Every so often I will post additional interesting material that is relevant but not covered during class. It will always be titles as 'Notes from the Desk'.
www.mosttraveledpeople.org
Since everyone likes to travel, everyone should check out this site which claims to have profiles of the people who have traveled the most. They are all very lucky!
www.thisamericanlife.org
Has podcasts and full episode archives for listening to what we did in class, or for you to find another story you might find interesting. All are good listening practice, for accents, slang, and modern English.
www.sxsw.com
The site for South by Southwest, a music festival held annually in Austin, Texas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDG0c3saE4I
This is for Gary in my Level 4 class, this is the Children's Show I was talking about. It's called Yo Gabba Gabba! and they host different alternative bands and celebrities to come sing songs on the show.
www.barneysvideoresume.com
Self-explanatory awesome website and video resume. :)
www.graphic-exchange.com
Fabien Barral, a graphic designer and blogger. "I am passionate about images and graphic design. I am a house in the countryside of Auvergne, France. I am a husband and I love my wife. I am a father and I love my daughter. I am not the clients I work with, I am the art I create with them. I am what I create. I create what I am.
www.parenfaire.com, www.medievaltimes.com
Almost every state has a version of the Renaissance Faire, or Medieval Times but it's nothing like Puys de Fou. Universal Studios in California or Florida is much, much bigger.
Showing posts with label Week One. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Week One. Show all posts
18 October, 2010
06 October, 2010
Getting to Know Someone - Week One - All Classes
I hope you already know the basic questions in English. (I want to know if you don't!) I hear them on the street in Angers all the time.
" 'ello! 'ow are oo?" correct: Hello. How are you?
This would be the equivalent of me approaching you, and saying, "BonGOUR! Ka Va Been?"
If you are learning a new language, it helps to have the basic pronunciation down first. You must pronounce your h' s in English. Also, pronouncing your th' s will help you to sound less French, and more like an English speaker.
Some simple questions/responses to practice:
Where do you live/come from? I am from... I live in...
How old are you? I am... (age). I am.. (age).. years old.
What do you do? Do you study? Do you work?)
Do you have brothers or/and sisters? Yes, I have... No, I do not..
How do you like it here?
What kind of music/food/movies do you like?
Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
Although in a professional setting, you may not get the chance to use these type of questions, I feel they are better for really getting to know someone. Please select a partner, and select 3 - 5 questions to ask your partner.
Questioner: read the question, practice it, and then ask again without looking! Write down your partners response, and make up a second question if you can.
Responder: Respond to each question, and give a reason why.
Presenting: Tell us your partners name, age, and years studying English. Please write 8 other sentences to introduce your partner to the class based on their responses to 3-5 questions.
What did you do this summer?
Have you ever been abroad? in Europe? in the US?
When was your favorite party?
What is your dream car? What color is it?
If you were to die tomorrow, what would you do today? what's your last meal?
What is your biggest fear? the scariest thing you ever experienced?
What is something you want to do before you die?
Where is your dream place to travel to? to live?
What is your dream job?
Vocabulary:
hope - espere
already - déja
correct - corrige
have it down first - expression; to have done it correctly, and first.
switch - changer
dream - rêve, but in this case, de vos rêves, le meilleur chose
die - mourir, avant tu mort.
fear - peur, biggest fear - la plus grand peur
What's - What is (combining non-subject with is, to form one word)
Samantha's class - possesive (subject owns the subject)
" 'ello! 'ow are oo?" correct: Hello. How are you?
This would be the equivalent of me approaching you, and saying, "BonGOUR! Ka Va Been?"
If you are learning a new language, it helps to have the basic pronunciation down first. You must pronounce your h' s in English. Also, pronouncing your th' s will help you to sound less French, and more like an English speaker.
Some simple questions/responses to practice:
Where do you live/come from? I am from... I live in...
How old are you? I am... (age). I am.. (age).. years old.
What do you do? Do you study? Do you work?)
Do you have brothers or/and sisters? Yes, I have... No, I do not..
How do you like it here?
What kind of music/food/movies do you like?
Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
Although in a professional setting, you may not get the chance to use these type of questions, I feel they are better for really getting to know someone. Please select a partner, and select 3 - 5 questions to ask your partner.
Questioner: read the question, practice it, and then ask again without looking! Write down your partners response, and make up a second question if you can.
Responder: Respond to each question, and give a reason why.
Presenting: Tell us your partners name, age, and years studying English. Please write 8 other sentences to introduce your partner to the class based on their responses to 3-5 questions.
What did you do this summer?
Have you ever been abroad? in Europe? in the US?
When was your favorite party?
What is your dream car? What color is it?
If you were to die tomorrow, what would you do today? what's your last meal?
What is your biggest fear? the scariest thing you ever experienced?
What is something you want to do before you die?
Where is your dream place to travel to? to live?
What is your dream job?
Vocabulary:
hope - espere
already - déja
correct - corrige
have it down first - expression; to have done it correctly, and first.
switch - changer
dream - rêve, but in this case, de vos rêves, le meilleur chose
die - mourir, avant tu mort.
fear - peur, biggest fear - la plus grand peur
What's - What is (combining non-subject with is, to form one word)
Samantha's class - possesive (subject owns the subject)
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