BEING A TEACHER....

BEING A TEACHER IS A DIFFICULT TASK NOWADAYS, SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS PIECE OF ADVICE BY BRUCE LEE:

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

by Bruce Lee

viernes, 31 de enero de 2025

A matter of common sense, not of intelligence!!


 

How smart are you? If you are really smart and you are a student, you should not use any of these AI apps because they don't develop your skills.

 

 

Learning English from the News: DeepSeek: Chinese AI app shocks tech world (BBC Learning English)

 


Here are some articles for you to read about the issue:



Real Easy English: Where I live (BBC Learning English)


Either DeepSeek or ChatGPT (On the road to PERFECTION!!) make amazing projects, but they also make dummy students, so the use of these ICT tools is not sensible at all!!
 

Can 'ancient' be considered an extreme adjective? I don't see it myself, but it can be in contexts like these: "in the old times" (en los viejos tiempos) //  "in ancient times" ( en tiempos ancestrales). 

Here are some links for you to check and come to a conclusion: EXTREME ADJECTIVES  1  2  3  4 

      

Here are some activities for my students:

in 1º ESO about the Present Simple vs Present Continuous  1  2 

in 3º ESO about the EXTREME ADJECTIVES  1  

 

 Here's my musical hint and my piece of advice for today: Got to be real by Cheryl Lynn and here's a video with the lyrics for you to sing along. Don't be a fake, please!

 






Road towards success in the new PAU (Selectivity exam)

 

Rephrase/Rewrite these sentences by using another suitable structure:

 


71. The mechanic is going to repair her car next week. (Have sth. Done)

72. What a pity I didn’t have time to see you last week. (Wish)

73. This story will shock you. (Passive)

74. Will you post this letter for me, please? (Gerund/Infinitive)

75. If you don’t review your notes tonight, you won’t do well tomorrow. (Conditionals)

76. “How much money have you put into the account?” they asked. (Reported Speech)

77. I’m sorry I can’t speak French perfectly. (Wish)

78. The next plane leaves at 9.45 p.m. . (Question)

79. You should post these letters. (Passive)

80. Although she was ill, she visited other countries. (Contrast Connector)

 

 

Solution to the exercises in the previous post

 

Rephrasing

61.  I would like to have been invited.

62.  My house is being painted now.

63.  I wish I had got a car.

64.  The teacher told me to wait for him outside.

65.  She sent off an application form , because she needed a job.

66.  How long does it take you to get there?

67.  She hasn’t written a poem for two years.

68.  Smoking is forbidden here.

69.  Unless the tickets arrive, we won’t be able to go.

70. I wonder where my keys are.





Here are some activities for you to do:



 

 

Quizz:   Spot the error    (BBC Learning

English)



 


What is an AI anyway? | Mustafa Suleyman | TED Talk


Lucy talking about advanced ways to describe the weather.

 


 

 


 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"




 

 



Nadal vs Djokovic 2013 Men's semi-final Full Match | Roland-Garros


 

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  2. I don't use either chat GTP or other IA apps, I only use sometimes the to translate some words. But what you say is true because a lot of people use those apps and then when they get to the exam they don't know how to do anything. I don't know what they are for, either, because if people don't do their job genuinely, they won't be able to do it without the apps.

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