https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr Made with charm My Blog Link: https://rockinteachermaterials.edublogs.org en-us 2019-01-13 09:30:51 UTC 2025-04-24 13:21:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320024025 2019-01-13 09:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320024025 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320024219 There is a language in Africa that only uses five distinct clicking sounds to make up the entire language.

]]> 2019-01-13 09:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320024219 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320024603 The English language consists of words, known as contronyms, that are their own opposites. For example, the word “cleave” has two meanings, i.e. “to cut apart” and “to bind together” which are opposites of each other.]]> 2019-01-13 09:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320024603 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320024720  Papua New Guinea has over 850 living languages.]]> 2019-01-13 09:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320024720 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320024805 The word “cliché” was originally an onomatopoeia. It came from the sound that old printing presses made while making copies.]]> 2019-01-13 09:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320024805 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320024941  Before the English-speaking community was introduced to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which stood for red-yellow in Old English.]]> 2019-01-13 09:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320024941 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320025074 People who communicate via American Sign Language can have accents just as they would in a spoken language.

]]> 2019-01-13 09:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320025074 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320025981 If you learn a language before the critical period expires, that language is actually stored in a different part of your brain than a language you would learn later in life.

]]> 2019-01-13 10:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320025981 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320026159 There are 12 imaginary languages in the Lord of the Rings.

]]> 2019-01-13 10:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320026159 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320026433 In order to successfully read a newspaper in China you'll need to know about 2,000 characters]]> 2019-01-13 10:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320026433 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320026777 There is a language called Anglish with all the french/latin words replaced with germanic words.]]> 2019-01-13 10:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320026777 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320027055 In Ancient Greek stories a clear sky is describes as being a “bronze sky”]]> 2019-01-13 10:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320027055 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320027456 An elderly woman had just returned to her home from an evening worship service and was startled to find an intruder in her house.
Catching the man in the act of burglarizing her home, she yelled, "Stop! Acts 2:38!" ("Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven.")

As the burglar stopped dead in his tracks, the woman calmly called the police and explained what she had done. Shortly, several officers arrived and took the man into custody.

As he was placing the handcuffs on the burglar, one of the officers asked, "Why did you just stand there? All the lady did was mention a scripture verse."

"Scripture?" replied the burglar. "She said she had an axe and two 38's!"]]> 2019-01-13 10:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320027456 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320028070 Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.]]> 2019-01-13 10:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320028070 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320028329 Source: The Simpsons
Syntax
Background: The Simpsons' house has been broken into on Christmas Eve, and all their Christmas presents and decorations have been stolen. Homer is relating his woes to Moe, the barman, and Moe sympathizes: "You know what I blame this on the breakdown of?
Society!"
Pragmatics
Background: Homer has brought his family along on a business team-building exercise in the woods, and Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are stuck in the National Park Service building, while all the employees are off team-building (Homer and Burns eventually get trapped in a cabin by an avalanche). Bart is standing in front of a Smokey the Bear statue, who has an electronic voice and a little quiz to administer. Bart and Smokey have the following exchange.
Smokey: (electronic intonation) Who is the only one who can stop forest fires?
Bart: (examines response panel, which has two buttons, marked "you" and "me", and presses "you")
Smokey: (electronic intonation) "You pressed YOU, meaning me. This is incorrect. You should have pressed ME, meaning you."]]> 2019-01-13 10:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/320028329 yerlikayaaysehilal https://padlet.com/yerlikayaaysehilal/3m8911pzd9qr/wish/495704881 Have you ever wondered why so many students choose to look internationally to do their master’s abroad instead of in their own country? The benefits of completing your master's degree abroad are limitless. 

- You can take advantage of scholarships or financial aid.
-You can add value to your CV
-You can find new passions, maybe even you could decide to live in abroad!
-You can try new things
-You can increase your self confidence.
-You can have new and happy friendships. 


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