Lisa's Language Notes

 1) Busuu Busuu is a website offering free digital flashcards on the English language to help English language learners (ELLs) practice speaking, reading, and writing. Learners may even interact with native speakers through its global community of over 100 million people to get feedback on their progress. Furthermore, it comes with a dedicated mobile app for those who would like to learn on the go. In case you want access to additional resources, Busuu also has paid plans starting at €5.83/month when billed annually. This comes with thousands of lessons prepared by linguists, personalized study plans, official certificates, and a vocabulary trainer. https://www.busuu.com/ 2) JenniferESL JenniferESL is a channel maintained by Jennifer Recio Lebedev, a certified English teacher and the creator of the website English With Jennifer. Unlike the previously discussed YouTube channel, this focuses more on American English. Among the videos that learners can expect from this channel include...

Сафьянникова Яна - Интересное 1. To have one’s head in the clouds – витать в облаках.      It’s not so easy to move to the US as she thinks; she has her head in the clouds. –  2. To twist in the wind – переживать, колебаться, быть в неопределённом положении.      When the scandal broke, his business partners left him to twist in the wind. 3. Storm in a teacup – много шума из ничего, буря в стакане воды.      Donna and Jill are continually quarrelling, but it is usually a storm in a teacup. 4. To chase rainbows – гнаться за недостижимым.      My mother keeps telling me that I can’t chase rainbows all the time and I need to grow up. But watch me! My life is wonderful. I adore it!

The point of my speech is to explore two notable learning strategies that could help learners in their language journey and to consider whether the type of perception plays a significant role in their choosing. The most effective way to pump up and improve English is to watch sitcoms in English with subtitles. Usually, sitcoms contain small dialogues between the actors, which are easy to understand. Apart from that there is also everyday vocabulary, which can sometimes be forgotten. Furthermore, through sitcoms, it is possible to track the features of oral speech, how grammar is pushed to the background and prosodic elements come first. In this case the active stock of basic vocabulary is refilled and grammatical constructions are practiced as well. Having analyzed the experiences of students, many were impressed after watching the sitcoms. It is more likely that you can remember something if the audio is supported by images. The next modern strategy that everyone can use more often, b...

Blogs provide many opportunities for educational purposes when learning English. They allow students to immerse themselves in an English-speaking environment and put their acquired skills into practice. Blogs provide a unique opportunity to improve your reading skills. Students are offered a wide range of blogs in English on a variety of topics. Reading blogs helps you expand your vocabulary, improve your understanding of grammar, and learn how to express your thoughts more accurately and fluently. Students can start by reading blogs dedicated to their favorite topics, which will make the process more interesting and exciting. Blogs offer the opportunity to improve writing skills and the opportunity to actively participate in the educational process. They can ask blog authors questions, comment on posts, participate in discussions and share experiences with other students. In this way, students can receive additional feedback and advice from more experienced native speakers, which will...

  This article provides some tips for improving English writing skills, including writing quickly, editing later, avoiding translation, and using useful phrases. Get into the habit of writing quickly/ Get out of the habit of writing slowly Many of the ideas below are not only useful for writing that report, essay, etc more quickly, but also help get you into the routine of writing more quickly. It might also be worth regularly writing something very quick and easy like diary entries as both further English practice and something to switch your brain into quick writing mode. Write like you speak As you write, try to only correct yourself if it’s complete nonsense, explain your way around unknown vocabulary instead of using a dictionary, etc, as you would when you are speaking. This will not only help you write more quickly, but will also make writing more useful for improving your speaking skills. Write quickly then edit later It is much quicker to correct yourself when you have fin...

  The differences in usage between all and whole These words often have the same meaning, but they are used differently！ With the definite article: All  comes before the  definite article : All the time Whole   comes after the  definite article : The whole time With a possessive adjective: All   comes before a  possessive adjective : All my life Whole  comes after a  possessive adjective : My whole life With a singular noun: Whole  can only be used after a  definite article : The whole country ( not  'Whole country') With Plural Nouns: They have different meanings: All   exams were affected. = Every exam was affected. Whole  exams were affected. = This doesn't mean that every exam was affected, but that some were affected completely. With uncountable nouns: We generally use  all . We can say 'the whole of the' before an uncountable noun.