CONFUSING USE OF 'SO' & 'SUCH'

 

THANKSGIVING 2020: CELEBRATING DURING A PANDEMIC

 Today the USA celebrate their own great tradition of THANKSGIVING that is followed tomorrow by their great merchandising export BLACK FRIDAY. But this year both activities will be conditioned by the COVID pandemic.

We're including a link with guidance for a safe Thanksgiving celebration, which we could adapt to our Christmas celebrations in a month's time.

- HOW TO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING 2020 SAFELY

To remind you about what Thanksgiving & Black Friday is all about, here's the link to previous year's posts on this blog:

- THANKSGIVING & BLACK FRIDAY.

CONFUSING PHRASAL VERBS WITH "FILL": IN, OUT & UP

 This video explains the differences in the confusing uses of phrasal verbs with FILL and three possible combinations IN, OUT & UP.

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EXPRESSING PURPOSE & REASON. INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE

These charts show the different ways to express Purpose & Reason in English. 

You can also also ask: 

WHAT'S the AIM / PURPOSE / POINT OF something? 

WHAT'S something FOR? 

EXPRESSING CONTRAST

LINKING WORDS

Two basic charts summarising connectors by their meanings.

TALKING ABOUT THE PAST

Video-lesson:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2020!

 This weekend would see the Halloween celebrations. But as many other celebrations this year, it'll have to be differently: carefully, following the advice of social distancing, hygiene and responsibility.

Put a mask on your pumpkin! Enjoy carefully!

- Link to other previous Halloweens @ ClickOnEnglish

IMPERSONAL PASSIVE

 

Link to PASSIVE BASICS

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUBJECT & OBJECT QUESTIONS

Remember the majority of questions are object ones, so in English you'll have to use an auxiliary verb and follow the pattern. [ENGLISH QUESTION PATTERN]

Subject questions are less common, they ask about who has done the action and they are the same as a typical question in Spanish, with no auxiliary verb needed.

GIVING ADVICE WITH "HAD BETTER" vs "SHOULD" / "OUGHT TO"

 

"HAD BETTER" also written "'D BETTER" is used to express strong advice. Below the difference with "SHOULD" and "OUGHT TO"

ASKING & GIVING ADVICE. [CONFUSING 'ADVICE' vs 'ADVISE']

CONFUSING: 'WIN' vs 'GAIN' vs EARN

 

All three verbs have the same meaning in Spanish ('ganar') but there's a different in usage.

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To these three verbs we can also add: BEAT which has the meaning of winning against an opponent

BACK TO SCHOOL 2020: QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS

 Here are the results of the questionnaire "BACK TO SCHOOL 2020" that was asked in a previous post on this blog at the beginning of this year's course.

-  HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT COMING BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN?

27 feel happy and good

11 feel strange

8 wanted to start school again

6 nervous

6 scared

4 insecure

4 needed to have a routine again

- HOW DID YOU FEEL DURING THE QUARANTINE?

20 stressed and bad

17 well

8 had difficulty to concentrate

8 lost routine & study habits

7 found it complicated to work from home

6 found it easier to work from home

5 bored

- USEFUL TIPS FROM THE COVID ADVICE VIDEO

39 to set a routine and schedule to work at home

6 follow the safety regulations

4 clean a lot

- WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS IN ENGLISH NOW?

19 improve speaking & pronunciation

13 revise grammar

11 practice writing

7 review everything

6 revise verb tenses

4 improve vocabulary

- WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES IN ENGLISH?

28 to improve

8 to get good marks

5 to learn more

5 to pass

JOAQUÍN, THE "ALMA MATER" OF "RAFAEL DIESTE" IN MEMORIAM

 So sad to announce that today, Joaquín, the all-time caretaker of our school has passed away. The historical member of community, who had been the caretaker from the very first day the school opened and also lived at the school. RIP.

GETTING READY FOR GOING BACK TO COVID TIME SCHOOLS

 Finally this weeks sees us all going back to school. Here's a video with some tips to prepare for this year's weird comeback. After the video you have a questionnaire to answer with your opinions about studying during quarantine, this year's school comeback and your views about what you need to do in English. I'd like all my students to take part in the questionnaire and send it back to me, so I can see how things are. Thanks. The results of the questionnaire will be shown on another post.

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At the beginning of another school year with many doubts and questions, what we surely know for certain is that until things get back to normal, if they ever do, we won't have subject classrooms any more. The students of a group will stay in their classrooms and the teachers will be going to them.

The picture shows what my subject classroom (ING3) had on the wall board with projects my students had done over the years. As this won't be my only classroom, the works have been all taken down and this post is a way to remember them.

Hope we'll be able to go back to this classroom system again some day.

This year I'll be teaching two 4th ESO groups, two 1st BAC groups and two 2nd BAC groups. Hopefully I'll already know a majority of students as we've worked together last year, so I'll already know how you are in English, which will help a lot when dealing with the new course.

Due to last term's lockdown, there will be changes in the order of lessons in some courses (1st BAC) to make sure we study things we didn't do in the last course. In 2nd BAC the book already puts in earlier lessons things that weren't seen in 1st BAC this last course.

Email contact: ramoneirateaching@gmail.com

Link to online videosessions: https://eduxunta.webex.com/meet/neirten

"ClickOnEnglish" TURNS 11!

Another September 13th. It's the eleventh September we continue clicking on English. 

STAY SAFE AVOIDING THE 3 C's

END OF 2019-20 SCHOOL YEAR

Today's the end of this strange crazy 2019-20 school year, although real classes have been off since March 13th. But that doesn't mean we haven't been busy. Most of us have been working a lot and adapting to a new way of learning via emails, online meetings...

You'll all get your marks soon and depending on what you get, you'll have to consider what needs to be done to face next year with possibilities. It's going to be another course with adaptations. We finish this one not knowing for sure what the next one will really be like... Everything is uncertain at the moment. But it won't be like before, that's true.

Meanwhile, enjoy the summer holidays and take care keeping safe.

END OF ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE 2019-20 COURSE

This week sees the correction of the last assignments in all my Google Classroom groups, since it all began on March 18th.

It has been two and a half months submitting weekly tasks for each of my 6 groups.

This week there will also be the final video sessions to comment your doubts on the handed in exercises.

After I'll start working on the final marks of each of the students and will be sending them by email to all of those who have been working throughout the lockdown.