A blog to help secondary school students improve English. You can find mind maps, worksheets, videos and songs as well as some of the project works and activities done by the students.
Hello! My name's Liliana. I'm a teacher of English (Language and Literature) to Italian teenage stu
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Monday, January 25, 2021
How to make questions and learn English with Selena Gomez
OBJECT QUESTIONS
While watching the video write down twenty questions and Selena's answers
Tense Revision with Ariana Grande
Make four columns and write down in each column the verbs used in the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple and Past Continuous
How to make a conversation to buy clothes
You want to buy a blue hoodie. After having seen the slides and the video here attached, build up a conversation between you and the shop assistant
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Monday, January 18, 2021
How Did The Romans Change Britain? | History in a Nutshell | Animated Hi...
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Acronym/Abbreviation |
Latin Original |
Meaning |
Context/Use |
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a.m. |
ante meridiem |
Before noon |
Time
(used since the Roman times, although the abbreviation became standard much
later) |
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p.m. |
post meridiem |
After noon |
Time
(used since the Roman times, though the abbreviation became standard much
later) |
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i.e. |
id est |
That is
(to say); in other words |
Used to
specify, explain, or clarify a preceding statement. |
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e.g. |
exempli gratia |
For the
sake of example; for example |
Used to
introduce one or more examples. |
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etc. |
et cetera |
And the
others; and so forth |
Used at
the end of a list to indicate that further, similar items are included. |
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N.B. |
nota bene |
Note well |
Used to
call the reader's attention to a particularly important piece of information. |
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et al. |
et alii |
And others |
Used in
academic citations (especially APA) when listing multiple authors. |
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vs. |
versus |
Against |
Used to
denote opposition or comparison between two parties or things (e.g., a court
case or a sports match). |
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c. or ca. |
circa |
Around; approximately |
Used
before a date or number to indicate it is an approximation (e.g., c.
1400 AD). |
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A.D. |
Anno Domini |
In the
year of the Lord |
Used to
designate years within the Christian era. (Sometimes now replaced with
CE—Common Era). |
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Ph.D. |
PhilosophiƦ Doctor |
Doctor of Philosophy |
An academic degree. |
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R.I.P. |
Requiescat in pace |
May
he/she rest in peace |
Found on
tombstones and in expressions of condolences. |
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P.S. |
post scriptum |
Written after |
Used for
a note added after the main body of a letter has been completed. |
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& |
et |
And |
The
ampersand symbol is a ligature (a combination of two or more letters) of the
letters 'e' and 't'. |
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Latin Phrase |
Literal Translation |
Common Meaning/Use |
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Carpe diem |
Pluck the day |
Seize the
day; make the most of the present. |
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Veni, vidi, vici |
I came, I saw, I conquered |
A quick,
decisive victory or success. (Attributed to Julius Caesar). |
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Cogito, ergo sum |
I think,
therefore I am |
A
philosophical assertion of one's own existence (from Descartes). |
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E pluribus unum |
Out of many, one |
Used to
signify the unity of many separate entities (e.g., the motto of the U.S.). |
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Ad nauseam |
To the
point of sickness |
To the
point of excess, or until one is sick of it. |
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Alma mater |
Nurturing mother |
The
university or college one attended. |
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De facto |
Of the fact |
In
reality or fact, whether legally sanctioned or not. |
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De jure |
Of the law |
According
to law; officially sanctioned. |
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Status quo |
The state in which |
The
existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues. |
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Modus operandi (M.O.) |
Method of operating |
A
person's habitual way of operating or doing things (often used in
criminology). |
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Per se |
Through itself |
Intrinsically;
by its very nature. |
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Vice versa |
The
turn/place having been changed |
The
reverse being true as well; conversely. |
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Saturday, January 9, 2021
Successful distance learning tasks
Interviews and guess what!
During this time characterized by distance learning (the so-called DAD) I've been trying to find activities which may work well with my students. The point is that you as a teacher must mix up lots of elements so as to try to have a lesson being as perfect as possible.
Don't stress your students out! No long explanations. Of course you must be short!
Don't get them bored! Forget all those tasks that may be useful from the didactic point of view...but really they just create boredom! Checking the exercises out may be a big problem!
Anyway you must move on with the contents and the grammar points and the vocabulary and the speaking and the listening and the writing....Definitely a lot of stuff!!!!
Of course, something always working is connected to a kind of interaction! Asking them to interview each other during the lesson or before a lesson and then listen to them again is very good and interesting! They pay attention trying to understand and decipher every single word said by their mates, especially if they're into the topic.
A successful task and quite a relaxing one, as the students themselves have told me, has been the one consisting in summarizing shortly a movie or a TV series and then reading the text aloud so that the classmates may guess the title.
It was fun and they seemed to appreciate it a lot !!!