Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like.'" A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level. Before you watch, think about the different qualities that a good teacher should have. Rank them from the most important to the least important in your notebook. After you watch, try to answer this question: What could be done to improve the relationship between educators and their learners? List as many ideas as you can.
In English, you can express your agreement or disagreement in different ways. Here, you can find some of these phrases to lift your vocabulary level:
Do you often wonder to use or not to use the article "the"? You're not alone. Many English learners find it challenging. So, we are going to get through this together.
Read a review of the book 'The Martian' to practice and improve your reading skills. Do you know the meanings of these phrases? Any doubts? You can always look them up: base, planet, botanist, author, scientific, plot, astronaut.
A phrasal verb is a verb that is made up of a main verb together with an adverb or a preposition, or both. Typically, their meaning is not obvious from the meanings of the individual words themselves. Using these verbs naturally makes your speech or writing native-like. Today, let's look at some phrasal verbs with the verb "to see".
Since the pandemic, everyone has been talking about the medical services provided in different countries. So, it would be a good idea to develop our language around this topic, while improving our listening skills. Here is an authentic conversation on this topic, provided by ©LearnRealEnglish. Remember, once you learn some new language, listening to it repeatedly could help you master the language, your listening and understanding, as well as pronunciation
In English, if you want to follow a verb with another action, you must use a gerund or infinitive (or sometimes the base verb). For example: We resumed talking. (gerund – verb + ing) I want to see a movie. (infinitive – to + base verb) There are certain verbs that can only be followed by one or the other, and these verbs should be memorized. Some verbs, however, can be followed by either gerund or infinitive with little or no change in their meanings. Finally, some verbs can be followed by either form, but they have a different meaning in either case. In this lesson, many of these verbs are listed for you to learn.
In this video from © Learn Hot English, you’ll hear Rachel talking to Josh about one of her clients. She uses some expressions to describe this person, which are explained for you to learn at the end of the video.
Elision is an important factor helping you sound more fluent when you speak. Also, learning this point would come in handy to understand more when you listen to natural English. So, let's see what it is and when it happens.
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known who or what is performing the action. So, in some cases, it would be a better option than active voice. An example could be formal cases such as articles in which we try to imply that the information matters more than the person who has done the research or written the article. That being said, let's take a closer look at active/passive voice.
