27.04.16

CLASS TOPIC: Music & Film

Next week we shall focus our formidable attention on Music and Film.

To prepare for the class please consider the following (there will be more!).

Music

Who are your favorite bands or artists?

How often do you listen to music?

What kind of music do you listen to when you want to dance?

Film

What is your favorite genre of movie?

Who are some of your favorite actors?

Do you cry during movies?

 

Here’s a little music to get you going…

 

06.04.2016

CLASS TOPIC: Winners and Losers!

Today, back from Easter and possible Easter games such as the ever popular Easter egg hunts in the UK, we shall consider the following…

What makes a winner and what makes a loser? If we have time we may even play some games…

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23.03.2016

CLASS TOPIC: minor topic: HOME  major topic: FESTIVITIES

HOME

We shall be considering the following when speaking about the topic of ‘Home’

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  • What does ‘home’ mean to you?
  • How do you feel when you leave home?
  • What makes you feel ‘at home’?
  • Where do you like to go when you leave home?
  •  Why do we sometimes feel we need to ‘leave home’?
  • What’s your idea of ‘the perfect home’?

FESTIVITIES

As Easter is just about with us, we shall be considering the various festivities we enjoy and how we celebrate them.

 

09.03.2016

CLASS TOPIC: minor topic: UNFULFILLED EXPERIENCES (‘I’ve never seen Star Wars’) major topic: GLOBAL PROBLEMS – NEWS VOCABULARY

In our last class we discussed our ‘bucket lists’ and ambitious. To begin our next class we will start our discussion under the topic ‘I’ve never seen Star Wars’. Please think of an experience you have not yet had, one which you believe everyone else has, for example ‘I’ve never seen Star Wars’. It may be a certain book, a particular meal, etc, etc. This will for the basis of our conversation. Why haven’t you experienced this? Would you or do you might think try it in the future?

If you’ve some more time try listening to the following from the BBC for some inspiration:

Our second and main topic will be GLOBAL PROBLEMS and the vocabulary we hear in the news.

 

24.02.2016

CLASS TOPIC: TRAVEL

17.02.2016

CLASS TOPIC: RELATIONSHIPS

10.02.2016

 

CLASS TOPIC: PERSONALITY

 

03.02.2016

CLASS AGENDA: Welcome, explain course aims and goals and begin on topic of APPEARANCE

  • It was great to meet everyone today. We began by discussing the aims and goals of the course– improving your confidence when speaking English and gaining a wider vocabulary. We then moved on to our first real topic area; ‘physical appearance’. During our next lesson we shall discuss ‘character‘ and ‘relationships‘ as well as any new vocabulary you might have learnt (see homework!). We may have time for something from the news if the week has provided something of interest…