conversation classes
http://www.learn-english-today.com/resources-for-teachers/conversation-topics_advanced.html
film-english.com
has some material suitable for advanced learners
current affairs
history
Friday 23 January 2015
Advanced lesson: "the other" impairments, bullying, rising above expectations?
Based on material from film-english.com
Theo's story
http://vimeo.com/71582564
Transcribe bits if you like. I can check how well you do it. Language not easy, norther English accent
Language connected with Similarities and differences
Language:
have a visual impairment. Be visually impaired
disability, disabled (discapacity ok but not so common)
the senses: hearing, sight, smell, taste, touch
similarities and differences
come to terms with (the fact that...)
acknowledge
be more resourceful
coping with
REsilience,
The butterfly circus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p98KAEif3bI
Watch it and we'll discuss it for a bit next week.
Theo's story
http://vimeo.com/71582564
Transcribe bits if you like. I can check how well you do it. Language not easy, norther English accent
Language connected with Similarities and differences
Language:
have a visual impairment. Be visually impaired
disability, disabled (discapacity ok but not so common)
the senses: hearing, sight, smell, taste, touch
similarities and differences
come to terms with (the fact that...)
acknowledge
be more resourceful
coping with
REsilience,
The butterfly circus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p98KAEif3bI
Watch it and we'll discuss it for a bit next week.
Advanced lesson: Beauty
This week's session is about BEAUTY AND SELF-PERCEPTION.
Based on film-english.com
Different approaches: discussion, lanaguage?
You're more beautiful than you think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpaOjMXyJGk
you can extract vocabulary about the face, etc
Pause it, what do they think is is?
Gap fill for language (difficult words and expressions). They may need to listen to things a few times if you're focussing on language too.
discuss, generate debate and language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Jiwo3u6Vo
Vocabulary seen in class :
positive, negative, self-perception
natural beauty
we're harsh on ourselves/we tend to be
be closed off , shut down face
look + adjective
beauty is in the eyes of the beholder
my jaw, my chin protudes
it impacts...
Beauty and make up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou6xUFkSaRE
from the engvid videos
http://www.slideshare.net/iolmrue873/vocabulary-to-describe-body-and-face-features
List of activities about describing people
It starts in one of the columns refer to de difficulty of the task. The fewer, the easier or more elemental language.
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/cgi2/myexam/liaison.php?liaison=_description_
this one is ok: http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-31592.php
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-31592.php
optional homework:
Photo Exhibition "Love me" about how western standards of beauty impose themselves across the world. Photos are by an award-winning British photographer. It is open till August 31st. See details on link below:
http://docfieldbarcelona.org/exposicion/love-me/
If you get a chance, go and see it and we can discuss it here in class the first 5 minutes. You can take photos of the photos you are more impressed about and comment on them. I saw it a few weeks ago and some of the photos certainly made an impact in me. Alternatively, you can type the photographer's name and title of exhibition in google and look at the photos there.
Based on film-english.com
Different approaches: discussion, lanaguage?
You're more beautiful than you think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpaOjMXyJGk
you can extract vocabulary about the face, etc
Pause it, what do they think is is?
Gap fill for language (difficult words and expressions). They may need to listen to things a few times if you're focussing on language too.
discuss, generate debate and language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Jiwo3u6Vo
Vocabulary seen in class :
positive, negative, self-perception
natural beauty
we're harsh on ourselves/we tend to be
be closed off , shut down face
look + adjective
beauty is in the eyes of the beholder
my jaw, my chin protudes
it impacts...
Beauty and make up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou6xUFkSaRE
from the engvid videos
http://www.slideshare.net/iolmrue873/vocabulary-to-describe-body-and-face-features
List of activities about describing people
It starts in one of the columns refer to de difficulty of the task. The fewer, the easier or more elemental language.
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/cgi2/myexam/liaison.php?liaison=_description_
this one is ok: http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-31592.php
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-31592.php
optional homework:
Photo Exhibition "Love me" about how western standards of beauty impose themselves across the world. Photos are by an award-winning British photographer. It is open till August 31st. See details on link below:
http://docfieldbarcelona.org/exposicion/love-me/
If you get a chance, go and see it and we can discuss it here in class the first 5 minutes. You can take photos of the photos you are more impressed about and comment on them. I saw it a few weeks ago and some of the photos certainly made an impact in me. Alternatively, you can type the photographer's name and title of exhibition in google and look at the photos there.
Aprovechar
A que cuesta recordar el "aprovechar" en inglés?
Por lo general, “aprovechar” se usa mucho más en castellano que en inglés. Además tiene varias traducciones, es por esto que os cuesta. Lo de 1 palabra 1 traducción, aquí no acaba de funcionar en la mayoría de casos.
Aprovecha
que estás en Londre para visitar... Take
advantage of your stay in London to visit...
Aprovecha
las instalaciones del hotel Take advantage of the
facilities and equipment of the hotel
Aprovecha que estás para decirle (since we you’re there), tell him
that....
Aproveché mucho el curso / saqué mucho provecho del curso
I got
a lot out of the course I benefited greatly from
the course (I made the most of the course)
Aprovecho para agradecerles...
I take this
opportunity to thank you for...
I’d
like to thank you for
Aproveché mucho mis
vacaciones: leí, dormí, fuí a la playa...
I
made the most of my holidays.
Aprovecha el día y
no duermas hasta las 12
Don’t sleep till late and make the most
of the day
Lo aprovecha todo porque no le gusta tirar nada
He
uses it all up because she doesn’t like to waste
anything
Se aprovechó de ella y de su buena fe
He took advantage
of her and of her good nature
La palabra “profit” is mostly associated with “money earned in business”.
It is true that “You can benefit / profit from
something” but it’s not extremely common in the sense of “aprovechar” in Spanish.
Se pronuncia /profit/ no
/profait/
Apuntad más
frases si queréis, y las traducimos!
Advanced lesson/s: the food industry, dieting
Based on film-english.com class:
The scarecrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUtnas5ScSE
Discuss the food industry
Recommend "We feed the World", etc
A kind of parody video
The honest scarecrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYZgWYZlAZU
Watch it and come up with ideas. Write them down and we can contrast view points
and see if you all have similar ideas on it.
Vocabulary seen in class:
you find your way around it (when a website is not user-friendly, for example)
a food chain store
factory farming
they rear chickens and cows
they feed them with hormones
inject hormones
GMO = genetically modified foods
densely populated world
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TED video "Why dieting doesn't work": I am testing this new thing from TEDed that allows us to create lessons from youtube videos and needless to say, ted ones.
Watch the video, answer the questions (10 about the the first 5 minutes of the video). http://ed.ted.com/on/u7M7xpGG
Food and dieting
Student gives a presentation on how to combine foods to get the most of them and stop us from gaining weight, discussion and feedback on presentation. Teacher takes notes, so do students if they want. What they think she did well and what can be improved and grammar/lg mistakes - maybe prepare grid for their notes so it's easier.
Vocabulary seen in class:
eating a varied diet
you measure your waistline
...is high on carbs / protein
you go on a diet,
to do a detox (diet)
make small adjusts depending on need
cut down on chocolate gradually / little by little /
= eat less of ...
cut out chocolate
= stop eating chocolate altogether
mashed beans
raisins
chop nuts
eat raw food (uncooked)
processed food
pre-cooked food, high in salt
to steam vegetables
to soak pulses (chickpeas, beans...) overnight
fizzy drinks, high in sugar
your daily intake of sugar = tu toma
wholesome foods =integrales
where Spanish uses bio.. in english we use organic
where Spanish uses ecológico ...in English we use environmentally-friendly
shop locally - Spanish Km 0
shop locally sourced produce
get rid of toxins = detox
irritable bowel syndrome
the list is not complete
=the list is not exhaustive but it's fairly comprehensive
the size of a hand
Feedback on performance:
Well done Ximena. Good use of vocabulary and language in general.
what I found out was..
not only... but...
open to sth...
variety of expressions
do review the vocab above for more specific, natual English words
very pleased with your use of language.
Next time, insert some connector when possible (whereas, while, however... ) if necessary.
Advanced lesson: photojournalism videos and discussion
Objectives:
Students at the end of the class will be able to understand and see in context language related to the topic, will be able to use some of it, to give their opinion and express feelings.
As a grammar objective: to review 3rd condional, the more... the more...
Show video 1. No prior telling what it is about (bad practice?) to generate interest,
1. Photojournalist prize video (old, bad quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c_LlxTDmIs
How did it make them feel? How was she feeling?
What would you have done in the photographers' situation? and the sniper/girl?
Perceptions of victims of conflicts towards journalists?
Role of photojournalist and photojournlism
World press photo? Opinion on photojournalistic exhibitions, you go for "pleasure" to see and learn about the attrocities taking place in the world. Role of exhibitions. Role of photojournalism.
You toughen up, the more... the more
Gender and photojournlism
Open session with slideshow from her official website and discuss. elicit whether they are by the same photographer? what makes them think so? what can you see? / how does it make you feel? gender? where? music? Photos taken in the same place? Photographer, a man or a woman? The role music plays in the slideshow, etc.
Eman Mohammed, female photojournalist in Gaza
https://www.ted.com/talks/eman_mohammed_the_courage_to_tell_a_hidden_story#t-237196
help with language,
play and pause and repeat words they may find hard to pick up.
Comprehension questions, vocabulary
Use transcript to create gap-fills?
Discussion
Gap fill exercise to focus on language
Create cloze to practice new vocabulary with l.georges.online.fr/tools/cloze.html
http://www.emanmohammed.com/#/portfolio?i=695
Choose a photo and you will tell us what you like about it, what there is in it.
Vocabulary seen in class/Some of the lg they may need.
shoot a photo, shoot a rifle, shoot a person
heavy emotional burden
nobody is pointing a gun at her = nobody is forcing her to do it = no obligation
what if she...? what if she hadn't shot ? -hypothesis about the past (but she did)
why didn't he shoot? - sentence structure
you can't see to the wounded = attender a los heridos
raise and rise
gender-based jobs
something is frowned upon = not well-seen, disapproved of
raise needs an object : he raised his hand, you raise children, herders raise cattle, you raise yor voice
the sun rises early in summer, taxes rise
Please watch videos again, make a note of words and expressions you hear that you know but never use, be an active listener.
Also, it would be nice if you could go onto Eman's website and choose one or more photos and describe them or tell us a few words about them like, why you like them, memories it has brought you back, etc. AS usual, feel free to do a piece of writing so you can use the language seen in class so we can all correct or discuss it together.
Students at the end of the class will be able to understand and see in context language related to the topic, will be able to use some of it, to give their opinion and express feelings.
As a grammar objective: to review 3rd condional, the more... the more...
Show video 1. No prior telling what it is about (bad practice?) to generate interest,
1. Photojournalist prize video (old, bad quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c_LlxTDmIs
How did it make them feel? How was she feeling?
What would you have done in the photographers' situation? and the sniper/girl?
Perceptions of victims of conflicts towards journalists?
Role of photojournalist and photojournlism
World press photo? Opinion on photojournalistic exhibitions, you go for "pleasure" to see and learn about the attrocities taking place in the world. Role of exhibitions. Role of photojournalism.
You toughen up, the more... the more
Gender and photojournlism
Open session with slideshow from her official website and discuss. elicit whether they are by the same photographer? what makes them think so? what can you see? / how does it make you feel? gender? where? music? Photos taken in the same place? Photographer, a man or a woman? The role music plays in the slideshow, etc.
Eman Mohammed, female photojournalist in Gaza
https://www.ted.com/talks/eman_mohammed_the_courage_to_tell_a_hidden_story#t-237196
help with language,
play and pause and repeat words they may find hard to pick up.
Comprehension questions, vocabulary
Use transcript to create gap-fills?
Discussion
Gap fill exercise to focus on language
Create cloze to practice new vocabulary with l.georges.online.fr/tools/cloze.html
http://www.emanmohammed.com/#/portfolio?i=695
Choose a photo and you will tell us what you like about it, what there is in it.
Vocabulary seen in class/Some of the lg they may need.
shoot a photo, shoot a rifle, shoot a person
heavy emotional burden
nobody is pointing a gun at her = nobody is forcing her to do it = no obligation
what if she...? what if she hadn't shot ? -hypothesis about the past (but she did)
why didn't he shoot? - sentence structure
you can't see to the wounded = attender a los heridos
raise and rise
gender-based jobs
something is frowned upon = not well-seen, disapproved of
raise needs an object : he raised his hand, you raise children, herders raise cattle, you raise yor voice
the sun rises early in summer, taxes rise
Please watch videos again, make a note of words and expressions you hear that you know but never use, be an active listener.
Also, it would be nice if you could go onto Eman's website and choose one or more photos and describe them or tell us a few words about them like, why you like them, memories it has brought you back, etc. AS usual, feel free to do a piece of writing so you can use the language seen in class so we can all correct or discuss it together.
Unsure about your English? Collocations, translations and questions
One of the first things I ask my students is to tell me how they learned to ask somebody's name and their age? They learned by heart, without questioning. This can not apply to all learning leanring in chunks is indded very useful. Something like a chunk is a collocation: two (or more) words which sound natural in English like 'fast car' and 'fast food' but not quick car and quick food, or make a call instead of do a call. Why make and not do? Just because. ... (expand)
This may be handy for teachers, students and translators alike, and anyone who needs English.
You are not sure if two words can collocate, go together and sound natural in English, you can check whether they "collocate" using the following links:
You may want to use google and and type the words ensuring you type the words in quotations marks so you get the results with the two words in the order you want to know about.
Identify collocations:
American: http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/%22seating+capacity%22/
British: http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/
There are other corpus although they may not be free and offer free access.
Another website I have just discovered (6 March 2015) is www.just-the-word.com
Type a word, see collocations, click on them to see the in a corpora
http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com
http://prowritingaid.com/collocations-dictionary/button/Collocations-of-button.aspx
a blog: high frequency and low frequency collocaitons http://collocations.ooz.ie/
Collocation books:
Cambridge in Use, Key words for fluency.
List of frequent collocations: https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations-lists.htm
Translations
www.linguee.com
and www.reverso.com although I don't usually resort to this one, some people like it.
Dictionarys can help sometimes too.
Questions of tricky areas:
https://www.englishforums.com/English/WayOfOrWayTo/dljkj/post.htm
This may be handy for teachers, students and translators alike, and anyone who needs English.
You are not sure if two words can collocate, go together and sound natural in English, you can check whether they "collocate" using the following links:
You may want to use google and and type the words ensuring you type the words in quotations marks so you get the results with the two words in the order you want to know about.
Identify collocations:
American: http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/%22seating+capacity%22/
British: http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/
There are other corpus although they may not be free and offer free access.
Another website I have just discovered (6 March 2015) is www.just-the-word.com
Type a word, see collocations, click on them to see the in a corpora
http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com
http://prowritingaid.com/collocations-dictionary/button/Collocations-of-button.aspx
a blog: high frequency and low frequency collocaitons http://collocations.ooz.ie/
Collocation books:
Cambridge in Use, Key words for fluency.
List of frequent collocations: https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations-lists.htm
Translations
www.linguee.com
and www.reverso.com although I don't usually resort to this one, some people like it.
Dictionarys can help sometimes too.
Questions of tricky areas:
https://www.englishforums.com/English/WayOfOrWayTo/dljkj/post.htm
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