Alice asked:What can I do if students do not like English? (primer año de secundaria)

As everybody knows English is taught in High School (learners have never seen any word in English but heard something from their brothers or sisters)so learners come to their English classes with some views about and attitudes towards learning English. These attitudes are formed by the social environment in which they grow up and by people around them.

What I tell you is to be aware of these attitudes as they can influence leraner’s desire and motivation to learn and be successful in learning English.

* Be patient

* Be prepared for difficult moments

* Be friendly and understand them

Another thing we can do is to check  our teaching method and include different activities or games in order to have positive classes for our learners.

WHAT / HOW ABOUT YOU?

It is used to ask a question that refers to the information or question that inmediately preceded it.

I am tired.     How / What about you?

She is leaving now. How / What about you?

HOW ABOUT? WHAT ABOUT?

They have the same meaning and usage.
They are used to make suggestions or offers.
They are followed be a noun/pronoun or by the ING form of a verb.

Example
-We need a new teacher.

*How about Sara?   What about Sara?

*How about hirng Sara?

*What about hiring Sara?

The use of ABOUT TO

It expresses an activity that will hapen in the immediate future,usually within minutes or seconds
Example
   I am about to leave,call me later.

  The store is about to close.

CAUSATIVE FORM

Causative form is used to talk about what/who causes what.
We use:
 Make when there is force involved, there is no choice.
    I made my child  go to bed early yesterday.

Have when you request someone to do  something.
   The teacher has the students do exercise A.

Get when you persuade someone to do something for you.
   I usually get my sister to cook for me.

PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES

Adding the suffixes ED or ING we form  adjectives.

VERB   +   ED
                 ING    =    ADJECTIVES


surprise
excite
fascinate
depress
shock
confuse
embarrass
bore
frighten

ED.- describes how a person feels.                        I am interested in English.
                                                                                    adjective

ING.-describes the CAUSE of the feeling.             English is interesting.
                                                                                          adjective

USING PAST PARTICIPLES AS ADJECTIVES

P AST PARTICIPLE

                                  REGULAR VERBS                                          IRREGULAR VERBS

MARRY                        MARRIED

TIRE                             TIRED

FRIGHTEN                 FRIGHTENED

DRINK                                                                                                    DRUNK

BREAK                                                                                                   BROKEN

DO                                                                                                          DONE

EXAMPLES:

 He is married.                                                                         Tom is drunk.

The children were frightened.                                              The mirror was broken.