Posts Tagged ‘TESOL lessons’
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, and even the clubs are very different! Here, because we live in houses rather than apartments we tend to stay home and party there.
Kyoung Suk told us about her ‘initiation’ birthday, her 19th birthday, where she and some friends went away, got drunk, tried to swim in the ocean, got caught by the lifeguards, and then kept drinking. Sounds like a good time!
Which got us to talking about important birthdays in your country. In Australia we mostly celebrate our 18th and 21st birthdays. Of course, there’s our 30th, 40th, and definitely our 50th, but some people also don’t like to celebrate these, for obvious reasons 😉
How old would you like to live to?/What age would you like to live to?
Jason and I agreed on living until 60 – that seems to be the age where the health problems really seem to start. Of course, to get to that age would be lucky in itself!
How are elderly people treated in your country? How much respect do you have for elderly people in your country?
What makes a good party?
Posted on: September 14, 2009
- In: Articles | Audio | Intermediate lessons | Videos
- Leave a Comment
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 organisation of ‘the best street party ever’
what makes a great party?
is it influenced by the number of men or woman?
Kyung Suk thought that this depended on the type of party it was: ‘buck’s’ nights and ‘hen’s’ nights (the parties to celebrate before you get married) were a little different
what did/would you do for your hen’s and buck’s nights? Kyung Suk won’t tell us what she did but we’ll find out!
next class we’ll be talking about the best party you’ve ever been to
Tourist Habits revisited
Posted on: September 7, 2009
THIS HAS ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED BY ANOTHER CLASS HERE
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. He also felt that, if they could, they would speak the local language but that they try and put up a barrier between themselves and locals.
Were you surprised by any of the 10 selections in the article?
Why would you/did you visit Australia? Why would you visit Korea?
PS. don’t ever mention the video below again! Ever!
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 same-sex school make it more awkward around the opposite sex when you’re younger?
What about home-schooling? Do you think this type of learning could be effective? Why/why not?
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 a homeless person do this in your country?
What are attitudes like to homeless people in your country?
What about buskers – do many people busk in your country?
Could you busk? Could you go homeless, even for 24 hours? How would you eat? Where would you sleep? How would you get money? How would you clean yourself?
In response to the above question there were some hilarious answers! I’m impressed/horrified by some of these ideas.
Tamami had a clever idea – she would get a job as an innkeeper (someone who lives and works in a hotel/motel) at a Japanese hotel. Do you mean a ryokan?
Kyoung Sook said she would simply stay with a friend for a little while. Well that was easy.
Now here’s where it gets a little silly: Jason said he would sleep in a park and use newspapers as blankets. Not too bad.
and Yosuke? Well he said he would get arrested for shoplifting and live in jail! In jail? Man, are you serious? Clever idea but it’s not the nicest place in there!
Some ways to learn English
Posted on: June 22, 2009
- In: Articles | Audio | Intermediate lessons
- 1 Comment
Welcome to Moa and CJ! Looking forward to getting to know you both over the next few weeks 🙂
Today we talked about different ways of learning English when we’re not in the classroom. Here are a few:
– watching TV/DVDs/English movies with or without the subtitles
– reading an English novel (make sure it’s suited to your reading level!)
– listening to music with English lyrics and reading the lyrics with the song
– make English speaking friends
– arrange/ go to a language exchange
– using new vocabulary in a written sentence or in conversation
– PRACTICE!
We also ranked the four foremost elements of English language: speaking / listening / reading / writing from 1 – 4, with 1 being the element we felt was the most important and 4 being the least important.
It’s hard to say, because they’re all important! However both Moa and CJ ranked listening #1, because without our listening skills we can’t ever know how to relevantly reply in a conversation. Fair enough 🙂
Recent Comments