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Friday, 7 September 2018

Phrasal Verbs with TAKE: "take to", "take in", "take after"...

TRANSCRIPT
I'm Adam. Today's lesson is, again, phrasal verbs; everybody's favourite lessons.

Today, we're going to look at phrasal verbs using the verb "take".

Again, a quick review: what is a phrasal verb?

A phrasal verb is a verb and a preposition, when put together, giving different meanings.

Sometimes one, sometimes two, sometimes more.

So, today, we're going to look at "take out", "take in", "take over", "take up",-excuse me-

"take after", "take back", "take off", "take on", "take down", "take to".

Let's start with "take out". All of you, of course, know takeout food.

You go to McDonald's, they ask you if you want to eat in or take out.

So, take out means to take your food to go. That's one meaning.

Another meaning of "take out" is the literal meaning; exactly what the words mean.

For example, you have a turkey in the oven. It is finished cooking. You take it out of the oven.

Then, there is also the slang. If you want to take someone out, you kill them.

You see this in kind of the mob movies. They want to take someone out; they want to assassinate. Assassinate. I'll have to... Yeah, I'll leave that for now. Okay.

"Take in". What does "take in" mean? A few meanings as well.

The first is the most common one. If your clothes are too big, if you've lost some weight,

you might want to take in your shirt, or your dress, or your pants.

You take it to a tailor, and he or she will take it in; make it smaller, tighter.

Another meaning of "take in", for example, if you go outside your house and you see a cat,

and the cat is sitting there: "Meow, meow", you know, it's all sad and lonely. You take it in.

It doesn't mean you take it into your house. It, of course, means that.

But more, it means like adopt. You take it into your house; you give it a home, it’s part of the family.

So, you accept, you take in, you adopt something or someone.

"Take over". "Take over" means assume control of something.

So, for example, if I own a big company and you own a slightly smaller company,

but you're my competition, one way I can beat you is I can take over your company.

I can buy a lot of shares in your company, and I take over. I take control.

If we're going on a long road trip, and I'm driving and I'm getting tired,

I say: "Oh, can you take over the driving?" Means we switch, and you continue driving.

"Take up".

If you take up space, for example, it means you use. You use space. You take up space in a room.

Another way to say "take up" is you start to do something new, like a new hobby, or you start learning something new. So, recently, I took up Spanish. It means I started going to Spanish classes, and I started to learn Spanish.

Now, if you add "with", you can take something up with someone. It means you can discuss.

So, if you have a problem in your class and you're falling behind, and you're not doing so well,

take this problem up with your teacher. It means go to your teacher and discuss the situation.

See how you can fix it. Okay.

"After". If you take after someone, means you behave like them. It's very similar to look like,

except it's not about physical features; it's about personality. So, if you take after someone,

you are similar to someone in terms of character or behaviour.

So, for example, I take after my mother. My sister takes after my father. My father was

a very hot-tempered man. My sister's a very hot-tempered woman, so she takes after him.

"Take back". Again, two meanings. There's the literal meaning, so I lend you my pen. You use it.

You finished. I take it back. You give it back to me, it returns to me; I take it back.

Now, if I said something really mean to you or something not nice, or I made a promise

and then I take it back, it means I cancel what I said. So, if I said something that made you upset

and I take it back, it means I apologize. I take back the bad words and everything's okay, hopefully.

If I made a promise then take it back, it means I'm not going to do this promise anymore. Okay?

So you have to be a little bit careful about take backs.

"Take off". I think most of you know the airplane takes off. It goes down the runway,

then "whew," takes off.

But "take off" can also mean to be very successful or very quickly to do well. So, a business starts and, you know, the owners are doing what they can, but suddenly the business just takes off.

It becomes very popular, very successful, making lots of money, hopefully, again.

English phrasal verbs - take after, take back, take down, take in

English and Russian online

Aprende inglés online - Phrasal Verbs 10 - take off

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Tuesday, 4 September 2018

Collocation

Collocation

The explanation pages on this website cover the big grammar topics, such as verb tenses,

the articles, the passive. With such topics it is appropriate to use the words correct and incorrect.

For example, it is incorrect to say: My father don't like German food or Do you have dog?

However, there are aspects of language where correct/incorrect are not the right terms.

Consider the sentence: She is completely beautiful. Many native English speakers would say

that the expression completely beautiful does not sound quite right;

that incredibly beautiful or extremely beautiful sound better.

But the expression is certainly not incorrect in the way that Do you have dog? is.

This aspect of usage (the expected combination of words) is called collocation.

A grammarian would say that incredibly and beautiful collocate more strongly than completely and beautiful.

There are no collocation rules that the student of English can sensibly learn.

He or she must be prepared to use a dictionary in each case to find out about

the expected word combinations, or to ask a native speaker.

An excellent modern alternative is to type the word combination into Google

and see how many results are returned.

In the example above completely beautiful got 36,100 hits,

whereas incredibly beautiful got 861,000. It is very clear which is the stronger collocation

(more common usage).

Do a quiz on collocation.

Saturday, 1 September 2018

Getting the Right Tutor for Your Child

Herb Robert growing through moss.

Getting the Right Tutor for Your Child

Suseelah Ayura

According to a recent Straits Times article, 7 in 10 parents in Singapore ensured that their children had extra lessons by either engaging a home tutor for their children or sending them
to tuition centres. Seventy percent of the 500 parents surveyed felt that extra tuition is necessary
to help their children to perform better in their daily schoolwork and improve their exam grades.

The 21st century is very competitive for students, particularly in Singapore,

where exemplary exam results and academic success are vital to a student's future.

Unfortunately, most of the teachers in our schools are often not able to give their students

the individual attention that they need to achieve their high levels of academic success

in their studies and exams.

Home Tutoring for the Struggling Student

Many students, often the underachievers and those with learning difficulties struggle in school

to cope with their daily homework and exam preparation. Often, it is not that they are not smart

nor that they are committed enough. Usually, it is because a student needs personalised guidance and training to perform better in his exams which are more challenging and demanding.

The key to enhancing a student's poor results in his exams is home tuition.

A home tutor will be able to adjust his teaching styles to suit the student's individual learning needs. The tutor can also focus and help by imparting him with vital skills and exam strategies

that will boost his self esteem and confidence to perform better in his studies and exams.

One of the most powerful tools and study strategies that a tutor can use is the internet.

With the whole world at the student's fingertips, there are always valuable study resources

and tools the student can easily access to improve his knowledge.

The internet offers a new perspective to students worldwide

and often brings about the epiphany that is the signal of true learning.

Home Tuition to Improve Examination Scores

A third of the 500 parents interviewed in the Straits Times study mentioned that their children scored higher grades and their academic results improved significantly prior to their engaging

a home tutor for their children. By engaging the right home tutor who is well qualified a

nd experienced, it is a success pathway for true academic achievement for a student.

General Tutor versus a Subject Specialist Tutor

A general tutor is usually able to help a student with their core subjects which are English, Maths, Science and Mother Tongue Language subjects. The tutor will teach and help the student

to study more effectively to perform better in his daily works and exams.

A subject specialist tutor will teach and train a student on a specific subject only.

For example, a student seeking to enter who wants to be a lawyer will need to ace his English

and General Paper. A subject specialist tutor can help a student to excel in the subject he is teaching by helping his student to focus more on exam strategies. He can also teach his student

how to apply the strategies successfully and effectively in his studies and exams.

Professional Tutors

In Singapore, where competitive testing is part of every student's daily challenges in his studies

and exams, there are thousands of people who can claim to be tutors. The most important thing

for parents or students to do is to engage tutors who are well trained, experienced and committed. Parents should always interview the tutor and check out his credentials,

experience and teaching philosophy before engaging the tutor.

Since home tuition is vital for the success of a student's performance in Singapore's

highly competitive academic world, parents should choose tutors wisely.

Engaging a home tutor is an investment that will pays dividends for a lifetime.

Suseelah is the founder of SuperGeniusIQ Eduacational Consultancy, a home tuition agency

which focuses and specializes on bringing out the best in every child and individual.

She is also an experienced English Language teacher and special needs therapist

with more than 30 years of teaching experience.

http://www.supergeniusiq.com is the website of SuperGeniusiq. Parents and students can choose

a tutor or special needs therapist to improve their grades and study skills.

SuperGeniusIQ Home Tuition is constantly in touch with the changing educational system.

and aims to help students gain a competitive edge in our knowledge-based economy.

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Tuesday, 28 August 2018

Learn English - 4 ways to understand what you hear

Self heal.

Learn how to understand almost everything you hear right now in 4 easy steps!

If you are an advanced English student, and you already know grammar and can understand

what you read, but have trouble understanding when people speak in movies and in real life,

watch this lesson to find out HOW to listen and UNDERSTAND!

LBCC - IMPROVING LISTENING SKILLS

Learn English Listening Skills - How to understand native English speakers

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Saturday, 25 August 2018

How to be a better reader

How to be a better reader

The importance of reading

Reading is an extremely important skill. It is by reading that you learn much of what you need

to know for your different school subjects. Reading is also an excellent way to improve

your general English. You can only learn from reading, however, if what you read is not too difficult. For this reason, it is important to know what makes texts difficult

and how you can improve your chances of understanding them.

What makes texts difficult to understand

Most of your reading difficulties will be caused by a problem on the list below. Of course, when two or more of these problems happen together, your chances of understanding will be even smaller.

the text has many unknown words

the text has long, complicated sentences

the text is about a topic you know nothing about

the text is about a topic you find boring

the text has small print, long paragraphs, no pictures

the text has been badly written

you are feeling tired

you are distracted

you don't know the important cohesion markers

you don't know why you have been asked to read the text

How to understand more of what you read

You can do nothing about some of the reading difficulties: for example, you can’t change the print

in a book or make poor writing better. But there are many things you can do that will give you

a better chance of understanding what you read. Here are some suggestions:

1. Know your reading purpose - The way you read a book or a text depends very much on your reasons for reading it. This is why it is so important to know your reading purpose.

You should read a question in your math exam differently from an entry in an encyclopaedia

which you are looking at quickly to find out the date of an event. The kind of reading you do in class or for your homework is different from how you read a novel for pleasure in the summer vacation.

If you know your reading purpose - perhaps by looking first at the questions you must answer

after reading - you can choose the best reading method.

If your teacher gives you something to read and doesn't tell you what you need to find out

from the text or what you will do after the reading, ask her (or him)!

2. Choose the appropriate reading speed - ESL students often take a long time to do their work because they read everything slowly and carefully.

Often, however, one of the following speed reading methods will be the best choice:

Skimming - this is reading a text quickly to find out what information it contains.

You should skim when, for example, you want to check if a text has the information you need

to answer some questions or write a project.

It is often enough to look at the first (and last) sentences in each paragraph.

Scanning - this is reading quickly to find a specific piece of information. You should scan when,

for example, you are looking for the answer to a question which you know is in the text.

In general, students should be trying to increase their reading speed.

(Click to do some speed reading practice.)

3. Get background information - Find something out about the topic you have to read.

The more background information you have, the easier it will be to understand the text.

You can get this background information background in your own language.

For example, if you are studying the Italian Renaissance, you could read an encyclopaedia or textbook in your own language to find out the most important details about this historical period.

Your parents may also be able to give you useful background information.

Talk to them in your language.

You can sometimes get background information from the text itself. Many writers include

a conclusion or summary; if you read this first, it may give you a good start.

4. Use all the information in the book - Good textbooks are well-organised, with titles, sub-titles, introductions, summaries or conclusions. Many books also have pictures with captions.

Look at all these first before starting to read.

Another aspect of good writing is that each paragraph has a topic sentence. A topic sentence is

a sentence, usually the first one in a paragraph, that contains the main idea of the paragraph.

If you concentrate on understanding the topic sentence,

this may help you to understand what comes next.

5. Increase your vocabulary - Of course, reading itself is an excellent way to improve your vocabulary, but there are many other things you can do. (More advice on learning vocabulary.)

The better your vocabulary, the easier you will find your reading.

6. Use your dictionary sensibly - A common mistake of ESL students is to look up each unknown word in the texts they are given to read. Occasionally this is necessary - for example, when reading examination questions. But it takes a long time and can be very boring. It can even make understanding more difficult because by the time you reach the end of the paragraph you have forgotten what you read at the beginning! (Advice on how and when to use your dictionary.)

7. Learn the important words that organise text - When you read texts in your science or history books, you will find that most good writers organise their writing with cohesion markers (also called transition words). These are words that connect different parts of the writing and help writers structure their thoughts. If you learn the important cohesion markers, you will find it easier to understand the text.

Here are some important cohesion markers: also, therefore, except, unless,however, instead, (al)though, furthermore, moreover, nevertheless, on the other hand, as a result, despite, in conclusion.

8. Choose the right place to read - You can’t really expect to understand a difficult book if you are trying to read in the same room with the television on and your little brother distracting you. The same goes for reading in the bus on the way to school. You also can’t expect to read a textbook and listen to music at the same time. Try to find a quiet and comfortable place with good light, and your dictionaries and other materials nearby.

9. Choose the right time to read - If you have a difficult text to read for homework, it’s probably best to do this first. If you leave it until last when you are tired, you will find it even more difficult.

Important: If you have tried the advice above and you still cannot understand a text, then it is simply too hard for you. Stop reading and ask someone to help you (your ESL teacher, for example!). Nobody likes to give up, but you will just be wasting your time if you continue to work at a text that is beyond you.

What to read

Most of the time you have to read what your teachers tell you to read. But as you know, reading is an excellent way to improve your English, and so you should try to do some extra reading each week. Here is some advice on how to choose what to read:

Try not to read something too difficult - There should be no more than about 6-10 new words per page; reading for pleasure should not be hard work!

Reading easy books is good for you -You will improve your reading skills even if you read simple books, as long as you read lots of them. (But you may find you don't really enjoy stories written in English that has been over-simplified.)

Try to read some non-fiction - Reading non-fiction books or magazines will help you learn some of the words you need to do well in your subject classes. There are millions of pages of non-fiction on the world wide web!

Choose something that is interesting to you - This is clear. In fact, if you are really interested in a topic, you will probably be able to understand texts that would normally be too difficult for you.

Surf the internet - You can learn a lot of English just by surfing around on the websites that interest you. This is particularly true if the webpages contain pictures that help you understand the writing.

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Wednesday, 22 August 2018

Phrasal Verbs & Expressions with OVER: "take over", "overplayed", "over it"..

TRANSCRIPT
Hi. My name's Ronnie. I'm going to teach you some words. The inspiration came as a sign, literally.

I walked into the magical place of unicorns and magicians, where we record these videos,

and I saw a wizard holding a sign that said: "OVER", and I said: "Oo, cool sign. It says 'OVER'." Lesson, lesson, lesson, done. So, I'm going to teach you some expressions that we use with "over".

Now, the cool thing about "over" is if you look at this side of the board, all of these words

are going to have one thing in common, and it is, of course, the word "over".

So, in English when you're learning new vocabulary and you see the word "over" plus another word, it has a very, very important meaning.

And this one means "too much" or "too many". So, if you're learning new vocabulary,

if you're reading something and you are not sure what the word means,

you're going to know "over", "over" means too much or too many of something.

So, let's check out what these words mean.

First of all: "overreact". This means you take something too far. Let's say that, for example,

I drop my marker. Instead of picking it up and going: "I dropped my marker",

I would freak out and go: "Oh my god! I dropped my marker! What am I going to do? Oh!"

This is overreacting or being overemotional. You tell the person: "Hey, calm down. Do not overreact. You're reacting or being too emotional." So, "overreact" means too many or too much action;

too many emotions are coming out. Chill down and relax.

"Overused". "Overused" means you use something too much. So maybe you overuse your cellphone, maybe you always use your cellphone, and one day your cellphone dies and goes "ppft", nope. You've overused something because you've used it too much.

This is my daily life. Every day I wake up, have a shower, smell good, and I listen to the radio.

Now, I like music a lot, but I have a big problem with the radio and the problem is

that they "overplay" or they have "overplayed" songs. This means they play one song every day. Guess what? There are millions upon millions of songs out there. I do not want to have to listen to the same song every day at the same time. Without fail, they will overplay a song. Usually what happens is you hear the song, you're like: "Enh, I don't mind it." You hear it again a couple times, you're like: "Oh, I quite like this song." And then the magic happens, they overplay it - "ppft", it's gone.

You can't stand the song because it's overplayed. They play it all the time. You go shopping:

"Oh, there's that song again." Every place you go, you hear that song. The song is overplayed.

This is what happens at work. Do you work too much? If you work too much, you say:

"I am overworked." It means I work too much.

Uh-oh, sometimes maybe once in a while if you are lucky, you would get to go on vacation-woo-hoo-so you have your airplane ticket, you're on your flight, you get to the hotel and they say: -

"Uh, we don't have a room for you." -"This is my reservation number, this is my name.

Why don't you have a room?" They will say: -"We're overbooked." -"Uh, you have too many books?" No. "Overbooked" means they have too many reservations and not enough rooms,

or they don't have enough space. Overbooked can happen in a restaurant, it can happen

with reservations, in a movie theatre, no, or... Not a movie theatre. If you book a play or something, they have not enough seats, too many people. Also an airplane, if you book a ticket, it's overbooked, there's too many people. Not enough seats, too many humans. Mm-hmm.

If you don't understand something, it's "over your head". Maybe you go to school

or maybe you're talking to someone, and what they're saying to you does not make sense,

you can say: "It's over my head." You don't understand. No comprende. Don't understand.

Next: "overdrawn". Uh-oh. This is really, really, really bad because it has to do with money.

If your bank account is overdrawn, it means you've taken out too much money that you don't have.

If this happens to you, the bank will also charge you fees. They're called "overdrawn fees" maybe. This is a bad situation.
Something else you can be is "overloaded". You can be overloaded with work,
or you can be overloaded with projects. Never overloaded with money. That's a problem.

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