An evidence of the past

by Cristina Nuta - Last year, having embarked on an attempt at an attic clear-out, I came across an old family album. It was buried under a pile of junk and had probably been there for at least ten years. I dug it out from under all the odds and ends that had accumulated and took it downstairs to have a closer look. On wiping over with a cloth, I found that the album was beautifully bound...

Digging Up the Past

by Cristina Nuta - Have you ever felt curiosity to find out some interesting facts about what a tomb and a skeleton can tell us about the person buried there? Well, the eye of an archeologist can tell us enough clues about the person buried there by just looking at the tomb carefully for a couple of minutes or even at a photo of the tomb. We can take as an example the case of a tomb in the...

It Is Useless to Explore the Past

by Herminne Tonita - Every one of us has a secret in his past he wants to remain there forever. It really doesn't matter what it is all about, but there are things you don't want others to know about you. So why is that you want to know everything about your boyfriend, how many girfriends he had, if he had cheated on them or if he had broken the law? If you don't want others to know...

Population conference learns from the past

by Cristina Nuta - In Brasil there has been a population conference, whose aim was for countries from each continent to look back at past experience and to learn from them for the future. Population problems are different in different parts of the world. For example, in many European countries the population is getting older. The birth rate is very low because many young people have only...

English Lesson Plan : Past Tense Simple - Consolidation

Level: 4th year of study Time: 50' Subject of the lesson: Past Tense Simple - Consolidation Teaching aims: Helping pupils to move past passive learning to active learning, to find better ways of engaging themselves in the learning process. Learning aims: By the end of the lesson students will have: - Practiced and reinforced Past Tense Simple of regular and irregular verbs -...

Lesson Plan : Present Tense, Past Tense

LEVEL: beginners, 2nd year of study TEXT BOOK: English G 2000 TOPIC: Charlie's Lucky Day, Present Tense, Past Tense LESSON AIMS: - To develop Ss's speaking and listening competences - To revise grammar concerning Past Tense - To develop Ss' ability to use language in real life situations OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson the Ss will be able to: - Use correctly the revised grammar...

Lucky Day?

LEVEL: beginners, 4rd year of study TEXT BOOK: Snapshot, Ed. Longman TOPIC: LUCKY DAY? LESSON AIMS: - To develop Ss' speaking competences - To revise and reinforce grammar concerning past simple, past continuous, past perfect and time clauses - To encourage speaking and comprehension skills OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson the Ss will be able to: - Use correctly the revised...