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 

https://youtu.be/Cd8fy4juZl0

Match the occupation with the daily activity.

Occupation Mechanic Teacher Dentist Doctor/Nurse Journalist Fisherman Gardener Chef/Cook Fire fighter Photographer

Activity catch fish take pictures fix cars cook meals pull teeth plant flowers put out fires take care of patients teach classes write news stories

Play the game: How much will you bet?

http://www.lingolex.com/howmbins.htm 

Do today's World English crossword puzzle

Sing song of the week

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 

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

 

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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

Source: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com

puppeteer: a person who uses puppets in performances to entertain people.

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puppeteer

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

• Phrases for these situations

Vocabulary for these situations:

• colors
• sports
• (school) subjects movies*

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?

Source: http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/talking_favor_things.html

SOLVING THE WORLD ENGLISH WEB PAGE CROSSWORD 

http://www.worldenglish.edu.co/index.php/crucigrama

PHRASAL VERBS CLASS 

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

 

English Lessons with Adam - Learn English with 

Source: http://www.engvid.com/10-get-phrasal-verbs/

CLASS CONTEST: PICTIONARY ABOUT FAVOURITE THINGS

FILL IN BLANKS 

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqaL1YP0pNM

PREPOSITIONS WORKSHEETS

Hi there!

I found these useful prepositions worksheets to practice. I hope you like them!

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DMcpXms_HU

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 !

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