While learning English with idioms is not for beginners, two of my enthusiastic students are up for anything. On a unit about personality traits, I brought in a few examples of idioms to describe people (on the list were down to earth, daydreamer, out of one's mind, teacher's pet, cry-baby and others.) What do you think these two are?
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While learning English with idioms is not for beginners, two of my enthusiastic students are up for anything. On a unit about personality traits, I brought in a few examples of idioms to describe people (on the list were down to earth, daydreamer, out of one's mind, teacher's pet, cry-baby and others.) What do you think these two are?
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Why is The Big Rock Candy Mountains a great song to sing with a class of Spanish 12 year olds? 1. This song has a ton of new awesome words and phrases (words even I had to look up before class). 2. It's about a paradise land full of free food and napping. 3. This song, first recorded in the 1920's by Harry McClintock, is said to come from one man's account of hobo traveling of the US in the late 1800's or early 1900's. In class my co-teacher could note on some US history that varies from today's pop-culture. "Railway bulls," for example, were those who policed trains to kick off ticketless riders into the Great Depression. 4. The song is a break from recognizable English song choices that students often know, such as hits from Bob Marley and the Beatles (which are fun choices, but they are not from the US, and as part of my role this year to share US-specific culture with the students I'd like to share US artists and songs when possible).
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