Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Global Village

LEVEL 3 : If the world were a global village of 100 people, what would it look like?

Here is a video related to the work we did in class about the Global Village Project.



Take Notes:

How many ...


would be ... Men? Women? Asian? European? African? Latin American? North American? Christian? Muslim? Hindu? Buddhist?

...would have ... electricity? safe drinking water? a college education?

...wouldn't have enough to eat?

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT AT WWW.100PEOPLE.ORG











I'm sure you remember this song? Let's have a class Karaoke!

Here are the lyrics to "We are the World".


Level 1, 2 and 3 : The World Game






Are you sleepy? Have you been watching the World Cup 2010 in South Africa? Do you like soccer? Will the Socceroos go to the next round? Which teams are strong? Which teams are weak? Which are your favourite teams? Who are your favourite players? Which team will win?

Here are all the match results. (so far)

Answer these questions using the match result tables above:

1. Which teams played the first match of the tournament in Johannesburg?
2. Who won the match between Australia and Ghana?
3. Which teams played in the city of Polokwane in Group C on June the 13th? Who won?
4. Which Group G team lost 7 - 0 to Portugal in Cape Town on June the 21st?

Here is the latest schedule of matches from South Africa? Can you read it? Who will play next?

Use this page to find some information about your favourite players

Level 2 and 3


TOPICS - An Online Magazine for ESL students

Are you still having a problem choosing a topic for your talk? Maybe you should take a look at this easy to read magazine written for and by ESL students. In the It's International section topics include: holidays and festivals, food, traditions and superstitions, clothing, proverbs and folktales. Take a look ...

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

If I had a little money ...



Level 2 and 3 : The Second Conditional : If you won a million dollars, what would you do?

Watch this video. What answers do the people give? What would you answer?

LISTENING EXERCISE & SURVEY: CLICK HERE and PRINT the listening exercise and survey. Watch the video again. Complete the survey in class.





ONLINE GRAMMAR EXERCISE - SECOND CONDITIONAL - CLICK HERE (from Grammar Aquarium)

If I got me a wealthy man, I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball ...

Here's a classic song from ABBA (using the 2nd Conditional) ... watch, enjoy, and sing along. PRINT THE LYRICS HERE.




Level 2 and 3: The Conditional : If +will, would, were

Last week we looked at the First Conditional (if +will). Watch this lesson if you are not sure how to use this grammar



ONLINE GRAMMAR EXERCISE - FIRST CONDITIONAL - CLICK HERE (from Grammar Aquarium)

IF - Online exercise (First and Second Conditional)from UsingEnglish.com

LEVEL 1 : HOW MUCH IS IT? / ... FOR HOW MUCH?

SHOPPING AT ALDI

This week we read the Aldi Catalogue. There are some great specials this week. Do you remember the dialogue?:



Customer: Excuse me, can you tell me how much the Vanilla Soy Milk is?
Assistant: It's $1.99
Customer: For how much?
Assistant : For a one litre carton


Vocabulary: litre / grams / kilo / carton / pack / box / bottle / packet / tin / block

It is easy to confuse HOW MUCH? (Price) and FOR HOW MUCH/MANY? (AMOUNT/NUMBER)

REPEAT THE EXERCISE WE DID IN CLASS ON YOUR OWN

1) PRINT this worksheet.
2) GO to ALDI'S ONLINE SPECIAL BUYS page. CLICK HERE.
3) Use the worksheet and write down the PRODUCT / THE PRICE / AMOUNT

MAKE SOME DIALOGUES LIKE THE ONE ABOVE AND PRACTICE THEM WITH A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER

LEVEL 1 - VIDEO : What have you got in that bag?



COMPLETE THE VIDEO LESSON (Click here)

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Monday, June 7, 2010

Two Minute Talks

LEVEL 2 and 3 : This week we begin preparing for our two minute talks. You can choose to speak about anything you like. It can be a funny or sad story, something from the news, an interest or hobby, a TV show, film or book you like.

If you like:

Use GOOGLE IMAGES to find some pictures for your talk

Use YouTube to find a short video

Use Wikipedia for information if necessary (English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Arabic ... and much more here)


WATCH AND LISTEN TO THESE TALKS BY OTHER ENGLISH STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Some suggestions:

What kind of music do you like?

Fishing

My City - Vancouver


Listen to SHORT TALKS given by other Duke Street students in 2009. CLICK HERE


I'm going to talk to you about Italy and Italians! Watch this video. Do you know any Italians? What are they like?



COMPLETE THIS ONLINE LESSON about the Italians! (Lots of fun!)

Italy for Kids - a Picture Book

I really like this picture book about Italy written by some American school children. Find out more about Italy by reading ITALY FOR KIDS

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Road Safety



Watch the video above. How many people in the car? How old do you think they are? Why does the accident happen? Where does it happen? What do you think about this video?



YOUNG DRIVERS

This week level 2 students have been studying road safety. How cna we make our roads safer? Here is a survey we made in class. Ask other people if they AGREE or DISAGREE

GRAMMAR Level 1 and 2 - TO BE ALLOWED TO




Click here and download a board-game you can play in class. You just need a dice and a token.



Level 3 - Make, Let and Allowed to (Online Exercise) - from Grammar Aquarium




VICROADS - Road Rules Website - Knowledge Game

So you think you know the road rules??? Try the VicRoads Knowledge Game. Click here.

Here is a site for learning the road rules.


Level 2 - Finding a Garage

We listened to the conversation with the man who needed his brakes fixed. Now give similiar directions to someone who needs to find the BP Sprint Service Station (Hampshire Road) from Duke Street. CLICK ON VIEW LARGER MAP below:


View Larger Map

Grammar: Level 2 - Verb-ing

When we use two verbs together we sometimes use INFINITIVE (to) and other times GERUND (-ing). You learnt the following this week:

I love ... - ing eg. I love cooking
I like
I hate ...
I enjoy ...
I don't mind ...
I can't stand ...

Watch this video to learn more about when to use TO and when to use -ING