Good afternoon!

We are sorry, but our group cannot have one more grammar lesson on Friday, because we have a seminar at 11-40. It has been put off from Tuesday (not our wish).

Thank you for understanding ! 

Brits and "Sorry"

I happened to come across this article, which I encourage you to read. Having read it, please share your findings and discoveries in terms of the grammar currently under study in comments below.

Have fun!

games in class

Good morning, guys!

 Last week we were given a creative task and that was cool! We made a list of gerunds, then we tried to find rhymes and tried to compose a poem.

I love writing. When you write something you check spelling, look for new words, read different articles and learn something new. I believe that such tasks are very useful (and not only for those who learn a foreign language!).They develop intelligence, intellectual flexibility and can help you fight monotony.

Composing is wonderful,especially when you have inspiration 😜

but if you face the creativity crisis you write something like that =>

 After on a horse long riding you can do some coffee grinding,
After much of coffee drinking everything around start twinkling (my version😅)  

By the way as a person who loves phonetics and poetry can not help but share this poem with you😋😋😋

http://www.i18nguy.com/chaos.html

Hi guys!
I would like to share my impression about the grammar class we had last Monday. That was quite an unusual class as we had to compose some poems using our active grammar - gerund and participles. Making up poetry is actually a difficult task which consumes a lot of time time and effort, but it can be fun, too. Moreover, it can help you practice grammar skills boosting your creativity and imagination simultaneously. So, I think that such activities are a much needed thing! :)

P.S. I would like to post the poem Anna Kurus and I composed last Monday. It may make little sense, but Anna and I find it  funny though.

Once Mary got a liking

To spend her summer hiking.

She would walk in the woods

Trying to sell her goods.

Carrying all that stuff 

Was for her too tough.

Suddenly she saw a wolf,

named after his father, Beowulf.
She felt like talking,
but the wolf just kept on walking.
The girl promised him good caring,
but the wolf behaved as if not hearing.
That drove the poor girl completely mad,
but she kept smiling and became a skinhead. 

Games and Studying are Similar

 Our last class we had a lot of fun playing and relaxing. It was really interesting for me just doing some simple but unusual, for studying, tasks.

First we remembered as many gerunds as we could, then we rhymed them and in the end we had to create a poem. The most important thing was, that everyone managed to do.
The atmosphere of the class was calm and relaxing. That is why I did feel like being at class and worrying about something. Everything was about having  fun and at the same time remembering about the reason why we all were there (studying)

I liked it, and I believe it's necessary to have such time at classes, because it helps to chill down and keep learning new things in warm conditions :) 

Good evening, guys!

I would like to share my impressions on the class we had last week. It was really amazing! I suppose it's really important sometimes to relax and have fun. We tried to write as many gerunds as possible, then to rhyme them and finally, create a poem. Vlad and I could write down only 55 gerunds, although another group managed to write much more.

Working with Vlad was nice and I would like to share the poem we wrote. It has no sense, to be honest, but this task made me think about writers and difficulties they face. All these rhymes and lines just confuse me. :) So we shouldn't underestimate good poems, as one actually needs some talent to create a decent one. 

He went on printing, 

While in his armchair sitting,

With his mother fighting 

Over his bad writing.

He promised to give up smoking

Pretending he was joking.

This was so heart-breaking

Even after waking.

Never minded sleeping.

Sitting at the lesson, 

Hearing teacher's screaming

He wishes he were dreaming.

The worst nightmare ever,

Remember it forever.

To sum up, it was a great experience! We practised gerunds and enjoyed studying grammar in such an unusual way. 

Hi, guys!

The lesson was really funny. 

At first we was divided into several groups and were supposed to write down as many words with -ing ending as we can. Our group wrote 51 words,  the winners(Anya and Dasha) wrote 68 words. But we weren't sad, because there were 2 more competitions ! 

The second task was searching rhymes to words which we had already written. Our team found about 20 rhymes and we were the winners! Wow:) 

And finally, the third task. We were supposed to create a poem with those rhymes! It was really funny! Sveta, Dasha and I created a love story poem. Judging by the reaction of Svetlana Konstantinovna  and of our group mates it was quite good and talented :-)

To my mind, lessons and tasks like this are helpful for people who learn foreign languages because it is always easier to memorize new information during a game or competition. Creating poems always makes your brain work even if you're asked to do it in your native language, what to say about the foreign one. 

Have a nice day!