English For Pleasure

Этот пост посвящается моей второй попытке устроиться в Skyeng на вакансию "Учитель-методист - Kids".

ТЗ было следующим - разработать урок на 30 минут для дошкольников 5 - 6 лет.

После первой попытки, спустя несколько дней, я связался с преподавателем из Skyeng, с которой мы давно знакомы, рассказал свою историю, и она меня стала уговаривать пройти отбор на вакансию «Преподаватель». Вкратце написала мне в письме, что собой представляет собеседование и я начал подготовку. Я обычно основательно готовлюсь к таким мероприятиям, и уходит много времени, одна-две недели точно. Да еще начались онлайн-мероприятия (Autumn Skyteach Conference, Macmillan онлайн-конференция, вебинары от разных издательств), в которых мне очень интересно было принять участие. Так незаметно и время прошло.

05 ноября 2017 (Четверг) года получаю от своей коллеги сообщение, в котором она спрашивает, есть ли подвижки со Skyeng, на что я ответил, что начал подготовку к собеседованию, но приостановился пока из-за мероприятий, которые проходят.

17 ноября 2017 года (Пятница) я получаю от нее снова сообщение с очередным предложением пройти отбор, на этот раз на вакансию «Методист-Учитель – Kids». Читаю ТЗ и приступаю к его выполнению.

19 ноября 2017 года (Воскресенье) отправляю задание на электронный адрес, который указан в ТЗ. Где-то около 12.00 или чуть позже.

20 ноября 2017 года (Понедельник) получаю в 10.30 ответ от Контент-продюсера школы Skyeng Kids:

Владислав, здравствуйте!

Спасибо за отклик и своевременное выполнение тестового задания.

Направила его нашему главному методисту. Вернусь с обратной связью 22.11.

Скажите, пожалуйста, у вас был опыт проведения уроков по скайпу?

Пишу ответ, в котором благодарю за возможность пройти отбор и желаю всего доброго, отвечаю на вопрос. Опыт проведения уроков по скайпу у меня был небольшой, с подростками.

Обратите, внимание, пожалуйста, с какой категорией детей я работал по скайпу, не спрашивается.

21 ноября 2017 года (Вторник)

В начале 12-го или 11.35 – письмо от Контент-продюсера школы Skyeng Kids:

Владислав, здравствуйте!

Получила обратную связь от главного методиста.

Спасибо за выполненное в срок по договоренности задание.

Один нюанс – нам важно, чтобы курс весь был на английском, и речь учителя в том числе, для погружения в языковую среду, даже с начинающими. Мы принимаем работы сегодня ещё до 19, если у вас будет возможность оперативно поправить – будет здорово!

Я думаю, в этот раз должно повезти, и приступаю к корректировке плана-конспекта занятия для детей 5 – 6 лет. В 18.43 я его отправляю.

22 – 23 ноября 2017 года (Среда, четверг) – писем нет

24 ноября 2017 года (Пятница)

17.13 – результат:

Владислав, здравствуйте!

Спасибо за выполненное задание и оперативную корректировку. У вас получился отличный урок. Вы один из немногих, смелый и современный учитель.

На данный момент выбрали кандидата, у которого больший опыт в работе с малышами 5-и лет по скайпу. Будем иметь вас в виду и, как только откроется подходящая вакансия, обратимся к вам. Будем на связи.

Благодарю за участие и отклик!

Обратите внимание, пожалуйста, урок – отличный, а выбрали другого кандидата.

Как так?

Пишу ответ в 17.34:

Добрый день, …!

У меня к Вам несколько вопросов и попрошу Вас, пожалуйста, не игнорировать ответ на них:

• Как может набраться опыта учитель в работе с малышами, если Вы даже не даете ему шанс попробовать свои силы?
  
• Каковы параметры отбора на вакансию? Только по плану-конспекту и все?
  

Спасибо Вам за возможность попробовать мои силы!

Данный материал попрошу Вас не использовать в Вашей школе.

Всего доброго!

Владислав

И в 17.41 – заключительно письмо от Контент-продюсера школы Skyeng Kids:

Владислав, да, Ваши материалы мы не будем использовать.

Когда я буду готовить специалистов для работы с детьми 5 – 9 лет, я обязательно организую и пробы, и обучение.

На данный момент, для методиста и тех задач, что перед ним стоят, важен был опыт работы именно с детьми 5 – 9 лет по скайпу.

И вам всего доброго!

Еще раз спасибо за отклик!

Не получив конкретного ответа, пишу ответ с просьбой в следующий раз указывать в ТЗ, что конкретно должно быть в резюме.

Мне вот до сих пор не понятно, почему в этот раз я снова потерпел неудачу. Меня до глубины души задели фразы «Урок у вас получился отличным. На данный момент мы нашли кандидата…». Данный материал у меня до отправки проверялся учителем с высшей категорией, которая на протяжении 15 лет работает только с дошкольниками, и с ее стороны ко мне претензий почти не было. Единственное только – она указала на русскую речь и комментарии, но я ведь внес корректировки после того, как меня попросили доработать.

Эх, давно не писал на форуме в блогах и вот все-таки решился написать несколько слов о моих попытках устроиться в компанию "Skyeng" на вакансии "Специалист по созданию учебных материалов" и "Учитель-методист - Kids". Оба раза, к сожалению, получились неудачными. Если у кого-то есть положительный опыт, то, пожалуйста, напишите в комментариях к посту.

08 сентября 2017 года (Пятница)

14.30 примерно, честно говоря, не помню, а отправленное письмо уже удалил, пишу на электронный адрес Skyeng, который указан на сайте study@skyeng.ru.

Спустя некоторое время (15.20) получаю ответ от HR- ассистента (HR-Assistant):

Добрый день!

Благодарим за проявленный интерес к нашей компании и позиции Специалист по созданию учебных материалов.

Данная вакансия предполагает выполнение тестового задания.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XCH4bXJzcBVGg7l5tZxcssSxs9eSzwIvGnJHpvHvW8g/edit

Срок выполнения тестового задания: 48 часов с момента получения данного письма.

К ответному письму просим прикрепить Ваше резюме.

Желаем Вам успехов!

Обратите, пожалуйста, внимание, что какие пункты в резюме нужно указать, не написано. Обычно некоторые работодатели говорят, что необходимо и, по их мнению, важно отразить в резюме.

09 сентября 2017 года (Суббота)

18.00 – приступаю к выполнению задания и в течение нескольких часов его выполняю. Поздно вечером (примерно после 00.00) отправляю ответным письмом на адрес HR-ассистента (HR-Assistant) с уведомлением о получении.

11 сентября 2017 года (Понедельник)

Утро, в пределах 11.00 – 12.00 (опять же отправленное письмо удалил и точно не помню время) пишу на адрес HR-ассистента (HR-Assistant) письмо, в котором спрашиваю о том, получили они мой материал или нет, так как уведомление не пришло.

13 сентября 2017 года (Среда)

09:31 – Приходит ответ от HR-ассистента (HR-Assistant):

Добрый день, Владислав! Ваше письмо получили. В течение текущей недели дадим Вам ответ! Хорошего Вам дня!

Обратите, пожалуйста, внимание, что до конца недели я получу ответ с результатом.

18 сентября 2017 года (Понедельник)

12.00 – Объявление результата:

Добрый день, Владислав!

Спасибо за интерес к нашей компании и проделанную работу.

К сожалению, на данный момент мы не готовы предложить Вам сотрудничество, поскольку приняли решение в пользу другого кандидата. Однако, мы сохранили Ваше резюме в нашей базе и обязательно вернемся к нему, если у нас откроется вакансия похожего профиля и Вам на тот момент будет интересно сотрудничество с нами.

Спасибо большое и всего наилучшего!

В ответ на это сообщение я поблагодарил HR-ассистента (HR-Assistant) за возможность пройти отбор и пожелал всего хорошего.

P.S.: Честно говоря, как-то странно. Обычно работодатели все равно указывают на недочеты или ошибки, которые были сделаны соискателем во время выполнения задания или прохождения собеседования, а в этом письме не было.

Трудно себе представить нашу жизнь без музыки. Она звучит повсеместно: в спортзалах, в супермаркетах, фитнес центрах, бассейнах, катках. Музыка помогает нам снять напряжение в конце рабочего дня, прогнать пнебоое настроение, а также при занятиях спортом. Именно об этом я и хочу поговорить, так как занимаюсь спортом, в частности делаю каждый день небольшие пробежки по 10-15 километров и без музыки никак не могу обойтись. Как-то немного скучновато получается. Согласно результатам исследований, правильно подобранная музыка улучшает результативность тренировок и выносливость организма в целом на 15%. Акцент при этом делается именно на ритмичную музыку, темп которой будет соответствовать сердечному ритму человека. В зависимости от темпа музыки и мелодии может учащаться или замедляться дыхание, меняться пульс, улучшаться настроение. Люди по-настоящему не могут жить без музыки, а спортсмены тем более. Сейчас даже те, кто предпочитает делать утренние или вечерние пробежки аналогично вставляют наушники в уши и слушают любимые композиции при этом, усталость происходит не так быстро, как раньше, так как мозг задумывается о чем-то другом. А как же заставить себя заниматься спортом? Кто-нибудь сможет ответить на этот вопрос?

Последнее время все думал о смене места работы и вот мне довелось найти место по душе - учебный центр "Мастер-класс". Это заведение было создано в 2002 году. 22 октября получил лицензию на право ведения учебной деятельности - преподавание иностранных языков. Первый набор был осуществлен в 2003 году в январе 2003 года. Набор производится два раза в год, в январе и сентябре. На сегодняшний день слушателями являются не только жители города, но и крупные предприятия, которые заинтересованы в обучении персонала. В 2012 году открывается новое направление "Развивающие занятия для малышей" для детей от 3 до 6 лет. Комплексные занятия по 4 аспектам развития ребёнка дошкольного возраста: логико-математическое развитие, художественно-эстетическое развитие, развитие речи, физическое развитие.Сегодня учебный центр предлагает обучение иностранным языкам (английский, немецкий)(в основном формируются группы для изучения английского языка); "Развивающие занятия для малышей", для детей от 3 до 6 лет. Слушателями курсов могут быть все желающие, независимо от возраста. Я работаю с детишками 6 - 8 лет по УМК "English Together". Для меня это первый опыт работы по зарубежному УМК. Кроме этого, мне пришлось осваивать много нового, а именно методику Letterland. К каждому уроку приходится писать конспекты, без них никак и готовить много раздаточного и наглядного материала, так как в учебнике его очень мало. С первых уроков дети очень подружились между собой, а также мной. Все занятия проходят в увлекательной для них форме, а именно очень много использую игр. Занятия провожу два раза в неделю, вечером, около 19 часов - начало. Несмотря на такое время, дети активны и с удовольствием постигают трудности английского языка. Спустя несколько уроков получил первые отзывы от родителей, которые сказали, что их детям очень нравятся занятия и их дети (которые учатся в школе, во 2 классе) подтянулись немножко по предмету. Мне очень нравится работать в центре. Очень теплая атмосфера, оказывается помощь с проведением уроков, даются подробные рекомендации, кроме того, методически обогащаюсь от посещения уроков моих коллег.

Next Sunday we will celebrate Easter,Christian feast and holiday. That`s why I decided to search some activities for children and also to share them with you:1. http://holidays.kaboose.com/easter/ - Easter 2012: Crafts, Recipes, Egg Hunt, Cards2. http://www.ourfamilyworld.com/2012/03/28/easter-activities-for-kids-make-egg-cookies/ - Easter Activities for Kids: Make Egg Cookies3. http://www.nickjr.com/spring-holidays/easter/ - Easter Egg Crafts & More4. http://thepreschoolactivities.com/uncategorized/easter-activities-for-kids/ - Easter Activities For Kids (Games)5. http://familyfun.go.com/easter/ - Crafts, Recipes & More

Flashcards is a very good way to teach languages. They increase student talk time. They are quick and easy to use. Games with them are fun and motivated. Flashcards are now available all over the Internet. Just download and print. Some of them you can download here:1. http://www.eslflashcards.com/ - Free ESL Flashcards2. http://games2learnenglish.com/FlashCards/Learn_English_Flashcards.html - Free Flashcards 3. http://www.kids-pages.com/flashcards.htm?count=9 - Kids Pages - Flashcards4. http://alphabetsforkids.net/ - Alphabet for Kids 5. http://www.first-school.ws/theme/printables/flash-cards/numbers-shapes.htm - Flash Cards for Preschool and Kindergarten6. http://flashcardsflashcards.com/english-flash-cards/ - English Flashcards7. http://www.esl-kids.com/flashcards/alphabet.html - Free Flashcards8. http://www.eslkidslab.com/flashcards/index.html - Flashcards / Printable PDF Format9. http://bogglesworldesl.com/cards.htm - ESL Kids Flashcards10. http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/ru/category/interactive-types/flashcards - FlashcardsWe use flashcards as a review tool, as a "study" part of the lesson, when we present a new vocabulary for the topic. We also can use them as a fun and activating part of the lesson.Some tips of using flashcards and games you can see here: 1. http://www.flash-cards.zoomshare.com/1.html - Flashcard Games2. http://myeslcorner.blogspot.com/2008/10/ideas-to-use-flashcards-in-class.html - Using Flashcards in Class3. http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/using-flash-cards-young-learners - Using Flashcards with Young Learners

Этим летом мне довелось работать исполняющим обязанности директора школы на время отпуска директора школы. Мой рабочий день начинался с курирования трудовой практики. Приходили несколько учащихся и мы с ними трудились на школьной территории: пололи клумбы с цветами, поливали их, убирали мелкий мусор на территории. После этого я посвящал себя работе с бумагами, разными отчетами, которые приходили из Комитета по образованию по электронной почте.Время проходило быстро, поэтому я даже не замечал, как заканчивался мой рабочий день. Честно говоря, мне понравилось работать директором. Со всеми делами я справлялся, за что неоднократно получал благодарность от директора школы. Я бы даже еще чуть-чуть поработал, а может быть и стал им, если бы была возможность. Не так уж и трудно, если разбираешься в большинстве вопросов.

"Happy people... Happy people ... ..." - Anna repeated, pacing from corner to corner of her room. "Silly topic. Stupid essay. Zhanna Victorovna came up with the same. "Anna stopped and looked out the window."Happy People. Who are they? "Downstairs, she saw neighbours. "They can not be exactly poor," - thought Anna, looking at aunt Valya from a neighbouring flat. "She was always crying, always dissatisfied with something,swears at children and husband. Her screams bored around the house. "The girl continued to look at the neighbours` yard."Do not be sick like my uncle Bob. After a terrible diagnosis, he was drinking, divorced with his wife. His children don`t visit him. He only drinks, he drinks and drinks. ""So," - happily smiling, she ran to the desk, picked up the pen and opened the copybook."Happy people - people who have a lot of money that are healthy and that ...." - She thought for a moment - "beautiful." Completed this sentence, Anna set point."There`s the beginning. I can have a rest and run for ice-cream. If mum asks, I would say that ice-cream helps to think, without it essay will not be finished. "Anna grabbed her jacket and ran out of the house.Spring. The sun shines. All blooms. There are people everywhere."And I'm among the people. Someone of them should be happy. It is only necessary to find the man, look at him more closely and to describe him in my essay. Hooray! I am a genius! "- She thought.Sitting on the bench, she began closely examine the people."That one guy just must be happy." - Anna thought about the guy, just left his expensive foreign car. - "Young. Pretty rich. He must be happy. "She decided to take a closer look at him, to describe him in her essay. Suddenly they met views."Oh, the horror! Empty eyes. He looks at the world, but does not see it. He looks through it. No. He could not be happy. He's like a living dead. Hence, the presence of large amounts of money - this is not a sign of a happy man. Money. Money. How many of them to be happy. Probably a lot, but enough. Huge amounts of money consume your soul. And beauty? Beautiful people should be happy "Anna started to look into the crowd of beautiful people. And then she saw a beautiful girl who is clearly waiting for someone. In the distance she saw a guy with a bouquet of wild flowers. He walked toward the girl."She should be happy. She's beautiful and loved. Now they go together in a cafe "- Ann`s imagination quickly drew a picture in which happy lovers walk past her. But what is it? Beauty eyed guy look arrogant, contemptuous and took a bunch and threw it into the trash."How could she? He wholeheartedly gave her the bouquet. He loves her. "Anna tried to see the girl's eyes."Eyes. Her eyes are like glass. She is only a little. She was unhappy, but does not know it. So, beauty is also no guarantee of happiness. Beautiful and happy - this is not synonymous. "The girl began to look into the faces of passers-by. She did not look at any clothes, no matter the age. She looked into their eyes and tried to find a gleam of happiness."Happy People. Who are they? What are they? "

Попытался как-то сочинять стихи. Меня вдохновила на это девушка, с которой познакомился здесь, на форуме. Вот, что из этого вышло:I wait for your messages,I wait for you,I can`t sleep at night,Because I love you.***Listen to the wind,Listen to your heart,Stay with me!And be happy all the time! ***I dream of you tonight,I dream of you each day,And every time I want to say:I love you!!!But you don`t listen to me,You don`t see me,And as for me, it`s a problem again.

I live not far from a very famous and beautiful town Tikhvin. It is situated in Leningradskaya oblast, in about 200 kilometres from St. Petersburg. The main river of the town is the Tikhvinka, where there are a lot of fish. The name of the city originates from a combination of two words from the Veps language: "tikh" and "vin" mean "road" and "market", i.e. road to the market. More about Tikhvin you can learn here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikhvin

There was a young girl from Tambov,

Who spent most of her life at home.

But one day she met a young man from Bonn,

And decided to give him a corn.

That funny young girl from Tambov.

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There was an old man from Tambov,

Who had so much time at days-off.

On Saturday he went to the theatre,

Because he got from his friend an invitation letter.

That famous old man from Tambov.

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There was a young man from Bor,

Who one day got a letter from Pyat`Gor.

There was no matter,

What was written in the letter.

It was pleasant for young man from Bor.

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There was a young man from Tambov,

Who had so rarely days-off,

But one week he had a weekend,

And he spent it so wicked.

That happy young man from Tambov.

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There was one man from Moscow,

Who had a great sense of humor.

He wrote so best,

Spending time in the net.

That successful one man from Moscow.

When I was a student of the 5th course, I had to write compositions every week, because it was very important for my future exam. It was writing-practice. One of them I found in my notices some days ago.

I can`t say that money is a root of evil. But in some aspects it is so. Every day we spend our money on food, clothing, for other things. We always feel need in it. Some people have a lot of them. They can allow themselves everything, what they want. They "throw it everywhere". To my mind, these people don`t know how to spend it rightly, usefully. People, like me, doctors, teachers are always in need of money. Sometimes we don`t know how to live till the next wage. When we get it, we must pay a part of them for our flat, for electricity, for central heating and so on. Sometimes we have debts, which we must, of course, pay. Finally, we come to conclusion that we have a little of them and begin taking it by somebody again.

I agree with the thoght that money is a root of evil. They bring us a lot of problems. Because of it we can change our relations with people. Now, I would like to tell you one incident. I had a friend, who thought only about money, especially, about big money. It was difficult for me to live with him in one room, in a hostel. When we had no money, he was very angry, he raised his voice, we quarreled with him. Sometimes I didn`t want to live with him, I wanted to move into another room, but it was impossible, because there were no free rooms. This boy had a girl-friend, who also couldn`t communicate with him, and, of course, because of his thoughts about money. He changed some jobs in order to earn more. He always forgot about his girl-friend, waiting for him. At last, he destroyed all relations with me and his girl-friend. The problem was money. Money was an important thing for him, not his friends.

As for me, I need money, like all people, but in not very big quantities. I don`t worry, when I have no money. Money is not very important thing for me. But, of course, I understand that without it we can`t live.

Once I happened to meet a girl on this forum. We began to write each other and our communication became a friendship. She became my virtual friend and I can`t imagine my day without talking with her. She helps me every time and also helps me to forget sorrow and pain of my workdays. She is a very trustful friend and I want her to know that:

I love you to fight for you if need be.

Enough to miss you when we are apart, no matter the distance and lenght of time.

I want to spend the rest of my life with you, be there when you need me or want me.

I don`t want to leave you or live without you.

I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!!

How to be happy? This is the question that most people in the world are looking for or try to answer it. Some say that it is money, because we can`t live without them. The other say that for them success and fame are two important factors to be happy. However, a lot of people don`t feel themselves happy even after gaining all these material things. That again brings us back to the question: How to be happy? The answer is not easy, because the word "happiness" cannot be described in a few words.

As for me, happiness is like a butterfly. The more I catch it the more it disappears. But when I pay attention to the other things, it comes and sits on my shoulder.

And what about you?

P.S.: Happiness Quotes - http://www.wisdomquotes.com/cat_happiness.html

My students from the 5th form wrote some poems today. They are in Russian, because it is very difficult for them to write in English. But I was very glad to get it.

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Мы знаем, что английский -

Родимый наш, не лишний!

А главное внутри

Та фраза - a,b,c,d,e!

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Английский - самый важный

Его должен знать каждый

А кто его не знает,

Тот сам и погибает.

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Сижу я на английском,

Учу словарные слова

Cat - bat, frog - dog -

Легкие слова.

И я выучу словечки, замудренные слегка

Я выучу английский!

Хоть это неспроста.

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Английский, английский, английский dog и cat!

Знаю я английский и скажу вам bag

Английский мне хотелось,

Доучить бы до конца

Dog, bag, cat - вот то, что знаю я!

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Английский должен знать каждый

Английский - очень важный.

Английский учат дети,

Дети все на свете.

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Этот предмет никогда не понять,

Но все равно мы должны его знать.

Учитель английский, конечно же, знает

Мы бы тоже хотели, да "бы" мешает.

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Пятый год учу английский

Он - самый лучший, хотя и скучный.

Он опыт нам дает большой,

Но кто-то там его не знает,

Тот будет в будущем смешной!

Everyone likes songs. You just put on CD and press "play", don`t you?

Probably the most important thing is to choose a song in which the lyrics are clear. Choose a singer with a nice clear voice, like Frank Sinatra, for example. The recording should also be a good one.

There`s also the issue of whether or not the language is a suitable level-difficulty. And it is also a question od whether your students like the song.

What do you do with a song?

1. Do some listening exercises. In planning what you are going to do with a song you want to think about productive pre-, during- and post-listening tasks that are going to be language rich.

2. If you want to do some "fill-in-the-gaps exercises", please do it. But remember, you should do the exersice with the blanking words at the end of the line, but not the words that they rhyme with. It will be difficult for your students.

3. You could also try giving them, say, 12 chunks of the song, and get them to do it (before listening) as a "jigsaw reading" exercise, which they could then confirm during listening.

 I will not write this article more, please visit these sites and you will read by yourself about teaching English with songs:

How to Use Songs in the English Language Classroom - https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/how-use-songs-english-language-classroom

Using Songs: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/using-songs-0

How to Teach English Using Songs - http://genkienglish.net/eslsongs.htm

Using Music in the ESL Classroom - http://www.englishclub.com/teaching-tips/music-classroom.htm

Songs and Activities for English Language Learners: https://sandraheyersongs.com/lesson-plans-for-recent-hits/

Song Worksheets

Worksheeets with Songs: https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Worksheets_with_songs

English ESL Song Worksheets: https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/search/song

Teaching with Songs: http://www.isabelperez.com/songs.htm

My Worksheets: One Republic "Feel Again": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/environment/onerepublic-feel-again/122614

Adele "Hello": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/material-type/activities-songs-and-nursery-rhymes/adelle-hello/98326

Garfield "Cool Cat": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/skill/listening/garfield-cool-cat/16164

Peter, Paul & Mary "Lemon Tree": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/family/peter-paul-mary-lemon-tree/15317 

Keys: https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/level/upper-intermediate-b2/peter-paul-mary-lemon-tree/15318

Within Temptation "Ice Queen": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/skill/listening/within-temptation-ice-queen/15220

My Video Lessons: Madonna "Power of Goodbye": https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/madonna-power-goodbye

Spice Girls "Mama": https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/spice-girls-mama

Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You": https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/whitney-houston-i-will-always-love-you

James Blunt "You`re Beautiful": https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/james-blunt-youre-beautiful

We all have been in love, at least one time. We love the feeling of being wanted, of being cared for, of being taken for just the way we are. There have been times when we believe that we are in love, but sometimes we seem that we fall out of it. There have been times when we love this feeling and after some time it seems to wear out.

So what love is actually? Is love wishing for someone always, wanting to be with someone? Can you love someone without the assurance that you may not be able to be with that person? I had been in love, when I was a schoolboy and when I spent more and more time with her, I realized what love is actually?

Love is a lot more than just wanting to be with that person. It is also more than just to be with that person forever. It is wishing for happiness. It is love to someone so much, that nothing can ever break this union. It is the trust that someone loves you more than anything else and you love someone more than anything else.

Love is waiting for the day when you are about to meet her but still not feeling bad when she can`t spend this time with you. Love is the trust that someone will never ever lie to you. Love is when someone doesn`t have to prove to you always that she loves you. That`s what she made me realize, that`s what my love to her is, and that`s what love is actually.

And what is love for you?

Continue the phrase, pleasе, love is…

Everyone of us thinks from time to time: What is destiny? Can we be destiny`s masters? One thinks that they decide everything by themselves,

the other are sure that it is predestined. Who is right? Where is the truth?

It can be somewhere in the middle. We make decisions every day, make actions and say the words, which influence on our and other people`s destiny. We often ask ourselves: What if…

If I did it or if I didn`t do something yesterday, I wouldn`t say this phrase. We change our destiny with all these things.

Sometimes something global happens what has not been expected in any way. It changes our life as minimum on 180 ° or on 360 °.

Perhaps these events have been sent to us from heaven. Are we able to do something in these situations, aren`t we? Nevertheless, it is definitely that these situations are able to change our life.

So we see that our destiny is a puzzle, consisting of milliard of pieces, and if some of them have been assigned their places by somebody from above us, we are able to combine the other by ourselves and take out them according to our discretion.

And what picture will be at the end, one day everyone can see one day.

Learning vocabulary is a very important part of learning a language. The more words you know, the more you will be able to understand what you hear and read; and the better you will be able to say what you want to when speaking or writing. Almost every day you hear or read many new English words. You can also find them in your dictionary. You can`t possibly learn all of these words, so you should choose the words, which are important for you, according to the subject you are studying. How to learn words: Once you have chosen which words to learn, you next have to decide how you are going to learn them. Here are a few ideas:• write the words in a notebook (with their translations or definitions) • write the words and definitions on small cards • say the words many times • put the words into different groups (you could use a graphic organizer) • make associations (in pictures or with other words) • ask someone to test you • use the words in your own speaking or writing Learning vocabulary by reading The way you learned very many of the words was by meeting them in the books and magazines you read. The context of a new word in a sentence or story was often enough for you to guess the meaning. Meeting the word again and again in your reading helped you learn it for use in your own speaking and writing. Doing lots of extra reading for pleasure – both fiction and non-fiction – is an excellent way to learn new English words, too. But choose books that you find quite easy to read. Difficult stories or texts that you struggle to understand will not help you to develop your vocabulary the natural way. But remember: to learn new words from reading you have to read a lot! The vocabulary you know can be divided into two groups - passive vocabulary and active vocabulary. Passive vocabulary contains all the words that you understand when you read or listen, but which you do not use (or cannot remember) in your own writing and speaking. Active vocabulary is all the words you understand, plus all the words that you can use yourself. Your active vocabulary, in English and your own language, is probably much smaller than your passive vocabulary. The more you work on learning a word, as suggested above, the more likely it is that it will become part of your active vocabulary.Things to know about the words you learn Usually the first things you learn about a new English word are what it means and its translation in your own language. But there are other things you need to find out before you can say that you know a word like a native speaker does. For example, you have to learn:• how it is spelled • how it is pronounced • how it is inflected (i.e. how it changes if it is a verb, noun or adjective) • other grammar information about it These ideas are from my own experience, when I taught my friend German. It was a difficult task to teach him, because he had no abilities to foreign languages. But he tried and then he was succeeded. Now he is living in Germany with his wife and he is very thankful to me.

Ever since I can remember myself, I have hated to read. As a child it was very boring thing for me to sit with a book. Later as a teen, I understood that reading is a wonderful world, which keeps a lot of secrets. Now as an adult, books are a constant in my life and I can`t go to sleep without one next to my bed. Therefore, I want my pupils to learn to love reading, but it is a long hard work for me, because a lot of them prefer playing computer games and walking instead of it. Children read less today in their tongue. Over the years books have fallen to the side. It is such easier to watch something passively than have to work a bit to be entertained. Moreover, it is work to read. Especially, when many children don`t have the skills to read well. Reading is a skill, which everyone has to survive in this world, and how to read in English is also a skill. English became an international language; especially today many professions need the language knowledge. Without knowing how to read in English, survival in the world is going to be very difficult. As English teachers, we have an extremely difficult mission. We are expected in a short period of time to bring our students from a level of non-readers to a fairly high level of reading. This is a difficult task in the sense that most kids only begin to learn to read English in either third or fourth grade. For this most difficult task of teaching reading we are given two hours a week. Well, I would love to see more hours given to the teaching of English in Primary school. Do you agree with me?

Starting learning English, every person must begin with the basics to grasp the English vocabulary. That means he or she must start with the alphabet, keeping it requires regular practice. According to your students` abilities you know where to start. Children will obviously have limited experience with the English vocabulary, and adult students might come to you with some prior knowledge. Instructions: 1) Ask students to pronounce the words from flash cards or presentations in Power Point you made if you have such possibility in your classroom. You can also ask them to read aloud the words from the books or from the cards. You should make it in order to determine whether to begin with basics.2) Teach the alphabet. Students must know to identify and pronounce each of the letters in the ABC before they can understand how they work together. The useful way of practicing is flash cards or cards the teacher made.3) Then put the letters together into basic, one-syllable word, for example, “it”, “is”, “in” and so on. This method can help your students get started before reading large words. Of course, flash cards or cards the teacher made are useful here also.4) At last, always practice the material. No language can your students learn quickly and easy. Test their knowledge every lesson. You can also use different games in teaching the English vocabulary. I think, this article is the most suitable for young teachers, university students, who have not big experience in their teaching career.

Grammar is not the most exciting subject at English lessons, but it is very difficult and very important. Grammar used to be taught using a language book, learning about parts of speech and other subjects of the language, doing exercises. Now grammar is usually taught with writing, and it is taught through mini-lessons. It may also be taught in literature ways when teacher discuss with students how an author writes or character`s speech pattern. When you teach grammar with these methods, students are more likely to remember the grammar rules and apply them to their everyday life.Instructions:1. Assess your students before you teach any grammar. If they already know what a noun or verb is, and their importance in the sentence.2. Teach grammar points while reading the book in the class or the students are reading themselves. You can discuss with them how the authors use grammar in their writing. Point out if a character has a weird speech pattern and discuss it. Discuss why that character didn`t use proper grammar. These discussions will be more meaningful than doing exercises. 3. Practice punctuation, some other grammar rules, capitalization with spelling sentences. Ask students to practice these skills with spelling sentences. They will show you if students are applying the grammar rules they are learning, or if students need more instruction and practice.And now one advice:Don`t make grammar boring. If you approach it with dislike and boredom, so will your students. Incorporate grammar rules and lessons into other subjects to make it more interesting and fun!P.S: I found this material in my student notes, seeing this topic on our forum and, of course, I decided to write about it in my blog. I think that for some teachers this material will be useful. I try to use some of these instructions in my teaching career. I also try to make my grammar lessons fun, not boring. It is very important for me. But for my present situation at school it is very difficult, because some students have a very low motivation to learning English.

My school is the most different from educational institutions of town social mediums. It is situated in the village Bor of Borskoye country settlement, in Tikhvinsky region, Leningradskaya oblast, in 15 kilometers from a very famous town Tikhvin. The first historical record of settlement`s territory is connected with the 16th century. From the end of the 16th century the inhabitants of this territory were busy themselves with ore and tanning trade. There are a lot of historical monuments on the settlement`s territory: burial mounds in Ust`-Shomushka, Shomushka, Yalgino and etc. There was one of the biggest agricultural enterprises “Tikhvinskoye” in Leningradskaya oblast in70 – 80 of the 20th century, which produced animal husbandry and vegetable-growing production.

1730 inhabitants are living in eleven villages on the settlement`s territory now. 1297 inhabitants are living in Bor.

There are eleven private enterprises of timber industry and one of metal working. These enterprises don`t have enough working places.

There are some institutions of cultural and healthcare orientation: two libraries, two medical centers, secondary school with infant school, sport-cultural centers in Bor and in another villages of settlement`s territory. There is a branch of musical school by N.A.Rimskiy-Korsakov in Bor.

My school is founded in 1975. From 1991 till now it has the status of the secondary school. The kindergarten was joined to my school from the 1st of July 1991 according the Resolution of the Head of Administration of Municipal Education “Tikhvinsky region”. There is a museum of history and local lore “The Pages of the History of the Native Region” at school. It is the only in our region and it has the material about the participants of the local wars.

The school is functioning as an educational institute, where there are eleven forms and three infant groups. The school gathering consists of pupils, who live on the territory of Borskoye country settlement, to be exact, from villages Bor, Sarozha and Kaivaksa. The pupils from these villages go by school bus to school.

I studied at this school till the eleventh form. I am working at this school now and I like it very much.

Have you ever thought about visiting some castles in the UK, when you look at them at the pictures in your English books? I would like you to invite to visit the most famous сastle Rochester, sitting near your computer and reading my article.

Castle Rochester is situated in the city of the same name in the county Kent. It is one of the first stone сastles in England and the highest.

Rochester protects the way from the south to London. William the Conqueror presented lands of Eilesford to Odo in Kent. He was the bishop of Bayonne. In 1086 the ownership of the bishop is mentioned in the Doomsday Book.

In 1087 Odo rose against William Ruffus and William laid siege to Rochester. After taking Rochester and proscription of the bishop, from 1087 till 1090, a famous builder Gundulf, began the stone castle`s erection in the city. The walls were built in the city wall`s corner, kept from Roman times.

In 1127 the castle was given to William de Corbeille, archbishop of Canterbury by Edict of Henry I English with the order “to make the reinforcement or the Tower, which will keep the city for centuries”. William reinforced the castle`s donjon seriously and built four corner towers to it.

Castle Rochester`s donjon is a square 21x21 meters with a side building at the bottom and 34 meters tall. The corner towers are rising on 4 meters more. The wall`s thickness at the bottom is 4 meters and 3, 3 meters at the top.

The room inside is divided by the crosscut wall, which is going from the west to the east.

The donjon`s entrance is on the second floor-level, in a special penthouse. The stairs to the penthouse begins on the donjon`s west side, bends round its north-west tower and goes to the tower`s entrance. The access of the first floor is by winding stairs from the second floor. The first floor of the castle was used as a storehouse.

The Main Hall is on the third floor and the crosscut wall has a view of three arches. The Main Hall occupies two floors of the building and there is a gallery on the fourth floor-level.

The third floor of the penthouse is Chapel. There are private archbishop’s restrooms and private chapel.

In the 18th century the castle was planned to destroy, but in order to one accident, it wasn`t happened.

Now, the castle is clear, partly restored and opened for visiting.

I went to school as usually by my quick steps. Before entering the school I got

a secret envelope, which was clued by the scotch on the school door. This envelope contained a sheet of paper with beautiful congratulation. When I entered the school I saw that it was so beautifully decorated. There were big posters with pupil`s congratulations, with teacher`s photos from their school years, notes from the teacher`s interviews. There was also the note on the teacher`s room “Inspiration”.

The lesson`s duration on this day was 30 minutes and after it there was a festive programme for pupils and teachers, where took part teachers and pupils. At the beginning of the programme the director congratulated her colleagues with Teachers` Day.

There was a very funny and exciting game “We Are All” between two teams. I didn`t take part in this game, I decided to relax from the performances. I took part in every school holidays. This time I wanted to be a spectator. There were pupils in the first team and teachers in the other. The teams’ names were “DUB” and “BUK”. This game consisted of some competitions; I only remembered some of them: “Dance”, “Poetic”, and “Musical”. This game was lead by two pupils from the 11th form. The judges were director and two pupils from the 11th form. The breaks between the competitions were filled by the humorous scenes, musical items of other pupils and teachers.

This game was won by teachers` team with one score to teachers.

And how is celebrated Teacher’s Day at your school?