Archive for July 2009
When to use articles ‘a/and’ and ‘the’
Posted by: hojunara on: July 28, 2009
Wow….. this is such a commonly asked question. And boy can it be confusing. But with practice, these things become (mostly) automatic.
That said, these will take LOTS of practice, so hope this helps:
1 – We use a or an the first time we mention something. When we mention it again, we use the.
eg. I saw [...]
Introductions / Ways to learn English / IELTS
Posted by: hojunara on: July 27, 2009
TODAY: article and audio
THIS LESSON HAS ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED WITH ANOTHER CLASS HERE
Welcome to class Kelly, Eddie and Kazuki – I hope I can help you to get your IELTS scores or impress your parents when you return home
Today we discussed ways to learn English, focusing particularly on when you’re not in the [...]
Ageing/Plastic surgery/Tattoos
Posted by: hojunara on: July 23, 2009
THIS TOPIC HAS ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED HERE
Firstly, a big welcome to Yosuke!
In class we discussed whether you would drink from the fountain of youth (see link above) or not?
Moa and Helen said they would not. They would prefer to get older as this is the law of nature.
Yosuke and CJ said they would drink from [...]
Dancing With the Stars – Gerrard Gosens (blind dancer)
Posted by: hojunara on: July 22, 2009
Helen mentioned this in class on Monday – Australian paralympian (disabled Olympic athlete) Gerrard Gosens dancing on Channel 7’s TV show ‘Dancing With the Stars’.
He’s blind! That’s just amazing:)
Obesity in Australia
Posted by: hojunara on: July 20, 2009
TODAY: article
After our trip to Harry’s on Friday it made sense to discuss a big problem facing Australia: obesity.
It’s been reported that Australia is the fattest country in the world, and perhaps with our love for meat pies, chicken and chips, sausage rolls, and our desire to watch sport rather than play it, is a reason [...]
The country or the city?
Posted by: hojunara on: July 16, 2009
TODAY: article (thanks to www.breakingnewsenglish.com) and audio
Today in class we discussed the differences between city and country living. In particular, people’s attitudes in the city versus their attitude in the country.
We compared the two pictures above – what are the differences between them? Their clothing? Their actions? What is different about the two backgrounds? How [...]
One day/ What are you waiting for?
Posted by: hojunara on: July 8, 2009
Here’s the ad that Helen referred to in class – I love it!
Hojunara English
- What ages/birthdays are important in your culture?Following on from the previous lesson, we talked about the best party you’ve ever been to Jason told us about a house party he went to last weekend and touched on an interesting point – parties in Australia are very different to those in South Korea In South Korea parties are usually at a restaurant or a club, [...]
- What makes a good party?TODAY: article and audio THIS TOPIC HAS ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED HERE Jason set the tone for today’s lesson by telling us about a party he went to on the weekend where a stripper had been hired – lucky your girlfriend wasn’t there! We then watched the video below of Corey Worthington, who became famous in 2007/2008 for his [...]
- Tourist Habits revisitedTHIS HAS ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED BY ANOTHER CLASS HERE TODAY: article and audio So what are tourists, in this case, Korean tourists, like? Are they clean or messy? Stylish or unstylish? Polite or rude? Do they try to speak the local language and try the local cuisine (local food)? Jason thought that Koreans were messy/untidy and littered alot. [...]
- Parenting – how would you teach your children?TODAY: article and audio We’ve discussed what we would like to teach our children, but how would we like our children taught? We outlined private schools, public schools, religion-based schools and home-schooling. Included in this are same-sex/single sex and ‘co-ed’ (boys and girls) schools. What type of school do you attend? Did/Does a sam […]
- Parenting – what would you teach your children?For homework we were asked ‘what two things would you teach your children?’ So, what are the two most important things you would teach them? Yosuke suggested teaching manners and encouraging them to be sociable. After all, it’s not what you know, but who you know! Kyoung Suk suggested something slightly different: diligence and love. What i […]
- Parenting: how would you discipline your child?TODAY: audio and article It seems like people are always complaining about how different today’s youth/Generation Y are. The world is changing and so are our children, yet many parts of society are not changing with them. In Britain this has become a big problem – so much that British schools are thinking of fining parents or sending [...]
- Free hugs and $1 kissesTODAY: audio and article Yes, it was Tamami’s last day, but we ended the week on a positive – free hugs and $1 kisses. Not to mention Jason and his girlfriend celebrated their 500 day anniversary. Congratulations! It began with us discussing how to show emotion in your country. In Korea and Japan we all agreed that people [...]
- What?! Homeless people make more than we do??TODAY: audio and article Yes, it’s true. Homeless man Ken Johnson earns up to $400 a day, just sitting outside Myer about a block from here. That’s potentially $2000 a week. Even on a bad day he reckons he will make $175 – $220. That’s a good day for just about any of our students! Could [...]
- PLACES TO VISIT – Bertoni Casalinga and Uchi LoungeTamami can’t stop talking about this place, so I thought I might as well mention Bertoni Casalinga , which serves a heap of delicious Italian food on Kent St in the CBD. I’ll have to try one of those paninis Tamomi View Larger Map Uchi Lounge happens to be where one of [...]
- Is class an issue in Australia?THIS TOPIC HAS ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED HERE Article and Audio With Andrew and Hans on Friday night we looked into the attitudes Australian’s adopt when they’re overseas. Click the link above for a more in depth look at a discussion of Australian stereotypes including ‘bogans’ and ‘mullets’ – that’s a fine example i […]
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