Patricia Ryan : Don´t Insist On English

TED TALKS
At TEDxDubai, longtime English teacher Patricia Ryan asks a provocative question: Is the world's focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages? (For instance: what if Einstein had to pass the TOEFL?) It's a passionate defense of translating and sharing ideas.


About Patricia Ryan

Patricia Ryan has spent the past three-plus decades teaching English in Arabic countries -- where she has seen vast cultural (and linguistic) change. More links

Let´s watch the video and think of what she says. Do you agree?



http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang/eng//id/1106

BE HAPPY

MEANING OF LIFE

A few suggestions to remind us of the important things. The illustrations and captations are from the book "be happy". A little book to help you live a happy life.

Modal Verbs

This is a small class of Modal Verbs

 

 MAY     MIGHT     CAN     COULD     MUST     SHOULD      OUGHT TO     CAN´T

Here you can watch a video with the explanation of the modal verbs. Apart from this, there are a lot of links to work on this structure of grammar.


Despicable Me:Rules with WILL and MAY. MODAL VERBS.
It is a 2010 American computer animated 3D comedy.The story is of a supervillain named Gru who plans to use three orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, only to find that their innocent love is changing him

Watch the scene of this movie, in which the father is giving some rules to his children.

Write the rules .

Click here to practise more.
Translate the following sentences.
More translations for advanced students.