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#Learning structure chart #learnenglish #ielts

Last week I posted a draft learning pedagogical structure which shows how we learn a language. I am currently developing and typing it and hope to post it on this blog next week.

I have shared it with many of you during classes and everyone has asked “how can it help me learn?”

In practical terms, it is a chart which shows how we learn. By understanding these points, your mind will be better equipped to study. It can help you to see and examine different points:

1. The chart is divided into two halves:  the practical  (speaking and listening) and academic  (writing and reading). This allows you to see what parts of learning you have been focussing on.
2. It is further split into two lots of rows, subconscious and conscious where the top two rows are the outward functional ego and the bottom two are the inner deeper aspects of Mind.

There’s  many things you can do with this chart. Firstly you can ask yourself why and how you are learning. Is it only for the outward ego, or to earn money or work?  As learning takes place in the bottom two rows as expressions of Love/God/Spirit or collective mind (you can choose your own name for it) then superficial learning only for practical reasons has no real basis of existence. Learning for outward reasons cannot help you grasp any deep points of expression. As the outward functional part of your mind is opinionated, it often blocks learning, unless it can see a functional use for it. In reality, the outward functional mind should be a reflection of the deeper subconscious. Sadly for many of us thats not the case.

Secondly you can use it to see where you and your teacher fit into this. Learning by cramming your mind with grammar, vocabulary and fact will not and cannot teach you from a place of expression. In other words, to learn effectively you must bond and connect with or relate to your teacher and others on a deeper level to allow you a worthy expression.

Thirdly, it can teach you that language as a commodity lowers the efficacy of learning down to its existence in the top two rows only.

#learn English

Today’s song is about a wishing well.
A wishing well is a term from Europeanfolklore to describe wells where it was thought that any spoken wish would be granted. The idea that a wish would be granted came from the notion that water housed deities or had been placed there as a gift from the gods. This practice is thought to have arisen because water is a source of life, and was often a scarce commodity.

Song by wet wet wet: click for youtube

lyrics

You hear me so clearly
And see how I try
You feel me, so heal me
And tear me apart
And I won’t tell a soul
I won’t tell at all
And do they have to know
About my goodnight girl
Caught up in your wishin’ well
You hopes inside it
Take your love ‘n’ promises
And make them last (you make them last)
You keep me so near you
And see me so far
And hold me and send me
And deep in your heart
And I won’t tell a soul
I won’t tell at all
And i won’t let them know
About my goodnight girl
Caught up in your wishin’ well
You hopes inside it
Take your love ‘n’ promises
And make them last (you make them last )
Caught up in your wishin’ well
You hopes inside it
Take your love ‘n’ promises
And make them last (you make them last )
It doesn’t matter how sad
I made you
Doesn’t matter…

The #Goldengirls theme #idioms

The Youtube clip is here

Today’s Idiom: “to throw a party” which means to arrange or make a party

Lyrics:

Thank you for being a friend

Travelled down the road and back again

Your heart is true you ‘re  a pal and a confidant.

And if you threw a party

Invited everyone you ever knew

You would see the biggest gift would be from me

And the card attached would say thank you for being a friend.

#idioms in the song Alone by #annwilson

Todays Idiom can be found in this song on youtube

“And now It chills me to the Bone” – to be afraid of something  (or to be extremely cold)

I hear the ticking of the clock
I’m lying here the room’s pitch dark
I wonder where you are tonight
No answer on the telephone
And the night goes by so very slow
Oh I hope that it won’t end though
Alone

Till now I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you
And now it chills me to the bone
How do I get you alone
How do I get you alone

You don’t know how long I have wanted
To touch your lips and hold you tight, oh
You don’t know how long I have waited
and I was going to tell you tonight
But the secret is still my own
and my love for you is still unknown
Alone
Till now I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you
And now it chills me to the bone
How do I get you alone
How do I get you alone

How do I get you alone
How do I get you alone
Alone, alone

#wilsonphillips singing “Daniel”

Another great song on youutube

Lyrics

Daniel is traveling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and, I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it loks like Daniel
Must be the clouds in my eyes
They say Spain’s pretty
Though I’ve never been
And Daniel says it’s the best place that he’s ever seen
Oh and, he should know ’cause he’s been there enough
Lord I miss Daniel
Oh I miss him so much
Oh, Daniel my brother
you are older then me
Do you still feel the pain
of the scars that won’t heal
Your eyes have died
But you see more than I
Daniel you’re a star
in the face of the sky
I miss Daniel
Oh I miss him so much
Oh, Daniel my brother
you are older then me
Do you still feel the pain
of the scars that won’t heal
Your eyes have died
But you see more than I
Daniel you’re a star
in the face of the sky
Daniel is traveling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and, I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it loks like Daniel
Must be the clouds in my eyes
Oh God,
It looks like Daniel
Must be the clouds in my eyes