Friday, December 8, 2017
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Monday, November 27, 2017
Games With Words
http://archive.gameswithwords.org/WhichEnglish/
Which English?
Is Throw me down the stairs my shoes a good English sentence?
The answer depends on where you live. Many people in Newfoundland find that sentence perfectly grammatical.
By taking this quiz, you will be helping train a machine algorithm that is mapping out the differences in English grammar around the world, both in traditionally English-speaking countries and also in countries like Mexico, China, and India.
At the end, you can see our algorithm's best guess as to which English you speak as well as whether your first (native) language is English or something else.
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Alan Turing
Read Alan Turing's biograpy and watch the video/videos.
Biography
Video
Create his Fakebook - profile
Watch the video and collect 5 unknown words. Check their meanings and share them here in a comment. Do you find them useful?
Cracking the NAZI Enigma Code Machine
Friday, November 17, 2017
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Monday, November 13, 2017
How to avoid questions in English
Let's play it by ear!
I'd rather not talk about it.
Never you mind!
Mind your own business!
I'm not at liberty to say.
Let me get back to you (on that)!
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
OUP
https://www.oxfordenglishtesting.com/tdulms/login.aspx
http://ovlt.eu-west-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/
B2/HU0007/001 - Oresztész
B2/HU0007/002 -Koko
B2/HU0007/003 -B.Dani
B2/HU0007/004 - Be.Máté
B2/HU0007/005 - Bö.Máté
B2/HU0007/006 - Bálint
B2/HU0007/007-Bene
B2/HU0007/008-K.Dani
B2/HU0007/009-Andris
B2/HU0007/010 -Matyi
B2/HU0007/011-Tomi
B2/HU0007/012-Eszti
B2/HU0007/013-Levi
http://ovlt.eu-west-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/
B2/HU0007/001 - Oresztész
B2/HU0007/002 -Koko
B2/HU0007/003 -B.Dani
B2/HU0007/004 - Be.Máté
B2/HU0007/005 - Bö.Máté
B2/HU0007/006 - Bálint
B2/HU0007/007-Bene
B2/HU0007/008-K.Dani
B2/HU0007/009-Andris
B2/HU0007/010 -Matyi
B2/HU0007/011-Tomi
B2/HU0007/012-Eszti
B2/HU0007/013-Levi
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Saturday, November 4, 2017
Monday, October 23, 2017
Human brain
Brain maintenance
How to learn any language in six months | Chris Lonsdale | TEDxLingnanUniversity
Faster than a calculator | Arthur Benjamin | TEDxOxford
Why people believe they can’t draw - and how to prove they can | Graham Shaw | TEDxHull
How to become a memory master | Idriz Zogaj | TEDxGoteborg
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Alternative schools
Focus on these questions while watching the videos or reading the descriptions:
1. When was it founded?
2. Who is/was the founder of the school?
3. Where/ In which country was their first school?
4. What is the school's philosophy about education (pupils/teachers)?
or An alternative school is an educational establishment with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional.[1][2] Such schools offer a wide range of philosophies and teaching methods; some have strong political, scholarly, or philosophical orientations, while others are more ad hoc assemblies of teachers and students dissatisfied with some aspect of mainstream or traditional education.
1. When was it founded?
2. Who is/was the founder of the school?
3. Where/ In which country was their first school?
4. What is the school's philosophy about education (pupils/teachers)?
or An alternative school is an educational establishment with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional.[1][2] Such schools offer a wide range of philosophies and teaching methods; some have strong political, scholarly, or philosophical orientations, while others are more ad hoc assemblies of teachers and students dissatisfied with some aspect of mainstream or traditional education.
Some schools are based on pedagogical approaches differing from that of the mainstream pedagogy employed in a culture, while other schools are for gifted students, children with special needs, children who have fallen off the track educationally, children who wish to explore unstructured or less rigid system of learning, etc.
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_school
Group A: Budapest school
Video here
Group B: Rogers School:
Carl Ransom Rogers (January 8, 1902 – February 4, 1987) was an American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach (or client-centered approach) to psychology. Rogers is widely considered to be one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy research and was honored for his pioneering research with the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions by the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1956.
The person-centered approach, his own unique approach to understanding personality and human relationships, found wide application in various domains such as psychotherapy and counseling (client-centered therapy), education (student-centered learning), organizations, and other group settings.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Rogers
Group C: Summerhill school:
Summerhill School is an independent British boarding school that was founded in 1921 by Alexander Sutherland Neill with the belief that the school should be made to fit the child, rather than the other way around. It is run as a democratic community; the running of the school is conducted in the school meetings, which anyone, staff or pupil, may attend, and at which everyone has an equal vote. These meetings serve as both a legislative and judicial body. Members of the community are free to do as they please, so long as their actions do not cause any harm to others, according to Neill's principle "Freedom, not Licence." This extends to the freedom for pupils to choose which lessons, if any, they attend.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill_School
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Unreal past - summary
Refers to FUTURE OR PRESENT
Someone + wish + someone/someone else +Past Simple -- wish about future and present
BUT:
Someone + wish + someone/someone else + could + base form -- regret
Someone + wish + someone/someone else + would + base form - annoyance,dissatisfaction
If only+ someone/someone else +Past Simple -- wish about future and present
BUT:
If only+ someone/someone else +could + base form -- regret
If only+ someone/someone else +would + base form - annoyance,dissatisfaction
someone +would rather + someone else + Past Simple -- preference, complaint or criticism
BUT: (someone)+would rather +base form
It's (high/about) time + someone else +Past Simple
BUT: It's (high/about) time + to + base form
As if/as though+someone+Past Simple --for untrue situation
NOTE: As if I WERE or As if she WERE
Suppose+someone else + Past Simple --future and present
Refers to PAST
Someone + wish + someone/someone else +Past Pefect -- regret
someone +would rather + someone else + Past Perfect -- preference, complaint or criticism
It's (high/about) time + someone else +Past Perfect
As if/as though+someone+Past Perfect --for unreal situation in the past
Suppose+someone else + Past Perfect
Extra (not needed for the test):
Someone + wish + someone/someone else + could have + past participle -- regret
If only+ someone/someone else +could have+ past participle -- regret
If only+ someone/someone else +would have+ past participle - annoyance,dissatisfaction)
BUT:
If only+ someone/someone else +could + base form -- regret
If only+ someone/someone else +would + base form - annoyance,dissatisfaction
someone +would rather + someone else + Past Simple -- preference, complaint or criticism
BUT: (someone)+would rather +base form
It's (high/about) time + someone else +Past Simple
BUT: It's (high/about) time + to + base form
As if/as though+someone+Past Simple --for untrue situation
NOTE: As if I WERE or As if she WERE
Suppose+someone else + Past Simple --future and present
Refers to PAST
Someone + wish + someone/someone else +Past Pefect -- regret
someone +would rather + someone else + Past Perfect -- preference, complaint or criticism
It's (high/about) time + someone else +Past Perfect
As if/as though+someone+Past Perfect --for unreal situation in the past
Suppose+someone else + Past Perfect
Extra (not needed for the test):
Someone + wish + someone/someone else + could have + past participle -- regret
Someone + wish + someone/someone else + would have + past participle - annoyance,dissatisfaction
If only+ someone/someone else +Past Perfect -- regretIf only+ someone/someone else +could have+ past participle -- regret
If only+ someone/someone else +would have+ past participle - annoyance,dissatisfaction)
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Thursday, September 14, 2017
p96 - words
detective-turned-crime
writer
hit the
(book)shelves
kidnap
in all
honesty
I base him
on myself
flow (v)
distinct
types
forensic
expert
firmly
written
wit
take this
advice to heart
set out to
write
the
publisher breathing down your neck
disposal
his deed
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Breaking news - Global catastrophy
B2
C1
Solutions:
C1
Solutions:
- United Nations ((UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international co-operation and to create and maintain international order. )
- Pressure from China
- US leaving the region
- USA - North - korea talks
- Patience
- Military action
- Sanctions (economic sanctions,embargoes,diplomatic sanctions,restrictions on admission)
- Other: ____________
Monday, September 4, 2017
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Thursday, April 20, 2017
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