lunes, 20 de abril de 2015

Conversation Class: Giving Information



http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/giving_information.html

1. Jeremy is from Ohio.
2. Kelly is a saleswoman.
3. He's a university student.
4. Ronda lives in Texas.
5. I work at a restaurant.
6. I live in Florida.
8. Where are you from?
9. What is your occupation?

Oh really? What part of Ohio?
Is that right? What company?
Oh. What university?
Really? What city (in Texas)?
Oh really? Which restaurant?
Oh yeah? Where in Florida?
I'm from Delaware.
I'm a police officer.




Columbus.
Microsoft.
Harvard.
Dallas.
Angelo Meroni's
Orlando.

miércoles, 8 de abril de 2015

Conversation Class: Telling the time

Telling the time


To tell the time means to say what the time is, perhaps after somebodyasks the time.

Asking the time

Here are some phrases you can use when you want to know the time:
  • What's the time?
  • What time is it?
  • Have you got the right time?
  • What time do you make it?

Telling the time

To tell someone what the time is, we can say "The time is..." or, more usually, "It's...". Here is a typical dialogue:
Question:What's the time, please?
Answer:It's three o'clock.
The chart below shows you two different ways to tell someone what the time is.
 more formalless formal
It's...It's...
3.00three o'clockthree
3.02just gone three o'clockthree oh two
3.03three minutes past threethree oh three
3.05five past threethree oh five
3.09nine minutes past threethree oh nine
3.10ten past threethree ten
3.15a quarter past threethree fifteen
3.20twenty past threethree twenty
3.21twenty-one minutes past threethree twenty-one
3.25twenty-five past threethree twenty-five
3.30half past threethree thirty
3.35twenty-five to fourthree thirty-five
3.40twenty to fourthree forty
3.45a quarter to fourthree forty-five
3.50ten to fourthree fifty
3.55five to fourthree fifty-five
3.57three minutes to fourthree fifty-seven
3.58nearly four o'clockthree fifty-eight
4.00four o'clockfour

Expressing Time in English


Clock game


Clock


Clockworks


What time is it?



lunes, 6 de abril de 2015

Conversation Class: Daily Activities

What is your daily routine?




WATCH THIS VIDEO WITH SUBTITLES AT https://youtu.be/hGL7MJrGEo0

What are some things that you do every day?

Describe a typical daily routine.

Tell what you do at various times throughout the day.

Ask your partner to tell you his/her daily schedule.

What time do you go to work/school? 

What time do you get out of class/get off work?

For example,

I get up at 7:00 every day.
Then I take a shower, get dressed and eat breakfast.
I leave my house at 8:00 and ride the bus to school.
I start class at 9:00 on Monday, and 10:00 on Thursday.
I usually have lunch at 1:00.
I finish class at 3:30 p.m.
On Saturday, I sleep in until 11:00.














Ask your partner about his/her daily routine.


Examples:
What time do you usually wake up?





What do you do in the evening?





What time do you get home on the weekends?




Choose the Song of the week








miércoles, 25 de marzo de 2015

Conversation Class: Talking about Occupations



Talking about Occupations

Listening and conversation:
A: What do you do for a living?

A: What is your occupation?
B: I'm a____(mechanic)___________.
A: A____(mechanic)_____________? That must be a lot of work.
B: It is. Every day I ___(fix)_____ ___(cars)______.
A: How interesting. How many___(cars)_____ do you __(fix)____?
B: I ___(fix)_____ about __(8)____ __(cars)____ every day.

What is your job?

What do you do for a living?


WATCH THIS VIDEO WITH SUBTITLES AT 




Match the occupation with the daily activity.
Occupation
  1. Mechanic
  2. Teacher
  3. Dentist
  4. Doctor/Nurse
  5. Journalist
  6. Fisherman
  7. Gardener
  8. Chef/Cook
  9. Fire fighter
  10. Photographer

Activity
  1. catch fish
  2. take pictures
  3. fix cars
  4. cook meals
  5. pull teeth
  6. plant flowers
  7. put out fires
  8. take care of patients
  9. teach classes
  10. write news stories




Play the game: How much will you bet?

Do today's World English crossword puzzle
Sing song of the week

miércoles, 11 de marzo de 2015

Conversation Class: Describing People

Conversation Practice

1. Tell your classmates about the people in your family. Describe their personality and appearance.

Example,

My father is kind of tall. I think he's handsome and smart.
My mom is really nice. She has short brown hair...
2. Describe your best friend to your partner. What kind of person is he/she? What does he/she look like?

Example,

Tony is my best friend. He looks like Tom Cruise. He's a very funny person.
3. Describe one of your classmates to your partner, and have him/her guess who you are describing.

Example,

This person is wearing jeans and a pink t-shirt. She has long blonde hair and blue eyes.
(Let me guess.) Is it Cindy?

Common Adjectives

http://www.eslgold.com/vocabulary/common_adjectives.html 


Worksheets









Play Picture it!

 Solving World English Crossword

Practice song of the week!

Continue with phrasal verbs = Get 

lunes, 9 de marzo de 2015

Conversation Class: Talking about favourite things

Aim: Talk about favourite things using Wh words, short answers, basic vocabulary, simple present, activities.

Ice breaker: What is your favourite T.V. Show? This is my favourite one!

Part 1



Part 2



Pictionary with Megan Fox, Nick Cannon and Wiz Khalifa – Part 1

Idioms and vocabulary:

          have a frog in your throat

  (informal)
to be unable to speak clearly until you give a slight cough Excuse me, I've got a bit of a frog in my throat.

get off your high horse

to stop acting as if you are better or more intelligent than other people He never got off his high horse long enough to consider how insulting his words were to many immigrants.
Usage notes: also used in the forms knock someone off their high horse and fall off your high horse



puppeteera person who uses puppets in performances to entertain people.


corn dog:


noun
1.
a sandwich consisting of a frankfurter baked or fried in corn bread andusually spread with mustard before eating: often served on a stick.




Content:Talking about favourite 

things



Conversation Practice

1. Tell about your favorite things (food, colors, sports, school subjects, movies, etc.)

Example,

My favorite color is red.
My favorite subject is biology.
I really like horror movies.

2. See if you can guess your partner's favorite things.

For Example,

I think your favorite color is green.
No, it isn't. It's blue.
And your favorite sport is swimming.
That's right!

3. Ask questions to find out about your classmates.
What kind of food do you like best?
I really like Vietnamese food.
I like Thai food best.

*Types of movies:
action /
horror /
romantic /
comedy /
drama /
western /

science fiction

Example Simple Present Questions:

1. What is your favorite color?
2. What's your favorite kind of music?
3. What's your favorite sport?
4. Do you have a lucky number?
5. What kind of food do you like best?
6. How about movies?
7. Who is your favorite movie star?
8. What city do you like most?






SOLVING THE WORLD ENGLISH WEB PAGE CROSSWORD 




PHRASAL VERBS CLASS 

10 GET Phrasal Verbs: get down, get off, get through, get up, get away...






CLASS CONTEST: PICTIONARY ABOUT FAVOURITE THINGS



FILL IN BLANKS 





jueves, 5 de febrero de 2015

Trolly Dash / Compra Veloz: For Food Practice

This is a great game for Food Vocabulary Practice 

Click on PLAY and have lots of fun!


Source:

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/es/fun-games/trolley-dash

Classroom English Vocabulary and Expressions

Are you the new student in your English class? 

Do you understand what your teacher is saying?

In this lesson, we will go over some of the vocabulary, expressions, and questions that you might hear in class. What do you say if they are speaking too fast or if you didn't hear? It can be stressful to ask questions, but after this lesson, you will be more confident participating and interacting with your teacher and classmates.





Click on the subtitles and set them ON to see what the teacher is saying or click on the link below and watch it on Youtube, in the description you will find the Transcript.

Da click sobre los subtitulos y activalos para ver lo que el profesor esta diciendo o haz click en el siguiente link para verlo en Youtube, en la descripcion encontrarás la Transcripción.

Source:

martes, 3 de febrero de 2015

martes, 27 de enero de 2015

UNIT 11 THE PASSIVE - PRESENTATION - INTERCHANGE 2 (BLUE BOOK)

HELLO DEAR STUDENTS

At this point, it's very important for you to know how to talk about Famous Landmarks and Monuments around the world using the Passive Voice with by in Past Simple and without by in Present Simple.

In the following video, there is a general explanation about The Passive in English Language:


The project for this Unit is basically prepare a Presentation using any graphic tool such as Powerpoint (.ppt), Prezi, emaze, etc.

Here are some tutorials about how to make presentations:


1. Creating a Presentation - PowerPoint 2010





2. Using Prezi for Successful College Presentations



3. emaze Tutorial




emaze Tutorial 2


What are you going to do?

In pairs, you are going to choose a country, it could be any of the mentioned in Unit 11 from the blue book or any of your preference, then you will find as much information as possible about it and expose it  to the class. 

At least, your presentation MUST have from 5 to 10 slides including the following information

  • Location (Where is it?)
  • Population (How many people/inhabitants live there)
  • Language (Official, dialects, etc.)
  • Industries (I.E. Food, textile, Minerals, etc.)
  • Agricultural products (Fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.)
  • Famous places or landmarks 
  • Monuments
  • Ethnic Food
  • Traditions and Holidays
Note: it's a good idea adding pictures, photos or images to your presentation along with animation and videos, that would be a plus as well.

Final product: A file or a link in any of the described formats for presentations (.ppt, prezi, emaze) sent to my email below.

I hope you enjoy this activity and get skills for your professional life !



If you have any question, please contact me:

Email: jonn1985@gmail.com

Whatsapp 316 396 64 33

Skype: jonnathan.saavedra

Facebook: John English



martes, 20 de enero de 2015

UNIT 10 JOB INTERVIEW - INTERCHANGE 2 (BLUE BOOK) COURSE 3-5 PM

HELLO DEAR STUDENTS

For this Unit 10 (Blue Book), I want you to play roles as next:

STUDENT A:  will be a Human Resource Manager of a company (use your imagination and be very creative)

Things to do:

  • Post a job offer (I.E. secretary, manager, accountant, firefighter, etc) with all possible details and description: salary, time, schedule and so on.
  • Prepare questions for the interview. Click on the links below to watch the videos about questions for an interview:
  • Decide if the person you interviewed is the correct one for the job.
STUDENT B: will be an unemployed person looking for a job position in a good company.

Things to do:

  • Prepare yourself with proper answers for the interview, remember that the first impression is the most important.
  • Personal appearance is a plus when planning to get a job position.
  • Download and fill out your resume or C.V. (Curriculum Vitae) with a photo, job experience, education, approaches to the job offering, etc. You can download it by clicking below:


  • Watch the videos I recommended for Student B by clicking on each link so you can take the questions and answers from there.
If you have any question, please contact me:
Email: jonn1985@gmail.com
Whatsapp 316 631 01 46 - 316 396 64 33
Skype: jonnathan.saavedra
Facebook: John English


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