вторник, 16 декабря 2014 г.

четверг, 11 декабря 2014 г.

What is Quora?

https://www.quora.com

Quora is a question-and-answer website and network where questions are created, answered, edited and organized by its community of users. It's a good source of knowledge. Ask any question, get real answers from people with first hand experience, and blog about what you know.

Quora's mission is 

to share and grow the world's knowledge.


What is Wordnik?

http://www.wordnik.com  is a very useful tool for learning new English words in the contemporary context. It is  like a dictionary, but it includes extra information, like example sentences, phrases that the word is a part of, Twitter results for each word, and statistics on the word's popularity. It's a kind of a network-based dictionary.

среда, 19 ноября 2014 г.

Describing People In A Funny Way

Who is who is your class?
daredevil - смельчак, сорвиголова; 
crybaby - плакса;  
cheapskate - скряга, жадина;  
barell of laugh - весельчак;  
oddball - чудак, "с приветом";
old as the hills - старожил;  
troublemaker / classclown - проказник, буян, шут
nutty as a fruit cake - безумец, полоумный.

воскресенье, 14 сентября 2014 г.

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суббота, 2 августа 2014 г.

Vadim Zadorozhny’s Vehicle Museum

Vadim Zadorozhny’s Vehicle Museum is one of the largest in Europe and the largest in Russia private museum of vintage (старинный) technical equipment. The best antique machinery of the last century collected here include more than 1000 exhibits:
  • military hardware, 
  • weapons, 
  • aviation, 
  • motorcycles, 
  • and of course retro cars.

пятница, 1 августа 2014 г.

A cute inspiring life story made at readtapestry.com


Glossary:
halcyon days мирные, счастливые, безмятежные дни
stumble through делать неуверенно (что-л.), запинаться
pitch (=sales pitch) рекламирование, расхваливание 
an old hand (at smth.) опытный (в чём-л.), знаток (чего-л.), мастер своего дела; бывалый человек; ≈ стреляный воробей, тёртый калач
shrug пожимать (плечами)

суббота, 5 июля 2014 г.

Multimedia storytelling

Capzles is a free educational technology with which teachers and students can add photos, videos, audio, and text to their stories and make them unique by personalizing them with special colors, backgrounds and music, like the one below.

среда, 2 июля 2014 г.

Buncee Presentation

Buncee is a new multimedia format of presentations used by teachers and students for projects, digital storytelling, announcements or invitations. Unfortunately only two slides are for free :(

понедельник, 2 июня 2014 г.

Saying good-bye ...

My few words for you, kids, before I leave ...


Hello, my dear students. You know that I'm leaving for Moscow. Now I'd like to tell a few words for you. First of all, I'd like to thank you for all your hard work, time and efforts learning English. I'll remember all the fun we had in all we did together. I'm glad and proud I was your teacher cos you're very special and talented kids, the best for me. I love you and will never forget. Come to my blog, tell me about your achievements and discoveries, leave your comments and keep in touch. I'll be very pleased to hear from you! Good luck and be happy! Hopefully, see you some day! Cheers!

понедельник, 26 мая 2014 г.

Возвращение блудного попугая in English

The cartoon is voiced by the 7th form students from Buguruslan Gymnazia №1: Liza Uliyanova (parrot), Roman Subbotin (Vasiliy, boy and cat) and Dasha Panova (crow + translation in English)

воскресенье, 4 мая 2014 г.

Why Do You Read?

Watch this video and answer the questions below it.

  • Why do you read?
  • What benefits do you see in reading?
  • How do you think reading helps you in your daily life?
  • Do you read for pleasure at home? How often?
  • What do you enjoy reading?
  • How does reading make you feel?
  • How do you select a book to read for enjoyment?
  • What are some of your favorite books?
  • Do you have a favorite author?
  • Why do you enjoy this author?
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