Latin Expressions in Modern English

Classroom Language

As you can see, this is a very important section for all of you. We need to understand each other, don't you think? So, time for starting up and let's set the classroom rules and instructions.

Any questions so far?

To be or not to be. That's the question

Here's your document to practise all through the verb to be.



Below you'll also find a Basic English Grammar, together with some more practice on the verbs to be and Have got.

grammar book

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Before and After

The following activities are based on https://www.eslwriting.org/about-rob-whyte/ Rob Whyte helps us to improve our writing using the video below, which is perfect for the organization of writing prompts and ideas.

1st Day without any kind of language help.

After some language practice and search, please try to work on the vocab and expressions you need to describe this little robot.

Today your passage should have 3 main parts:

1. Story summary (character, plot & setting)
2. Description of the story's message.
3. An opinion about the message. 

To what extent can you write this story better after some more practice?

Writing a review about Reach by Luke Randall

What type of Student are you?

Slang

Flowers, Plants, trees and all about our mother Nature.

Ways of looking

Feelings, Emotions and Mood

How do you feel about the way you express your feelings in English?



Willing to learn some more adjectives and expressions about feelings and emotions. This is your post to expand your vocabulary and what's more: you'll become more self-confident with your English emotions. 

What is the Reported Speech for?

Reading poems aloud

When do we use passive structures?

St. Patrick's Day

"Saint Patrick's Day is held on March, 17th.  It's a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora around the world, especially in Great Britain,Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand. 

Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated in more countries than any other national festival. Modern celebrations have been greatly influenced by those of the Irish diaspora, particularly those that developed in North America. In recent years, there has been criticism of Saint Patrick's Day celebrations for having become too commercialized and for fostering negative stereotypes of the Irish". 

For more reading, please click on here.

English for Specific Purposes: Crime & Punishment

On today's post we'll talk about English for Specific Purposes, that is,
a sphere of teaching English language including Business English, Technical English, Scientific English, English for medical professionals, English for waiters, English for tourism, English for Art Purposes, etc. 

However, we'll only deal with Crime & Punishment or even some legal English.

Videos about Crime & Punishment

Teaching English for Specific purposes

Question Tags for agreement or confirmation.

Basically, Question Tags are used when asking for agreement and confirmation, but they can also be found in common situations when we need to check whether something is true or not. Sometimes we just need to check information, so we use Question tags for that too.

Notice that Question Tags can also be used to invite people politely to do things, or even to refer to nothing or everything.

Adverts, Commercials and Creativity

http://morethaneoi.blogspot.com.es/2011/12/being-creative.html

"Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence"

"Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.” , written by George F. Will 






And what about girls and sports?


Activyst: Help Girls Play Sports from activyst on Vimeo.

School & Education

What's the weather like today?

As stated by the newspaper: The Guardian,
"2015 smashed the record for hottest year since reporting began in 1850, according to the first full-year figures from the world’s three principal temperature estimates".

To read the whole article, please click on here. 

So, Climate Change is real and Natural Disasters are more likely to happen than before. However, please do not panic so quickly, 'cos this is just an ESL blog. Here we only learn about language, culture and sometimes what's on the News. Now let's go into a greater depth about Weather, Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Human Risks.

How to write formal & informal e-mails and letters