Sentences to listen to and then repeat!
Go to Emma Donoghue’s page on Talking People and download a 10-page activity to work on the language in the amazing story.
Here’s the audio. I hope you enjoy it!
A warm thank you to Ms Donoghue for replying to my language questions. I’m sharing her answer with you all (see learning pack)!
Happy March 8. Celebrating Feminism! <3
Download “The Tale of the Voice, by Emma Donoghue”
donoghue_thetaleofthevoice.mp3 – Downloaded 2542 times –Here is a special episode, both in English and Spanish, for it’s been written for students and state-run/public language schools in Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas in Spain, where Education for Equality is a crosscurricular subject for adults, too.
Download “Gender Issues & Feminist Approaches. Why we have Education for Equality in Spain (Coeducación)”
genderNfeminism.mp3 – Downloaded 1611 times –Download “Temas de género desde visiones feministas, y Por qué Coeducación”
generofeminismoycoeducacion.mp3 – Downloaded 1560 times –Textos escritos (la traducción al español tiene erratas corregidas en el audio):
Mujeres citadas…
Going to this webpage on Your Stuff! > Your Texts > Stories, you will find the transcript, too. It includes a page with Useful Language and links to get more Useful Language on various topics!
Download “Stories. My Mum, the Circus & Family Adventures”
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No transcript. I’m protesting students’ obsession with reading and not training their ears to learn to understand. (It’s like a culturally patriarchal obsession with doing things the hardest and least enjoyable way, to make sure one fails, or has a hell of a time). So if you want a transcript, you can take it down as a dictation and then post here. I’ll check it! 😀 <3
Download “Useful Language. Everyday sentences with C1 language items (socializing)”
c1ulsocsituations.mp3 – Downloaded 1951 times –
We are happy to share with you a lovely contribution by teachers in one of Spain’s public/state-run language schools for adults (EOI schools).
Going to the movies: Hidden Figures (2017) – with the crosscurricular viewpoint of Education for Equality (Coeducación)
Dialogues for 3 levels: Básico/Pre-intermediate (A2), Upper Intermediate (B2), and Advanced (C1)
Kindly recorded by teachers at the EOI Fuengirola English Department: Marisa & Roberto (for the Básico dialogue), John and MF (for Upper Intermediate & Advanced). Scripts written by… guess who! 😀
Read the transcript here
We are happy to share with you a lovely contribution by teachers in one of Spain’s public/state-run language schools for adults (EOI schools).
Going to the movies: Hidden Figures (2017) – with the crosscurricular viewpoint of Education for Equality (Coeducación)
Dialogues for 3 levels: Básico, Upper Intermediate (B2), and Advanced (C1)
Kindly recorded by teachers at the EOI Fuengirola English Department: Marisa & Roberto (for the Básico dialogue), John and MF (for Upper Intermediate & Advanced). Scripts written by… guess who! 😀
Read the transcript here
Read the transcript and see the map
Download “Giving Directions 2”
givingdirections2.mp3 – Downloaded 1342 times –
Find the transcript here (path: talkingpeople.net – Enter – Skills – Writing – Letter-writing) Scroll down to Apologies. It’s 2 pdf pages, with notes I don’t read.
Download “Email To Teacher Apologizing for Absence”
ulwriting_alllevels01.mp3 – Downloaded 1173 times –
Here is my reading of Appendix 2 in the essay Story of Stuff, by Annie Leonard. You can get this book, and also watch and download for free the 20-minute documentary you’ll find at storyofstuff.org! Thanks, Annie, for sharing your outstanding work! Let’s help rescue the planet, our sweet home, from destructive human action!
Download “Recommended Action, by the Story of Stuff Project”
storyofstuff_recommendedaction.mp3 – Downloaded 1264 times –Read the transcript – C1 level
Download “Persuasion”
persuasion.mp3 – Downloaded 1086 times –gathered by Cristina Fernández (C1, 2015-16) with the collaboration of Nicky Jane Chapman and Antonio Calvo Ortega.
Download the 3 pdf pages here.
Download “Language for Pre-school”
preschool.mp3 – Downloaded 1050 times –Part 1. The first 27/94 sentences of the Spring Test I give my students.
Read the transcript for the 94 sentences.
Download “Functional Translation 1 (of 3)”
springfunctrans01.mp3 – Downloaded 1189 times –