Common English Idioms

To speak English fluently, you need to increase your vocabulary. That includes learning idioms and expressions. The idioms and expressions below are the most common in English. The example sentences will help you understand how to use the expressions. Have fun! 

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Inspiring!

Just imagine the possibilities if we all went above and beyond...

Jadav Payeng - Indian man single-handedly plants forest

Story: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/good-news/indian-man-single-handedly-plants-forest-india-164507919.html   #possibilities

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In Kenya, educating nomadic pastoralist children with low-cost schools

Recently, UNICEF has partnered with Turkana Education for All (TEFA) and the Government of Kenya on an initiative to reach marginalized and nomadic pastoralist communities with low-cost schools. The Rapid School Readiness Initiative identifies school-age children in hard-to-reach areas who do not have access to any form of education.

(via UNICEF - Kenya - In Kenya, educating nomadic pastoralist children with low-cost schools)

COMMON MISTAKES In ENGLISH

Similar to
Don't say  : your book is not similar with mine.
Say          : your book is not similar to mine.


Sit at a desk
Don't say  : the teacher often sits on his desk.
Say          : the teacher often sits at his desk.


Spend on
Don't say  : I spend a lot of time for my stamps.
Say          : I spend a lot of time on my stamps.

Issues and risks associated with blogging?

As blogs are entirely owned and controlled by the blog author, obviously this means that the University and the teacher have no control over what students (or staff) might post and these postings will usually be publicly viewable. So there is a risk that postings could be openly challenging, critical and even offensive.

Downes (2004) recounts several occasions where problems of this sort have occurred including a university that experienced a problem when a student's blog resulted in a commercial company threatening legal action and also occasions where students have posted insulting and threatening comments about fellow students and teaching staff.

Ultimately when a blogging system is provided and hosted by the University (such as the Elgg system at Leeds) then ultimately a university staff member will administrate the system and would be able to remove any troublesome posts when they are reported. However the potential for censorship (especially if this ability is openly exercised) will have an impact on the writing of the bloggers using the system.

ICT and students' motivation

The effects of ICT on students' motivation, conducted by Cox, have identified a number of specific motivational aspects, including enhanced commitment to the learning task, enhanced enjoyment and interest, increased self esteem and increases in independence and confidence (Cox, 1997; 1999).The researchers found that the majority of the teachers reported a higher degree of motivation amongst the pupils and a better attitude to work when the pupils were using laptop computers. This motivation, leading to enhanced self esteem, was especially noticeable for the pupils in a school for special needs.

A Lover's Complaint

FROM off a hill whose concave womb reworded

A plaintful story from a sistering vale,

My spirits to attend this double voice accorded,

And down I laid to list the sad-tuned tale;

Ere long espied a fickle maid full pale,

Tearing of papers, breaking rings a-twain,

Storming her world with sorrow's wind and rain.

Upon her head a platted hive of straw,

Which fortified her visage from the sun,

Whereon the thought might think sometime it saw

The carcass of beauty spent and done:

Time had not scythed all that youth begun,

Nor youth all quit; but, spite of heaven's fell rage,

Some beauty peep'd through lattice of sear'd age.

Oft did she heave her napkin to her eyne,

Which on it had conceited characters,

Laundering the silken figures in the brine

That season'd woe had pelleted in tears,

And often reading what contents it bears;

As often shrieking undistinguish'd woe,

In clamours of all size, both high and low.

A Fairy Song

Over hill, over dale,

Thorough bush, thorough brier,

Over park, over pale,

Thorough flood, thorough fire!

I do wander everywhere,

Swifter than the moon's sphere;

And I serve the Fairy Queen,

To dew her orbs upon the green;

The cowslips tall her pensioners be;

In their gold coats spots you see;

Those be rubies, fairy favours;

In those freckles live their savours;

I must go seek some dewdrops here,

And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.

-William Shakespeare

BIOGRAFI William Shakespeare

Synopsis
William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. From roughly 1594 onward he was an important member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men company of theatrical players. Written records give little indication of the way in which Shakespeare’s professional life molded his artistry. All that can be deduced is that over the course of 20 years, Shakespeare wrote plays that capture the complete range of human emotion and conflict.

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Anne Hathaway was the wife of William Shakespeare . The couple married in 1582 when she was 26 and he was 18. Shortly after their marriage they had a daughter, Susanna. Around 1585, they had twins, Hamnet and Judith. Anna and her children lived at Straftord-upon-Avon while William worked in London. She died in 1623.

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What is a blog?

"A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order." (Wikipedia 2007) 

A blog (short for web log) is a specific type of web site that an individual or a group of authors adds entries (posts) to on a regular basis. These entries are displayed in reverse chronological order i.e. the most recent entries first. Where there are many previous entries these are archived and can be accessed via links or a blog search.

Common features of a blogging system:

- Easy to use authoring tools that allow text, images, video etc to be incorporated in blog entries

- A search facility

- The facility for blog readers to add public comments to each entry

- Automated archiving of previous entries

- A news feed which allows readers to subscribe to a specific blog and be automatically alerted to new posts (see using feeds to monitor blogs)

Blogs are one of the most representative tools of WEB. They offer flexibility, adaptability, and integration with other tools.

How It Went vs. How It Felt.

I know it’s hard hiding your emotions when some of your students do the things that they do. But such is life as a teacher I suppose.