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TOPICAL! “The Dangers & Rights Of Idioms” with [id290352757|Paul Newson]. In this live streaming we talk about the following:

🏻 What actually are idioms
🏻 Our own experiences with learning idioms
🏻 Confusing dictionary definitions/textbook examples
🏻 The issue of exposure
🏻 How to learn and not learn these gems
🏻 CAE/CPE English
🏻 Exams: to cram or not to cram?

Leave a comment if you learned a thing or two & let us know whether we should do more live streams together ☺

Also, you're welcome to share your thoughts and ideas on the points mentioned

Which one stuck with you the most? Which is your favorite so far?

🗣register with smn
🗣out from under
🗣best bet
🗣tomAYto-tomAHto
🗣bury the lede

Last 2021 collection of phrases you might want to make part of your active vocabulary:

🗣 a force to be reckoned with
🗣 tough love
🗣 none the wiser
🗣 have enough bandwidth
🗣 have a bone to pick with smn
🗣 secondhand embarrassment
🗣 put the cart before the horse

I STAND CORRECTED

I admit that I was wrong; I admit that I said something that was incorrect; Apologies for my mistake; My bad

🇷🇺 признаю ошибку; прошу прощения; вы были правы; каюсь

☝🏻register: formal, spoken

🗣 – We have another exam coming up next week – Are you sure it's next week? The class schedule says it's THIS week. It's on Friday! – Oh, right! I see now and I stand corrected

🗣I’m sorry I got the information wrong, and I stand corrected

🗣 I stand corrected! I genuinely thought it happened last year, but I guess not

Watch the video for more examples

Any thoughts on where the phrase comes from? Why do they say 'I STAND corrected'?

The origin is uncertain but here's what some native speakers have to say:

"Actually there is an analogy, in that we can say 'I stand convinced (of something)', but here 'stand' is in its usual meaning "remain": I stand convinced = I remain convinced"

"I think that standing emphasises a certain pride, i.e. that one is willing to admit that one has made a mistake and feels no shame for having done so"

"I always took it to be a shorthand way of saying "I stand up and admit my mistake"

Is it easy for you to say “I stand corrected” when you're wrong?

Leave your thoughts or an example of your own in the comment section below 🏻

LIVE STREAM: "Secondary School Education In The UK" (+education vocabulary) with [id141992098|Александр Изотов]

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Alexander to discuss how things work education-wise in the UK.

We got to talk about

🏻 how Alexander managed to become an EFL teacher in a London secondary school
🏻 secondary school structure; daily routine
🏻 ways of dealing with bullying & disruptive students
🏻 core subjects
🏻 homeschooling
🏻 whether UK private schools are better than state schools , ...

Also, we discussed the English equivalents for the following words & phrases:

1 - дневник/журнал
2 - 7/8/9 класс
3 - классный руководитель
4 - зам.директора по учебной/воспитательной работе
5 - кружки
6 - ставить "автомат"
7 - родительское собрание
8 - зачёт
9 - пересдача экзамена
10 - день открытых дверей
11 - педагог-организатор
12 - взаимопосещение занятий преподавателями
13 - дежурство (учеников/учителей на территории школы или общаги
14 - вызвать родителя в школу
15 - учительская
16 - урок технологии для мальчиков и девочек
17 - школа с углубленным изучением отдельных предметов/гимназия
18 - закончить школу с золотой медалью
19 - получить аттестат (по окончании обучения в школе)

Leave a 🏻 in the comment section below to get the vocabulary list

Hope you enjoyed the livestream ☺

🤗What are your takeaways/insights from the livestream? Please share in the comment section below

Do you still say or teach ‘go in for sport’ & ‘it’s high time’? Well, it’s about time we put a stop to it

In this video Sarah, an English lady from Devon, England, as well as an English teacher explains why the phrases mentioned above don’t make sense in English

a PEDESTRIAN book/movie/plot/performance/painting/lifestyle/student/speech ...

ordinary, uninteresting; unimaginative

🇷🇺 непримечательный; незамысловатый; банальный; неинтересный; ходовой; обычный

register: fairly formal

🗣He always gives long, pedestrian speeches
🗣I don't know what you liked about this movie - the plot is fairly pedestrian
🗣She is a rather pedestrian student
🗣They lead a pedestrian lifestyle

Watch the video for more examples & make sure to leave one of your own

Another collection of phrases you might want to make part of your active vocabulary:

🗣 I stand corrected
🗣 for good measure
🗣 walk all over smn
🗣 pedestrian (adj.)
🗣 jump/go through hoops

Is everyone back 'in the saddle'?

How about a new phrase or a so-called twist on the familiar phrase 🏻, to be exact?

What 'goodbye' phrases do you personally like to use?

LIVE STREAM: Language As a School Subject – Where Do We Probably Go Wrong? // CEFR & Language Assessment – a One Size Fits All (registers) Tool?

In today's thought-provoking live stream we got to discuss opinions on the following questions you left for me:

"Do you agree that learning English at school is useless?"
"What is the major problem with our education system concerning teaching foreign languages?"
"How to develop students' intrinsic motivation to study English?"
"How do I encourage students to learn English if they think they don't need it?"
"Why do English teachers quit school?"
"What are the most spectacular moments of your teaching experience?"
"Looking back, how would you describe your school English teacher?"
"How much time does it take you to define a student's level? How do you do it?"
"Can exams objectively assess student's knowledge of English?"
"Can each aspect of the language be maintained at the same level? Is it a thing at all?"
"Do you think there's no such thing as a C1/C2 word? Would you agree that levels are mostly about grammar?"
"How does one break through the intermediate English plateau?»
"Do you study with a teacher these days?

& many others

Thank you so much to those colleagues who could join & share their opinions & expertise! It means a lot! 🤗

If you're watching on demand – your thoughts, ideas & opinions are very much welcome & appreciated 🏻