Some free time to spare.

Modern approaches to language teaching and learning state insist on the need of exercising actual communicative skills. Even though the teaching of grammar is not as central as it was in the past, nobody denies that students must know how to be familiar with the main grammatical patterns.
Grammar can be a good pastime if rules and examples are discussed in terms of communication in a context. This the main reason why we always explore different communicative situations in class when learning new constructions. If we think only of abstract rules and fill in the blanks exercises we will never be able to bridge the gap to actual expression. Creativity and some humour can help us in developing our language skills even though we may make mistakes at the beginning. That we make mistakes should not discourage us, if we are able to design clear, sensible progressive -"smart"- goals. My goal today has been to create a strip and use some comparatives.
We were able to learn our native language when we were children as if we were playing. I am sure that If we face our English Language courses in good humour we will be able to break some of those inhibitions that make us fear that we will never be completely fluent in English.

Tell me why.... I don't like Mondays? Welcome to this short week ending on Wednesday!