Here are the results for the vocab paper from yesterday. Congratulations to those students who really took some trouble of studying the vocabulary from all our lessons this semester. I know the teacher is proud of you. Katherine's name should be ment
Read more…(1) Vocab test
The test consists of 30 questions and will comprise of the vocabulary we learned in all the lessons this semester. It will be in the format of a multiple choice questionnaire and you choose the correct answer from three possible answers
Read more…Role plays for final English oral
Students have received their scripts for the role plays today. Each role play should be at least 3 to 4 minutes long (maximum 5 minutes). Students should endeavour not to read their texts; the more you read, the lower
(1) Discussion on bad habits to continue.
Students don't have to comment on this as you have done it already.
(2) Compelling conversations: Talking about books and reading pleasures.
Please see the attachments. There are two lists of 18 questions each.
(1) Tara's News
This is the last time we'll do the news. Students who haven't done the comments during the past week, will tell us the news first. So, if you are serious about improving your listening skills, please listen to the news; this is probabl
(1) Enjoy English: The Lonely girl
(2) Discussing bad habits
Students to read the attachments first before commenting. Thank you.
Read more…(1) Tara's News here: https://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/
(2) Famous personalities: Select 3 names from the attached list of 30 names of famous personalities that you would like to give a talk to your class. Not more than one Chin
(1) Students, pse remember to LISTEN and prepare Tara's News! You don't have to comment on the news.
(2) Mini-debate: Cheating and plagiarism in schools
We'll read an article about this phenomenon, learn some vocab, discuss some questions in pairs, and
(1) Video lesson continue: Encounters in the UK
We'll complete Activities 3, 4 and 5 of this lesson. In Activity 5, three questions will be discussed. Students can answer questions 2 and 3 in their comment to this lesson. I repeat the questions here:
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Read more…Video lesson: Encounters in the UK
We'll watch a 17-minute video twice and answer questions about the studying of English by four foreigners in the UK. If you'd like to view the video, it can be found here: https://www.englishclub.com/esl-videos/index
Read more… Big Town: Students to assume the personalities of the residents of the city of Big Town and tell about their lives. Identity cards would be handed out in class. The second exercise would be to practice giving directions to get to the different build
On a Plane: Discussing aviation vocab and dialogues. You have to look at the worksheet to comment. Students, please stop looking at the previous comments from your classmates and give an original comment (your own thoughts). Thank you. Cai Huibin wil
(1) Music lesson: The Rose by Westlife/Bette Midler
Students, pse look at the worksheet before you comment.
P.S. Long Yuan, can I ask you to bring your computer to class, please?!
(2) Discussing the wear of school uniforms. Pse look at the worksheet fir
(1) Discussion: Roommates(2) Enjoy English: The AdoptionYour comments would have 2 sections, one for each of both lessons (mention at least one point or issue of each lesson). You have to look at the worksheets before you comment.
Read more…(1) Man Overboard: Role plays in 7 groups of 6 students.
Please read the content of the lesson before you comment.
(2) News by Tara: The students who didn't leave comments this week, will be asked first to tell us the news. Please sum the news repo
(1) Role plays: Stories from Morocco: You are making a movie similar to the Stories from Morocco and are interviewing your partner who is the protagonist (leading player) in your movie. Questions you can ask may include those in Activity 5 of the wor
(1) Mini debates: Cell phones in the classroom. We'll first have a short listening exercise when reading the debate topic; then doing new vocabulary and answering a few questions about the topic; and lastly we'll enter into debate in groups of 4 stud
(1) Discussion of the movie, The Ron Clark story
In the class on Monday, students can give a short oral review of the movie in small groups (with some random feedback to the class), but for your comments here, I want you to concentrate on a few questi
Read more…(1) Listen to the News by Tara: Listen to the recording of the latest news bulletin by Tara (there is a script, but please practice your listening too). To get to the News, follow this path:
Go to "Learn English for Learners" at the top of the page; t
Read more…(1) If you were a sailboat by Katie Melua
Discussing the lyrics of the song and practicing second conditional sentences.
(2) Enjoy English: Going abroad - vocab and questions
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