tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post8883562047277277937..comments2024-03-24T10:24:57.931+00:00Comments on Leoxicon: Every Breath You TakeLeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-72013715786837028712023-10-05T21:55:28.819+01:002023-10-05T21:55:28.819+01:00Did anyone realised of the possesive and control f...Did anyone realised of the possesive and control freak attitude of the narrator towards his/her beloved? it sounds a bit like a stalker invigilating someone, I´m not sure of my interpretation, I might be wrong, but I´d be careful when teaching young studentsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-51055377131132749112014-05-05T18:09:09.393+01:002014-05-05T18:09:09.393+01:00Hi Angela
Thank you for your comment and for alert...Hi Angela<br />Thank you for your comment and for alerting me to the problem with Musicenglish. I don't know what's happened to it. I used it just a couple of weeks ago and it was fine. I'll try to contact Richard Creswell (the man behind the website) and tell him about the problem.<br />LLeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-35395290584050080572014-05-01T10:51:11.175+01:002014-05-01T10:51:11.175+01:00Thank you for making this available. I'm looki...Thank you for making this available. I'm looking forward to using this activity with a group of learners and the link to musicenglish looked promising but, unfortunately, I wasn't unable to acess anything other than a log in page. AngelaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-15664929748640823702012-11-09T10:35:09.554+00:002012-11-09T10:35:09.554+00:00Hi Leo,
Just to let you know that we’ve shortlist...Hi Leo,<br /><br />Just to let you know that we’ve shortlisted this blog post for this month’s TeachingEnglish blog award and I’ll be making a post about it on today’s TeachingEnglish facebook page http://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil, if you’d like to check there for comments.<br /><br />Best,<br />AnnAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328247226446483683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-81315734325727766612012-10-28T22:49:09.385+00:002012-10-28T22:49:09.385+00:00I am glad you're experimenting with it :)
Yes...I am glad you're experimenting with it :) <br />Yes, the last verse doesn't have such strong collocations except for "lost without a trace" and possibly "feel so cold" I wouldn't consider "see your face" a collocation - it's just a free combination.<br />Love lyricstraining too - probably more than my students. The main point there is practising listening, which is good too.Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-67299541833342767592012-10-28T20:44:11.218+00:002012-10-28T20:44:11.218+00:00No disappointment :) I was just curious and though...No disappointment :) I was just curious and thought I'd missed something I should know. <br /><br />I used this in class last week, with the easier version, but I wanted all the gaps to be verbs so I changed the final verse to take the verbs out like your teachers' version. After this experiment I think I would use your version next time - I think the final verse is a little different and the verbs are not such good examples of collocations with nouns. Also I think they are a little too easy and the other version with the endings as gaps would a little more challenging. <br /><br />The students enjoyed it as well as learning some useful verb-noun collocations. It was also a good segue into showing the students Lyrics Training - http://www.lyricstraining.com/ . Of course Lyrics Training texts aren't chosen for specific language points, but I take every opportunity possible to encourage independent practice and learning.<br /><br />One of the students managed to fill it all out without even having to think about collocations, as he knew the song by heart. He told me he saw 'The Police' live in Spain, way back when! :-)<br /><br />Cheers, LesleyLesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398883659899214375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-43395755205290577862012-10-28T20:08:00.259+00:002012-10-28T20:08:00.259+00:00Hi Lesley
Thank you for the comment.
It's a go...Hi Lesley<br />Thank you for the comment.<br />It's a good question. I think the reason is that I made the easier version first (with the words given) where all the gaps occur at the end of every line. <br />I then decided to adapt the activity for teacher training workshops and wanted to make it more difficult. I thought having the same words gapped without any word bank would be too challenging so I changed it by gapping the verbs only. <br />Very simple explanation here, no ulterior linguistic motives, I'm afraid - sorry to disappoint you :)<br />Hope you enjoy the activity anyway!<br />LEOLeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-49637920476664059302012-10-28T19:59:58.899+00:002012-10-28T19:59:58.899+00:00Hi Ann
Good to have you here! Do let me know how i...Hi Ann<br />Good to have you here! Do let me know how it goes if you use it.<br />Thanks<br />LEOLeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077987567636970527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-9870033457110365112012-10-21T22:56:38.089+01:002012-10-21T22:56:38.089+01:00Hi Leo
This is terrific, thank you. I'm going ...Hi Leo<br />This is terrific, thank you. I'm going to use it in my class this week.<br />I'm just wondering why you have different words removed for the two versions? Why didn't you use the verbs in the first, student version?<br />Cheers,<br />Lesley<br />Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398883659899214375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759462792103754770.post-60373738091755155672012-10-21T21:35:16.336+01:002012-10-21T21:35:16.336+01:00Thanks for sharing this, Leo! I just love the song...Thanks for sharing this, Leo! I just love the song. Will use this activity with some of my students very soon!<br />I wish I just paid more attention to the songs, really..<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Ann<br /><br />Ann Losevahttp://annloseva.posterous.com/noreply@blogger.com