Free English Lesson, Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Building Vocabulary

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8 PM Beijing Time AND 8 PM GMT

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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First, we will learn to use some handy tools

• Reference Sources
• Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes
• Collocations
• Word Trees

Then, we will play some fun vocabulary games!

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Free English Lesson, Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Stories & Humor

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8 PM Beijing Time AND 8 PM GMT

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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First, We will listen to the stories

that students have prepared

Next, we will use an example from the

game of baseball to talk about humor

So, you are invited to visit this site to see a

baseball field and to learn the positions

You can look up these terms before the lesson

1. New York Yankees
2. manager
3. coach
4. peculiar
5. on the bags
6. collect (British usage)
7. behind the plate
8. heavy hitter
9. up to bat
10. bunt the ball
11. throw the guy out
12. naturally
13. triple play
14. fly ball
15. give a darn

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Who's on First? & Hu's on First

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Free English Lesson, Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Storytelling

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8 PM Beijing Time AND 8 PM GMT

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

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Before The Lesson,

1. Think of a story from your own experience you want to tell
2. Watch the 3 videos below

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Below Are 3 Ways of Telling a Story

1. Relaying History

2. Relaying News

3. Combining History With News

1. How is the telling of all 3 stories alike?
2. How is it different?

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Free English Lesson, Wednesday, June 3, 2009

ESL GAME TIME!

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8 PM Beijing Time AND 8 PM GMT

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

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A quiz game based on

the May 20 & May 27 lessons

in which we discussed

idioms, slang, jargon,

analogies, similes, & metaphors

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