|
MarionG
|
Hilarious song to teach furniture!!
|
|
You also wondered how on earth to make teaching furniture more interesting??
I came accross this gem on youtube: I ´ve got a ceiling a parody on the very popular song "I got a feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas... It has lots of furniture vocabulary!!!
|
4 Apr 2011
|
|
|
|
Stellam
|
 It ´s great! Thank you, Marion! |
4 Apr 2011
|
|
|
ueslteacher
|
Funny?- True! I did like it apart from "scr... it" I ´m not sure I would feel comfortable explaining its meaning to my ss and they ´ve probably heard it multiple times in movies. Sophia
|
4 Apr 2011
|
|
|
MarionG
|
|
@ueslteacher...Sorry but before ´screw ´ became slang for something you might not feel comfortable with...it was - and still is - a very innocent word for this:
and ´to screw ´ simply means to fasten one of these with a rotating motion.
Hence the expression, ´to screw in a lightbulb ´ since in order to put a lightbulb into place you need the same rotating motion ..... when he sings ´I screw it ´ he is referring to the lightbulb he is replacing!!! |
4 Apr 2011
|
|
|
|
|
Stellam
|
|
Dear Sophia,
Please, don ´t overdo it, if your students are mature enough to grasp the ambiguity of the term, surely they won ´t need any embarrassing explanation from you.
Anyway, I agree with Marion that the only interpretation of the word in this particular context is ´to attach or tighten by means of a screw ´
Stella |
4 Apr 2011
|
|
|
ueslteacher
|
|
I ´m not. And in the parodies they do intend for dubiousness. Don ´t you think? I was just expressing my opinion. I meant my 7th graders (mature? no way) and whenever I explain words that at least slightly remind them of indecent content or they mishear smth, they giggle and repeat it over and over again. Does it help them remember? - Sure. Do I feel comfortable? - No, I don ´t. So that ´s it. Sophia |
4 Apr 2011
|
|
|
Apodo
|
|
English is full of words which have double meanings. This sort of thing happens in classes of native English speakers all the time. There is no way you could possibly avoid words that make 7th graders giggle and smirk. If your students know this word let them giggle. Ignore them and they ´ll get over it.
I watched this clip and it doesn ´t seem overly suggestive to me. If it was intended to be really suggestive it would be much worse! |
5 Apr 2011
|
|
|
mariec
|
|
loved it,thanks a million, I am going to use it in class tomorrow. |
5 Apr 2011
|
|
|
Ritanilo
|
|
Thanks!!!! I loved it!!! My students will have lots of fun. Rita |
5 Apr 2011
|
|
|
Sara26
|
|
LOL !! Thanks for sharing !
|
5 Apr 2011
|
|
