Find below the all the audio files for Unit 5.
audio 5|A|2 listening
audio 5|A|3|1 pronunciation
audio 5|A|3|2 pronunciation
audio 5|A|4 speaking
audio 5|B|2 listening
2007년 3월 31일 토요일
Audio Files: Unit 5: In the Neighbourhood
Find below the all the audio files for Unit 5.
audio 5|A|2 listening
audio 5|A|3|1 pronunciation
audio 5|A|3|2 pronunciation
audio 5|A|4 speaking
audio 5|B|2 listening
Pronunciation Activity: Unit 5: Lesson A
This week's pronunciation activity focuses on the reduced forms of could you and would you.
With your language partner:
[a] Listen to audio 1 and notice the reduced pronunciation of 'could you' and 'would you' in each sentence.
[b] Listen to audio 2 and the circle the words you here.
[c] Practice reading the sentences in Activities A & B.
audio 1
audio 2
Homework: Friday, 30 March 2007
Dear Friends, I know I said I would not give you homework on Fridays, but...., this will only take you 5 minutes.
With your language partner:
(i) match the verbs with the noun phrases in the box on page 46 of the Textbook.
(ii) write the expressions in the picture [n.b. sometimes more than one combination will be possible]
(iii) write a list of at least 10 types of errands or other activities people do in their neighborhoods.
Go grocery shopping
Pick up the laundry
…………………….
…………………….
…………………….
A Song For You: LDN
My song for you today comes from the new English pop rock sensation Lily Allen.
The song's name is LDN [short for 'London'] and as you will see, it fits quite neaty into this weeks' theme which is "Around the Neighborhood".
LDN:
Lil Allen
Riding through the city on my bike all day
Cause the filth took away my license
It doesn't get me down and I feel OK
Cause the sights that I'm seeing are priceless
Everything seems to look as it should
But I wonder what goes on behind doors
A fella looking dapper, but he's sitting with a slapper
Then I see it's a pimp and his crack whore
You might laugh you might frown
Walkin' round London town
[Chorus]
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
you can see it's all lies
There was a little old lady, who was walking down the road
She was struggling with bags from Tesco
There were people from the city having lunch in the park
I believe that it's called al fresco
Then a kid came along to offer a hand
But before she had time to accept it
hits her over the head, doesn't care if she's dead
Cause he's got all her jewelery and wallet
You might laugh you might frown
walking round London town
[Chorus]
When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
you can see it's all lies
Life, yeah that's city life, yeah that's city life, yeah that's city life
Life, yeah that's city life, yeah that's city life, yeah that's city life
[Chorus x2]
[x2]
When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
You can see it's all lies
2007년 3월 28일 수요일
Homework: Wednesday, 28 March 2007
For Friday I'd like you to have a look 18 year old Brooke's diary on page 43 of the Textbook [click on the picture above] and do the exercise in Section C at the bottom of the page. Once you have done that, I'd like you to get together with your Language Partner and discuss the following questions:
(i) Are you interested in trends or not? Why or why not?
(ii) It is said that “companies start trends because they want to earn a lot of money”. Do you think this is true? Who starts trends?
(iii) Who are the trendsetters in Korea? How have they become so?
(iv) Why do some trends stay popular for a long time, and other quickly fade? Can you think of any examples?
As usual, people will be randomly chosen to tell us what they and their partner discussed, so, DO IT!!! (please...)
Listening Activity: Unit 4: Lesson B
Listen to these interviews on the street in New York and answer the following questions:
(i) where are there hometowns?
(ii) where are their clothes from?
(iii) What do they say their personal style is?
With your language partner, discuss how you would describe your sense of style and whether you are interested in trends in music or fashion. Discus why or why not.
listening audio file
answers listening
2007년 3월 27일 화요일
Writing Activity: Unit 4: Lesson B
An activity I thought you could get involved in on a voluntary basis is the writing activity for each chapter.
The writing activity on page 45 of the Textbook this week, for example, involves writing a letter in response to a letter written to an advice column in a newspaper [click on the picture above].
What you can do, if you would like, is write a reply to same and post it anonymously [if you want] in the comments section for this posting (I will put an sample reply there). If you check back, I will try and correct what you have written.
If this works out, we can continue doing this each week for each Writing Activity in the book.
2007년 3월 26일 월요일
Web Links: Unit 4: Today Trends [1]
Please find below some web-based links to resources concerning currents trends and how they can be described:
Games
trends vocabulary
verbs used in graphs
Exercises
describing trends exercise 1
describing trends exercise 2
describing trends exercise 3
2007년 3월 25일 일요일
Homework: Monday, 26 March 2007
For the next class, do the exercise on page 41 of the text book.
Once you have done that:
1. Make a list of at least 5 items the person who wants to be 'trendy' [i.e up-to-date] would need/want to think about having.
2. What are some of the features of these items they would need to consider?
and put them in a chart like the one below.
As usual 'volunteers' will be randomly selected to share their musings with the rest of the class on Wednesday [see below]
_________________________________________________
Item Features
__________________________________________________
1. HAND-PHONE color size brand model
2. ........... ...... ...... ...... .....
3. ........... ...... ...... ...... .....
4. ........... ...... ...... ...... .....
5. ........... ...... ...... ...... .....
6. ........... ...... ...... ...... .....
__________________________________________________
Workbook: Unit 4: Lesson A
Pronunciation: Unit 4 - Today's Trends
This weeks section on Pronunciation points out that in rapid speech, native speakers usually drop the final 'f' sound in 'of' before a consonant sound.Listen to the recording here and ask yourself:
"What does of sound like when it is said fast ?"
Listen to the next recording here and see if you can complete the sentences [the answers are in the link below].
Once you have done that, practice saying them aloud.
answers
2007년 3월 23일 금요일
World Link On-Line Resources : Unit 3: Unsolved Mysteries
As mentioned in class, you can find extra activities related to the textbook on line at the World Link Web Site. It might be worth while having a look at these pages every now and then [I'll try and put up links to them every week to make it easier for you to access them} as the final written test will to some extent be based on the Quizes on them.
Apart from the
'quizes',
you will find links to:
'glossaries',
'flashcards',
'dictations'
'concentration games' and
'crossword'
(Click on the links on the left hand side of the 'main page' for each week:
Check them out!!!
A Song For You: Get Around To It
One of may favorite groups of the 1990's was a group called Everything But The Girl. Starting off producing what was know as 'sophisto-pop' ETBTG (as they were sometimes known] had a commercial breakthrough with the song "Missing" - one of the biggest 'club/dance' records of the last twenty years.
Today's song for you is a 'sophisto-pop' song with 'club/dance' elements from one of the two members of ETBTG - Tracey Thorn.
Released this week [March 20 to be exact], I think its a great CD. Hope you enjoy.
Get Around To It
Tracey Thorn
Show me what the girl does to the boy
If you can get around to it.
Show me what the girl does.
Show me what the girl does to the boy
If you can get around to it.
Show me what d-do you most enjoy
If you can get around to it.
Learnin' more about you…
I hope it's never ever finished!
What it's like when I am
Your new toy,
If you can get around to it.
I get excited.
You get excited.
Why should you fight it?
Sex with you—
Bein' right next you—
Won't do it.
Bein' right next to you—
The two of us—
Won't do it.
Bein' so kind to me.
Homework: Friday, 23 March 2007
As mentioned in class, we shall be looking at 'Current Trends' next week and how to discuss them. In particular we will be looking at trends in relation to the family and fashion.
In order to get "warmed-up" for the class, I'd like you to:
(i) do the exercise on page 36 of the text book[this should take you about a minute!!]
(ii) write down on a list the words you know that could be used in discussing trends - whether they be related to family life, fashion or any topic.
Among the example on page 36 for example are:
majority,
percent,
doubled,
tripled,
quadrupled,
twice
2007년 3월 21일 수요일
Audio Files:Unit 3 Lesson B
Please find below a link to today's audio file concerning the Media report on the strange light Nick Brown saw in the sky while driving home.
audio file
Workbook: Unit 3, Lesson B - Mysteries
2007년 3월 20일 화요일
Message from Simon: Wednesday, 21st March 2007
Dear Friends,
Just a message to remind you that this Friday I will hand out a short questionnaire to gage your feelings about the level of the text book and the class in general. While I can't promise that there will be great changes - I am hesitant to give up on the textbook altogether - if enough of your feel that the level is too low, I will attempt to make the activities a little bit more challenging.
On another matter, as also mentioned in class this morning, I want to remind you that from this Friday people will be penalized [i.e. marks will be deducted] if they have not done the homework and / or fall asleep in class.
I realize that many of you have to stay awake late in order to do homework and/or drink and party with your friends. I also realize that it is often difficult to get out of these 'tasks'. Having said that however, it is clearly unfair that students who fall asleep in class get the same mark for participation as students who stay awake [and have also done their homework].
If it is the case that you are very very tired or feeling sick let me know before the class begins and I "will look the other way". You will however, needless to say, NOT be able to do this every week!!!
p.s. the photo is one of me in north east China. The area you can see across the river is North Korea.
Homework: Wednesday, 21 March 2007
For this Friday's class I would like you to:
1: read the The Bloody Dumbbell by Hy Conrad
2: think about who shot Jack Watkins and why.
3: on a sheet on paper write down your ideas about the crime: who do you think committed the murder and why you think it was them.
As usual, 'Volunteers' will be randomly chosen to share their views on Friday.
p.s. to find out who shot Jack Watkins [Monday's murder mystery] follow the link.
2007년 3월 19일 월요일
2007년 3월 18일 일요일
Video: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Laughing Mummy
As promised in class, an episode in the 1955 Sherlock Holmes Television series starring Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion as Watson. They were produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed and scored in France. Ronald Howard was the son of the actor Leslie Howard, with whom he appeared in Pimpernel Smith.
Click on the forward button in the middle of the screens below. Each episode is about 5 minutes long
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Click on the forward button in the middle of the screens below. Each episode is about 5 minutes long
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Homework: Monday, 19 March 2007
There are two parts to today's homework - both of which will require to work with your language partner.
PART 1
1: read the story about the kidnapping of the Child of the famous aviator Charles Lindberg on page 26 of the textbook.
2: Read the profiles of the people in the case on the same page and discuss which people seem suspicious to you.
3: On a sheet on paper write down your ideas about each person and your reasons why they might or might not have committed the crime.
PART 2
1: read the story The Vegas Victim by Richard Ciciarelli.
2: think about who shot Jack Watkins and why.
3: On a sheet on paper write down your ideas about the crime: who do you think committed the murder and why you think it was them.
Random pairs/groups will be selected to present their findings on one of the two mysteries on Wednesday.
Web Links:Mysteries [1]
Find below some links to: some of the topics covered in Monday's class [e.g. mystery related vocabulary; the pronunciation rules related to the third person singular in the present tense; and, stative verbs]; some famous mystery short stories; and, some mystery related on-line games & quizes
Topics:
Mystery Vocabulary
The Third Person Singular
Stative Verbs
Stories:
Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
Agatha Christie Short Stories
Games:
on-line mystery vocabulary quiz
mystery vocabulary hangman game
2007년 3월 16일 금요일
A Song For You: I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You
Today I bring you a country song. Country music is often derided for being simplistic both musically and lyrically. While this is true of some country songs, it is not true of all - as, I think, is evidenced by the song and singer I bring to you today.
The name of the song is "I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You" and the singer and writer of the song Lyle Lovett [perhaps best known for having been married to the actress Julia Roberts for a couple of years in the 1990's].
Have a close listen to the words of this one [actually you should be having a close listen to the words of all the songs I am posting!!]. One of my closest friends thinks it is one of the most truly spooky songs he has ever heard.
So just download the song through the title below and enjoy yourself.
Lyle Lovett
I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You
Its not the words
You know I'll always love you
It's not the words
I wish that I could stay
It's more the way your lips looked
As you spoke them
And how the moonlight fell upon your face
I married her just because she looks like you
And for every time you said no
She says honey I'll be glad to
And for every time you left me
She says darling I'll be there
It's not the words
You'll get over me
That made my dreams come true
I married her just because she looks like you
And if I had not searched for you
I never would have found her
And if I had not loved you
I would never have known love
It's not the words
Please try to forget me
That made my dreams come true
I married her just because she looks like you
And for every time you knocked me down
She reaches out to help me
And for every time you cursed me
She says darling I love you
It's not the words
Time heals everything
That made my dreams come true
I married her just because she looks like you
For more on Lyle Lovett, see:
Lyle Lovett
To find out more about Country Music, see:
Country Music
2007년 3월 14일 수요일
Workbook: Unit 2, Lesson B
Audio Files: Unit 2 Lesson B
Find below a link to the audio file for Unit 2: Lesson A related to the slow food movement details of which can be found on page 18 of the textbook
slow food movement
Homework: Wednesday, 14 March 2007
As mentioned in class, what I would like you to for Friday's class is write a review for a web based restaurant review site )I have include some links to some sites at the end of this posting. As detailed on page 21 of the textbook, what i would like you to do is:
1: pick a restaurant and make some notes about various aspects of it [the food, decor, service etc...]
2. write a review based on those notes.
3. 'Volunteers' will then be randomly asked to present their reviews to the rest of the class on Friday.
As always, think about testing your review with your language partner.
restaurantspy.com
igougo.com
bangkokpost.net
Web Links: Apetisers & Desserts
As promised, for those of you who are interested, here are some links to pages with information about different types of appetizers and desserts. If you follow the links you will find various lists of appetizers and desserts, some of which will also contain recipes and photos. I've also included a link to an word search activity related to deserts. Its a bit easy but might be fun. See how quickly you can do them
southern food appetizers
elegant eating appetisers
smuckers desserts
Online Dessert Missing Vowel Game
online food word search games
2007년 3월 13일 화요일
Web Links: Food & Resturants
As promised in class, I am posting some links to some vocabulary lists and glossaries on the web related to food and describing it. For those of you interested in increasing your vocabulary, these are well worth visiting for a minute or two as you I think you will be surprised at how many of these vocabulary items there there.
World Food & Wine Glossary
ESL Learning Center Glossary
About.com Food Related Words
A Song For You: A Song For You
Today's 'song for you' is, as promised last week A Song For You - the inspiration for the title of this regular posting.
Written by Leon Russell, A Song For You was a gigantic hit for the American singing duo 'The Carpenters' in the early 1970's. Popular throughout the 1970's. The Carpenters came to an end when Karen died on the 4th of February, 1983, from a cardiac arrest, caused by her anorexia.
A Song For You
The Carpenters
I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my love in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you
I know your image of me is what I hope to be
I've treated you unkindly but darlin' can't you see
There's no one more important to me
Darlin' can't you please see through me
Cause we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you
You taught me precious secrets of the truth witholding nothing
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding
I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
You taught me precious secrets of the truth witholding nothing
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding
I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
The Carpenters
2007년 3월 12일 월요일
Homework: Monday, 12 March 2007
As mentioned in class, you need to do some homework based on the exercise of page 16 of the textbook with your learning partner [s] before next class.
What I would like you to do with your learning partner [s] is:
1: use the adjectives in the box to talk about the changes you see between Veronica's old and the new restaurants.
2. make notes for a radio advertisement for the new Veronica's including the changes you noticed while doing activity 1.
3. practice presenting your commercial.
Students will be chosen randomly to present their advertisement to the rest of the class on Wednesday.
Workbook Pages Unit 2, Lesson A
Click the image to download the Workbook pages for Unit 2, Lesson A.
Workbook Page 8
Workbook Page 9
Workbook Page 10
Audio Files: Unit 2 Lesson A
Click the links below to download the audio files for Unit 2, Lesson A [Let's Eat]
Audio File Unit 2-A
2007년 3월 10일 토요일
Location of Class Photos
If you look to the right of this post you will see a link to our learning communitys [I'll put my photo in their eventually!!] under the heading Class Photos. This will be the place to see the photos for each class easily in the future.
A Song For You: LIve With Me
Well, its Saturday night and so I suppose many of you are turning your thoughts to questions about L-O-V-E. How to get it, how to keep it or ... how to escape it.Keeping this in mind, I'd like to dedicate today's 'song for you' to those of you in, out or smothered by L-O-V-E. The song, 'Live With Me', is a 2004 joint creation by veteran [ie. he has been around along time] folk-soul singer Terry Callier and British electronica pioneers Massive Attack.
So just lie back and enjoy it....
Terry Callier / Massive Attack
Live With Me
it don't matter where you turn gonna survive you live and learn
i been thinking 'bout you babe by the light of dawn
and midnight blue day and night i been missing you
i been thinking about you baby almost makes me crazy
come and live with me either way win or lose
when you run into trouble you live the blues
i been thinking about you babe, yeah
see it almost makes me crazy child
nothing's right when you ain't here
i'll give all that i have just to keep you near
i wrote you a letter and tried to make it clear
you just don't believe that i'm sincere
i been thinking 'bout you baby
plans and schemes hopes and fears
dreams i deny for all these years
i been thinking 'bout you babe living with me
well i been thinking 'bout you baby
makes me wanna woo-oo-hoo woo-oo-hoo
yeah child, nothing's right if you ain't here
i'll give all that i have just to keep you near
i wrote you a letter, darling try to make it clear
oh but you just don't believe that i'm sincere
thinking 'bout you baby i want you to live with me
nothing's right when you ain't here
Massive Attack
Terry Callier in 1964
2007년 3월 9일 금요일
Class Photos: English Communication: Class 1
Photos for English Communication Class 1 which runs from 9 am -10 am Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
Nam Jae Hyun
Lee Yong Hoon
Noh Yun Seok
Ryu Soon Kee
Lee Won Jun
Lee Yea Kang
Kim Hyeon Ho
Kim Hyun Woo
Ko Sang Yong
Kwon Hyuck Jin
Lee Chang Wook
Jin Ho Kyung
Jung Hyun Ho
Kim Hwea Yoon
Baek Seung Eun
Cho Chang Hyun
Choi Goh Seok
Choi Seung Hyuk
Hong Boem
Lee Tae Kyu
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