CE 1 Lecture III Lector L Deighton Chrisostomides

CE 1 Lecture III Lector L. Deighton Chrisostomides lchrisostomides@Singidunum. ac. rs

Extracurricular activities • Do you do any extracurricular activities? If so what? • Are your extracurricular activities for a future job? If not why do you do them? • How important are extracurricular activities for students? Justify your answers. • What do you think the best extracurricular activities for a future teacher are? What about for a translator? • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=8 ye. HB 9 WW 4 tw

Grammar review • What have you been doing over the past year to better yourself? • Have you been doing enough exercise or sport recently? • What have you been learning recently in university? What about in your spare time? • What has been going on in the world recently? What have you seen on the news? • What have you been reading recently? Think books, magazines and newspapers.

Grammar review cont. • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=_ao 2 u 7 F_Qzg • Try to note down all the examples of the present perfect continuous in the song • Afterwards, we will review the lyrics of the song together. • Do you think listening to music is a good way to learn languages? • What other ways can we learn a new language without a teacher?

Bucket lists • The term bucket list comes from the euphemism “to kick the bucket” which means to die. • A bucket list is a list of things that you would like to do before you die. • Work in groups of 3 -4 and brainstorm. Come up with a list of things you would like to do at least once in your life. • We will discuss your ideas, try to use present perfect: “I have” and “I have never”.

Greatest accomplishments • Think about your greatest personal achievements and make a mental note of 2 or 3 of them. • A handful of you will come to the front of the class to tell us about your achievements. • Try to use phrases like “the greatest thing I have ever done is…” and try to use the adverb “already”. • The rest of the class is free to ask questions about the achievements of their peers.

Learning other languages • What factors contribute to making a language easy or difficult to learn? • Which language do British diplomats and embassy staff find the most difficult? Why? • What is the most difficult language in the world? • Do any of you speak languages other than Serbian and English? How and why did you start learning them? • What languages do you personally think would be hard to learn? Justify your answers.

Quantifiers • Can you think of something you can never have too much of? What and why? • Can you think of something that you have too much of? What and why? • Can you name something that you think governments spend to little on? • Can you name a few things you don’t think you could live without? • How much time do you spend using your computer, phone or other electronic devices per day? Is it too much in your opinion? • How many real friends can a person have? Can you name a few things that define a real friend?