Louise B

LB

I have been teaching EFL for nearly 20 years.
I'm interested in all aspects of language teaching and learning.
FutureLearn gives me the chance to refresh some skills and learn some new ones!

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  • Louise B made a comment
    Part 3: a case study - modal verbs in textbooks

    As an EFL teacher currently in Germany this is very interesting.
    I work with adults who learnt English at school many years ago and who now need English in their professional lives.
    Some of the most common forms of spoken English seem totally new to them. It will be interesting to find out which books were used at school when they first learnt English.

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    What next?

    Thanks again for such a great course.
    When this pandemic is over and we can travel freely again, I will definitely be going back to Rome to have another look around.
    Who else is going??? :)

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    Finale

    Thank you to EVERYONE who was involved in putting this course together.
    It's be extremely interesting and very informative.
    It was great to read comments from fellow learners, so thanks to everyone who contributed.

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    Part XIII – ‘To the death’  

    I hadn't realised it only took about 10 years to build. Impressive when you consider there was no modern machinery to help.
    I wonder what the human cost was of constructing all these buildings?

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    Matthew's virtual tour: Baths

    I'm surprised by the sheer scale of these bath houses.
    As with lots of other things we have seen so far the engineering and building work is very impressive.
    It must have been a great day out to visit one of these grand bath houses and visiting one of the smaller venues would have been a good opportunity to find out the latest gossip in your own neighbourhood.

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    Baths

    Very impressive that it took only around 6 years to build the Baths of Caracalla.

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    Part XI – ‘From a city of brick to a city of marble’

    History being brought to life once again. Fascinating!

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    Part X – ‘Thrills, spills, speed, and more than a hint of danger’

    A quarter of a million people?!
    What a fantastic crowd. Imagine the noise and the atmosphere!

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    What did we cover this week?

    This was another really interesting week.
    Lots of new information for me about how 'ordinary' people lived.

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    What next?

    Thanks to EVERYONE who was involved in putting this course together.
    The videos and course content were both very informative and interesting.
    It was also great to read the comments from other learners - thanks to all who contributed!

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    Conserving and displaying royal fashion

    The was a really interesting and informative video.
    So many things to think about when preserving these objects and deciding which ones to display.

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    Roman housing

    Fascinating!
    It must have been very noisy (not to mention smelly!) to live in such close proximity to other people.

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    Part VIII –  ‘To ensure that the grain kept flowing in‘

    Very impressive logistics operations in place here to keep 1 million people fed.

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    What did we cover this week?

    Another very interesting week. Lots of new information for me. Thanks!

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    Part VII – ‘The heavens come down to the earth’

    As with many other buildings and structures we have seen so far on this course, it is simply an amazing feat of engineering to be able to build something like this without modern technology and equipment.

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    The Royal School of Needlework

    Amazing! Such highly skilled people.

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    Fashion and the female body

    @AnneHodgkins Thanks for the additional information.

  • Louise B replied to Louise B
    Fashion and the female body

    @JeanBernath Did they stop wearing their usual clothes or were adjustments made to garments they already had?

  • Louise B replied to Diane Hills
    Monumental architecture

    @MatthewNicholls Thanks for the additional information.

  • Louise B replied to Louise B
    Your impressions

    @ChristianeGuinot @LindaG Ego and the need to show off!

  • Louise B made a comment
    Freedom and politics: a difficult relationship

    This was a really interesting video and gave me lots to think about.
    The topics discussed here seem particularly pertinent in these strange coronavirus times.

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    What did we cover this week?

    Another very interesting and informative week. Thank you!

  • Louise B made a comment
    Your impressions

    While these forums (fora?) are certainly impressive feats of engineering and building, they come across as vanity projects - each one trying to be bigger and better than what went before.

  • Louise B replied to Diane Hills
    Monumental architecture

    I have also wondered about the various costs involved.

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    Fashion and the female body

    Does anyone know what clothes would have been worn during pregnancy in this era?
    Wearing a corset must have been very uncomfortable.

  • Louise B made a comment
    Victorian dressing ladies

    Getting dressed took such a long time. What a faff!

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    Your impressions

    It all certainly looks very impressive but I wonder how noisy it would have been there.
    Would the crowds have been able to hear properly, or would it have been too noisy with lots of other things going on?

  • Louise B made a comment
    Europe seen from the outside

    Let's not forget that the EU bloc (which was the main focus of this video) is not the same as the continent of Europe.

  • Louise B made a comment
    A brief history of Ancient Rome

    The timeline was really helpful.
    Thank you.

  • Louise B made a comment
    What did we cover this week?

    It's been an extremely interesting and informative first week.
    Looking forward to learning more over the next few weeks :)

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    Part III - ‘What have the Romans ever done for us?’

    Very impressive feats of engineering.

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    Part II – ‘All the colours of the empire’

    A really informative video - again! :)
    History is certainly being brought to life here.

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    Georgian style

    The level of detail on these clothes is really impressive.

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    A potted history of ancient Rome

    A very informative and interesting video.

  • Louise B made a comment
    Introducing the Georgians

    "Despite 17 pregnancies, none of her children survived..."
    So sad.

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    The early mantua

    A very informative video.
    Interesting point about eating - or not! - during the day.
    There are so many layers to the clothing worn and I had no idea about the pins!

  • Louise B replied to Jean Bernath
    The levée

    So much faffing around!

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    Battle ready

    Really interesting video.
    There must have been some very skilled people involved to create something like that without the use of a sewing machine.

  • Louise B made a comment
    Keeping up appearances

    How lucky for us that we have modern appliances for washing and ironing.
    These were such physically demanding jobs in the past.

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    Masque costumes

    Really interesting video.
    It must have taken them so long to get dressed in such clothes.

  • Louise B replied to Louise B
    Recycling and reusing Tudor textiles

    @DevinMurphy Thanks for the information. I wonder how they dealt with food and drink stains?

  • Louise B replied to Louise B
    Recommendations and advice

    @BeyzaÖzdal Indeed. Regular exposure to the language in various different settings is important. Let them hear the language and soak up all the sounds and words.
    When they are ready, the children will reproduce the language they have heard.
    Don't put pressure on them - we all learn at different speeds :)

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    Thank you and goodbye

    Thanks to EVERYONE who was involved in putting this course together.
    It's been really useful and interesting to read comments from fellow learners, so thanks to everyone who contributed.

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    Recommendations and advice

    Exposure to the language(s) is key.
    Also, let them learn at their own pace. I know there are guidelines for what children 'should' be able to do at certain stages of development, but every child is unique and that should not be forgotten.

  • Louise B replied to Ana Ruiz Polo
    How children acquire language

    Young children are experts at storing information ready for future use!