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It’s a 3-page pdf file
Tag: Lang. Func. (misc.)
Language Functions
Elementary. Review 1. Useful Language for Everyday Situations. Part 1
Elementary. Past. A night out
Elementary. Past. Biographies
Everyday Language 002
Second episode of language we fin on TV series! — a more everyday kind of language than that in textbooks.
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Elementary. Past. Talking about your winter holidays
This audio includes some language tips, too: on the uses of “will” and the good context for practicing comparatives here, the use of the present perfect + “ever” in the UK and of the past simple + “ever” in the USA, plus a language note, on the use of How …? &What … like?
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Elementary. Present. Questions-n-Answers 1
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Listen and repeat! Imitate the pronunciation!
Elementary. Present. Nationalities, countries and languages 1
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Elementary. Present. Days-n-dates 1
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Everyday Language 001
We are starting a new segment, based on the language we fin on TV — a more everyday kind of language than that in textbooks.
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Elementary. Useful Classroom Language 2
An episode dedicated to my Elementary students (Básico 1, 2008-2009). It’s a revision of what we learned to use in class in our first lessons!
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Useful Classroom Language 1
Sentences for Grammar Teams (Intermediate and Advanced levels). Listen and Repeat these sentences till you are really good at saying them. Then remember to use them in class!
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Stories. A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud, by Carson McCullers
A story which is hard to read, especially if you want to teach students to pronounce the endings and the consonant clusters!!! 🙂
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Download “Stories. A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud, by Carson McCullers” carsonmccullers_atreearockacloud.mp3 – Downloaded 2513 times –Useful Language. Letter-Writing. Requesting information 01
With this audio we’re pushing our section of Useful Language a bit further, to include… letter-writing!
Why record audios of that? Well, you can learn to read the language we may use in letters. In this way, you’ll remember it better. You’ll probably consolidate your speaking skills and you are likely to improve in terms of not making certain kind of grammar mistakes — those “silly mistakes” you always make and that you keep not fixing because you insist in NOT proofreading your work!!! ;D
Listen now to this sample letter of someone trying to find out some information about language courses abroad.
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If you want me to read your own sample letters, just let me know!
Useful Language. Saying thank you 01
Read the thank you sentenceson this Talking People link
Read the thank you notes on this Talking People link
This episode contains mostly drilling (the same structure with changes in some words), so at times I won’t be repeating each sentence twice, just once. It has two sections: first, a one-page list of useful sentences to thank people different kinds of things. Then, 6 different thank you notes or letters you could learn to be fluent in! If you wish to write Thank You Notes and Letters please, post them here for correction and subsequent publication!