The Internet in 1969

One must admit that the idea of how the internet will look like 30 years after the prefiction is pretty much accurate. I of course see the whole video as a nice lesson for teaching the future tenses and, inspired by the video, passive voice as well. I instantly added it to my ever growing ESL potential play list on You Tube. Keeping playlists is handy for spontaneous time-fillers and well-planned lessons on different topics, If you don't have one - do make it, you'll thank me later.

Anyways, what I would do in this 1969 inspired lesson for B2+ level

- review of the past tenses about life in the 60's
- comparison between household appliances in the 60's and now
- video + vocabulary, passive voice for description about how things work
- comparison - prediction vs. reality based on the video
- future prediction and a possible online presentation or video about how the internet will look like in 2052.

enjoy :-)

the pormanteau - portmonetka :-)

There is a nice discussion going on on Reddit about the current status and the future of the English language as a global language. The discussion was started by an Indian Redditor  who gave his two cents about why English will definitely BECOME (if not already is) a global language rather than a British/US/Unameit property and how there is nothing wrong in it and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. Another redditor Teotwawki69 mentions that it’s probably because English language is wonderfully adaptible and is neologism and portmanteu-friendly language, and I agree with this a lot. Even tough my native languages are Macedonian and Polish (I am bilingual) every time I come across a concept that I presume has not been named yet I give it an English name. I will spare you the examples but refer you to a nice wikipedia page describing the term Portmanteau. The sound of the word is amazing and so is the meaning  “A portmanteau (ⁱ/pɔrtˈmæntoʊ/; plural portmanteaux or portmanteaus) or portmanteau word is a combination of two (or more) words or morphemes into one new word.^[1][2] A portmanteau word typically combines both sounds and meanings, as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog.^[1][3] More generally, it may refer to any term or phrase that combines two or more meanings.^[4] In linguistics, a portmanteau is defined as a single morph which represents two or more morphemes.” more here Do you have a favourite one?

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