Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Lab Activity July 24

1.  Interview with Mae and Masa: A young woman and young man are traveling in Thailand. They talk about their meeting and their future plans.

 
2.  What’s your favorite place in the World? A Canadian traveler asks other travelers a question:  What's your favorite place in the world?

3So Far Away:  A song by Carole King (it's an old one, but a good one!)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEY3Kgfm9ec

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Weekend Homework for July 22


--> PRACTICE & REVIEW THE VERB TENSES
Question Forms http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/2011/05/question-forms-beginners-elementary.html

Take a SCREEN SHOT of one quiz from each page and email it to debbie.turner@seattlecolleges.edu
--> PREPARE A ONE MINUTE SPEECH ON ONE OF THE TOPICS BELOW.
  1. A usual day for you in Seattle
  2. A usual day for you in your hometown
  3. A usual day for someone in your family
  4. A very good meal
  5. Things you like
You MAY show pictures.  You MAY NOT read from a paper so PRACTICE!!
--> COMPLETE THE COUNT/NON-COUNT PRACTICE SHEET 
 
 

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Lab Activity July 10

1.  Practice family names with this game:  http://www.elllo.org/apuj/Games/G033-Family.html

2.  Go to http://www.esl-lab.com  and complete the worksheet.

3.  Concentration game with family words: http://www.manythings.org/ac/family.html 

4.  Concentration games with LOTS of vocabulary:     http://www.manythings.org/wbg/

3.  Do dictation about PLACES AND WEATHER, COMMANDS AND REQUESTS, & COMMON EXPRESSIONS if you have time.  http://englishclub.com/listening/dictations-short.htm 

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Homework for Monday, July 8



1)  Go OUTSIDE!  Enjoy something new in Seattle and come to class on Monday with a short speech about what you did.   Tell where you went, what you saw, what you liked, etc.  You will talk for TWO minutes in a small group.

2)  Go to the website below and do dictations on-line.  Then write five sentences from each group (QUESTIONS, NUMBERS, PEOPLE) on a piece of paper.  That will be 15 sentences. 
 
ONLINE DICTATIONS:  QUESTIONS, NUMBERS, PEOPLE
http://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictations-short.htm

3)  Study Side by Side pages 42 and 43.  We will have a dictation quiz on Monday. 

 

 

July 4 Videos

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/2568/

Lab Activity July 3

Do the exercises for these FIRST.
Dialog:  Fast Food Restaurant    http://www.manythings.org/b/e/2059 
Dialog:  Talking about the Town  http://www.manythings.org/b/e/2061
 
If you finish these activities, go to the following websites for more practice.  

Lots of different videos and quizzes!
http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_beginning_start.phpLots of different videos and quizzes! 

The website we practiced with yesterdayhttp://www.esl-lab.com/

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

WELCOME TO SCIE!!

Hello students!  This class should be fun, even though it's long.  Do your homework so you are ready to talk and learn a lot of English this summer!  Remember the blog address.  We will use it in the lab and for grammar and listening practice.

Here are some websites to help you get started.   How is your beginning English vocabulary? 

VOCABULARY QUIZZES

Clothes
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-clothes-lb.html

Colors
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-colours1-lb.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb002-ck.html

House
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-house2-lb.html

Household Appliances
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-household-lb.html

Opposites
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-opposites-e-lb.html

VOCABULARY LESSONS
http://www.eslgold.com/vocabulary/low_beginning.html