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This hugely influential poem is one of those works everyone must read, including EFL students and teachers, and should be included in every High School literature programme. The work also appears in the Cambridge Literature syllabus, and so is appropriate for IB MYP and Diploma programmes.
This series reviews publications related to the sport of rugby : for example match predictions, reviews and analysis, club and player profiles, and the history and rules of the game, from straight reports to commentary and analysis. The series is partly General English and partly English for Specific Purposes, and while everyone is welcome, players, former players, coaches and fans of the sport will likely find it more engaging.
English has five articles and one non-article, each with specific semantic and grammatical functions. This one-hour single-topic session reviews the meaning and purpose of articles, and compares and contrasts the six uses. Of course, vocabulary and semantics are involved.
Infinitives in related languages such as Spanish can be expressed in three different ways in English, each with a different sense. This one-hour single-topic session reviews infinitives with and without "to" and infinitives v gerunds, corrects mis-learned or mis-applied "rules" and reviews the patterns behind most gerund uses.
To date, no-one has acheived 100% in this challenge; how well do you know gerund-use and will you be the first to get them all right?
Manipulating and controlling one's voice is a technique frequently-used by professional speakers and entertainers to create effects and to influence the audience. This session reviews the five features of using one's voice, what they are and what effects they have, for teachers, advanced learners and anyone who wants to speak in public including social media.
Heads of Department, Co-ordinators and Academic Directors have two conflicting supervision functions. They are required to evaluate their colleagues, or to play a part in the evaluation process, and at the same time to support and develop them. This is something of a knife-edge, and frequently harms a mid-level leader's position. This session considers these two conflicting roles, how to separate them and a possible strategy to manage both.
