This video was the original inspiration for one of my favourite lessons.

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Dear students, here are 2 videos that will help you to understand The Causative that you find so challenging. Enjoy! ;)

PS: Don't forget to post your comments so that I know that the material is useful for you.

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Dear students, please watch the video on the topic "Art Attack" and make a list of useful vocabulary that you'll need to describe a painting.

Our first post from Italy! Hurray!!! :)

Please meet Camilla! :) 

Hi, i'm Camilla, i'm 14 years old. I'm from Piacenza in Italy. I'm tall and slim, i've got brown hair and brown eyes. I've got a mother, she's Daniela, a father, Giuseppe, and a sister called Giulia. I've got a horse too! His name's Barbaforte. I won a lot of competitions with him like Italian Championship, and this years maybe i will go to European Championship! He's a very good horse and I love him. I practice endurance, it's a sport with horses in a race that change the distance from 10 km to 160 km. :)

Teaching Russian to Italian Students

We had lots of fun! :)

Here are the quotes of famous people, parts of which you, my dear students, hid using QRcode. They look nice and intriguing, don't they? ;)

Each time you forget the ones you liked during  the lessons, don't hesitate to click on the link "Quotes in Code" and touch up your memory. And don't forget to quote them in real-life situations to show you know. ;)

Videos on the topic "Wearable Technology"

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blown away

very much impressed, surprised, excited

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a comforter

1) a wool scarf

2) a duvet

3) a small plastic or rubber object that a baby sucks

Some great rap songs to learn the verbs followed by the infinitive and the verbs followed by the gerund.

Shall we accept the challenge? :) We're still going strong, aren't we? ;)

A Guide to Mooncakes! :)

Let's play a game!;) Name as many ingredients of mooncakes mentioned as you can! Mind your spelling.

Videos on the topic "Hobbies":

1) "Knit the Bridge"
2) "Artist on her knitwear for trees"
3) "The Dirty Car Artist"

Children and me on TV! :)

That's what I call a great team-work! :) Thanx, guys! :)

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"How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?"

 

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"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!"

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to get a like shock (= to be like shocked)

When one gets many more likes/retweets/favorites on a social networking site than usual.

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to crosstext

send the wrong text to someone while chatting online with many people at the same time

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to be in greeting orbit

When you're with someone and run into an acquaintance of his/hers. They exchange greetings, which leads to a conversation, and you stand there smiling and wondering if you'll ever be introduced.

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an almost-quaintance

a person to whom someone has sent a friend request or from whom he/she has accepted such request.