A Past Tense Song!

Listen to The Corrs, an Irish folk-rock group, sing "I Never Loved You Anyway"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5_s76hV8FY

Future Game

http://home.nordnet.fr/~rmaufroid/pupitre/pastpresentfuture/goingto.htm

Check your understanding of the future with "going to". Can you finish in time?

Homework for June 1

Listen to conversations about the future. Go to www.esl-lab.com and look for the four titles on your worksheet. Do the quizzes, text completion exercises and answer the questions on your worksheet.

SONG - I Will Always Love You performed by Whitney Houston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19rC-Fl-KwM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a35UwZlFvs (with lyrics)

Homework for May 18

Go to Randall's Listening Lab. www.esl-lab.com
Listen to A Day at School, Shopping for the Day and Clothing Styles. Complete the quizzes and the worksheet.

You can listen again to the Beatles' song, She Loves You.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2fDUb57_xk

Have a great weekend and enjoy the sun!

LAB ACTIVITIES MAY 8

Listen to music! Fill in the blanks when you can and follow the directions below. Today, you each will listen and then take short breaks to talk with a partner about the songs.

• Who's your partner today?

First, listen to the song Apologize. After listening twice, compare notes with your partner and talk for 5 minutes about the questions below.

APOLOGIZE – by Timbaland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePyRrb2-fzs

1. Can his girlfriend apologize to him now? Why or why not?
2. What do you think happened? Why did he say that?


Next, watch the video which makes a joke about this song:
TOO LATE TO EXERCISE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uiJDbOnTiU&feature=pyv&ad=3134317608

3. Why is it too late to exercise?

Third, listen to the song Teardrops on My Guitar. After listening twice, compare notes with your partner and talk for 5 minutes about the questions below.

TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR – by Taylor Swift

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7SCFw687-4

4. Who is Drew?
5. What does she like about him?
6. Why does she have teardrops on her guitar?
7. What should she do about that?

Homework for the first weekend in May

** Send me two pictures of YOU DOING something. I'll print them and we'll use them in class.
dturne@sccd.ctc.edu


1) Take TWO quizzes about clothing

http://iteslj.org/v/ei/clothes.html

http://iteslj.org/v/ei/clothes2.html

http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz77mml.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/h/ck/sw-clothes.html

2) Take TWO quizzes about adjectives

http://iteslj.org/v/ei/adjectives.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/ck/m-adj.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/ck/m-adj2.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/ck/m-adj3.html

3) Listen to and read a story about Jazz.

http://www.manythings.org/listen/jazz.html

Swine flu story

http://www.doh.wa.gov/swineflu/default.htm

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2009/04/26/azuz.swine.flu.101.cnn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wju7F5ytk6M

AZUZ: It started in pigs, though you cannot get it from eating pork. At first, swine flu only occasionally transferred to people, like farmers, who came in contact with pigs. Now, it's spreading from person to person. Experts think that happens through coughing, sneezing and picking up the virus from contaminated surfaces. And though it can be deadly, many of the Americans who've gotten swine flu are expected to make a full recovery.
The symptoms here are the same as for the regular flu: fever, sore throat, achiness, chills, exhaustion, possibly vomiting and diarrhea. If prescribed within a couple days of the first symptoms, antiviral drugs work especially well against the disease. In the meantime...
DR. RICHARD BESSER, ACTING DIRECTOR, CDC: It's clear there are things people can do to reduce the likelihood they'll get infected. Frequent hand washing is one of the most important things people can do. And if people are sick, stay home. Don't travel.
AZUZ: The Centers for Disease Control recommends that you do cover up with a clean tissue when you cough or sneeze; keep your hands clean, as you heard; and avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth to keep germs from spreading. In addition, Mexican authorities are telling people to avoid large crowds, keep their distance from others, and to avoid kissing.

Lab May 1

First, listen to the following and answer the questions on your worksheet.

Basics:
Tom, Would You Move the Apple?
Telling Time
http://www.manythings.org/b/e/category/basics

American Slang – Lesson 1
http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1020

What Do You Hope to Accomplish Before You Die?
http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1195

Second, do the following minimal pairs practice. Work on any sounds you choose!

http://www.manythings.org/pp/

The Beatles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfsvE4j4ExA

I Want to Hold Your Hand

LAB April 24

1. Listen to the two interviews and answer the questions on your paper.

First: Interview with Mae from Israel & Masa from Japan

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/category/interviews

Second: What is Your Favorite Place in the World

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1380

2. Go to http://www.esl-lab.com/

Go to the Easy General Listening Quizzes and listen to, and take the quizzes.

Nice to Meet You, Party Time, Happy Birthday, Where Are You From

3. You can listen to the Ne-Yo song again if you have time!

Have a FABULOUS weekend!

A Present Continuous Song

Listen to this song by Ne-Yo and read the words at the same time. We'll talk about it on Monday!


This video shows the words.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmPxXzV2poQ

This video shows Ne-Yo singing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJTwrzk1ry8

LAB ACTIVITIES April 17

1. Go to http://www.esl-lab.com
Choose 4 quizzes and do all the exercises (quizzes and text completion)

2. Go to http://www.manythings.org/lulu/i1.html
Play as many vocabulary games as you can.

3. Go to http://www.manythings.org/pp/
Do Minimal Pairs Lesson 1 (13 – 30)

Vocabulary Practice - Quizzes and Lessons!

VOCABULARY QUIZZES

Clothes

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-clothes-lb.html

Colors

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-colours1-lb.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb002-ck.html

House

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-house2-lb.html

Household Appliances

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-household-lb.html

Opposites

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-opposites-e-lb.html


VOCABULARY LESSONS

http://www.eslgold.com/vocabulary/low_beginning.html

Week 1 Lab Activity

1. Go to Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab. Start with the EASY General Listening Quizzes.

http://www.esl-lab.com/

2. Go to YouTube to hear This Land Is Your Land

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_HGDCj8hP0

WELCOME TO SLG1!

Hi! I'm very happy to meet all of you and look forward to a fun spring quarter! I will use this blog to give you links to lab work, some homework, and songs. You can check it anytime you want to review some of the listening activities we do in class.