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Blaming is draining. Complaining is draining. Explaining is draining. We
don’t have enough inner plumbing for all that draining.
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There must be plenty of
ideas about how to teach modal verbs. During my fifteen years as an EFL
teacher/Professor, I have been dealing with lots of groups in which I was (still
am) supposed to teach modal verbs.
Thinking about the many possible
ways of introducing this grammar point, I decided to write some entries on how
to teach modal verbs in English.
A great deal of teachers introduce
such grammatical points, especially when it comes to obligation and permission,
by talking about laws, rules, regulations in many different places (countries,
cities, etc.).
For example, you can show
the students some pictures of schools and just say “you have to stay at school
until you are 18” or “You don’t have to go to school after you are 21”.
It is also possible to
invent some stories (students love story telling) telling your students to look
at the pictures below and create a dialogue or something like that.
A: I think it might be a(n)…
B: No, it is not. It has to
be a…
Another possible way of
talking about modal verbs in English is by asking students to search for crazy
laws in some countries and ask them to describe the laws by using the modal verbs
(should, must, have to).
After that, divide the
students into three (or more) groups and ask them to discuss their crazy laws.
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“Everyone loves jokes. They can be an invaluable
source of entertainment and an excellent vehicle for presenting language in
context and promoting genuine communication while having a laugh. As follows,
we describe some useful techniques for exploiting jokes in class. Next, a
number of TEFL-appropriate jokes are included and sorted by level.”
How to use jokes in the ESL or ELT Classroom: (Link
here)
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Recently a teacher, a
garbage collector, and a lawyer wound up together at the Pearly Gates. St.
Peter informed them that in order to get into Heaven, they would each have to
answer one question.
St. Peter addressed the
teacher and asked, "What was the name of the ship that crashed into the
iceberg? They just made a movie about it."
The teacher answered
quickly, "That would be the Titanic." St. Peter let him through the
gate.
St. Peter turned to the
garbage man and, figuring Heaven didn't *really* need all the odors that this
guy would bring with him, decided to make the question a little harder:
"How many people died on the ship?"
Fortunately for him, the
trash man had just seen the movie. "1,228," he answered.
"That's right! You may
enter."
St. Peter turned to the
lawyer. "Name them."
Vocabulary
Help
answer - responder
bring (bring, brought, brought) - trazer
crash - bater
die - morrer
garbage collector - lixeiro
heaven - paraíso
in order to - de forma a
lawyer - advogado
little harder - mais difícil
make (make, made, made) - fazer
movie - filme
name them - me dê os nomes
need - precisar
Pearly gates - portais do céu
quickly - rapidamente
see (see, saw, seen) - ver
ship - navio
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You can’t get rich from a hospital bed. Or a grave. Move every day,
sleep well, eat well.
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So you want a
day off. Let's take a look at what you are asking for. There are 365 days per
year available for work. There are 52 weeks per year in which you already have
2 days off per week, leaving 261 days available for work. Since you spend 16
hours each day away from work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days
available. You spend 30 minutes each day on coffee break which counts for 23
days each year, leaving only 68 days available. With a 1 hour lunch each day,
you used up another 46 days, leaving only 22 days available for work. You
normally spend 2 days per year on sick leave. This leaves you only 20 days per
year available for work. We are off 5 holidays per year, so your available
working time is down to 15 days. We generously give 14 days vacation per year
which leaves only 1 day available for work and I'll be darned if you are going
to take that day off!
Vocabulary
Help
available -
disponível
away from work - fora do trabalho
day off -
dia de folga
sick leave -
licença médica
spend
(spend, spent, spent) - gastar
take a look
- dar uma olhada
Enviado por: Rubens Queiroz de
Almeida
“Everyone loves
jokes. They can be an invaluable source of entertainment and an excellent
vehicle for presenting language in context and promoting genuine communication
while having a laugh. As follows, we describe some useful techniques for
exploiting jokes in class. Next, a number of TEFL-appropriate jokes are
included and sorted by level.”
How to use jokes in the ESL
or ELT Classroom: (Link
here)
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Mistakes are the spell books of success. Study them hard. Learn their
incantations. When muscles tear they rebuild stronger.
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