Teaching for everyone...

If we want better teachers we also need better parents — parents who turn off the TV and video games, make sure homework is completed, encourage reading and elevate learning as the most important life skill. The more we demand from teachers the more we have to demand from students and parents,said Arne Duncan.

ΜΕΡΕΣ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ

Ποίηση, λογοτεχνία, θέατρο, κινηματογράφος και νέες τεχνολογίες.

Η Αμερικανική Γωνιά της Δημόσιας Κεντρικής Βιβλιοθήκη ς Βέροιας σε συνεργασία με το Μορφωτικό Τμήμα της Αμερικανικής Πρεσβείας και την Ένωση Καθηγητών Αγγλικής Δημόσιας Εκπαίδευσης Ημαθίας, οργανώνει διήμερο εκδηλώσεων με τίτλο Ημέρες Αμερικανικού Πολιτισμού, 29 – 30 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010.

Οι εκδηλώσεις περιλαμβάνουν διαλέξεις και ένα θεατρικό εργαστήριο για παιδιά και θα γίνουν στην Αγγλική γλώσσα.

Τετάρτη, 29 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010
6 - 8 μ.μ. 
- Americans Perform America: How the Playwright’s World Becomes a Play, Catherine Rogers, ηθοποιός και θεατρική συγγραφέας
- Poetry Writing and Digital Technologies, Τατιανή Ραπατζίκου , Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τομέας Αμερικανικής Λογοτεχνίας και Πολιτισμού του Τμήματος Αγγλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης
- Reading Pocahontas: The Myth of the American Indian, Ζωή Δέτση, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τομέας Αμερικανικής Λογοτεχνίας και Πολιτισμού του Τμήματος Αγγλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης

Πέμπτη, 30 Σεπτεμβρίου
10 – 11 π.μ.
- Θεατρικό εργαστήριο για παιδιά με την Catherine Rogers

6 – 8 μ.μ.
- “American Gothic Literature"  from Edgar Allan Poe to Stephen King and Beyond, Σμάτη Γεμενετζή - Μαλαθούνη, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια,  Τομέας Αμερικανικής Λογοτεχνίας και Πολιτισμού του Τμήματος Αγγλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης
- Turn of the century immigration to the US: Elia Kazan and Demetra Vaka Brown, Γιώργος Καλογεράς, Καθηγητής, Τομέας Αμερικανικής Λογοτεχνίας και Πολιτισμού του Τμήματος Αγγλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης
- Digital Cinema? What Prospects for the Future?, Μιχάλης Κοκκώνης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Τομέας Αμερικανικής Λογοτεχνίας και Πολιτισμού του Τμήματος Αγγλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης

Όλες οι εκδηλώσεις θα πραγματοποιηθούν στον 2ο όροφο της Βιβλιοθήκη ς.
Η είσοδος είναι ελεύθερη

Για πληροφορίες:
Δημόσια Κεντρική Βιβλιοθήκη Βέροιας, Έλλης 8, 59100 Βέροια. Τηλ. 2331024494

A very special book for teaching English oversees!!!!

Go here....aaaaand find a very good tool that helps you to discover new indispensable notes and ton only..(for teachers and pupils)!!!!

http://www.accts.org/ministries/aelt/THndbk.pdf

HAVE GONE OR HAVE BEEN????

Use "have gone" to express that a person has gone to a place and NOT YET returned.

EX:

She's gone to a party in France.
They've gone on holiday.

Use "have been" to express that a person has been to a place and returned.

EX:
He's just been to the bank.
He's already been to the bakery.

Do you Teach or Do you Educate?

CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS...what do you know about it??!

Here are some examples of conjunctive adverbs.

1. also
2. however
3. otherwise
4. consequently
5. indeed
6. similarly
7. likewise
8. then
9. furthermore
10. therefore
11. hence
12. nevertheless
13. thus
14. nonetheless

• When a conjunctive adverb connects two indipendent clauses in one sentence, it is preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma.
• If a conjunctive adverb is used in any other position in a sentence, it is set off by commas.

Take this note!!!!

This is a very important source for listening practise....

Go here AND listen:

http://www.elllo.org/english/NewCenter.htm

Quizzes...

Do you want more and more quizzes????


Store the following link in your favourites!!!!

http://theoatmeal.com/quizzes 

What does it mean "piker"????

Piker refers to someone who breaks his promise.

Are you a piker???

Forget to do OR Forget doing?????

forget + to do=to not do an action you should do

forget+doing=to not recall an action

first ex:
Don't forget to meet her at ten this morning.(you should meet her at ten.....).
I'll never forget meeting her for the first time.(I'll never forget when I met her...).

second ex:
I forgot to lock the door(I didn't lock the door because I forgot).
I forgot locking the door.( I locked the door.Then I forgot about it.I don't remember locking the door).

A meaty site!!!....suitable for novice!!!

FIRST STEP

Follow this link:

http://eslkidslab.com/lessons/index.html

SECOND STEP

Choose whatever lesson you want(for example:Unit 3-How old are you?).


THIRD STEP

Hear and watch your chosen video.

Idiom Definitions for 'AWOL'

AWOL stands for "Absent Without Leave", or "Absent Without Official Leave". Orignially a military term, it is used when someone has gone missing without telling anyone or asking for permission.

Idiom Definitions for 'At death's door.......

If someone looks as if they are at death's door, they look seriously unwell and might actually be dying.

Stop doing OR Stop to do??????

stop + gerung = to finish an activity

stop +infinitive= to pause in order to do smt

ex:

Helen stopped smoking two years ago.(permanently)

Peter stopped to ask the taxi-driver directions to the museum.(for a moment)

If you use it, you 'll see that it's a piece of cake!!!

EXERCISE!!!

Well!!!

Follow this link and there you 'll find an easy exersice. It consists of ten only questions!..Be the first to check your score!!(level intermediate).

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei160/esl-test.php

I am waiting for your outcomes!

what does it mean "a pretty penny"???

A pretty penny

 

 

If something costs a pretty penny, it is very expensive.

A Role-Play ? ? ?

Follow this link and you 'll find something very interesting! 
http://bogglesworldesl.com/requests.htm

The purpose of these materials is to get the students to practice making requests. The materials are intended for false beginners to lower intermediate students.

TELLING A SECRET!!!!

Nicked means stolen!!!!!


Do you know it?????

HAVE GOT or HAVE????

HAVE GOT or HAVE????

Use "have got" to mean the same as "have" for possesion.

ex:

He's got a new car = He has a new car.
They've got a number of friends = They have a number of friends!!!

Is it clear????

Have a nice day!!!

Do you know that....????

Hey...............

Salvo means salvation army.

Today, I have for you an exercise...try yourself and send me this one by mail if you want to take a grade!!!:::))))

http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/23.html

If or Unless?

is it HARD?

Language learning isn' t hard, but it will take time to reach your goals!

Go immediately to this page:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

and satisfy yourself with all those useful stories!!!


Be Patient!!!

?

Roo refers to kangaroo.

New Sources!

Well, good morning!

 A very good source not only for educational but also for listening reasons is without doubt the site of  www.youtube.com, and specifically the following link:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohJCdihPWqc

As you 'll see, you 'll easily understand why you have to put a lot of effort into this undertaking! 

Try it now!!!!     

IF!

If you 'd like to be better off, please follow this site:

http://a4esl.org/ 

As you know, practising is the most remarkable method of learning English!

Hey!

Welcome to my blog,
Here, you will have the opportunity to learn new secrets that are derived from my personal or foreign experience.Learning English is a secret and as all the secrets, it will be "unveiled" before your eyes.

Have a fantastic "trip"!
 P.G.