Posts Tagged ‘grammar’

Jean Rowan’s ‘New English Grammar’ &c

4 November 2023

@eugenio_fouz

Nov. 4th, 2023 (Sat.)

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democracia

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People are only just realising they’ve been wearing bras wrong their whole life

mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE HANDBOOKS

The book above, Jean Rowan‘s New English Grammar for Bachillerato (Burlington Books), seems to be one of the most useful handbooks for Spanish teachers of English.

The manual refers also to Thomson & Martinet´s, Quirk’s and Michael Swan’s.

Another great manual, Jean EGGENSCHWILER´S Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style. Cliffnotes. Hungry Minds. New York, 2001

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Class in progress

drive.google.com/E.F/class.in.progress

#PDF

@YouTube, 4:41 mins.

Juan Luis Guerra, Burbujas de amor

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English A1 levels, handwriting, delete & unfollow

19 March 2023

twitter: @eugenio_fouz

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How to write neatly …

@YouTube video, 5:50 m

Cómo suspender esta asignatura

drive.google.com/cómosuspenderestaasignatura/ef

r e c o r d a t o r i o

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@limitlessmindon

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@instagram, @wtongi

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Nivel de inglés A1

efset.org/es/cefr/a1/

Open English, A1

openenglish.es/blog/nivel-a1-ingles/

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sample: lesson 3 Headway

elt.oup.com/student/headway/

In a chemist´s 

-Everyday English-

elt.oup.com/student/headway/

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A1 Movers – ENGLISH LANGUAGE

cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-tests/movers/

Learning basic listenings

basicenglishspeaking.com/family/

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long read

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English language, trumpet, Masaka kids dance, sentences and words

12 April 2022

twitter: @eugenio_fouz

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englishlearnonline.com (translate sentences)

https://tinyurl.com/55xx7vnm

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sentences in English language

http://facultyweb.ivcc.edu/rrambo/eng1001/sentences.htm

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conjunctions, verbs, nouns (Englisch-Hilfen)

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/conjunctions.htm

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Blog on Business English (wordpress.com)

https://tinyurl.com/34tvbxj4

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50 examples of simple sentences

https://tinyurl.com/ycdd45aw

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learngrammardotnet

https://www.learngrammar.net/a/examples-of-sentence

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Masaka kids dance (@YouTube, 2:13 mins.)

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Foreign language teacher´s reminder / extras

28 January 2022

twitter: @eugenio_fouz

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Foreign language teacher
Reminder 28.1.2022

podcast discipline
cell phone / mp3 player
BBC co UK / podcasts

4 minute reads
bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/

1/ sample
bbc.co.uk/articles/9audiobooksforwinter

2/ sample
bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/thesecretlanguageofcults
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RADIO 4 / The Report
bbc.co.uk/programmes/theReport

reading + audio
EURONEWS
euronews.com/2022/01/15/sweden-redeploys-troops

https://tinyurl.com/2j3cjes4

#PDF

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EXTRAS

1/ albums

The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Neil Young, Lou Reed, Chicago, etc.

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2/ Newsbriefs (sample)

@news_briefs

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3/ be in the know

@Pinterest

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Extract from website: learningenglish-free.com

MODAL VERBS

By Admin | December 6, 2020
MODAL VERBS

‘A MODAL VERBS is a Type of Helping verb that is used to express ability, possibility, permission or obligation.

The use of Modal Verbs is determined by the meaning which the speaker whises to express abd the situation in which the verb is used.

List of Modal Verbs :

CAN

One of the most commonly use modals in English. It is used to express ideas, such as capacity, permission or request.

Examples :
She can swim. (capacity/ability)
You can go now. (permission)
Can you please help me? (request)
Can I do that for you? (offer)

COULD

It express possibility, past ability as well as suggestions and requests.
Examples :
Could you please clean the table after you’ve eaten? (request)
He could be waiting for us at the other entrance. (possibility)
The child lift the box. (ability)’

(…)

https://www.learningenglish-free.com

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Students´s stuff / reading books online

27 October 2021

twitter: @eugenio_fouz

paper dictionary

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Student´s stuff

1635085405186

book, notebook

ball pens, pencils

WORDS, PPA copies

oral assessment papers

voc. & gra syllabus

dictionary

cell phone (+charger)

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https://tinyurl.com/4rc9y8fe

#PDF

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I have read this handbook online a few days ago.

I was able not to read it on paper!

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AV / @moodle .-schedule for Business English 1

24 October 2021

twitter: @eugenio_fouz

1634025672579

 

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Captura de pantalla 2021-10-24 a las 22.07.21

https://tinyurl.com/7kz5ttbc

PPTx

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Captura de pantalla 2021-10-24 a las 22.06.56

https://tinyurl.com/5tvn8ayj

#PDF

vademecum: Sawyer, Clark, Truss, O´Conner and Randall

31 August 2021

twitter: @eugenio_fouz

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favourite

handbooks 

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1/ RANDALL, David. The Universal Journalist. London: Pluto Press, 2007

2/ CLARK, Roy Peter. The Art of X-Ray Reading: How the Secrets of 25 Great Works of Literature Will Improve Your Writing. Boston: Little Brown, 2016

3/ TRUSS, Lynn. EATS SHOOTS & LEAVES: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. London: Profile Books, 2003

4/ O´CONNER, Patricia T. Woe is I. The Grammarphobe´s Guide to Better English in Plain English. New York: Riverhead Books, 2019. 4th edition.

5/ SAWYER, Robert Keith. Explaining Creativity. The Science of Human Innovation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006

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E. Fouz.-31.8.2021
diss iii

1628974495195

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#PDF

https://tinyurl.com/ytztxdrw

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Dictionaries, stress & good habits of a foreign language teacher

6 December 2020

twitter: @eugenio_fouz

Take into account the importance of these 9 points

1#dictionaries (vocabulary learning plus some sentence examples)

*dictionary.com

**merriam-webster.com

***cambridge.org

2#listening to different types of audios (variety)

3#writing practice

4#video watching (@euronews, @YouTube)

5#learning how to mark stress on words, e.g :asset ignorant / illiterate

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asset

asset

as-et ]SHOW IPA

SEE SYNONYMS FOR asset ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a useful and desirable thing or quality: Organizational ability is an asset.

a single item of ownership having exchange value: Our summer home is an asset we’re not willing to sell.

(in intelligence) a person followed or spied upon to obtain information: as a participant in an operation, an asset may be consenting, forced, as by blackmail, or unaware of being used: It was a catalog of virtually every CIA asset within the Soviet Union. Compare confidential informant

assets,

  1. items of ownership convertible into cash; total resources of a person or business, as cash, notes and accounts receivable, securities, inventories, goodwill, fixtures, machinery, or real estate (opposed to liabilities).
  2. Accounting. the items detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to liabilities and capital.
  3. all property available for the payment of debts, especially of a bankrupt or insolvent firm or person.
  4. Law. property in the hands of an heir, executor, or administrator, that is sufficient to pay the debts or legacies of a deceased person.

link:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/asset?s=t

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ignorant

ignorant

 adjective

ig·​no·​rant | \ ˈig-n(ə-)rənt  \

Definition of ignorant

1a: destitute of knowledge or education an ignorant societyalso : lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified parents ignorant of modern mathematics 

b: resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or intelligence ignorant errors

2: UNAWAREUNINFORMED

Other Words from ignorant

ignorantly adverb

ignorantness noun

Synonyms & Antonyms for ignorant

Synonyms 

Antonyms 

Choose the Right Synonym for ignorant

IGNORANTILLITERATEUNLETTEREDUNTUTOREDUNLEARNED mean not having knowledge. IGNORANT may imply a general condition or it may apply to lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular thing.   an ignorantfool   ignorant of nuclear physics ILLITERATE applies to either an absolute or a relative inability to read and write.  much of the population is still illiterate UNLETTERED implies ignorance of the knowledge gained by reading.   an allusion meaningless to the unlettered UNTUTORED may imply lack of schooling in the arts and ways of civilization.   strange monuments built by an untutored people   UNLEARNEDsuggests ignorance of advanced subjects.   poetry not for academics but for the unlearned masses  

The Polite and Not-So-Polite Uses of Ignorant

Ignorant shares a root with the word ignore, one of those etymological connections which appear obvious once they are pointed out, yet remained overlooked by most. Both words come from the Latin ignorare (“to ignore, be ignorant of”). There are several meanings of ignorant, all of which are concerned with a lack of knowledge in some sense; some of these are more insulting than others, and care should be exercised before applying this word to people who you do not wish to offend. Saying “They were ignorant of most of the laws of physics” means that the people in question did not have a specific body of learning. Saying “You are an ignorant person” is possibly describing someone as primitive, crude, or uncivilized. 

Examples of ignorant in a Sentence

 … the World Series of the wild-card era is the pull of a slot-machine lever, a game of chance ignorant of form. Regularly populated now with second-place clubs or flavor-of-the-month teams more than dominant regular-season franchises …— Tom Verducci,  Sports Illustrated,  30 Oct. 2006That may be especially true for today’s … 13-year-olds, whose own moms and dads grew up largely ignorant of car seats, bike helmets, antibacterial soaps and childproof locks …— Nancy Gibbs,  Time,  8 Aug. 2005

link:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ignorant

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illiterate

illiterate

adjective

UK 

 /ɪˈlɪt.ər.ət/ US 

 /ɪˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ət/

unable to read and write: 

surprising percentage of the population is illiterate.

innumerate

knowing little or nothing about a particular subject

computer illiterate

financially/technologically illiterate

Synonyms

benighted literary

clueless informal

ignorant

unenlightened

uninformed

link:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/illiterate

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6#getting into the routine of listening to podcasts from the UK BBC, mainly (MP3 player, cell phone app, laptop)

7#getting into the habit of reading miscellaneous texts (Quora, news, literature, medium, tumblr, etcetera)

8#writing academic practice

9#always studying grammar

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E. Fouz.-6.12.2020

METHOD

#PDF

https://tinyurl.com/y24y659t

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English language-present simple tense

18 October 2020

twitter: @eugenio_fouz

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1/english4u: present simple

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar/present-simple.htm

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2/grammar.cl

https://www.grammar.cl/Present/Simple.htm

 

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3/ ef.com

https://www.ef.com/ca/english-resources/english-grammar/simple-present-tense/

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4/learningenglish.britishcouncil.org

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar-reference/present-simple

 

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5/englishpage.com

https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html

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Paul J. Silvia writes a guide on academic writing

18 July 2020

twitter: @eugenio_fouz

Paul J. Silvia, How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing. Washington DC: American Psychological Association, 2007

Think about your week: Are there some hours that are generally free every week? If you teach on Tuesdays and Thursdays, maybe Monday and Wednesday morn- ings are good times to write.” (Silvia, 2007), page 13

 

Paul J. Silvia recommends to set some specific, attainable objectives:

“_Write at least 200 words.
_Print the first draft I finished yesterday, read it, and revise it.
_Make a new list of project goals and write them on my whiteboard.
_Write the first three paragraphs of the general discussion.
_Add missing references and then reconcile the citations and references.
_Reread chapters 22 and 24 from Zinsser (2001) to recharge my writing batteries.
_Finish the “Setting Goals” section that I started yesterday.
_Brainstorm and then make an outline for a new manuscript.
_Reread the reviewers’ comments of my paper and make a list of things to change.
_Correct the page proofs and mail them back.”(page 32)

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There is a difference between writing academically and doing a first draft. See: “WRITE FIRST, REVISE LATER
Generating text and revising text are distinct parts of writing-don’t do both at once. The goal of text generation is to throw confused, wide-eyed words on a page; the goal of text revision is to scrub the words clean so that they sound nice and make sense.”(page 75)

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