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EXPECTATIONS Questions for B1, B2, C2 learners. Learners provide free responses for questions 1-4. It is wise to ask 2 different questions at the end of the lessom. 1 How often does your teacher in Polygnosis or ih High school make you explain your answers? 2 When you feel like giving up, how likely is it that your teacher will make you keep trying? 3 How much does your teacher encourage you to do your best? 4 How often does your teacher take time to make sure you understand the material? 5 Overall, how high are your teacher's (either in Polygnosis or in High school) expectations of you? 1Not high at all 2 Slightly high 3 Somewhat high 4 Quite high 5 Extremely high ******************************************************************************************** INCLUSION SUPPORT UNDERSTANDING IMPROVING Questions for A2, B1, B2, C2 learners. Learners provide free responses. It is wise to ask 2 different questions at the end of the lesson. 1 How much did your classmates help each other? 2 What was your favourite part of our lesson today? 3 How interesting was our lesson today? 4 How clearly did I teach things in our lesson today? 5 What’s the biggest thing I could have done better today? 6 What’s the biggest thing I could do better tomorrow to help you learn? 7 What’s the biggest thing you could have done better today? 8 What’s the biggest thing you could do better tomorrow to help yourself learn better? 9 What got in the way of your learning easily today? 10 If a friend of yours missed our class and asked you to explain the lesson, what would you tell them? PLEASE USE OUR LEARNERS' FEEDBACK TO CHANGE ASPECTS, FOCUS ON MINDSET and SPECIAL INTERESTS.

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Received Pronunciation

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  Listen to the recording at  https://www.bl.uk/british-accents-and-dialects/articles/received-pronunciation Article written by: Jonnie Robinson Themes: Diverse voices: varieties of English in the UK ,  Received Pronunciation Published: 24 Apr 2019 Variously referred to as the ‘Queen’s English’, ‘BBC English’ or ‘Oxford English’, Received Pronunciation, or RP for short, is the accent usually described as typically British. Find out more about its origins and its current status in the UK. RP: a social accent of English Received Pronunciation , or  RP  for short, is the instantly recognisable accent often described as ‘typically British’. Popular terms for this accent, such as ‘the Queen’s English’, ‘Oxford English’ or ‘BBC English’ are all a little misleading. The Queen, for instance, speaks an almost unique form of English, while the English we hear at Oxford University or on the BBC is no longer restricted to one type of accent. RP is an  accent , not a  dialect , since all RP speaker
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Shocking Origins of Some Common Words

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How to Read a Dictionary Entry - Meriam Webster Dictionaries

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  Word Matters Podcast Episode 17: How to Read a Dictionary Entry How to Read a Dictionary Entry When you read a definition, what do you see? Is one meaning of a word more important than another? Who decides this, anyway? Join us for a deep dive into the myths and mysteries of the dictionary. Download the episode  here . Transcript (intro music – “Build Something Beautiful” by Tobias Voigt) (teaser clip) Peter Sokolowski: If you read an entry that has definitions in historical order, you're actually kind of reading the biography of the word. This is where it started. This is where it got its education. This is where it got married. (music break) Emily Brewster: Coming up on Word Matters, some dictionary demystification. I'm Emily Brewster, and Word Matters is produced by Merriam-Webster in collaboration with New England Public Media. On each episode, Merriam- Webster editors Neil Serven, Ammon Shea, Peter Sokolowski, and I explore some aspect of the English language, from the d
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