Surreptitious

How about this new word from the Merriam Webster Dictionary for today?

It's well connected to the American campaing. 

When: Lookups spiked on September 18, 2012. Why: In the main campaign story of the week, surreptitious was widely used to describe the video of Mitt Romney speaking to wealthy supporters at a fundraising dinner and discussing low-income voters. The video was apparently taken without the knowledge of the candidate or others at the event. Surreptitious means "done, made, or acquired by stealth," or "clandestine." It comes from the Latin verb that means "to snatch secretly."

Read more at http://www.merriam-webster.com/trend-watch/2012/09/20/#b04PZ4Vb4oiP5sAY.99

Flying over America

Have you ever been to America? How was it? What did you enjoy the most? Isn't this a great video? 

Language tip of the week: behaviour

Hi!

Here is some advice from Mcmillan dictionary about using the noun behaviour. Behaviour is usually an uncountable noun, so it is rarely used in the plural:

✗ Parents should be able to prevent their children’s crimes or bad behaviours.
✓ Parents should be able to prevent their children’s crimes or bad behaviour.
✗ The media often encourage violence and aggressive behaviours.
✓ The media often encourage violence and aggressive behaviour.

The plural form ‘behaviours’ is a specialized term used in fields such as psychology, social science, and education. This use is much less common than the uncountable use:
In this chapter, we discuss strategies for dealing with the problem behaviours of young children.

For more tips, you can click on:
Language tip of the week: behaviour | Macmillan

The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain

Hi!

In this video you can see how important the development of the brain in teenagers is. Did you get any ideas that you can apply to your own students? Did you find it interesting? In TED website you can find loads of wonderful videos on different topics. Visit it from time to time!

 

This Week's Movies

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Which movie will you go to see this week? Which one from The New York Times' picks would you watch?

Wordlist of the month

This month ESOL Examinations have selected a new set of words based on the English Vocabulary Profile. Here is a list of words related to  travel.

A1	station		A2	journey		B1	cruise
A1	ticket		A2	passenger		B1	port
A2	airport		A2	luggage		B1	timetable
A2	platform		B1	cancel		B2	inspector
A2	stop		B1	destination		C1	rank
A2	delay		B1	route		C1	excursion

Next to each word you will see a letter and number (A1, A2, B1, B2 or C1). This means that this word should be familiar to a learner at that CEFR level. For example, in the list above a learner at C1 level should know all these words; a learner at A2 level would probably only know the first nine words on the list.

Having problems with the definition or pronunciation? Need some example sentences? You can look the words up at:

• Cambridge Dictionaries Online
• the English Vocabulary Profile (for free subscription to the A1–C2 English Vocabulary Profile complete this form)

Welcome to this new school year

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I'd like to welcome you to a new course in English. We are fully committed to helping you get a Cambridge Certificate of your English knowledge. By using this blog we will try to help you get access to numerous English resources outside the classroom. 

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