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English lesson
Classes as usual this morning for our students. In the afternoon a bunch of them did a community service project by teaching an English lesson at the local American Center. The two-pronged theme of the lesson was being single and inviting people to social events/dates. The progression of the lesson was:
- Listening exercise
- Reading of the transcript for comprehension
- Honing pronunciation
- Simultaneous listening/reading
- Generating questions and answers
- Discussion of whether it was better/worse to be married at 25
- Four American dialogs with invitations, reading
- Same, performing
- Discussion of cultural differences and subtexts
They had a lot more prepared to do, but time ran short, so they didn't get any further.
My favorite dialog of the evening is below.
| Bob: | Alice, have you got plans for Thursday evening? |
| Alice: | Yes, I’m studying that night. |
| Bob: | Howabout Friday? |
| Alice: | Friday I always do volunteer work at the homeless shelter. |
| Bob: | And what about Saturday night? |
| Alice: | Um, on Saturday night I have to wash my hair. |
| Bob: | Okay, I get it. Never mind. |
This entry was posted on August 14th, 2012 at 10:49:25 pm by Don and is filed under Uncategorized.
