English learning log
Graffiti: art or vandalism
https://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20131009-paris-temporary-street-art-temple?OCID=fbtvl
Health
Summer jobs and your future career
Each summer during July the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace open to the public for approximately ten weeks.
A team of approximately 350 temporary staff is recruited each year to welcome over 400,000 visitors from around the world to The Queen’s London home.
https://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalHousehold/WorkingfortheRoyalHousehold/SummerJobs/Overview.aspx
So you enjoy working with kids, like to be outdoors and are wondering what you can do this summer for work. Well maybe a camp job is worth considering since summer camps hire thousands of teens and older students each summer to work as counselors, staff-in-training, activity specialists, kitchen staff, office workers and groundskeepers.
https://jobsearch.about.com/od/summercampjobs/a/how-to-find-a-summer-camp-job.htm
Get paid to work in America
- Return flights to the US & travel to camp
- J1 Visa paperwork & assistance
- Up to 90 days comprehensive medical insurance
- Pocket money from camp
- Accommodation & meals provided by camp
- 24-hour support service while in the US
- The summer of your lifetime.
https://www.campleaders.com/gb/
What's your summer dream job?
https://www.testq.com/careers/quizzes/85-whats-your-summer-dream-job
The world's best summer job? Lucky student lands position travelling the globe as a WATER SLIDE TESTER
- Leeds student Seb Smith beat competition from 2,000 applicants
- He will spend six months visiting First Choice resorts around the world
- 'I'm absolutely over the moon to be chosen,' he said today
My future career
https://www.myfuture.edu.au/MiniCareerExplorer/index.html
My future career - a sample essay
My Future Career
Chelsea Riley
ENG 121: English Composition II
Michelle Pinkard
May 29, 2010
My Future Career
I have had problems deciding which career field I would like to go into. I have to admit that I haven't really researched the two careers that seem to suit me. I have been looking into Human Resources and Child Development. I know these are two completely different careers, but they are both something I think I would enjoy. I have found all the pros and cons of each career and hopefully I will be able to choose which one I want to do soon.
The first career I am going to talk about and share my information with you is the Human Resources career field. I have done a lot of researching and have found a lot of information on this career. There are definitely good things and bad things about any career, and fortunately I have found a lot of good things in this career. I have also found a lot of information about this career that I did not know before.
I have found that Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who comprise the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations ( Human Resources, 2010). I have also noted that you can find a Human Resources job almost anywhere. This job is available in hospitals, retail environment, and there are also human resource jobs available within the city work field.
While researching the Human Resources career, I have learned about the background of the career. The use of the term 'human resources' by organizations to describe the workforce capacity available to devote to the achievement of its strategies has drawn upon concepts developed in Industrial Psychology and System Theory. The original usage derives from political economy and economics, where it was traditionally called labor, one of four factors of production– although this perspective has shifted as a consequence of further ongoing research into... [continues]
Learning a Language Will Change your Life for Good | Christopher McCormick | TEDxPhnomPenh
The Great Communicators
We can communicate with other people in many different ways. We can talk and write, and we can send messages with our hands and faces. There is also the phone (including the mobile!), the fax, and e-mail. Television, film, painting, and photography can also communicate ideas.
Animals have ways of exchanging information, too. Bees dance and tell other bees where to find food. Elephants make sounds that humans can't hear. Whales sing songs. Monkeys use their faces to show anger and love.
But this is nothing compared to what people can do. We have language – about 6000 languages, in fact. We can write poetry, tell jokes, make promises, explain, persuade, tell the truth, or tell lies. And we have a sense of past and future, not just present.
Communication technologies were very important in the development of all the great societies:
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Around 2900 BC, paper and hieroglyphics transformed Egyptian life.
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The ancient Greeks loved the spoken word. They were very good at public speaking, drama and philosophy.
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The Romans developed a unique system of government that depended on the Roman alphabet.
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In the 14th century, the printing press helped develop new ways of thinking across Europe.
Radio, film and television have had a huge influence on society in the last hundred years. And now we have the Internet, which is infinite. But what is this doing to us? We can give and get a lot of information very quickly. But there is so much information that it is difficult to know what is important and what isn't. Modern media is changing our world every minute of every day.
Languages of the world - Interesting facts about languages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/guide/languages.shtml
Language learning tips:
http://www.omniglot.com/language/
Are children really better at foreign language learning?
It’s the classic ‘old dog, new tricks’ excuse. Many adult learners, in fits of frustration, will claim that adults are simply poor at languages. They say children have more porous minds, better memories, and more adaptability. I’m sorry to report, it’s a myth.
EUROCALL
http://www.eurocall-languages.org/
http://www.zompist.com/whylang.html
Languages: we're learning them in the wrong way
http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/09/languages-were-learning-them-wrong-way
Almost all human beings acquire a language (and sometimes more than one), to the level of native competency, before age 5. How do children accomplish this remarkable feat in such a short amount of time?
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/linguistics/learn.jsp
How do you become fluent in 11 languages?
Twenty-year-old Alex Rawlings has won a national competition to find the UK's most multi-lingual student.
The Oxford University undergraduate can currently speak 11 languages - English, Greek, German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Afrikaans, French, Hebrew, Catalan and Italian.
Entrants in the competition run by the publishers Collins had to be aged between 16 and 22 and conversant in multiple languages.
Alex drew on all his skills to tell BBC News about his passion for learning languages and how he came to speak so many.
Produced by the BBC's Susannah Reid.
How to speak English well?
https://blog.talaera.com/idioms-communication
https://www.greatspeech.co/communication-quiz/
https://takelessons.com/blog/language-facts-z14
https://englishexam.blog.hu/2021/10/12/reading_comprehension_fill_in_the_gaps_377
DESCRIBE YOUR SCHOOL
Topics for the final exams:
https://eduline.hu/erettsegi_felveteli/2012/6/11/Angol_szobeli_erettsegi_tetelek_2012_2HRWM3
Talking about the weather - Learn English Quickly with Free English Conversations
http://iteslj.org/questions/weather.html
WEATHER EXPRESSIONS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0N-4spJDw0
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/ask_about_english/081007/
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quiznet/pdfs/qnet_206_weather_vocab.pdf
WEATHER AND NATURAL DISASTERS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p26O_GvX0I#t=27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p26O_GvX0I
AUTUMN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js0BtV7_Eyw
WINTER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMiUqSqbS2A&list=PL517E45C288B247FD
Why Summer is my Favorite Season of the Year (sample essay)
My favorite year is summer. It is because the weather is warm, the school is closed, and there is infinite pleasure. It's a perfect atmosphere for outdoor activities so I really like the warm weather. My favorite part of the summer is the fact that the school has been closed for two months. In summer, you can do whatever you need, instead of worrying about night excursions or getting up early. In summer it is a perfect time to relax with friends and family, so you can sunbathe at the beach and have dinner together.
It's summer! Summer is my favorite season! We are always outside! We went for a walk, we played more balls, my mother walked barefoot on the beach! This is my favorite, favorite, and favorite time. Summer gives me confidence trying out new adventures. This is what I can do for the summer (why I prefer it):
My favorite year is summer. It is because the weather is warm, the school is closed, and there is infinite pleasure. It's a perfect atmosphere for outdoor activities so I really like the warm weather. My favorite part of the summer is the fact that the school has been closed for two months. In summer, you can do whatever you need, instead of worrying about night excursions or getting up early. - As a young student in India, every June, on the first day of school, I was always asked to write an article titled "How do you spend your summer vacation?" My teacher will say "Be fun." I think that recalculating my reading on Nancy Drew is not a "fun" condition. My detailed explanation is not about making paper straws and trying to bubble with glycerin solution. Therefore, I always do a similar visit to an exotic place like Poona.
Summer is the hottest season in a year, but thanks to the long holiday, the children are having a lot of fun. This is a very fun and pleasant season because they have swimming, hilly areas, ice cream and the opportunity to eat their favorite fruits. They enjoy long-term study during summer vacation. We offered several articles on summer vacation, with different word restrictions, to help students assigned by teachers write paragraphs and complete papers on this topic, with different word restrictions. You can choose a summer passage or paper according to your need and requirements.
Summer is one of the four seasons. Although it is the hottest season in a year, children like summer vacation, but summer vacation can be enjoyed in various ways. In the summer, the rotation axis of the earth tilts toward the sun during annual rotation around the sun. In the summer it brings very hot and dry weather (Mediterranean) and rain (East Asia due to the weather). Depending on the location, from spring to summer, storms and thunderstorms (especially hail, strong winds, tornadoes occurring) are very common.
Where do you live/2
WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Study English - Series 3, Episode 17: Talking about Festivals & Celebrations
http://iteslj.org/questions/christmas.html
http://iteslj.org/questions/christmas.html
On New Year's Eve, people traditionally take a shower in the fountains in Trafalgar Square! The Christmas tree is an annual gift from Norway.
http://iteslj.org/questions/newyearday.html
On 14th of February, St. Valentine's Day, many people send a card to the one they love or someone whom they have fallen in love with. People usually don't sign these cards and a lot of time is spent guessing who has sent them!
Ash Wednesday is the day in February when the Christian period of Lent begins. This refers to the time when Chris went into the desert and fasted for forty days. Although not many people actually give up eating during this period, on Pancake Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, they eat lots of pancakes. These are made from flou, milk and eggs, and fried in a hot pan. Some towns also hold pancake races on that day. People run thhough the streets holding a frying pan and throwing the pancake in the air. Of course if they drop the pancake they lose the race.
At Easter time, the British celebrate the idea of new birth by giving each other chocolate Easter eggs which are opened and eaten on Easter Sunday. On Good Friday bakers sell hot cross buns, which are toasted and eaten with butter. Easter Monday is a holiday and many people travel to the seaside for the day or go and watch one of the many sporting events, such as football or horse-racing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1458_easter
As summer comes, Britain likes to celebrate the end of the winter. Much of this celebration is connected with dancing, which is performed to encourage life and growth and to drive away harmful spirits. Children may be seen dancing round the Maypole on village greens, weaving their brightly coloured scarves into a beautiful pattern. Morris men dance all day long on 1st May, waving their white handkerchiefs to drive away the evil spirits and welcome in the new ones.
Halloween means “holy evening”, and takes place on October 31st. Although it is a much more important festival in the United States than Britain, it is celebrated by many people in the UK. It is particularly connected with witches and ghosts.
At parties people dress up in strange costumes and pretend they are witches. They cut horrible faces in pumpkins and other vegetables and put a candle inside, which shines through the eyes. People may play difficult games such as trying to eat an apple from a bucket of water without using their hands.
In recent years children dressed in white sheets knock on doors at Halloween and ask if you would like a “trick” or “treat”. If you give them something nice, a “treat”, they go away. However, if you don’t, they play a “trick” on you, such as making a lot of noise or spilling flour on your front doorstep!
Guy Fawkes Night
In 1605 King James I was on the throne. As a Protestant, he was very unpopular with Roman Catholics. Some of them planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament on 5th November of that year, when the King was going to open Parliament. Under the House of Lords they had stored thirty-six barrels of gun powder, which were to be exploded by a man called Guy Fawkes. However one of the plotters spoke about these plans and Fawkes was discovered, arrested and later hanged. Since that day the British traditionally celebrate 5th November by burning a dummy, made of straw and old clothes, on a bonfire, whilst at the same time letting off fireworks.
This dummy is called a 'guy' (like Guy Fawkes) and children can often be seen on the pavements before 5th November saying, 'Penny for the guy.' If they collect enough money they can buy some fireworks.
If you try to catch a train, a bus or an airplane on December 24th, you may have difficulty in finding a seat. This is the day when many people are traveling home to be with their families on Christmas Day, December 25th. For most British families, this is the most important festival of the year, it combines the Christian celebration of the birth of Christ with the traditional festivities of winter.
On Sunday before Christmas many churches hold a carol service where special hymns are sung. Sometimes carol-singers can be heard on the streets as they collect money for charity. Most families decorate their houses with brightly-colored paper, and they usually have a Christmas tree in the corner of the front room, glittering with colored lights and decorations.
There are a lot of traditions connected with Christmas, but perhaps the most important one is the giving of presents. Family members wrap up their gifts and leave them at the bottom of the Christmas tree to be found on Christmas morning. Small children believe that their gifts come from Santa Claus. Their parents tell them that Santa Claus lives in the North Pole and, on the night before Christmas, he travels the world in a sled pulled by reindeer. He goes down the chimneys of houses to leave gifts only for children who have been good. At some time on Christmas Day, the family will sit down to a big turkey dinner followed by desserts specially prepared for the occasion.
Later in the afternoon, they may watch the Queen on television as she delivers her traditional Christmas message to the United Kingdom. If they have room for even more food they may enjoy a piece of Christmas cake. December 26th is also a public holiday, and this is the time to visit friends and relatives or be a spectator at one of the many sporting events.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1120_christmas
Susan Sheerin, Jonathan Seath, Gillian White: Spotlight on Britain; Oxford University Press, 1985
