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Maps for weather and climate

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Maps for describing and discussing the weather and climate

#map #weather #climate #conversation

My idea is to make a city map with my students. It will record the places we have visited, experiences we have had, the journeys we make. I'll start it on the notice board, but I'd like to make it digital as well

#map #journey #idea #class project #blog

inference dialogues

- Hi, John. How's it going?

- Hi David. You seem ..................... What's wrong?

- Well, I've just .....................

- Oh really / sorry. What happened?

Class suggestions:

- Say the first line of dialogue in using dramatic intonation.

- Sts must choose a suitable adjective for line two according to your intonation

sad/depressed/happy/shy/annoyed/angry/confused etc.

- Students continue the dialogue. Showing sympathy in a suitable way.

This would be a good way to practice the present perfect - past actions with result in the present.

#conversation #grammar #dialogue #intonation #perfect tenses

Expressions for sight: breathtaking view, public eye, out of sight, caught my eye, vision of the future, take a closer look, on show.

Class questions:

- Link the expressions with the photos and justify your choices

- Write a caption for each photo that includes the phrase

- What do you see in your mind's eye when I say these phrases?

- What images can you think of for other sight phrases we learnt last week?

Source for phrases Ready for CAE p141

#image #sight #discussion #conversation #collocation #phrases

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mental images

'Think of a mental image you have when I say London.' I was asked this yesterday in a seminar about using photos in the classroom. This is the image I thought of.

I have literally just taken this photo. The colours I see now, outside the window, are actually brighter and warmer than the photo. A warm autumn day.

Class questions:

Can you think of what your mental image of London is now you have lived here for sometime?

Describe it to another student.

#image #photo #london #mental images #landscape #conversation

An Illustration by Jim Kay, from the novel A Monster Calls. Written by Patrick Ness from the ideas of Siobhan Dowd.

Some wonderful illustrations by Jim Kay. Click on the image for more.

#illustration #image #monster #nightmare

I used this with my class for Halloween. I gave them a gap fill with some of the 'you' phrases missing: you close your eyes, you feel the door slam etc. Problem was, the students just wanted to watch the video and didn't do the gap fill!

If I use this again, I might do something with the script from the opening couple of minutes. Let them watch it, then play it again with the volume down and let them perform it.

#music #video #halloween

Phrasal Verbs

I always plan to keep an up-to-date list of phrasal verbs I hear about. Here are some:

man up, mouth off about,

pop in, pop out

knock about, i.e. have you got a pen knocking about

jog on, of course.

I'll try to add to the list.

#phrasal verbs #vocab #trends

We also discussed this in our Friday morning class. I liked Steve Jobs idea that you can't connect the dots looking forward.

Vocab: work out , figure out, drop in and drop out!, Connecting the dots, curiousity, intuition, practical application,

#ted #talks #discussion #conversation #life stories #technology

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this video introduces some interesting statistics about lying. Strangers lie 3 times on average in the first 10m of meeting. Married couples lie in 1 in 3 interactions.

Vocab: Lying is a co-operative act, willing to be deceived, deception, lying bridges the gap between fantasy and reality,

#talks #discussion #ted #lying #conversation

Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English. He shares photos and spine-tingling audio of Chinese students rehearsing English -- "the world's second language" -- by the thousands.

#video #conversation #language #talks

To do lists: verb-noun collocations about daily activities. Open class conversation: 'I've gotta clean up the mess in my room!'

#int #conversation #collocation #vocab

Drawing an essay to develop argument skills.

Vocabulary: anticipate, square the circle, marginalise, alienating kids, compulsory, academic and non-academic, enlightenment

#videos #essays #argument #education #exam classes

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"I find myself behaving differently when speaking each language. In English, I am calmer than in French. I often catch myself suppressing emotions, whereas in French I let them go. Discussions in English tend to be pragmatic and an outcome is expected, while in French, issues tend to be abstract and I toy with ideas with no real conclusion in mind. Hence, I can be more British in English and more French in French."

#language #french #foreigner

#wave #holiday

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