This week, we have been talking about leaders; what makes a good leader, what makes a bad leader, who are our favorite, and who are our least favorite leaders. It's been fun.
Anyway, In this day in age of international conflict, we often hear how world leaders fail like third graders taking a medical board exam. I always think that if I were the leader, I would do things differently...
Anyway, What would you do if you were president?
If I were president, I would listen to other leaders before I made any decisions.
Or; most likely: If I were president, I would take a vacation!
So in English we say: IF I+(WAS/WERE) president, I+ WOULD + PRESENT SIMPLE
-the speaker means that is an unreal situation, and it's not real...so this is how we speak when we are dreaming about doing something RIGHT NOW...
-If I were rich, I would go to school and get a PHD.
(I am not rich, and I am working like a dog, I am only dreaming!)
Anyway, readers and learners of English, this is your homework. Ask yourself, what would you do if you were president, and what would you do if you were rich?
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Welcome and be Afraid!!
Okay everyone,
First of all I would like to say hello, and thank you for tuning in. As you know I am a struggling ESL Teacher and graduate student in the dynamic European capital city of Poland; Warsaw.
Despite the fact that I try to educate many of you in the art of English communication in the classroom, sometimes I feel like I should do more. You are all wonderful people, and you deserve the best. I am not the best-yet, but to make up for my shortcomings, I am attempting to create my esl blog to help you as students interact with this tricky and fickle language we typically call English.
Anyway, more on this academic English stuff later. As it is also Halloween weekend, and since I have been trying to explain to all you determined students the differences between the being afraid verbs like; to cringe, to be scared stiff, to be mesmerized, and the idiomatic expression not really discussed during lessons: to be 'shitting bricks, I am posting this youtube video of a preview form a film called 'Paranormal Activity.'
You will see cringing, and boyfriends holding girlfriends who are scared stiff. You will even see many people 'shittin bricks!' However not literally!
click this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_UxLEqd074
First of all I would like to say hello, and thank you for tuning in. As you know I am a struggling ESL Teacher and graduate student in the dynamic European capital city of Poland; Warsaw.
Despite the fact that I try to educate many of you in the art of English communication in the classroom, sometimes I feel like I should do more. You are all wonderful people, and you deserve the best. I am not the best-yet, but to make up for my shortcomings, I am attempting to create my esl blog to help you as students interact with this tricky and fickle language we typically call English.
Anyway, more on this academic English stuff later. As it is also Halloween weekend, and since I have been trying to explain to all you determined students the differences between the being afraid verbs like; to cringe, to be scared stiff, to be mesmerized, and the idiomatic expression not really discussed during lessons: to be 'shitting bricks, I am posting this youtube video of a preview form a film called 'Paranormal Activity.'
You will see cringing, and boyfriends holding girlfriends who are scared stiff. You will even see many people 'shittin bricks!' However not literally!
click this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_UxLEqd074
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