My hobby

My hobby is track , it’s a difficult sport but I do it .There I run and I do more  energetic  exercices. I like this sport because I have some friends and because I play sports. In the we do some more  exercices and we leave.

Some stuff about me !!

Hi guys, my name is Casey, I’m 14 years old and I live in Greece. I enjoy a lot of things but my top 4 favourite hobbies are skateboarding, playing football, listening to music and going out with my family.I find these hobbies really energetic and I have fun. The subjects I like the most are maths, physic, chemistry, biology I find these subjects so interesting because for example maths trick your mind and the other three lessons make you understand how things work. I know 4 languages which are greek, Albanian, English and German I’m planning on learning more but I don’t have enough time for that!! What about you buddies, what do you enjoy doing in your free time? What are your favourite subjects? How many languages do you know? Let me know some things about you!!!

The Traditions in Greece

  In our age, in Greece, we have a lot of traditions. The traditions transfer from mouth to mouth, from the mam to daughter and so that’s the way to transfers the traditions from the older age to today.

 One of the Lesvos traditions is the roast lamp that we make in Easter and on Sunday morning of 15th August always we go to the church and after that, we make the festive meal. Every receipt has its own history.

 These traditions we will observe forever because that makes us GREEKS!!!

My Trip

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Hi Monika!

How are you? I am in France for a summer course. It’s sunny here. The lessons starts at 8:00 o’clock and finished at 3:00 o’clock. We go to have lunch then go for a walk. Also we play games, we dance and when it’s dark we sleep.

Have to go now. Talk soon

NIKI 🤠🙂

So, who are you?

My name is Maro, I am 12 years old and I attend at 5th high school of Mytilene. I am of medium height and relatively slim. My favourite sport is tae kwon do and I am scout. My favourite subjects are maths and IT. Also, I want to become a computer engineer. In my free time, I hang out with my friends, watch TV or ride my bike. I like films but I prefer series. Lastly, my favourite film is “Avatar” and my favourite series is  “Riverdale”.

How languages are learnt

Since it is summer and now you guys are all at the beach and enjoying yourselves, I thought that it was time to write a blog post myself here on KEDU.space. So what else would I write about for our language school blog than how languages are learnt. I suppose this post is targeting more advanced learners so I would say you have to be quite fluent to be able to follow me.

Well, firstly, I really believe that a foreign language can only be learnt if you really want to learn that language. It is no use just coming to our classes to learn a language if you really don’t want to. I suppose though you already know this because most of you seem happy to be in classes and are fluent enough to prove to me you do want it!

Next up, I have to add that this year with the pandemic and all, I was really impressed with the overall fluency skills of most students in our school. I really feel that because of our online lessons most of you felt more secure and safe speaking in English and this really showed when we got back to our face to face classes. However, another issue that was observed was that in our face-to-face classes most of you had developed issues with simple spelling mistakes. Be that you were more into typing your writing straight into a computer or phone, thus using a spell checker, or that most of you were writing less because of our online lessons (and the fact that the teacher wasn’t watching too!). Nonetheless, little spelling slips were more noticeable than before the pandemic.

Personally, I believe that fluency over accuracy is much better, but still, there needs to be a balance if you want to reach a high level of fluency. What I suggest is consciously and systematically record vocabulary and using a spaced repetition model, learn new words and phrases every day. The more words and phrases you learn, the more you will increase your fluency level. This needs some sort of a system.

While writing this blog post, I remembered a TED video I had watched recently and thought I should share it with you too. This talk was presented by Lýdia Machová, a language coach and a polyglot. A polyglot is a person who has learnt many languages and I think another characteristic which should be mentioned is that they enjoy learning new languages. One common point I have noticed while watching videos on Youtube about polyglots is that all of them state that they enjoy learning new languages and they all have their own system with one thing in common. This common characteristic is that they all learn new words and phrases regularly to be able to communicate with others language learners around the world.

I won’t say much more because this short post is getting long. Yet I will finish off by reminding you guys to record new lexis in your vocabulary notebooks, even in the summer because one of the best ways to continue to improve your language skills is through learning new chunks of language like words and phrases. If you watch the video below, make sure you check out the Goldlist method for learning new vocabulary, who knows… it might actually work!

-Mr Mike

You can watch the video here:

 

The scarecrow

One day the farmer planted corn and found out that the birds were going and eating them. But he thought of making a scarecrow. after a long time he fixed it. the next morning when the birds went there they saw it and flew in terror.

The concert

hello Anti
Yesterday I had a birthday and my parents got two tickets for a concert. The concert is in 5 days at 6. I do not know what kind of music it is that they have a surprise. The concert will take place at the castle of Mytilene. I hope they let you come!
your girlfriend ariadni

Uncle from New York

Dear uncle

We are thinking of visiting you in New York this summer, during our vacations. Specifically, we are thinking of coming to USA in the middle of August and stay there for about one week. We will travel by airplane via Athens.

During our stay, we can strolle with you on the roads of New York and see the skyscrapers, the buildings and the squares and we can visit the most important sights of New York such as the statue of liberty, the Empire State building, the Chrysler Building, the Central Park and others.

I am very happy that I will see you. The next year you can come to visit us in Mytilene if you want.

Cordially

Your nephew

Akis

Support for planning a party

Dear friend

I’m planning a party for my birthday on March 31. I’d like to invite you, but also ask you to help me with the preparation. Specifically, I want you to help me by suggesting to me a café, a restaurant, or a pizzeria to have my party there, if you can, please.

I prefer a café, or a pizzeria, or a restaurant in the center of the town. Also, it would be better the place to be large and comfortable, to be having a lot of big table and being good at the party and having good food.

I would appreciate if you helped me if you can and if you have the time, please.

Sincerely

Akis