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WORD GAMES

      We all love playing with words. Who hasn’t played scrabble, done a crossword or enjoyed a TV show based on words? The following games focussing on individual words can be adapted for different levels and topics.

      Some examples are: Mastermind, Gap Fill Gamble, Taboo, Hot Seat, Ruckzuck, ...

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WHAT IS THE VERB "BE"?

     

    It’s interesting that the most common verbs in many languages are irregular. Be, have, do and go often also serve as auxiliaries, combined with other verbs to express tense and other grammatical information, as in He is jogging, He has jogged, He didn’t jog, He is going to jog. Many language scientists believe that the meanings of these verbs – existence, possession, action, motion – are at the core of all verbs, if only metaphorically. For example, the mind treats telling her a story as causing the story to go to her resulting in her having it, and treats dying as going out of existence.

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DOLPHINS FOR... KIDS?

     

      Their moans, groans, squeaks, whistles, and grunts can sound as if they're a heavy metal band. But bottlenose dolphins make their own kind of music. Many of the sounds they make could be imitated by holding a balloon tightly by the neck, then letting the air out faster and slower.

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ENGLISH, ENGLISH,...EVERY ONE IS DIFFERENT

Try saying the following:    

“Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: Six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob. We also need a small plastic snake and a big toy frog for the kids. She can scoop these things into three red bags, and we will go meet her Wednesday at the train station.”

This text can be heard recited 1,300 times at the online speech accent archive at George Mason University in Virginia – and every one is different. The passage was chosen because it contains most of the consonants, vowels and clusters of Standard American English

A TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II

 

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THE SPEECH ACCENT ARCHIVE

      The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.

To learn more, here

MAPPED HISTORICAL IMAGES

      WHAT WAS THERE  is a good example of using Google Maps to show the way places used to look.

       What Was There allows registered users to upload old images of buildings and landmarks and have them displayed in the place where they were taken.

      Anyone can explore the map and view the historical images on the map. Enter a city name in the search box or browse the map's placemarks to find images.

      Click on a placemark to open an image then choose "Google Street View" to see the image placed over current image of a place.

      For Education, What Was There presents a good opportunity to contribute to a global project that shows off the history of their communities. Have students locate old images of their communities, scan the images, and add them to What Was There. Students could search online for those older images, but they could also visit their local libraries, historical societies, and or town halls to find older images of their communities.

                                    Link here WHAT WAS THERE?

RESPECT!!!

Good manners to be taught in schools

      Children in secondary schools are to be taught "emotional intelligence" as part of the national curriculum in an attempt to combat a growing tide of rudeness, violence and lack of respect.

      With the debate about the lack of civility among young people reaching a new pitch, ministers are planning to roll out "social and emotional" intelligence classes to help children to cope with anger and frustration without resorting to violence or swearing.

      To read more, here

BAD BEHAVIOUR IN CLASS

                    TEACHERS, TEACHERS!!!

     The bad behaviour of just one or two individuals in a group can affect the whole classroom atmosphere in a most negative way.

      Below we’ll have a look at 7 types of bad behaviour, probable causes and what we can best do to deal with such episodes if they arise.

Bad Behaviour 1: Defiance
Bad Behaviour 2: Making silly noises
Bad Behaviour 3: Abusive language
Bad Behaviour 4: Refusal to work
Bad Behaviour 5: Disrespectful

Bad Behaviour 6: Silly class clown

Bad Behaviour 7: Interrupting

                                             What can we do? Read more here

WORLD YOUTH DAY MADRID 2011

      "PLANTED AND BUILT UP IN JESUS CHRIST, FIRM IN THE FAITH" Saint Paul

     We'll be waiting for you: 16-21 August

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