SALMAN KHAN, THE 2019 PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Today October 18th 2019, Salman Khan receives in Oviedo the 2019 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. Salman Khan appears on our current 1ºBAC textbook  in an interview about his online education project The Khan Academy (page 89, unit on Education).

More info about him and the award in these links below:

- THE KHAN ACADEMY

- THE PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Videos:
LET'S TEACH FOR MASTERY

KHAN ACADEMY: THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION?

ENGLISH QUESTION PATTERN

ENGLISH QUESTION PATTERN

(Qword) + AUX.VB + subject + MAIN VERB +... ...(prep)?                                           DO (simple tenses) + infinitive                                           BE (continuous tenses) + -ing form                                           BE (passive tenses) + past participle                                           HAVE (perfect tenses) + past participle                                           HAVE (possession) + GOT                                           MODAL verbs + infinitive

Only exception, when asking for a subject. No auxiliary verb is needed: Who wrote “Hamlet”? Shakespeare did. How many people came to the party? 20 people came.

- Check you know all the question words at this previous post on this blog HERE.

ENGLISH VERB TENSE PATTERNS

SIMPLE TENSES

Affirmative Present Verb from without any change. Except 3rd person singular (HE/SHE/IT): verb form + -(E)S Past Regular verbs: verb form + -ED Irregular verbs: second column of irregular verb list.

Negative Present We need auxiliary verb: DO+NOT (DON'T) + verb form Except 3rd person singular (HE/SHE/IT): DOES+NOT (DOESN'T) + verb form Past We need auxiliary verb in the past: DID+NOT (DIDN'T) + verb form

Interrogative We need auxiliary verb: DO + subject + verb form? We need auxiliary verb in the past: DID + subject + verb form?

CONTINUOUS TENSES

Affirmative BE (in any tense) + -ING form of verb

Negative BE NOT (in any tense) + -ING form of verb

Interrogative BE (in any tense) + subject + -ING form of verb

PERFECT TENSES

Affirmative HAVE (in any tense) + PAST PARTICIPLE (reg: -ED / irreg: 3rd column verb list)

Negative HAVE NOT (in any tense) + PAST PARTICIPLE (reg: -ED / irreg: 3rd column verb list)

Interrogative HAVE (in any tense) + subject + PAST PARTICIPLE (reg: -ED / irreg: 3rd column verb list)

MODAL VERBS

Affirmative MODAL VERB + verb form in infinitive (without to)*

Negative MODAL VERB+NOT + verb form in infinitive (without to)*

Interrogative MODAL VERB + subject + verb form in infinitive (without to)*

* except OUGHT TO and some semimodals: HAVE TO / BE ABLE TO

PASSIVE TENSES

Affirmative BE (in any tense) + PAST PARTICIPLE (reg: -ED / irreg: 3rd column verb list)

Negative BE NOT (in any tense) + PAST PARTICIPLE (reg: -ED / irreg: 3rd column verb list)

Interrogative BE (in any tense) + subject + PAST PARTICIPLE (reg: -ED / irreg: 3rd column verb list)

#FRIDAYSFORFUTURE @ 'RAFAEL DIESTE'

As it had been announced, today Friday September 27th, our school gathered for @FRIDAYSFORFUTURE, together with others, following the call for a four-minute-fifteen- second protest demonstration, to show our awareness towards climate change and global warming.

Galician version of this post @ RafaelDiesteBlog & ArquivosDoTrasno.

WHO'S GRETA THUNBERG?

Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old Swedish student who one day school striked for a week to protest against the Swedish government and its inactivity against global warming.

But how did all this start? Before August 20th last year, Thunberg went to school like most Stockholm teenagers. Some things had happened in Sweden during that summer that woke something up in her and she thought she had to do something about it. Sweden had been affected by a heat wave which had brought 50 forest fires burning 20.000 hectares.

So on August 20th, instead of going to school she stood in front of the Swedish Parliament and said she wouldn't go back until she was heard. Since then she has become known worldwide. Last Tuesday she gave a speech at the Climate Awareness Summit in the United Nations in New York.

Video: Greta Thunberg @ UN New York 23/Sept/19:

Link to more on Greta Thunberg & Climate Change @ ArquivosDoTrasno.

WELCOME BACK! SCHOOL YEAR 2019-20

Another school year of classes kicks off today... Day to meet old friends, new class mates, some known and some unknown teachers... New books, new timetable... New possibilities...

Good luck to you all!

CELEBRATING CLICKONENGLISH's 10th ANNIVERSARY!

On another September 13th, we're celebrating another anniversary of this blog, but this year it's a special one: it's the tenth anniversary of 'ClickOnEnglish'. 

Ten years posting information on English learning, English-speaking countries, English related culture together with our school activities: projects, works and exchange trips.

Hope we can keep on with the job and that you'll follow.
This is how it all started, the first post:

STARTING OFF A NEW COURSE: 2009-2010

We're about to start a new course. This course 2009-2010, we want to make this blog be a relevant teaching tool. A place where you will be able to find help, practice, and an opportunity to use, see, read, listen to English in context in a meaningful way. It starts as an experiment... let's see where we get to. Good luck to all!

50 YEARS OF PRIDE

On June 28, LGBTIQA Pride Day is commemorated worldwide. The march known as "Pride" is an exhibition of colours. However its origin is born among riots. The march seeks to claim their rights and celebrate diversity,

This year sees the 50th anniversary of the riots that happened on June 28 at the Stonewall Inn in New York. In 1969 the different sexual orientations were considered as a mental illness. In addition, in many cases people were arrested for "public indecency".

Video:

REMEMBERING OUR CONVERSATION ASSISTANTS

On the day we say goodbye to this year's conversation assistant, we also want to remember the previous who have been teaching our students ever since we started our Bilingual & Plurilingual Programmes. Thanks to all of them wherever they are now.

Joshua DeYoung (USA)

 (school year 2018-19 & 2019-20. Fulbright programme)

Ben Davidson (USA)

 (school year 2017-18. Fulbright programme)

Laura Oxenreiter (USA)

(school year 2016-17)

Byron Santi (USA)

(school year 2015-16)

Tom Pazo (USA)

(school years 2013-14 & 2014-15)

Paul Behrend (USA)

 (school years 2011-12 & 2012-13)

Sarah Needham (UK)

(third term in school year 2010-11) 

(school year 2010-11) + another Canadian girl called Nicole

 

Kasia (UK)

(school year 2008-09 & 2009-10)

Rose (from UK)

(school year 2007-2008)

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS! (EUROPEAN HOLIDAY MAPS)

Today's our last day of school this course. Congratulations to all who have done well in the exams! Good luck for those who have to resit in September! Meanwhile, enjoy the summer holidays!

We close down for this season.

Holiday maps: how many weeks do school holidays last throughout Europe?
Check this map to see Summer Holiday duration in each European country:

The following map shows the total week holidays of the whole school year in each country:

BREAKING UP WITH SPANISH STEREOTYPES

Our Conversation Assistant for this course, Joshua DeYoung, has prepared a video breaking up Spanish stereotypes. 

The idea of the video is to show American students, who could possibly visit Spain, that the image they might of the country through its stereotypes (flamenco, paellas and bullfighting) doesn't fit in with what they'll actually find in different parts of the real country. The video is part of his own personal project to prepare a survival guide for American students visiting Spain. The video means to be a trailer of this guide.
Joshua appears in it, too.

Video:

 

'WHICH?' vs 'WHAT?'

+ INFO on questions with 'WHAT?'

BE THE NICE KID!

THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Here's a mind-map of the historical evolution of the English language.

More information about the Great Vowel Shift (before and after 1500).

BLOOMSDAY

Bloomsday celebrates the date in which James Joyce's "Ulises" novel takes place: June 16th. It comes from the name of its main character Leopold Bloom, who on that day of 1904 travelled around Dublin in the novel. The book tells about what happens that only day. It's said that Joyce chose this day because it was the anniversary of the first time he dated with who would be his wife, Nora Barnacle. Joyce's fans get dressed up in costumes of the time during the Bloomsday Festivals (held every year between 11th & 16th June).

INDEFINTE ARTICLE - A(N)

+ info on 'A(N)'

DEFINITE ARTICLE - THE

+ info on 'THE'

WHERE DO NEW WORDS COME FROM?

Presenting a video that explains where new words come from into the English language.

Video:

PLURAL SPELLING RULES

This chart shows the basic spelling rules for plural formation of nouns in English.

For complete information on how to make the plural of nouns, click HERE to go to a previous post in this blog.

PREPOSITION 'ON' + DAYS & DATES

Basic: preposition ON + day of week or date, but with no article.