telling Boys I've written quite a few articles about all the sexist things women encounter from girlhood that men and boys pretty much never have to deal with — because there are a lot of them, and they all suck. In fact, the first article I pitched to Bustle was about how much I hope my nieces get to grow up in a less sexist world than I did. Until recently, however, I'd never considered writing about all the ways any future nephews or sons of mine might be verbally bullied into gender stereotypes, too. Last winter, all of that changed when my sister told me she and her husband were trying to adopt a little boy. Sadly for her, the adoption fell through — but that hasn't kept me from thinking about all the sexist things people say to boys that they don't say to girls. Obviously, I'm not trying to say that cisgender men and boys have been systemically oppressed based on their assigned gender in the same way that cisgender women and girls have. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Images: Pexels; Giphy/(4)
Conditional Sentences Type I, II und III (Conditional Sentences, If-Clauses) Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. They are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. There are three types of Conditional Sentences. Conditional Sentence Type 1 → It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled. Form: if + Simple Present, will-Future Example: If I find her address, I’ll send her an invitation. more on Conditional Sentences Type I ► Conditional Sentence Type 2 → It is possible but very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled. Form: if + Simple Past, Conditional I (= would + Infinitive) Example: If I found her address, I would send her an invitation. more on Conditional Sentences Type II ► Conditional Sentence Type 3 → It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past. Form: if + Past Perfect, Conditional II (= would + have + Past Participle) Exceptions Exceptions
13 words to avoid if you want to sound posh | indy100 Apparently, there are words that royal family just don’t use, according to social anthropologist Kate Fox. She tells Diply that these are the words to avoid if you don’t want to be caught out as a mere commoner: 1. This word is hated for its French origins, and the royals prefer to say “loo” or “lavatory”. 2. Royal events have “food and drink,” never refreshments. 3. Never refer to a napkin as a “serviette,” which is used by those darned middle class types. 4. Royals say “smart” instead of “posh,” which is only spoken in a joking manner, knowing it’s a lower-class word. 5. You might have a “patio,” but the royals have “terraces”. 6. Do not call it “dessert” or any derivative of; it’s called “pudding”. 7. You might have a “portion” of food, you commoner, you. 8. The evening meal is always referred to as “supper”. 9. A royal wouldn’t be caught dead in perfume. 10. Royal children say “mummy and daddy”. 11. 12. It’s not a “function”, or a “do,” it’s a “party”. 13.
JoshofWestern vitsailee suomalaisille TikTok-kanavallaan. Suomalaiset tykkäävät kuumista löylyistä, kahvista ja alkoholista, mutta he eivät pidä mausteisista ruoista tai turhasta puheesta. Tämän käsityksen suomalaisista saa, kun katsoo JoshofWestern-kanavan humoristisia videoita. Yhdysvaltalaismies vitsailee suomalaisten käytöstavoille, kulutustottumuksille ja kulttuurille. Volume 0% Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts Toista/KeskeytäVälilyönti Lisää äänenvoimakkuutta↑ Laske äänenvoimakkuutta↓ Siirry Eteenpäin→ Siirry Taaksepäin← Tekstitys Päällä/Poisc Kokonäyttö/Poistu kokonäyttötilastaf Mykistä/Ääni päällem Etsi %0-9 Joshin mukaan suomalaiset eivät pidä mausteista. Kun Josh Hurst, 27, saapui ensimmäisen kerran Suomeen, hän ei tiennyt maasta oikeastaan mitään. – Muutamilla ystävilläni oli kokemusta au pairina olemisesta, joten päätin kokeilla sitä. Suunnitelmana oli viipyä vuosi, jonka jälkeen Josh aikoi palata kotimaahansa. Vitsikkäitä videoita Nyt Josh on asunut Suomessa kahden vuoden ajan. Suomalaiset ihastuttivat
Barbie challenges the 'white saviour complex' Image copyright Barbie Savior Barbie has ditched her riding gear, her ball gown and her ballerina costume and travelled to Africa to help the people there, while still managing to stay fashionable. That is at least according to a much talked about Instagram account, Barbie Savior, which is charting her imaginary volunteer journey. It starts with her saying farewell to her home in the US and wondering if the "sweet sweet orphans in the country of Africa" are going to love her the way she already loves them. The satirical account encapsulates what some see as the white saviour complex, a modern version of Rudyard Kipling's White Man's Burden. The 19th Century Kipling poem instructed colonialists to "Fill full the mouth of Famine And bid the sickness cease". Because of the history of slavery and colonialism, many people in Africa find such attitudes deeply patronising and offensive. "We have seen short-term medical teams do amazing things, as well as act in inexcusable ways."
Why we use discourse markers and filler words like 'um', 'like', 'you know' and 'er' | The Independent So - this article is – um - about those little – er – short ‘filler’ words that people use – like – in the middle of sentences – you know? Yes, written down, the above sentence is incredibly infuriating. Yet, to say it aloud does not sound too different from how people talk to each other every single day. Long considered to be a sign of stupidity or ineptness, linguists are saying this is unfair. Often, the people who make these sounds, in between actual words recognised in the English dictionary, are being especially conscious of who they are talking to. Professor Michael Handford, a professor of applied linguistics and English language at Cardiff University, says there are two main reasons people use these filler words. “The functions they fill are often interactional and cognitive,” he told The Independent. The cognitive use of the words is when the person is trying to process information that might be more complex. “There’s a way to learn to do anything. Reuse content Reuse content