Due to illness and holidays there were only two members of our conversation group present this week. We first checked the puzzle on page 117 before we exchanged stories in the past tense with the use of past time expressions. We then played a memory game with English words and matching images. The session finished with the three of us making English sentences with 'flash cards'. Next week we'll start unit 13.
Showing posts with label news and current events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news and current events. Show all posts
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Thursday, 28 October 2010
The first session of the new season. We are down to a small group of seven in all and we have moved to a different venue for our weekly get-togethers.
I handed out the printed versions of the vocabulary list for unit 12 and we practised the pronunciation of the English words. It's important to know which part of a word has the stress. The wrts extra programme has the pronunciation too. Just try it if you haven't done so before.
We did the two first exercises of the self study section together. It deals with the past tense. The puzzle is set as homework for next week. We then used the past tense to talk about our summer, which had some sad events and some happy ones.
Next week we will start unit 13 on City Life.
I handed out the printed versions of the vocabulary list for unit 12 and we practised the pronunciation of the English words. It's important to know which part of a word has the stress. The wrts extra programme has the pronunciation too. Just try it if you haven't done so before.
We did the two first exercises of the self study section together. It deals with the past tense. The puzzle is set as homework for next week. We then used the past tense to talk about our summer, which had some sad events and some happy ones.
Next week we will start unit 13 on City Life.
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Thursday April 15, 2010
The last session of the series for this year. We started off by looking at This link which will get you to a site which has Dutch news in English. Today we read two of their articles. One on how the volcanic eruption on Iceland today has disrupted air travel in northern Europe and the other about the dune fire near Bergen aan Zee. Had you heard about these two items? What happened? What are your views?
The Dutch News site is a great way to read English to study the language instead of just catching up on the news. Just visit from time to time, read an article and, if you like, make a word web on the subject you have read about.
We finished unit 12 and and set a date to meet for a meal out together.
I posted the vocabulary of unit 12 here at wrts and will hand out a printed list as soon as possible.
Have a good summer!
The Dutch News site is a great way to read English to study the language instead of just catching up on the news. Just visit from time to time, read an article and, if you like, make a word web on the subject you have read about.
We finished unit 12 and and set a date to meet for a meal out together.
I posted the vocabulary of unit 12 here at wrts and will hand out a printed list as soon as possible.
Have a good summer!
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Thursday April 8, 2010
As usual we started the session with talking about ourselves. What happened to you last week? How was your holiday? How is your mother? How is your health?
We then discussed what you do at home on a daily basis to help save the environment. Do you use renewable energy, for instance?
We finally closed the book on unit 11 by having a look at the self study section on pp. 114-115.
We started unit 12a Good news! on news and current events.
We then discussed what you do at home on a daily basis to help save the environment. Do you use renewable energy, for instance?
We finally closed the book on unit 11 by having a look at the self study section on pp. 114-115.
We started unit 12a Good news! on news and current events.
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