When I asked students to write about someone they admired one wrote about Malala Yousafzai. Here her father talks movingly about not only his daughter and family, but also about certain universal truths…
Month: September 2015
In this short (4.24 mins) talk TED speaker Jay Walker talks about mania and the world’s thirst for English.
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This came up in conversation in class. People cannot get away from their emails or their ‘online life’, here the blunt but honest Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times ponders the email problem…
We need new excuses for not replying to emails
You will find areas of the podcast difficult, however you can always pause and listen again should you need to.
Today we discussed certain characteristics that people possess. From sharp to dull, sociable to pessimistic– we spoke about ourselves, friends, famous people and qualities we most value in people.
In class ‘kindness’ was mentioned several times, it reminded me of this dramatic speech made during Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Great Dictator’. I hope you enjoy it.
I was pleased to welcome you all to the first of our B2 level English Conversation and Vocabulary course classes. During the class we introduced ourselves and discussed the aims and expectations we each had of the course. We also talked about ways in which we can study outside of class time and the topics we hope to cover during the course. I was please to discover that several students showed an interest in homework and extended study.
Please do not forget to visit the the homework 😉
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