Good to see the group again.
Another test of words and everybody worked hard but it took some time: and I don´t think we can spend so much time during lessons to test words. Everybody ought to take their own responsibility for learning words.
Today was the start of a new chapter and we listened to the new etxt from Falling Leaves together. The novel is great and I hope the extract was enjoyable as well. Afterwards the students worked with the exercises to the etxt and on Thursday we are going to talk about it.
We had a good news presentation and the boys had really found some spectacular pieces of news which the rest of the group seemed to like. They speek good English as well!
onsdag 30 september 2009
fredag 18 september 2009
Week 39 Thursday
No lesson!
I have to go to Gothenburg for further education at the book fair.
You ( students of my group) have to do your word work at home and I will test you on Monday week 40. Remember to bring your wordlists!
In addition you have to read some 30 pages in your novels.
Moreover, the news group will be asked to present the news of the week on Monday 28 instead of Thursday 24.
I have to go to Gothenburg for further education at the book fair.
You ( students of my group) have to do your word work at home and I will test you on Monday week 40. Remember to bring your wordlists!
In addition you have to read some 30 pages in your novels.
Moreover, the news group will be asked to present the news of the week on Monday 28 instead of Thursday 24.
torsdag 17 september 2009
LESSON 8, Thursday week 38
Today we have been talking! And we had some news as well!
Unfortunately there was no time for working with the words as I promised last time, nevertheless I hope the students enjoyed the talking exercise.
Monday is a day off for the students as the staff will get some further education. As the students seem to like hard work I asked everybody to finish the exercise, with words, at home so that I can ask them on the words on Thursday. They have to bring their own wordlists though.
Word work:
Pick 20-30 words (that you don´t already know) from one of the texts handed out last week:
1) Try to find synonyms to at least five of them
2) Try to find antonyms to at least five of them
3) Try to explain at least five of them in English
4) Try to put the rest of your words into sentences that you link together to make up a good story.
Unfortunately there was no time for working with the words as I promised last time, nevertheless I hope the students enjoyed the talking exercise.
Monday is a day off for the students as the staff will get some further education. As the students seem to like hard work I asked everybody to finish the exercise, with words, at home so that I can ask them on the words on Thursday. They have to bring their own wordlists though.
Word work:
Pick 20-30 words (that you don´t already know) from one of the texts handed out last week:
1) Try to find synonyms to at least five of them
2) Try to find antonyms to at least five of them
3) Try to explain at least five of them in English
4) Try to put the rest of your words into sentences that you link together to make up a good story.
måndag 14 september 2009
LESSON 7, Monday week 38
Today we started with some euphemisms about the words toilett and die. Then the students were presented with ten different euphemisms that they were supposed to find suitable words for ( on a handout). It was not as easy as I thought it was, but the class seemed to manage very well.
Secondly, on page 16 in our textbook there is a language exercise about phrasal words that we carried on with. Almost everybody finished that one during our lesson and once they were done they continued with the texts handed out last week. The students are supposed to read at least one of them and also answer the questions to the text. Some of them worked with both the texts.
Next task during our lesson was word work. Everybody was asked to pick 20-30 words (that they didn´t already know) from one of the texts and:
1) Try to find synonyms to at least five of them
2) Try to find antonyms to at least five of them
3) Try to explain at least five of them in English
4) Try to put the rest of your words into sentences that you link together to make up a good story.
It turned out to be a nice and cosy lesson and we decided to have a speaking exercise next time we meet. I also promised they would get some more time to work with the words.
Secondly, on page 16 in our textbook there is a language exercise about phrasal words that we carried on with. Almost everybody finished that one during our lesson and once they were done they continued with the texts handed out last week. The students are supposed to read at least one of them and also answer the questions to the text. Some of them worked with both the texts.
Next task during our lesson was word work. Everybody was asked to pick 20-30 words (that they didn´t already know) from one of the texts and:
1) Try to find synonyms to at least five of them
2) Try to find antonyms to at least five of them
3) Try to explain at least five of them in English
4) Try to put the rest of your words into sentences that you link together to make up a good story.
It turned out to be a nice and cosy lesson and we decided to have a speaking exercise next time we meet. I also promised they would get some more time to work with the words.
torsdag 10 september 2009
LESSON 6, Thursday week 37
Again a terrific lesson!
We started with a linking words exercise, which proved to be more difficult than planned. Anyway the students were great!
Of course I had made a written wordtest for them. It took some time but the class worked hard and I could see that most of them had actually done their homework.
When that was done we corrected the handout about the swenglish expressions and then I gave them two different reading comprehensions, one from högskoleprovet and one from a CAE test. I also informed about the Cambridge certificates and in addition I handed out information from Folkuniversitetet about the tests. (Se länklistan Cambridgeexamina)
Unfortunately there was no news spotlight today as on of the group members were ill but the others promissed to give the news on Monday next week instead.
Exercise Linking words:
Make a story
Work in pairs and link the following sentences, in any order you like, in order to get a two or three sentence paragraph. Use the linking words from your handout!
• Now that you have practised linking words you should be able to use them in a text of your own. As we have not met before I would very much like to know who you are.
• Make a written presentation of yourself in two different ways.
• The first one should be more informal and written to someone your own age that you do not know yet.
• The other presentation should be written in a more formal style. You could imagine that it could be sent to your future employer or maybe to the president of the United States or the Queen of England.
• Remember to use as many of the linking words above as possible.
• You may use a computer, if you have one or you can use handwriting. But remember to make your presentations as attractive as possible.
We started with a linking words exercise, which proved to be more difficult than planned. Anyway the students were great!
Of course I had made a written wordtest for them. It took some time but the class worked hard and I could see that most of them had actually done their homework.
When that was done we corrected the handout about the swenglish expressions and then I gave them two different reading comprehensions, one from högskoleprovet and one from a CAE test. I also informed about the Cambridge certificates and in addition I handed out information from Folkuniversitetet about the tests. (Se länklistan Cambridgeexamina)
Unfortunately there was no news spotlight today as on of the group members were ill but the others promissed to give the news on Monday next week instead.
Exercise Linking words:
Make a story
Work in pairs and link the following sentences, in any order you like, in order to get a two or three sentence paragraph. Use the linking words from your handout!
• Now that you have practised linking words you should be able to use them in a text of your own. As we have not met before I would very much like to know who you are.
• Make a written presentation of yourself in two different ways.
• The first one should be more informal and written to someone your own age that you do not know yet.
• The other presentation should be written in a more formal style. You could imagine that it could be sent to your future employer or maybe to the president of the United States or the Queen of England.
• Remember to use as many of the linking words above as possible.
• You may use a computer, if you have one or you can use handwriting. But remember to make your presentations as attractive as possible.
måndag 7 september 2009
LESSON 5, Monday week 37
Monday afternoon and English lesson.
First we listened to the first listening comprehension in our textbooks. To start with we tried to guess what it would be about as the heading didn´t say much. The students were very good att guessing and some of them actually got the right idea about it.
In order to get the correct answers to the questions in the book we also tried to guess the answer to them before listening. It is an exellent listening strategy since it makes you more curious of the text and furthermore you focus better.
By the end of the lesson I brought in some extra material that the students worked with. During that work others coul catch up with the course. They study contemporary novels at the moment and I handed out some guestions to answer while reading.
For next lesson there is homework with words. They may learn as many words as they want from the glossary to the text. On Thursday I will ask for some explanations, some synonyms and some translations.
First we listened to the first listening comprehension in our textbooks. To start with we tried to guess what it would be about as the heading didn´t say much. The students were very good att guessing and some of them actually got the right idea about it.
In order to get the correct answers to the questions in the book we also tried to guess the answer to them before listening. It is an exellent listening strategy since it makes you more curious of the text and furthermore you focus better.
By the end of the lesson I brought in some extra material that the students worked with. During that work others coul catch up with the course. They study contemporary novels at the moment and I handed out some guestions to answer while reading.
For next lesson there is homework with words. They may learn as many words as they want from the glossary to the text. On Thursday I will ask for some explanations, some synonyms and some translations.
onsdag 2 september 2009
LESSON 4, Thursday week 36
We listened to the text Bill Sprocket´s Land. It is a long but interesting text.
Talked about the correct answers to the handout ”linking words” . Hopefully everybody will use linking words from now on.
I presented a couple of contemporary novels which I find suitable for this course.
The class asked about the presentation of the novel and I have to remember to tell them on Monday. Furthermore I have to remember that they are supposed to sign list for the books they have borrowed
Moreover we need to talk about tests and more advanced tests as Högskoleprovet and the CAE certificate.
The Two minute Talk in groups (from the textbook pp 14, 15) was good and I could hear a lot of well-spoken English from the students. More short talks like this will is needed. We decided upon the project " News Spotlight" . The students formed groups for their presentation and we also made a schedule.
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