September 2007
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Posted by Kathryn on 24th September in
The Supermarket Characters: Attendant, Mother, Child Areas: Snack boot, Ice cream booth, Drinks, Counter Mother and child enter the supermarket Attendant: Hello, good morning. How are you? Child and Mother: Great, thank you. Attendant: Here are shopping lists! You can follow them today. Do you understand the list? Child and Mother: Yes, I do./No, I [...]
Posted by Kathryn on 24th September in
The Restaurant Characters — Waitress, Customer 1, Customer 2 Waitress: Hello, welcome to Leehwa Restaurant. Table for how many? Customer: Two (or however many) Waitress: Follow me. The waitress leads the customers to a table. Customers make conversation. Customer 1: This restaurant looks nice. Customer 2: I like it here. Customer 1: Smells good! Customer [...]
Posted by Kathryn on 23rd September in
Last Wednesday and Thursday, we had our open house. Part of the school underwent substantial renovations back in July. Open house was a time for the parents of the Kindergartners to come and see what was done. A few of the rooms were “theme rooms”. There is a hospital, a restaurant and a supermarket. For [...]
Posted by Kathryn on 22nd September in
Bingo is actually a pretty good educational game. I’ve played it with my traditional ESL subject classes and with my math classes. For my low level math classes, I’ve played classic Bingo. This helps those students match the number words they are hearing with the numerals on their Bingo card. I’ve also played what I [...]
Posted by Kathryn on 19th September in
On Monday, my D2 class finished their first unit in their speaking book. The passage was about why people study English. As part of our discussion, we talked about different ways that students can improve their English skills. There are, of course, the usual ways. Go to class. Do your homework. Practice speaking with your [...]