Objectives:
Work and enforce pronunciation using known and new vocabulary provided by the teacher and also seen in the newspaper.
Enforce reading comprehension by answering specific and general questions about the article.
Work on writing skills and also the public management.
Enforce composition through creative ideas.
Glossary: patents, trademarks, copyright, domain, host, customer care service.
Activity:
The teacher will make a brief intro about the main topic, business. The new vocabulary will be already posted on the board and will be shortly discussed.
The students will have 20 minutes to make a composition, they need to use the vocabulary provided by the teacher, and they also have to be creative because the idea of the activity is to give the craziest business someone can ever think of. The teacher will give an example of a crazy business that may give money; it does not have to be even real, but not disgusting at all.
Answer the following:
Would you be able to sell/purchase anything online?
Which do you think is the cleverest business that is currently online? Why?
How would you name your own business online?
What would you purchase online if you had all the money of the world?
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Health: New Teen Addictions
Objectives:
* Practice reading comprehension
* Learn new vocabulary related to health and new trends.
* Think and express an opinion about an everyday topic.
1. Greeting: Welcome students to the Advanced Conversation Club which is 2 hours long.
2. Glossary:
Health, teen, increase, youngster, hostile, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, interfere, development, skills, research, almost, careful, several, gamers, exposed
3. Reading of the article
4. Reading comprehension:
How can the internet addiction increase according to specialists?
How does internet addiction interfere with life?
What are some of the results of the studies?
5. Questions to talk about:
What do you think of the Internet?
Is it bringing together people or separating them?
What would you do if your son, daughter, brother or sister develops an Internet addiction?
Should Internet be more regulated or not?
How many hours a day do you spend on the Internet?
Are you addicted to the Internet?
Do you play console games? Which is your favorite?
Do you think people can really recover from an addiction?
What do you think is the main reason for people to get addicted to the Internet?
Imagine you are a psychologist and your are trying to help a teen addicted to the Internet, what advice would you give him/her?
* Practice reading comprehension
* Learn new vocabulary related to health and new trends.
* Think and express an opinion about an everyday topic.
1. Greeting: Welcome students to the Advanced Conversation Club which is 2 hours long.
2. Glossary:
Health, teen, increase, youngster, hostile, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, interfere, development, skills, research, almost, careful, several, gamers, exposed
3. Reading of the article
4. Reading comprehension:
How can the internet addiction increase according to specialists?
How does internet addiction interfere with life?
What are some of the results of the studies?
5. Questions to talk about:
What do you think of the Internet?
Is it bringing together people or separating them?
What would you do if your son, daughter, brother or sister develops an Internet addiction?
Should Internet be more regulated or not?
How many hours a day do you spend on the Internet?
Are you addicted to the Internet?
Do you play console games? Which is your favorite?
Do you think people can really recover from an addiction?
What do you think is the main reason for people to get addicted to the Internet?
Imagine you are a psychologist and your are trying to help a teen addicted to the Internet, what advice would you give him/her?
ENGLISH THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE
Objectives
Work and enforce pronunciation using new vocabulary seen in the newspaper
Enforce reading comprehension by answering specific questions about the article
Work on writing skills and also the public management
Glossary: stuff,sights,income,search engines,thriving.
Activity:
The teacher will make a brief intro and explain the importance of learning English. The new vocabulary will be already posted on the board and will be shortly discussed.
The students need to select a topic in order to make a role play; they need to assume they are in a foreign country, one is going to ask for a service (it depends on the topic: at the restaurant, at the hotel, at the airport) and the other one is going to give that service. In the first part, they can not talk at all since they do not know English nor the other one’s language. In the second part they have to use English in order to ask for the service, using the vocabulary provided by the teacher. The most accurate group completing the service in the first part gets a candy bar as a prize.
Answer:
Could you travel to another country and survive without being able to understand or be understood at all?
Have you imagined yourself in this kind of situation? What have you imagined yourself doing?
How would you ask for a room in a hotel if the clerck does not know English or your own language? What about food?
What would you do if you get lost in a place where you can not have anyone else understand you?
Do you consider it is possible to live in a foreign country without knowing its language or at least being intersted in learning it?
Work and enforce pronunciation using new vocabulary seen in the newspaper
Enforce reading comprehension by answering specific questions about the article
Work on writing skills and also the public management
Glossary: stuff,sights,income,search engines,thriving.
Activity:
The teacher will make a brief intro and explain the importance of learning English. The new vocabulary will be already posted on the board and will be shortly discussed.
The students need to select a topic in order to make a role play; they need to assume they are in a foreign country, one is going to ask for a service (it depends on the topic: at the restaurant, at the hotel, at the airport) and the other one is going to give that service. In the first part, they can not talk at all since they do not know English nor the other one’s language. In the second part they have to use English in order to ask for the service, using the vocabulary provided by the teacher. The most accurate group completing the service in the first part gets a candy bar as a prize.
Answer:
Could you travel to another country and survive without being able to understand or be understood at all?
Have you imagined yourself in this kind of situation? What have you imagined yourself doing?
How would you ask for a room in a hotel if the clerck does not know English or your own language? What about food?
What would you do if you get lost in a place where you can not have anyone else understand you?
Do you consider it is possible to live in a foreign country without knowing its language or at least being intersted in learning it?
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Special Bulletin: Reports
Objectives:
Re-enforce pronunciation with vocabulary from the newspaper (listening and repeating).
Re-enforce vocabulary by reviewing new words from the text.
Stimulate reading comprehension by asking questions about the text.
Develope writing skills by answering questions in this blog.
Glossary: scandal, bribed, halted, unanimously, precipitated, vicinity, biplane, ash muslin, levers and zeppelins. Idiom: went under.
Activity:
The teacher will write the words on the board and have the students find them in the dictionary to read the words and the definitions out loud.
The teacher will read the articles out loud and will divide the group into 2 teams, each team will be given a set of sentences. The objective of the game is to find the correct sentences and put them in order, the teacher will read the article once again when they have completed the puzzle. The team to get the article in the correct order wins.
The students will read the articles out loud and the teacher will correct pronunciation, then they will write a short summary about the articles.
Answer questions for: We Lost Panama
Why is the Panama Canal important?
Why was there a scandal over the control of the Panama Canal?
Why do you think Colombia rejected the idea of an American Company finishing the job?
What happened to the Colombian troops that were in Panama?
Who was the contract to build the canal given to?
Why didn't that company finish the construction?
Answer questions for: Huge Aeronautical Step
Who flew for a distance of 36 meters in 12 seconds?
What was the biplane made out of?
What was the name of the first plane?
Re-enforce pronunciation with vocabulary from the newspaper (listening and repeating).
Re-enforce vocabulary by reviewing new words from the text.
Stimulate reading comprehension by asking questions about the text.
Develope writing skills by answering questions in this blog.
Glossary: scandal, bribed, halted, unanimously, precipitated, vicinity, biplane, ash muslin, levers and zeppelins. Idiom: went under.
Activity:
The teacher will write the words on the board and have the students find them in the dictionary to read the words and the definitions out loud.
The teacher will read the articles out loud and will divide the group into 2 teams, each team will be given a set of sentences. The objective of the game is to find the correct sentences and put them in order, the teacher will read the article once again when they have completed the puzzle. The team to get the article in the correct order wins.
The students will read the articles out loud and the teacher will correct pronunciation, then they will write a short summary about the articles.
Answer questions for: We Lost Panama
Why is the Panama Canal important?
Why was there a scandal over the control of the Panama Canal?
Why do you think Colombia rejected the idea of an American Company finishing the job?
What happened to the Colombian troops that were in Panama?
Who was the contract to build the canal given to?
Why didn't that company finish the construction?
Answer questions for: Huge Aeronautical Step
Who flew for a distance of 36 meters in 12 seconds?
What was the biplane made out of?
What was the name of the first plane?
Friday, November 6, 2009
Mr. Frank's Tip
Objectives:
To stimulate the student’s ability to understand texts
To practice textual coherence
To practice textual cohesion
To practice logical understanding of isolated sentences according to a specific context.
Methodology
Cut small pieces of paper with each intervention in the dialogue ( each line): For Example, a paper must contain only the sentence: “ Good afternoon. I’m Franklin Kennedy”
Greet the students and make them greet one another
Give the students a set of papers containing the full dialogue
The teacher reads out loud every sentence and makes the students repeat after him in order to check comprehension and correct pronunciation
In another piece of paper (sheet, notebook, etc..) the students must re-write the whole dialogue in the correct order
When everybody finishes, share the results of the exercise, discus and correct.
Questions to discuss with A2 level
What would you do if nobody shows up to help you with your luggage?
Where is the dialogue taking place?
What is the occupation of the man who welcomes Mr Frank?
Would you look for Colombian food if you are in another country? Why?
What do you think Mr Frank is going to do as soon as the dialogue finishes?
Questions for A1 level
Is Mr Frank looking for Colombian food?
Was his flight on time?
Is he hungry?
What time is it?
Is the person who receives Mr Frank in a hurry?
Make conclusions with the students about the topic and the activity itself.
Everyone must write and read an opinion and publish it in the branch’s blog as well.
Idioms & Dictionary
Objectives:
Learn new vocabulary and review old one
Make sentences and questions using the new vocabulary
Enhance speaking skills by participating in a discussion
Greeting:
The teacher will welcome the students, will explain what activity will be developed and what will be the objectives of the activity.
Glossary:
The teacher will bring cards with the words and its meaning so that the students will match them.
Clerks
Bother
To block
Better
State
To manage
To administer
Role
Task
Clumsy
Waiter
Tight
To grow
To look like
Logs
To build
Wire
Bars
To see
To bake
The teacher will read aloud the idioms and dictionary section then each student will read one idiom or word.
The students will be divided in two groups. Group A will prepare questions using idioms and group B will make questions using words from the dictionary.
When they finish each group will ask the questions to the other one. Those who don’t make mistakes answering will receive a point. The group with more points at the end wins.
Questions to discus
Which professions do you think make people well off?
Think about your favourite movie. Do you think the actors were cut out for that role?
In your opinion, what is the best zoo you have visited so far? What was so special about it?
What is your opinion of zoos?
Do you think it’s good to keep the animals in cages? Why? Why not?
What dish would you make with cabbage?
Imagine that calendars didn’t exist, how could we age time?
What do you think of the Mayan prediction of 2012: “Dooms Day”?
CROSSWORD
- Practice and learn vocabulary in a fun way
- Review verbs seen before
- Increase motor skills by unscrambling the verbs that will be given by the teacher
- Practice structures already seen in previous modules
- Interact with one another to increase social skills in English to lose shyness and
embarrassment
Good morning (evening) guys! How are you doing?
Development:
The Group will be divided into two teams, where they will have a set of scrambled words which are verbs, they will then unscramble the verbs to find out what they are; they will look for the verbs’ exact opposite which they will then find their simple past and past participle and put them inside the crossword puzzle. Part of each group will play with the crossword while the other part makes sentences using the already unscrambled verbs. At the end the group that finishes first will be the winner and will receive a reward.
Materials: The teacher will bring two separate crossword puzzles for each group
Adv. A2 answer the following questions:
- What are crosswords for?
- How many crossword puzzles do you do a year?
- What other kind of games like crossword puzzle do you like?
- Is it easy or hard for you to do a crossword puzzle? Why?
- How long does it take you to do one?
- What kind of topic do you like to do in crosswords?
Beg. A1 answer the following questions:
- Do you like crossword puzzles?
- Can you finish a crossword puzzle in less than 10 minutes?
- Do you do these kinds of games often?
- Do you enjoy doing crossword puzzles?
- Is doing crossword puzzles your favourite hobby?
Conclusions: The teacher will give them a sheet of paper for them to write about how they liked
the activity with at least 100 words and then he will have them read it out loud and make the necessary corrections.
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