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You learn something every day if you pay attention. ~Ray LeBlond

You learn something every day if you pay attention. ~Ray LeBlond Me, myself, and I. You may be tempted to use these words interchangeably, because they all refer to the same thing. But in fact, each one has a specific role in a sentence: ‘I’ is a subject pronoun, ‘me’ is an object pronoun, and ‘myself’ is a reflexive or intensive pronoun. Emma Bryce explains what each role reveals about where each word belongs.

You learn something every day if you pay attention. ~Ray LeBlond

Guilty dog Note  :  All Viralelt posts share the same structure.  Teacher’s notes  appear only on  How to use Viralelt . This is done to keep “teacher text” to a minimum and avoid repetition. Do you think the dog in the video knows it has done   something   wrong ? When dogs  look guilty  do you think they feel guilty? How do dogs see humans? If they could speak, how would they explain their  relationship  with humans? Some people say that we often  treat   animals  as if   they were human. Is it  wrong  to do this? When  owners  speak to their dogs do you think the dog understands what they are saying? What do you understand by the  saying  “Dogs are man’s best friend”? Do you agree? Apart from the incident shown in the video, what other problems can dogs cause their  owners ? Why is it important  to  train  a dog ? What does training a dog...

One Word  is a series of videos in which members of the public are asked to give their responses to a single word. In the following instalment a group of women aged between 5 and 50 are asked what comes to mind when they hear the word  feminism . You will find the other videos in the series  here . Do you have a favourite word in your own language? What about a word that you don’t like? Do you like it  because of  its sound or its meaning? Do you have a favourite English word? How rich is your vocabulary in your own language? Do you tend to  overuse  some words? Do you ever feel you  can’t find the right words to express your thoughts ? Do you like playing word games like  Scrabble , crosswords ,  Hangman  and  word search ? When learning a language how important is it to widen your vocabulary , i.e. to know more words? What are  the best ways to   learn more vocabulary? It is said that reading is one of the...

What do you think of the video you’ve just seen? Will it make you  think twice before  tak ing  your next “selfie”? When and why do people decide to take “selfies”? Are we becoming too  self-obsessed and   narcissistic ? How often and on what occasions do you take “selfies”? It has always been possible to  take a photo of yourself. When and why did people start talking about “selfies”? Is a photo of yourself always a “selfie”? What do you think of people who try and take “selfies” with famous people? If you saw a famous person, would you  be tempted to   try and take a “selfie” with them? What does it mean to be  photogenic ? How photogenic are you? How many photos of yourself do you have to take before feeling happy with one? Do you think most people like  having their photos taken ? Do you like having yours taken? What about if somebody you don’t know takes a photo of you  without asking ? Describe the  profile...

What is stress? What are the most  common causes and symptoms of stress ?  How can you tell that someone is  suffering from stress ? How can   keeping a pet   help people to   feel less stressed ? What type of pet do you think would be best for   reducing stress ? Would you say that you   lead a  stres sful life ? Are there times in the day, week or year which are more stressful than others? What about relaxing ? When and how do you   relax ? Some people say that  a certain amount of stress can be good, useful or necessary. Do you agree? Why?/Why not? Do you think that life  these days  is more stressful than  in the past ? Why?/Why not? How often do you feel that you don’t have enough time? Do you often do things  in a hurry ? Does this  make you feel stressed ? When you  feel stressed  or  irritable   do you  let your feelings out   or do you tend to  bottle...

do you know the answers to these questions? video.  Does it surprise you   that   the students in the video seemed to  know so little about   their own country? Do you think the girl at 01:53 was right to  feel embarrassed   and “stupid”? Should  ignorance   of certain things be  the cause of embarrassment ?  Why do you think these students  have committed to memory  facts about Brad Pitt, but not facts about American history or politics? Some people think that  in the era of the Internet , it’s not really necessary to  learn facts . What do you think they mean? Do you agree? The  well-known   educational  consultant   Sir Ken Robinson  argues that   too much  emphasis on learning facts at school  stifles children’s innate creativity . What is your opinion of  the way children are taught at school ? Our brains have  limited storage capacity . Are som...