Teachers are a kind of conductors

 Are they? Do you mean they can drive faster than Fernando Alonso? No, no, I'm only joking. Watch the following video and you'll discover that 'to conduct' can be a'false friend' for us.

English in a Minute: How to use 'CONDUCT'  (BBC Learning English)

 

Conductor can also be the person in charge of an orchestra or the person collecting the tickets in a bus or a train.

As I said, teachers are a kind of conductors because they try to lead a group of students in their learning process. They can help the students, but they can't do all the work. It is then time for the students to get to work.

 

In your opinion, what should be the role of teachers? What must they do? What do they have to do to make their students learn?

 

   

Here's my musical hint for today by the great German conductor Herbert Von Karajan: full album 

 

 

Here are some activities for you to do:

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  News Review: Bad bosses make people quit & Israel-Gaza: A month on (BBC Learning English)

• Listening exercise for you to do about UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) : Mystery flying objects   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• The English We Speak: Sound out  (BBC Learning English)

• Learn how to speak naturally:   How to get back on topic  (BBC Learning English)

 

 

Activities for my students.....

 

in 2º ESO:    

 

SO, TOO & ENOUGH   ( SO, TOO & ENOUGH )

Dialogue page 30 (New English in Use 2) -  Making recommendations   

A: You can go to Alicante. There are so many funfairs. It is so exciting!

B: Sorry. I don't like funfairs because they are too noisy. There's too much noise and there are too many people.  

c: Then you can go to Novelda. It is quiet enough for you. There are enough quiet places for you to stay and there are enough  parks for you to go for a walk.    

 

Translate the following sentences into English:

1. La película no era lo suficientemente interesante para que nosotros la viéramos.

2. Nerea es tan habladora. Ella habla tanto.

3. El ejercicio era demasiado difícil para que nosotros lo hiciéramos.

 

 

 

mmmEnglish - SMALL TALK  >>> Pronunciation lesson: bath or bathe?

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

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