Describing Yourself and Others

Introducing Yourself

• Use phrases like "to be born and raised in..." or "to be a student at [name of school]"
• Describe your family using "to have two/three ... siblings" or "to be an only child"
• Discuss hobbies and interests using "to enjoy...(verb + -ing)" or "to have been interested in...(verb + -ing) one's entire life"
• Mention how you spend your time with phrases like "to be usually busy...(verb + -ing)" or "to spend some hours a day...(verb + -ing)"
• Talk about preferences using "to prefer spending time with one's friends/family"

Describing a Person's Appearance

• Eyes: blue, green, brown, hazel, grey, clear, glasses, beady
• Hair: dark, blonde, light-brown, brunette, red, ponytail, bald, straight, curly, wavy, short, long
• Nose: long, short, straight, snub nose, pointed, flat, upturned
• Face: round, oval, pale, tanned, freckles, beard, moustache, pointed chin, wrinkles
• Body: slim, thin, well-trained, overweight, skinny, obese, athletic, muscular, bony
• Height: tall, short, medium-height, huge, petite, average

Describing a Person's Personality

• Examples: friendly, lazy, untidy, brave, trustworthy, impatient, moody, confident, bossy, generous
• Other descriptors to use: anxious, stubborn, optimistic, curious, sensitive, energetic, sensible, helpful, shy, talkative

Describing Your School/Class Atmosphere/Teachers

• Examples: rather old/modern/high-tech school building
• Describe classroom atmosphere as relaxed
• Discuss establishing strict classroom routines/rules
• Mention the use of modern equipment, including smartphones
• Talk about doing practical work and acquiring IT skills
• Describe ways to work individually/in groups and support each other
• Ways to develop interpersonal skills by taking part in interesting lessons and focusing on project work
• Talk about seeing peers every day and having high expectations
• Mention passionate and patient teachers
• Supportive and friendly form teachers support individual learning

Talking About Friends/Friendship

• Discuss spending time with peers
• Mention avoiding lawbreaking and being affected by bullying
• Include sharing common goals, interests and encouraging success in school
• Talk about getting back on track
• Dealing with challenges of adolescence and negative behaviour
• Promote fun and excitement

Daily Routines

• Can include: tidy up one's room, do homework, do sports, go to the gym, brush teeth, wash face, do push-ups, make bed
• Lay out clothes, have breakfast/lunch/dinner, shower, watch TV/Netflix, play video games, meet friends
• Study for an exam, get dressed, put on make-up, read newspaper, listen to music, comb hair, style hair, take a nap
• Clear up mess, prepare meals, check social media, go for a walk, pack school bag

School Routine

• Include: enter classroom, school start/end times, four to six lessons daily, enjoying/having lunch at the school canteen or bringing lunch
• Mention wearing safety clothes/work attire and attending optional extra lessons
• Practical and theory work combined and working in small groups
• Features: interactive whiteboard, projector/computers, lunch break, free period, and science/computer labs

Duties at School and in the Classroom

• Include: writing on the blackboard, taking notes, doing an exercise, looking out the window, and cutting something out
• Pick something up, read book, greet classmate, raise hand, chat with classmate, hang up drawings, show something to one's teacher

Daily Routines in Other Countries

• Include: waking up at specific times, helping with chores, walking to school, having an empty belly
• Include: school start times, required to learn outside, students gather around limited resources
• Mention students using notes as revision tools and limited opportunities to practice outside the classroom
• Discuss weather events forcing students to seek shelter and classrooms with large numbers of students

Talking About Jobs

• Includes: tasks/duties of being a/an, working part/full-time, being self-employed and working overtime
• Flexible working hours and being a teleworker

Describing Your Work Routine

• Adjective and preposition combinations: responsible for, good at, happy about, interested in, confronted with, busy with, grateful for
• Describe being familiar with, successful in and able to concentrate on

Describing Emotions

• Examples: stressed/powerful/relaxed, glad holidays are over, excited about new school year, concerned about workload, nervousprepard
• Other expressions for saying: hope to make new friends, participate in team building and ask for help from experienced students
• Taking part in mentoring or completing paperwork

Describing Your New School

• Strong interest in the school's field of specialization and school delivering broad curriculum
• Discussing the tradition of family member attending the same school
• Mention commute time and theoretical combined with practical knowledge

Describing What's Going On in a Lesson

• Talk about reading an article, interviewing a classmate, comparing homework
• Mention taking notes, taking a test, writing a blog comment, doing research
• Describe preparing a presentation, doing a quiz
• Examples: listening to podcast, head of department coming in, Maths teacher explaining calculation or smartphone ringing
• Discuss cleaning the classroom, running around, or twisting ankle

Education Around the World

• Include: sitting on ground, classes are taught outside, taking notes in a notebook, and surrounded by books
• Classrooms lacking basic supplies, working on computers in small groups
• Mention using modern equipment with ergonomic furniture and wearing uniform
• Actively participating, getting individual feedback, chances of success, and completing schooling
• Discuss getting education alongside boys, fewer privileges for men and boys, being denied rights
• Mention injustices and being well prepared
• Being put at a disadvantage, giving opportunity to see the world, changing life course, developing skills and being taught by qualified teachers
• Learning basic skills, lacking reading skills, being taught IT skills and determination to continue studies

Study Habits

• Doing exceptionally well, paying attention, implementing effective study habits and tutoring students
• Missing deadline, reviewing, completing assignments on time, and rushing through homework
• Eliminating distraction, memorizing for long term and struggling to get help from a tutor

Holiday Camp: Advantages and Disadvantages

• Good pastime and not enough time for oneself
• Gaining confidence, independence from parents and polishing skills
• Interacting with peers, improve well-being and disagreement with others
• Resolving disagreements by performing physical activities
• Loneliness and homesickness by being isolated
• Poor camp location and being surrounded by others
• Exhaustion and lack of sleep due to exhaustion
• Food options not to taste and strict rules created by leaders

Describing An Adventure Trip

• Include: taking part in an expedition, affording trip, attending lecture, and taking care of one another
• Travelling the world, preserving nature, setting out on expedition and making someone realize our planet
• Going on a journey, experiencing new adventure and not leaving harmful footprints and hiking

Bad Travel Experiences

• Helplessness/loneliness, not changing clothes, someone’s expectations isn't fulfilled
• Doubting hotel offers the standard, medical situation, missing good time and bored in the hotel room
• Not in touch with friends social accounts
• Taking pictures or speaking, speaking of problems, feeling as an outsider and feeling sick

Language Course Experiences

• Broadening vocabulary range, getting better at speaking English fluently, improve listening and reading skills
• Interacting with native speakers and speaking English only
• Gaining confidence in speaking English and focusing on students' needs
• Strengthening presentation skills and immersing self in English

Adverbs

• Describing new adventures: amazingly, definitely, extremely, truly, unbelievably, completely, spontaneously, clearly
• Loudly, suddenly, openly, carefully, accurately, beautifully, patiently

Future Plans

• Include: graduate school, student exchange program, passing with merit, studying more to to get better marks
• Studying at university and to study a specific STEM area (Chemical Engineering in Vienna)
• Earning pocket money (work part-time)
• To start and work and family business
• Well paid and start business one day
• Getting a license with the age and motorcycle ride
• Spending time abroad, travelling world and going on a one
• Spending a gap, stay relatives
• Joining and protecting environment
• Moving, getting children ang saving money

Describing the Weather

• sunny/cloudy/overcast/rainy/stormy/wet in Austria
• Temperature range, will below and Celsius degree
• Will be quite and warm

Future Challenges

• Pollution, climate changes, diseases and poverty
• Attacks, Xenophobia and unemployment
• Violence lacking freedom of speech
• Not knowing other countries
• Feeling safe and number of low/high
• Being feared the not getting a job
• Having a problem a drinking water

Shaping the Future

• Impactful catastrophes, to see different eyes and looking society
• Fear eliminate talk and weight heavly shoulders
• Self doubts and failure again
• Energied and anxiety reduce

Environmental challenges

• Famous scientists and trends of biodiversity
• Impact climate warming
• Rise of global temperatures and arctic is ice free

Future expectations

• Love and inventions
• Teenagers and goals
• The success and life
• Revolution and reality
• Dearest hope and become this
• Doubt dreams became to reality

YouTube

• Subscribing and uploading
• Positive and negative way of speaking
• Searching for tutorial

Terms

• Algorithms to follower
• Have rank
• History actions and watch suggested videos

Dos and Dont's

• Keep in mind name and layout
• Use apropriate names
• Subscribe to other videos

Favorite Channel

• The name
• Has blurry background

Tasks and Duties

• Homework, lawn, visit someone etc
• Vacuuming and taking tuition lessons
• Doing the laundy and so on
• To clean someone's room and so on

The Rools For Schools

• Disciplinary and council
• Understand the consequences of actions
• "Skills for life" design the curriculums

Workstop with safety

• The attempts and so
• Surce, buttons and shoes

Protective Equipment

• Clothing and googles
• Net, hard and the shoes

The Accidents Inside

• The Hazrds And rules
• Provide with clothing and heat
• The equipment in the workshop

The Injury for Someone

• To cut or so on
• Burn and wet for the fall

Describing A Person's Outfit

• Clothes: (mini)skirt, trousers/jeans, dress, jacket, pullover, T-shirt, shirt, suit/ladies' suit, jumper, cardigan
• Pattern/Style: striped, checked, dotted, patterned, colourful, long-sleeved, short-sleeved, floral print, V-neck, plaid
• Shoes: sneakers, high heels, sandals, slippers/flip-flops, boots, pumps, flats, loafers, high-tops
• Accessories: scarf (leather) belt, necklace/bracelet, watch, earrings, (sun)glasses, headband, rings, cap/hood

Containers

• A bag of sweets, cup of tea, box of matches, bottle of water, tin of pineapples, carton of milk, can of Coke, barrel of wine, jar of jam

Making a Complaint

• Describe an item being slightly damaged
• Expectations for someone and reaching an agreement
• Receiving a package or attaching a picture of something to a complaint

Talking About Brand Behaviour

• Someone's attitude towards brands (an increasing trend)
• Keeping up with expectations or irrational buying behaviour
• Sustainable/ethical/trustworthy brand can affect purchasing behaviour
• Showing a strong desire for something and admiring a brand
• Providing a service or a trendy product

Talking About Shopping Addiction

• Being encouraged by something/someone (to boost the economy) can increase consumerism
• Can be accompanied by mood swings and have a negative impact on something
• Controlling one's spending and devoting a lot of time to something
• Also a person can suffer from an eating disorder

Online Behaviour

• Knowing risks/benefits of social media, demonstrating respectful conversations, using internet for socialising or keeping privacy settings

Time Online

• Includes: setting time limits, spending many hours, suffering from problems, becoming more active, or mental health issues

Online Translation

• Involves an interpreter and accelerating translations
• Requires reliable and highly developed software for internal communication
• Transforming texts from a language, can be proofread avoid and mistranslations to someone

Texting Behaviour

• Responding quickly, putting someone under pressure, communicating online, chatting on social media
• Connecting and cost contribute to the lack off sleep
• Available and texting a avoiding

Staying safe online

• Selective and vigilant polite
• Adjust the settings and anti software
• Do not open/log off and not share details

Houses

• Types of the houses: bungalow, flat and cottage

My home

• Rooms for a house can be entrance

Furniture

• The table for a home: bed and curtain

Types of roof

• Flat and hipped

Floors from Home

In attic and basement

Special things for Home

Is jacuzzi, pool and awning

Country or City

• Can affects the life rate
• To flee and wearing a seat belt

House and flat

• Comfortable vs low maintenance
• Storage vs renovations

Homes

• Encouraging and appreciate financial benefits

Jobs

• Some are specialist
• An architect or a plumber

The leusire

• Watching and friend with hangout
• With the music and sleeping

Talks

• Some skills models, success to a hobby

Hobby

• New experiences and future opportunities

Smart thoughts

• Creativity skills with social

The numbers

• The words from one to thousand

Reading and books

• Adjectives
• Enjoyment or inspirational
• Why kids read? It helps get ready for the real world
• Learn books, and history of literacy problems

Reading improvement and teaching

• Learn a lot do a visual reading help
• It can give you a language skill
• To use English books and online help too