Comments on: Shakespeare phrases that we still use today 1

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 17:57:39 +0000

In reply to Nadja. Thanks Nadja! And what great ideas! They are much appreciated. A wonderful thing about teaching English is there are so many possibilities.

By: Nadja

Nadja — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 16:28:49 +0000

Fantastic as ever! Very good idea to have Shakespeare in from all points of view. It is so nice to know more about phrases we use, it gives certain “warmth” to the language.
And very good video, as always.
Looking forward to next videos. May be after Shakespeare other writers and poets would move in… and maybe some time later we will have a new page like “English for lovers of literature and poetry” with short quotations so often used without a slightest idea who they belong to !
Keep well!

By: Vicki Hollett

Vicki Hollett — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 05:42:20 +0000

In reply to xiaojian. Oh this is such and interesting comment, Xiaojian! The thing is there's a lot of evidence that suggests that learning phrases is at the heart of language learning, so children learning their mother tongue will learn set phrases first and then induct the rules. Many thanks for this.

By: xiaojian

xiaojian — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 03:49:40 +0000

I think phrases and expressions are more useful than words!
Looking forward to your new videos about useful and commonly used phrases and expressions!