Saturday 24 October 2009

AONACH MOR

Material:

Pictures of different places
Introduction:
Where did you go last holiday?
Talk about different places, locations, countries and activities.
This lady went to Fort William on holiday in October 2009. She took the gondola that took her to half way of Nevis Range ski slopes on Aonach Mor, the mountain adjacent to Ben Nevis.

LETTER BOX


What is it?
What colour is it?
How old is it?
How many of this type of letter box can you find in UK?

It is a lovely red royal letter box I saw at the train station in Scotland dated from the period of Edward the 7th, who reigned from 1901 to 1910.

Monday 12 October 2009

Unit 5: Colours


Red Blue Black Brown Yellow

Green Orange Purple Pink Grey

A- Act Out:

What colour is the Scottish flag? Contraction: They are = They’re
It’s blue and white.
What is your favourite colour?
It’s orange.
What colour are your eyes?
My eyes are brown.
What colour is the sky?
It’s blue.
What colour are the clouds?
They’re white and grey.
What colour is the sun?
It’s yellow and orange.
What colour is this room?
It’s white.

B- Look around and describe what you see:

The chairs are……………
The pencil is……………..
The cupboard is…………
The notebook is…………
The marker is……………
The computer is…………
The rubber is…………..

ESOL ACTIVITY 4

Unit 4: Numbers

1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10

One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten

11- 12- 13- 14- 15- 16- 17- 18- 19- 20

Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty

30- 40- 50- 60- 70- 80- 90- 100

Thirty Forty Fifty Sixty Seventy Eighty Ninety One Hundred

31- 32- 33- 34- 35- 36- 38- 39-

Thirty-one Thirty-two Thirty-three Thirty-four Thirty-five

Thirty-six Thirty-seven Thirty-eight Thirty-nine

1,000 - One Thousand
1,000,000- One Million


A- Practise the numbers: dictation, pair work, write them down, bingo…

43 55 62 74 87 91 134 1,245 5,000 6,487 97

13,897 768,000 4,532,681 38 211 327 2,000 651

3,654 25,986 121,547 9,234 277,954 345,098,897

Tuesday 6 October 2009

ESOL ACTIVITY 3

Unit 3: Alphabet

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A- Act Out:

Student A: What is your name?
Student B: My name is Scot.
Student A: How do you spell it, please?
Student B: S-C-O-T.

B- Practise: Spell names, objects and nationalities.

C- Activity:

This is a list of International English words used in many Western languages.

Cut the table below and give a word to each participant. Each word might be spelt aloud while everybody writes it down. A check list is given to each participant to correct the words spelt. Praise the participant with the most accurate list of words.


ALCOHOL

AUTOMOBILE

BANK

BEEF

CAFE

CHOCOLATE

DANCE

ELECTRICITY

EMBASSY

ENCYCLOPEDIA

GAS

HOTEL

HYGIENE

INTERNATIONAL

JAZZ

MATHEMATICS

MICROSCOPE

OMELET

ORCHESTRA

PYJAMAS

PASSAPORT

PENGUIN

POLICE

PRINCESS

PROPAGANDA

RESTAURANT

SARDINE

SALAD

TAXI

THEATRE

TELEPHONE

UNIVERSAL

VODKA

WHISKY

ZEBRA

ESOL ACTIVITY 2

Unit 2: Vocabulary

Chair Pens Map Rubber

Desk Pencil telephone Key

Bag Car Books Ruler

Money Flat Pencil sharpener

Credit Card Camera Dictionary

Clock Purse Computer


A- Listen and repeat the vocabulary:

B- Show the pictures and practice the questions:

What is this? It’s a chair.
Is it a camera? No, it isn’t. It's a dictionary.
Is it a clock? Yes, it's.

Contraction:
It is = It’s
It is not = It isn’t

ESOL ACTIVITY 1

Unit 1: Introduction

Countries - Nationalities

Latvia - Latvian
Poland - Polish
Russia - Russian
Czech Republic - Czech
Scotland - Scottish
England - English
Estonia - Estonian
Hungary - Hungarian
Ireland - Irish
Lithuania - Lithuanian
Portugal - Portuguese
Brazil - Brazilian
Slovakia - Slovakian


A- Practise the nationalities:

Where are from?
I’m from Scotland.
What is your nationality?
I’m Scottish.

B- Act Out:

Student A: Hello!
Student B: Hello!
Student A: What is your name?
Student B: My name is Scot.
Student A: Nice to meet you. I’m Justina.
Student B: Nice to meet you too. Where are you from Scot?
Student A: I’m from Scotland. I’m Scottish, and you?
Student B: I’m from Lithuania. I’m Lithuanian.
Student A: You are welcome to our ESOL lessons.
Student B: Thank you.


Expressions:
Glad to meet you!
Glad to meet you too!

Please to meet you!
Please to meet you too!

Contraction : I am = I’m