Hi teachers, I would be grateful if you would explain the differences in usage between advantage of and advantage in/to to me. Please take a look at the following examples from Unit 129 of English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy. 1. The advantage of living alone is that you can do what you...
Choose one of the things below and take turns adding positive or negative aspects. You must use adding or contrasting phrases plus advantages and disadvantages phrases, and a different one each time. The first person to give up or repeat an idea or language loses. abstract art acquisition of domestic companies by foreign ones aid to developing countries allocation of uni places to minorities ...
What other words and expressions mean “advantage (s)”? What other words and expressions mean “disadvantage (s)”? Match the words and expressions below with those two meanings Argument against Argument for Argument in support Bad consequence Bad point Benefit Cons Drawback Good effect Good point Minus Negative aspect Plus Positive aspect ...
Work together to brainstorm as many advantages and disadvantages as you can for one thing, then try to agree on whether it would be generally a good thing or generally a bad thing.
Both the person being observed and the person observing learn: This is the biggest advantage of peer observations. Teachers observing not only learn how to observe, but also see different ways of doing things in other people's classrooms and can see both good things and bad things that will make them reflect on what goes on in their own classroom.
The distinction between “the” for “the only/ aforementioned/ greatest advantage” and “a” for “one of the…” is also often a difficulty for students, and a useful grammar point that is well worth bringing up as part of a lesson on advantages and disadvantages.