Along this lesson we´ve been dealing with some of the commonest ways of speaking, looking, walking as well some human sounds. If you follow these links you can have some more practice in nearly every one of the sections. Have a go with speaking , human sounds, ways of walking, and finally ways of looking.

Expressions with talk/say/speak

This is the list of expressions on talk/speak/say we dealt with in class last day. I discovered that some of you had some difficulty in finding the right context to use them. I hope your doubts will be dispelled with the definitions and examples that appear here. Talk Say Speak

Determiners

Determiners modify nouns and are always placed before the noun they modify. Depending on whether the noun is countable or uncountable may take different determiners. In order to revise the ones we did in class the previous day and to have some more practice follow this link.

The Use of Articles in English

We have already revised the articles in English in class, but if you still have doubts about the use of them, have a go with this test and follow this link for a thorough explanation.

The impact of English in the world of science and knowledge-its downside

At TEDxDubai, longtime English teacher Patricia Ryan asks a provocative question: Is the world's focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages? (For instance: what if Einstein had to pass the TOEFL?) It's a passionate defense of translating and sharing ideas.



Should you happen to know more about endangered languages, click on these links.

English Mania

The world has a common language to solve its common problems. So says Jay Walker in the following video. Here he explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn the world's second langauage, English.He shares photos and spine-tingling audio of Chinese students rehearsing English by the thousands.