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    About My Teaching Career

    Автор: Владислав,

    My career of teaching English began, when I was a student of the third course of the Pedagogical University. It was the most difficult course, because I must study two languages: German and English. I studied English from the first course and on the third course I continued studying it. There were no thought about work, I only thought about my study.
    One day I was called by the dean of our faculty. She suggested me and my friend to work at the technical college. We had to go by bus two times a week there. The way took about 10 minutes. The dean was asked to find two students from our faculty by the director of the college some minutes ago before our meeting. Nobody agreed in our and other groups. And she decided to suggest us, me and my friend. I promised her to think one day and then to give her an answer. I took up all the variants of my future, how to connect work and study. Next day I agreed and my friend too. Our dean was very happy and we were very happy too.
    My first day of working at the technical college began. I was so nervous before the lessons; I had different bad thoughts in my mind. I thought about the students, especially about their future attention to me. I had three pairs, 6 lessons. I had two groups. I began my lesson from introducing myself and asking some questions about students` knowledge in English. The students were very interested in me from the first minutes of the lesson. I was liked by them and I liked them too. We became friends. We met two times a week at our lessons and when we had a break from our lessons at the University we went by bus to meet our students. I worked the whole year at the college.
    Then I changed my place of work, being a student of the fourth course. I wanted to work at school and I got this opportunity. I became a teacher of English of one of the town school in the town, where our University was situated. I had to go to school only one time and teach the pupils from the ninth form. They were such pupils, who didn`t want to study English. They used to mock at teachers. They didn`t have the constant teacher. All the teachers refused to teach them. I worked at this school over three month and then left it. I was so disappointed, I was sorry myself; I had a thought not to go to school to anymore.
    Two months later my good friend, my teacher of German, she taught me at school, rang me and suggested to work at my school and I agreed. I came to an agreement with the dean of the University and began working. I taught German and English lessons were only as optional courses. The students were so curious they studied foreign languages with pleasure.
    Nowadays, I continue working at my native school as a teacher of English and
    I am the only one. I teach English for pupils from the second till eleventh form. I love my pupils very much and their parents too. The pupil`s parents help me in difficult minutes, giving advice.
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    Back to School

    Автор: Владислав,

    Fabulous Activities for the First Day of Class: https://busyteacher.org/3046-fabulous-ideas-for-the-first-day-of-class.html
    Back to School EFL Teaching Resources and Lesson Plans: https://oupeltglobalblog.com/2017/01/04/back-to-school-activities-for-your-efl-classroom/
    Back to School Free Printables: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Free-Printables-289587
    Back to School / Getting to Know You / Find a Friend: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Getting-to-Know-You-Find-a-Friend-FREEBIE-743105
    Back to School Desk Planner for Teachers:  https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-BACK-TO-SCHOOL-DESK-PLANNER-1912587
    First Day (First Week) Activities, Icebreakers, etc.: https://eslkevin.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/first-day-or-first-week-activities-icebreakers-or-introductory-activities-for-esl-classes/
    7 Back to School Games and Activities: https://busyteacher.org/6921-7-back-to-school-games-activities-to-bond-students.html
    10 Fun Back to School Activities and Icebreakers: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/genia-connell/10-fun-back-school-activities-and-icebreakers/
     
     
     
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    BBC Documentaries

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    A Cristmas Carol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeZ-RSvilv8
    Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDh_umIWeaw
    Ghost Stories for Christmas with Christopher Lee - The Ash Tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdmxHAHUnCY
    Terry Pratchett - Back in Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV9sFyp7q5M
    Quentin Blake - The Drawing of My Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEWeTeKY4nM
    The Secret Life of Mary Poppins - The Culture Show Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WalYqxnsl4I
    The Magical World of Julia Donaldson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQxyzdFJixg
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Castle Rochester

    Автор: Владислав,

    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.
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    Coronavirus

    Автор: Владислав,

    Hey, dear collegues!
    Today, Coronavirus-Covid19 is the most discussed topic in the Internet and on TV.
    I found some resources  and hope that they will be useful for your lessons, when you discuss the topic "Health" at your future lessons.
    Coronavirus Worksheets & Teaching Resources: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:coronavirus/Price-Range/Free
    Coronavirus Online Resources: https://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/coronavirus/
    Coronavirus: Facts vs Fiction (CNN Podcasts): https://edition.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/corona-virus
    Coronavirus (Mini-Lesson): https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2001/200124-coronavirus-m.pdf
    Coronavirus Lesson Plan: https://skyteach.ru/2020/02/22/coronavirus-lesson-plan/
    Coronavirus Quizzes: https://eslvideo.com/series.php?id=Coronavirus
    How Coronavirus Hijacks Your Cells: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/learning/lesson-of-the-day-how-coronavirus-hijacks-your-cells.html
    What Is Coronavirus: https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/what-is-coronavirus
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    Cruelty in Indian Films

    Автор: Владислав,

    Till recently in Indian cinema was only one and the same plot: a guy meets a girl, they fall in love and after some time they get married and live happily, everybody dances and sings.
    Nowadays, the streets of Indian cities and towns are decorated with posters with ads of new films. A lot of posters have grinning faces, expressing fear, cruelty and aggression. It is strange to see such things in the country, where the main religion preaches nonviolence. The energy of cruel films influences so, that a schoolboy can take a knife and kill the rude classmate. Such things happen not often. Imitating the main hero of the film, a young man wants to be cool, to have the same muscles, the same costume, the same car or motorbike. A girl wants to look attractive too, to have expensive dresses and make-up.
    A lot of Indians pay skeptical attention to the modern blockbusters. There are protest forums in Internet and also the whole public movements, trying to stop the production of the films, demonstrating the violence.
    The film industry of the State of Karnataka lost over 100 millions rupees last year, because the spectators refused to go to the cinema. Nevertheless, the cruelty of Indian films adds speed, trying not to be inferior in the quality of torn dead bodies.
    And there is the other danger, the most terrible. Watching one after another cruel films, the people change their world view. They forget, what is love and sympathy. Murders, explosions, violence, wars, terrorism. And what do you want? This is a very cruel world. But stop! It is shown on TV and the people believe in it, losing the habit step-by-step to react negatively to evil.
    We have no choice to think, to what do prepare India Indian films? And to what do Hollywood`s action films prepare Americans, Hong Kong`s – Chinese, and Russian – us?
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    Destiny

    Автор: Владислав,

    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.
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    Dear colleagues!
     
    I would like to introduce some digital tools in this post, which, I hope, some will be useful for you.
     
    The first one is Easy Notecards: http://www.easynotecards.com/index
     
    It is a place for students and teachers to create, study, print and share interactive notecards (flashcards) for their textbooks.
     
    To create you resource you should register or you can log in with your Twitter / Facebook account. After registration, click the button “Create Cards” on the left and follow the instructions, fill in the spaces. When everything is ready, click “Save” at the end of the page. Your resource will be saved in your “Locker”.
     
    The second one is WordArt: https://wordart.com/
     
    WordArt.com is an online word art creator that enables you to create amazing and unique word art with ease.
     
    You can work on this site without registration, but if you would like to create your account, you can log in with Twitter / Facebook / Google.
    To work with this tool, click green button “Create Now”.
    Type the words, choosing colour, angle, font, layout, shapes, style. When you finish, click red button “Visualize” and wait for some minutes. After your image will be ready, download it, clicking “Download” and choosing image`s type (JPG / PNG). Then save your image on your computer.
    You can see how I used created by me image in the attached file: Mass Media
     
    The third one is Aegisub: http://www.aegisub.org/
     
    Aegisub is a free, cross-platform open source tool for creating and modifying subtitles. Aegisub makes it quick and easy to time subtitles to audio, and features many powerful tools for styling them, including a built-in real-time video preview.
     
    How to work with this tool, you can red here: http://subs.com.ru/page.php?al=create_subs_with_aegisub
     
    And the last one is OTranscribe: http://otranscribe.com/
     
    It is a free web app to take the pain out of transcribing recorded interviews.
     
    How to work with this tool, you can read here: http://masam.by/kak-sdelat-gibridnyy-tekst-audio/
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    Easter

    Автор: Владислав,

    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
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    Easter

    Автор: Владислав,

    30 SUPER FUN EASTER ACTIVITIES & GAMES: https://www.playpartyplan.com/easter-activities/
    20 HILARIOUS EASTER GAMES FOR FAMILIES: https://www.playpartyplan.com/12-fun-games-to-play-in-spring/
    IDEAS FOR EASTER LESSONS: https://skyteach.ru/?s=Easter
    Easter ESL Activities, Games, Worksheets and Lesson Plans: https://www.eslactivity.org/easter-esl-activities/
    Easter - Free Online Teaching & Learning Resources: https://www.esolcourses.com/topics/easter.html
    Topics: Easter: https://www.onestopenglish.com/general-english/topics-easter/552639.article
    30 Fun Easter Activities for Elementary Students: https://www.teachingexpertise.com/classroom-ideas/fun-easter-activities-for-elementary-students/
    Easter Packs: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/russia-teaching-resources/sobytia-i-prazdniki-v-rossii-russia/paskha-sobytia-i-prazdniki-v-rossii-russia
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    Easter Movies

    Автор: Владислав,

    Easter Worskheet: https://busyteacher.org/10552-easter-video-lesson-plan.html  The video, mentioned in the worksheet: History of the Holidays: Easter
    Easter Traditions and History: https://busyteacher.org/19654-bet-you-didnt-know-easter-traditions-and-history.html
    Easter in Britain: https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/easter-britain
    The Easter Bunny: https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/the-easter-bunny
    Happy Easter with Tom and Jerry: https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/happy-easter-with-tom-and-jerry
    Easter Egg Hunt - Prepositions of Place: https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/easter-egg-hunt-prepositions-place
    Easter Celebration: https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/easter-celebration
     
     
     
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    Easter Videos

    Автор: Владислав,

    The Easter Holiday / Kids Story / Stories for Kindergarten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTs5VjtcUVc
    Easter Traditions In Great Britain - ESL / ESOL video A1 - A2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD9mR2JinMo
    Easter Traditions - ESL/ESOL/EFL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqod8RVRl50
    The Resurrection: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Story of Easter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwYTNNidcjY
    The Easter Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_E-3BqqeiU
    Easter Eggs Hunting Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RYHImKgdG0
    Peppa Pig And Friends Go On An Easter Egg Hunt!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqcMlmqLwAk
    Peppa Pig Full Episodes - Easter Bunny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrNI1m5jBC4
    Why Do We Celebrate Easter?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SRv32RRmWM
     
     
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    Flashcards

    Автор: Владислав,

    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
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    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.
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    Gymnastics

    Автор: Владислав,

    As we know, movement can be used to great effect to reinforce language at all levels. At primary level, I have great fun with parts of the body and instructions to make a very good gymnastics pause. Here are some elements I combine to make my own gym pause.
     
    Head, shoulders, knees and toes…
    Introduce the words from the song. Practice them by repeating and touching. Vary the volume of your repetition – sometimes loud like a scary gym instructor, sometimes quiet like a little mouse. Get pupils to touch the part of the body you say.
    When you feel the pupils are well practiced, sing the “Head, shoulders, knees and toes…” song. As homework, ask pupils to teach the song to someone at home.
     
    When I see my pupils after the lessons, they remember this song and sing it for me. They also teach their friends. They sing it on the street, at home, by one word everywhere. They like it very much.
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    Handwriting

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    Handwriting: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Handwriting-691087
    Free A - Z Handwriting Practice: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-A-Z-Handwriting-Practice-2016733
    Handwriting Number Booklets: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Handwriting-Number-Booklets-s-1-10-1358599
    Number Poem - Handwriting Without Tears Style: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Number-Poem-Handwriting-Without-Tears-Style-2542005
    D'nealian Cursive Handwriting Alphabet Cards: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dnealian-Cursive-Handwriting-Alphabet-Cards-666070
     
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    Happy People

    Автор: Владислав,

    "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? "
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    How To Be Happy?

    Автор: Владислав,

    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
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    How to Learn Vocabulary

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    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.
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    How to Teach Grammar

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    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.
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    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.
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    Indian Cinema

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    India is one of those countries, the modern art of which is rooted in the deep past. The cinema of India took the traditions of the national theatre, which has the strict canons. The line of possessing good qualities heroes, heroines and the character, which embodies evil must present in the plot. And the main part of each Indian film is music, songs and dances. The plot must be understood by all spectators: from bankers till the last beggar. It seems to be the spectator has a feeling that he plays a part in the film.
    Every one of us read books by R.Kipling, the stories about Captain Nemo in our childhood. All these characters are from India. That is why there is no wonder that the Indian films appeared on the screens of many cinemas. They were immediately approved by spectators.
    One after another came out such films as “The Tramp”, “Mr. 420”, affecting stories about love and fight with evil. The magic world of music, dances, bright colours, the world of tears and laughter, sorrow and joy, fails and victories conquered thousands people. Enormous queues for the tickets, full halls confirmed the success by the Soviet people.
    India is the country of contrasts, where there are modern technologies and hand work. Temples and airports, big highways and winding mountain roads, the past and the present run into, creating that colouring, which can come in sight the play of imagination. Nevertheless, it is India. Probably, that is why the Indian films seem to be the fairy-tale for many people, but the art must reflect not only the reality, but also give the freedom of phantasy.
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