02 October 2012 / by Radmila Gurkova

Politicians saying sorry?!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUOHtExdrdI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

A spoof video where Nick Clegg appears to sing an apology about his party's tuition fees u-turn is to be released as a single on iTunes!

The British deputy prime minister has given his permission for the film to be issued by satirical website thepoke after it received thousands of views.

Aides said that he had requested all profits be given to Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

What do you think about coalition Governments? Do you think they work?

Do you think it's important for politicians to say sorry? Does it make any difference?

Can you think of any other politicians that have had to apologise? Have you ever heard of Mitt Romney?

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February 2012

Friday Fun: The History of English #7

by Radmila Gurkova

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7W7UgFxri8 The history of English series now reaches the first dictionaries. This shows an attempt to control and record the English language by writing the meanings of words in a rather large book. However, as the video demonstrates 'English is a very rich language' and there are always new words being intro...

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February 2012

January Monthly Quiz

by Radmila Gurkova

You can now test your knowledge with our January Monthly Quiz ...

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February 2012

Choosing to be homeless..?

by Radmila Gurkova

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvvjDOtS2sw Becky Blanton was Homeless - but of her own volition – for one year. She is a journalist but decided, after her father died, to hide from the world, travel and become homeless. She had camped her whole life so thought driving off into the sunset with her dog and cat, in a Chevy van w...

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February 2012

Language - the endangered species

by Radmila Gurkova

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McF3CoVHbYM There are 6,500 languages in the world and 3,500 are “endangered”! How many languages can you think of? Every two weeks a unique language dies when the last speakers pass away. Mark Turin is an anthropologist working on language death as an academic linguist and has been living within a...

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February 2012

When do we add 'ly' ending?

by Radmila Gurkova

Do you know when to add -ly to a word? For example, He walks slow or he walks slowly? Adverbs modify adjectives, verbs, and other adver...

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February 2012

They eventually learnt English....

by Radmila Gurkova

Adverbs of time: already, still, yet, finally, eventually, soon, last, just We normally use eventually before ver...

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February 2012

I ALSO agree with you!

by Radmila Gurkova

Also is use...

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February 2012

I had never seen so many students in one class...

by Radmila Gurkova

PAST Perfect Tense USE: We use the past participle to talk about actions in the p...

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February 2012

Friday Fun: The History of English #6

by Radmila Gurkova

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES3qDORQjAA&feature=youtu.be The history of the English language continues with this video that looks at the British Empire and it's effect on the world. Do you know any of the phrases that are mentioned in this video? ...

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February 2012

Kids really brought their imagination…

by Radmila Gurkova

Kids really brought their imagination… Bring shows movement toward the speaker Can you take me a bottle of water? Incorrect Can you bring me a bottle of water? Correct Bring ----> toward speaker A common mistake for English learning is Bring and Take. They ...

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