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So…how can we make it nice and simple for our students? Make it visually attractive: Charts, tables & Colours HELP- AND ALWAYS connect them to the other parts of the sentence! For instance, for the lower levels: STRUCTURES FOR YEAR 1 CSE: Question Word(s) Auxiliary 1 Subject: Who/What Lexical (V- V-ing V-ed/en/) Rest: What [...]
English Auxiliaries are ESSENTIAL, NICE, and ORDERLY. Keep them simple and in good company! Part 2
In the previous post THE FIRST PART OF A SET OF THREE, we showed why English Auxiliaries are ESSENTIAL in ways that Spanish Auxiliaries are not. Now we are going to: Showed why there is no future tense in English. FINALLY, in the third part: : We’ll hint at possible ways of helping our students [...]
English Auxiliaries are ESSENTIAL, NICE, and ORDERLY. Keep them simple and in good company! Part 1
In the previous post we: Showed why there is no future tense in English. Indicated thatthe English verb phrase cannot be understood properly, nor will we be able to interact with others in English, if we do not have it clear in our minds that there are two main groups of verbs: Lexical Auxiliary To [...]
The Versatility of the English Lexicon
This post is largely based on another revised and published on 2nd October 2017 under the title “13 Questions on the English lexicon and half an answer”. The post has been updated and only one of the questions remains. Lexical Competence and Lexis I am very fortunate and enjoy all my classes, but I especially [...]
23rd, 26th & 27th July 2021 have been days of celebration at PoppieS
The lists of successful candidates for the permanent position of English Teachers at Secondary Schools in Castilla La Mancha, Navarra & Madrid were published on 23rd, 26th & 27th July: CONGRATULATIONS to the 20-odd successful candidates who prepared it with PoppieS, for 2 or even 3 years because of the Covid-19! Here’s to you [...]