Niamh's classroom

   Can you identify the meaning of 'just' in the following songs? 1) Bruno Mars - Just the Way you Are Oh, her eyes, her eyes Make the stars look like they're not shinin' Her hair, her hair Falls perfectly without her tryin' She's so beautiful and I tell her everyday Yeah, I know, I know When I compliment her, she won't believe me And it's so, it's so Sad to think that she don't see what I see But every time she asks me, "Do I look okay?" I say When I see your face There's not a thing that I would change 'Cause you're amazing Just the way you are And when you smile The whole world stops and stares for a while 'Cause girl, you're amazing Just the way you are Yeah 2) Bill Withers - Just the two of us I see the crystal raindrops fall And the beauty of it all Is when the sun comes shining through To make those rainbows in my mind When I think of you sometime And I wanna spend some time with you Just the two of us We c...

 Can you identify the expressions with 'time' in the following songs? 1) Noah and the Whale - ________________ Oh well, in __________ we could be walking round a zoo With the sun shining down over me and you And there'll be love in the bodies of the elephants, too I'll put my hand over your eyes but you'll peek through And there'll be sun, sun, sun all over our bodies And sun, sun, sun all down our necks And there'll be sun, sun, sun all over our faces And sun, sun, sun, so what the heck 'Cause I'll be laughing at all your silly little jokes And we'll be laughing about how we used to smoke All those stupid little cigarettes and drink stupid wine 'Cause its what we needed to have a _________ 2) LCD Soundsystem - Disco Infiltrator Bare in mind, we all fall behind, from _____ to ______ Bare in mind, we all fall behind, from _____ to ______ 3) Jungle - Time Say it, how I'm feelin' Ain't easy You know, you know ________________ Ooh! __...

  I've been using this website in classes to have students guess a world location. It is great for all levels to discuss vocabulary about shops, the environment, the climate, fashion, and around town. The website places you in a random city with a person walking around. The goal is to guess where in the world is the city. You can have students observe what they can see, and use hedging language to make a guess.  You can even make it competitive by having two teams see who makes the closest guess.  There is also a monuments setting to have students speculate about famous world sites. This is great for modules on tourism! We even had one turn where some eagle-eyed students spotted the Eiffel Tower! City Guesser link

For Unit 5 of the B2 First for Students book, we have to discuss the topic 'learning and earning'. Here are some warm-up or fun activities I have used to make our virtual classes a little more exciting. Fake degrees I have the students read about these British university degrees and guess which one I have invented.* They can use a dictionary to help with any unfamiliar language. Prior to reading, I explain what 'BA' and 'BSc' mean. BSc Surf Science  During the programme you will study: the sport of surfing as well as surfing businesses; business planning relating to the surfing industry; event management; environmental science; human exercise science; principles of psychology; design and manufacture of surf boards; the environment and human impacts on it; the development of surfing culture and history; sport-related media and politics; the geographical and climatic influences on surfing. BA Fictional languages M'athchomaroon. Did you know this is how to say ...

I recently had to fill three 90 minute classes with games and activities for an intermediate adult class. To break the ice and revise the grammar and skills they had previously learnt, I used these activities.

One of the units we studied to prepare for the Cambridge B2 First exam centres around tourism and the environment. For a break from exam activities, I planned the following class to get students talking and thinking about the effect of tourism on nature. This is a lesson that covers all four skills. Warm up We started with some tourism-related 'would you rather' questions. Would you rather miss your flight or lose your luggage (your travel bags)? Would you rather spend the night in a luxury hotel with a stranger, or in a bad hotel with your best friend? Would you rather have free flights for the rest of your life, or eat for free in restaurants for the rest of your life? Would you rather only visit places you’ve already been, or only visit places you’ve never been? Would you rather sit next to someone who talks lots on a train/bus/plane, or a crying baby? Would you rather travel the world for a year on little money, or travel for one month in complete luxury? Would you rather v...