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Related: grammar • helenalund • grammar • AnglaisThe life of a snail Question time! Do you think that although snails move very slowly, things around them seem to happen very quickly? Would you like to be a snail? What would be the positives and negatives? What do you think is holding the strawberry in that position? Can You Catch These Native Speaker Mistakes? From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we will learn a few English words and phrases that are commonly misused in English. Even well-educated native English speakers make the mistakes you will read and hear about today, including reporters and English teachers! After today’s program, you can have fun finding these mistakes when other people use them. Let’s start with a very common written mistake that native English speakers make.
English Grammar Mistake: Common Grammatical Mistakes And How To Avoid Them - Fluent LandFluent Land The English Language is a difficult beast to tie down. Even those rules which we consider mandatory may actually change very quickly, especially with words moving into ever more fleeting media. However, there are a few mistakes which – for now at least – can make you look very silly… 12 metacognition-modelling strategies for the foreign language classroom Metacognitive skills are arguably the most important set of skills we need for our journey through life as they orchestrate every cognitive skill involved in problem-solving, decision-making and self-monitoring (both cognitive and socio-affective). We start acquiring them at a very early age at home, in school, in the playground and in any other social context an individual interacts with other human beings. But what are metacognitive skills? What is metacognition? I often refer to metacognition as ‘the voice inside your head’ which helps you solve problems in life by asking you questions like:
singular "they" - definition and examples in English grammar By Richard Nordquist Updated February 20, 2016. Definition 27 Proven ESL Games for Large Classes (40-50 students) - Monkey Abroad I work at a high school in Thailand and my job is to teach obscenely large classes. One thing I’ve learned: handling a hoard of 40-50 students in a single classroom requires games. A whole mess of games. Unless you’ve got a few activities in your back pocket at all times, the classroom might turn into a scene from Lord of the Flies. To prevent that from happening, you can always refer to this list of 27 proven ESL games for large classes. Common Errors in the Use of English Prepositions A preposition connects nouns and pronouns and serves to provide necessary details that tell the reader when, where, or how something occurred… Incorrect: I recommend you to take a long vacation.Correct: I recommend that you take a long vacation.Incorrect: Come to here.Correct: Come here.Incorrect: The sun rises from the East.Correct: The sun rises in the East.Incorrect: The thief got in from the window.Correct: The thief got in through the window.Incorrect: Let's begin from page 10.Correct: Let's begin at ( on ) page 10.Incorrect: Are you home tomorrow.Correct: Are you at home tomorrow.Incorrect: There is a limit in my patience.Correct: There is a limit to my patience.Incorrect: Is your house insured for fire ?Correct: Is your house insured against fire ?
The Seven Best Short Animated Films for the Language Classroom - Kieran Donaghy Animated films are ones in which individual drawings, paintings, or illustrations are photographed frame by frame. Traditionally animated films have been associated with children, however, nowadays they are designed to appeal to everyone. With the increased ease of creating animations, there has been a huge rise in the number of animated films being produced, and the vast majority of these are short animations. Many of these short animated films can be exploited in the language classroom as they are short enough to be used in a single session, offer a complete narrative in a short space of time, have a unique capacity of grabbing and holding students’ attention, and deal with contemporary subjects and issues, such as bullying, racism, sexism, homelessness, and human rights, which are relevant to students’ lives. Here are my seven favourite animated short films for the language classroom. Paperman
Two Truths and a Lie Ideas, Examples & Instructions The game Two Truths and a Lie is a great party game for teenagers and can also be a good icebreaker in meetings, classes or other situations where you need to make introductions. Below are some examples of truths or lies if you're already familiar with the game and just need to get some ideas. These are easy to modify to make them true (or not true) for yourself. For information on how to play the game, see below the examples. Top 30 Funniest French Idioms ranked according to Absurdity Reading Time: 6 minutes. Oh, idioms. They can be such a bummer at times. Just when you think you already got the hang of a foreign language, idioms rear their crazy little heads and go: nah-uh! Not so fast! Imagine overhearing a French conversation that translates into something along the lines of: to arrive like a hair in the soup or to have an ass full of noodles.
The Key Differences Between Summative And Formative Assessments It’s not a stretch to say that assessment is a hot button issue in education; however, you’d be hard pressed to find an educator who doesn’t see the value in measuring student progress. Assessments themselves have been vilified, when, in fact, it’s why assessments are given and how the data is used that is really the issue. The Glossary of Education Reform gives this great overview of what high-stakes testing is and how it impacts students, teachers, and schools.
Linking Words — A complete List of English Connecting Words Linking & Connecting Words It is essential to understand how Linking Words, as a part of speech, can be used to combine ideas in writing - and thus ensure that ideas within sentences and paragraphs are elegantly connected - for the benefit of the reader. This will help to improve your writing (e.g. essay, comment, summary (scientific) review, (research) paper, letter, abstract, report, thesis, etc.). It is also fundamental to be aware of the sometimes subtle meaning of these "small" words within the English language. 7 Great Grammar Sites for Teachers and Students June , 2014 Today I am sharing with you a list of some useful websites you can use with your students to help them better improve their grammar knowledge and polish their writing skill. From grammar lessons and teaching materials to free downloadable worksheets and presentations, this collection of websites will provide you with the content you need for teaching grammar. 1- Grammar Bytes
15 post-reading activities The following board contains a series of activities that the students can choose to do after reading a novel or a short story. Students take on a number of roles, such as detective, journalist, designer or disc jockey, to work on a particular area. When used as a whole group, with the teacher assigning all the roles to different students in the group, the result will be a creative, in-depth study that analyses the narrative text from multiple perspectives. Post-ReadingActivities.pdf The task board presents the main idea for each role, and details will be needed depending on the teaching context and the level of the students, including the amount of scaffolding that may be needed.