Lesson number 3

Tuesday, 25th September 2007

Summary:

.Simple Present vs. Present Continuous.

1

My name is Vinod. I live in Kerala in India. I speak Hindi at home and English at school. My dad speaks Hindi but he doesn't speak English. He works in a bank. My mum doesn't work. I study English and Echnology because they are useful for finding a job. At the weekend I invent simple computer games. My two sisters help me because they love technology too. but they don't like English.

Write questions and answers about Vinod.

Example:

1- Where does Vinos live? He llives in India.

1. Where/ live?

2.What language/ speak?

3. Where/father/ work?

4.What subjects/ he/ study?

5.What/ he/ do/ weekend?

6.What/ sisters/ do?

2. What language does Vinod speak? He speaks Hindi and English.

3. Where does Vinod´s father work? He works in a banc.

4. What subjects does he study? He studies English and Technology.

5. What does he do at weekend? He does invents simple computer games.

6. What do is sisters do? They help him.

Lesson number 2

Wednesday,19th September 2007

Summary:

.Introducing unit 1: A World Language.

.Reading comprehension "English is everywhere".

English is Everywhere!

1 More than half of the word´s technical and scientific documents are in English. Approximately three quarters of the wors´s mail is wrutten in English. About eighty per cent of the data in the word´s computers is in English. Around seventy-five per cent one billion Internet useres communicate in English.

2 English is a useful language to speak because it is the laguage of international communication. It unites people, countries and cultures. It is the principal language of air travel, business, science, techonology, diplomacy, sport, international competitions, pop music and advertising.

3 There are aroun two million word´s in English today. English constantly "borrows" words from other languages, from Latin, Greek, French, Spanish. For example, siesta or fiesta. It also quikly invents words to describe new inventions, for example, iPod.

4 There are around 6,800 million words in English today. The most spoken world language is Mandarin Chinese with over a billion speakers. Spanish is another important world language, whith about 425 million speakers. Estimates say there are a total of 750 million English speakers around the world, but only 350 million are really native speakers. So next time your teacher says "Speak English!" remenber he or she is opening the door to a big world!

Lesson number 1

Tuesday,18th September 2007

Summary:

.Talking about this school year contents.

.Revising vocabulary and grammar.

Class Room`s words

May I go to the toilet? Yes/No you may.

May I sharper my pencil? Yes/No you may.

May I put this paper in the paper basket? Yes/No you may.

May I go to the board? Yes/No you may.

May I read the text? Yes/No you may.