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What is the order of adjectives?

I have a house. It is....

Swedish 10 years old
brown wood expensive big
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OPPOSITES are in the middle of this web site. I created this tape in August 1999. ========================================================================================================================================================================================================= TEACHERS can study some ideas for promoting a better class. ========================================================================================================================================================================================================= QUOTES for a statue.... My friend Audrey is putting a statue near a library in Florida and she's looking for positive messages to put there near the statue. Send your suggestions to englishlesson@mail.com THANK YOU ========================================================================================================================================================================================================= THE ORDER OF ADJECTIVES >>>>>>>>>> You need to ask some questions about adjectives and put them in the order. =========================================================================================================================================== A big old red Japanese car =========================================================================================================================================== 1. What is the size? =========================================================================================================================================== 2. How old is it? =========================================================================================================================================== 3. What is the color? =========================================================================================================================================== 4. Where did it come from? (Japan, Florida) =========================================================================================================================================== 5. What is it made of? (wood, metal, plastic...) =========================================================================================================================================== So, what is the answer with the house? I have a big brown expensive Swedish house that is 10 years old and made of wood. (That's more natural). =========================================================================================================================================== I have a big, expensive, 10-year-old, brown, Swedish wood house. =========================================================================================================================================== NOTE: Opinion comes before fact. =========================================================================================================================================== nice, interesting, delicious, beautiful, ugly are OPINION. =========================================================================================================================================== large, small, long, young, red are FACT. =========================================================================================================================================== A nice, big, red Japanese truck ......................................................................................................................................... An interesting, large, red, metal box. ......................................................................................................................................... A delicious, 10-year-old red wine =========================================================================================================================================== One of my students found this poem. it is lovely. I hope you can match it to one of these sounds: ================================================================================================================================================ day, hate ============================================================================================================== Pete, eat ============================================================================================================== bite, my ============================================================================================================== go, hope ============================================================================================================== cute, you ================================================================================================================================================ cat --- pen --- bit --- hop --- cut ================================================================================================================================================ foot --- house --- saw, dog ================================================================================================================================================ car (hot) perfect (prrrr fect) bird (brrrd) or, morning (aw or go) turn (trrrrn) Which sound is matched to the words in the poem? ===================================== Pronunciation Activity (from Headway Advanced. Oxford University Press.) ================================================================================================================================================ When the english tongue we speak Why is break not rhymed with weak? ================================================================================================================================================ Won't you tell me why it's true We say sew, but also few? ================================================================================================================================================ And the maker of a verse Cannot rhyme his horse with worse? ================================================================================================================================================ Beard is not the same as heard, Cord is different from word, ================================================================================================================================================ Cow is cow, but low is low, Shoe is never rhymed with foe. ================================================================================================================================================ Think of hose and dose and lose, And think of goose and yet of choose, Think of comb and tomb and bomb, Doll and roll and home and some. ================================================================================================================================================ And since pay is rhymed with say, Why not pay is rhymed with say, Why not paid with said I pray? ================================================================================================================================================ Think of blood and food and good; Mould is not pronounced like could. ================================================================================================================================================ Why is it done, but gone and lone? Is there any reason known? ================================================================================================================================================ To sum it up, it seems to me That sounds and letters don't agree. ================================================================================================================================================ www.angelfire.com/fl4/beautiful ================================================================================================================================================ OPPOSITES ===================================================== Students have been asking for the words on the "opposites" tape... Here it is! To practice, cover half of the screen and then you can guess the answer... If you move the screen ONE LINE AT A TIME, then you can hide the answer (after the PAUSE) =========================================================================================================================================================================================== \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Opposites and Related words Hello! This is the TALK International practice tape number one, Opposites and Related Words This is your special review ... if any of these words are new to you, you can rewind and play again... We do not provide repeated practice for the words because we will let you be your own teacher and rewind to review and relearn. If you are a bit lost, don't continue. Stop the tape, rewind and listen again. You need five to seven repetitions (and you need to say it, not just listen to it) for you r to learn a new word or phrase.... Remember, use these phrases every day and use them when you send us email practice letters! What is our email address? Do you remember? (PAUSE) Good, it's talkinusa@hotmail.com, or you can send it to faculty@talkinusa.com..... it is a special email address at TALK for you to write teachers. You probably want to know how to spell some of these words. We want you to get in touch with us, so we will send you the ENTIRE transcript of this tape for you to read, if yo want it. Send the request to faculty@talkinusa.com ============================================================================================================== NOW, this is BOTH a practice tape and a learning tape. If you already know the word and its opposite, this tape helps you to SPEAK and practice your pronunciation. IF you don't know the opposite of a word, like a DEEP pool of water. PAUSE the opposite of DEEP is shallow pool of water. The next time you listen to this tape, What do you do with this tape when you know everything on it? Give it to another student who wants to practice opposites. OK Let's try this: If I say HOT WATER, you can think of the opposite. What is the opposite of HOT WATER? COLD water. ============================================================================================================== We will give you a series of phrases, not just the words. We will give you situations and you will speak right after us. Try to be quick. Think of other situations where these opposite words work. As part of the review, we look at words used in more than one context: For people and animals, we say He's old, he's not________ PAUSE he's not young For a lion: he's old, he's not __________ PAUSE he's not young For coffee We don't call it young coffee... The coffee has been made, so we say: PAUSE The coffee is fresh If the pot is staying out for a long time, for two hours, we can say "This coffee is old" But if we have the dry coffee in a can for 2 years, we say, "this coffee is ________ PAUSE This coffee is stale So old dry coffee is usually called "stale coffee." It has no taste or a bad taste. ============================================================================================================== So we will do these exercises to improve your ability in English. This will increase generalization and flexibility in the language. Let's get started. We begin with describing a house or an apartment. ============================================================================================================== Let's start with words for houses and living spaces A BIG room PAUSE a SMALL room An expensive apartment PAUSE an inextpensive apartment or a PAUSE a cheap apartment It's not an old-fashioned apartment. PAUSE It's a new apartment or PAUSE it's a modern apartment Or PAUSE it's only a few years old. A CLEAN room PAUSE a dirty room A dark room, I can't see very well here. It's a dark room PAUSE a light room Let's measure a room. These are related and associated words. What is the height of the room? It is 3 meters _______ PAUSE It is 3 meters high So we did height. What are the other dimensions, the other directions? PAUSE we will see.... What is the width of the room? It is 4 meters ________ PAUSE it is 4 meters wide What is the length of the room? It is 5 meters _______ PAUSE It is 5 meters long How about a pool? What is the ________ of your pool? My pool is 2 meters __________ PAUSE What is the depth of your pool? PAUSE what is the depth of your pool? It is 2 meters deep. PAUSE IT is 2 meters deep. That's not a deep pool, that's a +++++++ pool. Your pool is a shallow pool. I want a pool that is 3 meters deep. ============================================================================================================== How can we talk about places When you see a new house, it looks sunny, with big windows, the rooms are big, the house and the rooms are very ___________ PAUSE welcoming, PAUSE They are not cold. I have fifteen tables in the classroom. What comes before 50? 49 What comes before 15? 14. I have to store these tables. The room is not large, It is a _______ room PAUSE Yes, it is a small room. With these extra tables, it is not _________- PAUSE it is not comfortable There are too many tables! IT is not filled with space, it is a ________ room PAUSE Yes, it is a , cramped and crowded room. ============================================================================================================== NOW Let's talk about School This homework is easy PAUSE this homework is hard or PAUSE this homework is difficult There are a lot of students in this class. It's really _________ PAUSE It's really crowded! Ah, now the students have left the room. The room is _____ PAUSE It's empty! The course is 3 hours.... It's very __________ PAUSE It's a long course! The opposite is a ________ PAUSE It's not a short course. This teacher is not very interesting. He's ________ PAUSE He's very boring. I really like to study English. I am __________ in learning more. PAUSE I'm interested in learning more. I am not _________ by this course. PAUSE I am not bored by this course. Come on, say it again! PAUSE I'm not bored by this course. This teacher is terrific, fantastic. The opposite? PAUSE This teacher is terrible, horrible, bad. ============================================================================================================== Let's talk about food. This food is good, so I can say it is PAUSE delicious Delicious and good are not opposite, they are PAUSE synonyms Because they are similar. What the opposite of this: The meat is delicious PAUSE the meat is terrible or not very tasty or bland (it means that the meat has no flavor) How about related words. I want to order a hamburger. Tell me how you want it cooked. What are the different ways we can cook a hamburger? Let's go a little cooked up to very cooked. Please make my hamburger ____________ PAUSE rare PAUSE medium PAUSE medium well PAUSE well-done You can even get it BURNED! IF food is not cooked it is _________ PAUSE raw How about eggs? What are the different ways we can order eggs? Cooked with oil? PAUSE fried Cooked in water PAUSE boiled poached WE want to make cookies in an oven. Where does the heat come from in an oven? PAUSE from the bottom So We will blank the cookies. We will __________ PAUSE bake the cookies IF we chop up the eggs and cook them, they are PAUSE scrambled eggs. Very good. ============================================================================================================== Let's do some related words involving movement. It's a good night for walking the opposite? PAUSE it's a bad night or a terrible night or a lousy night If I'm waking slowly, I'm PAUSE strolling I'm taking my time. If I'm exercising, I'm (starts with a jay) PAUSE jogging. (repeat) ============================================================================================================== TRAFFIC AND CARS Let's talk about a car This is not a very comfortable ride. Perhaps the wheels need to be __________ PAUSE the wheels need to be balanced. The tires are not wearing evenly. A VOLVO weighs more than the new Volkswagen Beetle. The Volvo is a ________[blank] car What is in the blank? The Volvo is a _________ PAUSE The Volvo is a heavy car. The opposite of heavy is PAUSE a light car. The Beetle is a light car. Tony's car is very long. It is not PAUSE short. It's not a short car. The street has lines on it. It is three cars across. The space between the lines in the street are called_________ PAUSE lanes. The street has three lanes The street has six lanes. The street is very _________ PAUSE wide. The street is very wide. The street is not _______________ PAUSE narrow. Turn right opposite PAUSE turn left GO straight ahead .................. Go forward ................ opposite?................ PAUSE back up or PAUSE go in reverse. ============================================================================================================== What are the names of the things used by the feet of the driver? ============================================================================================================== The drive has three PEDALS. PAUSE What are their names? To go fast to stop to change the gear PAUSE The accelerator the brake the clutch PAUSE ============================================================================================================== Now the verbs You want me to go faster. What do you tell me? "Steve, please ____________ Go faster...... accelerate PAUSE You want me to stop FAST quickly. Steve, hit the __________ ! PAUSE Hit the brake! You explain to someone how to use the clutch. First you take your foot off the gas pedal Then you push in the clutch You change the gear Then you release the clutch And press the gas pedal at the same time. Do it slowly and smoothly Don't do it _________ and _________ Don't do it quickly and with a jerk. Roughly ============================================================================================================== The table is smooth, the ground is ___________ PAUSE The ground is rough ============================================================================================================== Now let's try some Opposites with the environment: The river has garbage in it. It is ____________ PAUSE IT is polluted, and dirty The opposite? The river is not __________ PAUSE It's not clean, I live near the airport. It's very __________ PAUSE It's very noisy... It's not very _________ PAUSE It's not quiet here! ============================================================================================================== Now let's do some more opposites with people He plays basketball. He is very _________ He's seven feet _______ PAUSE tall He's not PAUSE short. He's not very smart. PAUSE he's dumb or PAUSE he's stupid or PAUSE he's a bit slow. The opposite of slow is PAUSE he's quick he's fast He's rude and she is ________ PAUSE She is polite The police officer is friendly, but that man is __________ PAUSE He's unfriendly, he's unhelpful My friend always pays for lunch when we go out. He's very _______ PAUSE He's generous He's not ________ PAUSE He's not stingy he's not tight with his money. Some of these words might be new to you, so you need to do more than listen You need to speak! When a person helps you... we say "he is ___________" PAUSE Kind and he is helpful... PAUSE What is the opposite.... PAUSE He is unkind he is unhelpful. ============================================================================================================== Let's describe hair. What's the opposite of straight hair? PAUSE He has curly hair. What are the colors that are possible? PAUSE Blonde black, red grey brown If you have no hair or if you don't have hair in the middle of your head, you are _________ PAUSE He's bald. If a man can't see, he is _________ PAUSE He is blind. A man can't hear. He is __________ PAUSE He is deaf ============================================================================================================== Now let's do some animals: A lion sharp nails..... on a cat, the nails are called PAUSE A lion has sharp claws. PAUSE The claws are not safe... they are PAUSE dangerous, A cat lives in my house. It is not dangerous. It is PAUSE domesticated, A lion is not domesticated,, it cannot usually live in a house. It is PAUSE A lion is wild, in the circus you can train a lion to be nice to you . In the circus the lion is PAUSE The lion in the circus is tame... ============================================================================================================== Now we have a few words - Listen and repeat., then say where these four words are used or found... Find the contexts. For example Fried PAUSE boiled PAUSE poached PAUSE scrambled PAUSE Yes, they are cooking words,but most people will say "scrambled eggs." These are ways to prepare eggs. Are you ready? Good. Listen to the words, repeat them, then decide on the situation. Green mature ripe soft ============================================================================================================== These are adjectives for food green bananas ripe apples Some of them could be used in business: the market is _________ PAUSE ripe mature, The stock market was soft today and prices __________ PAUSE Went down, fell OK, here's another group of words Growth potential operation expansion One answer: these are all related to a company. The growth of a company, the potential fo a company, the operations of a copy.... ============================================================================================================== Side two Here are some verbs increase rise go up jump what is the situation? Let's repeat them. increase rise go up jump What are the Opposites Increase PAUSE decrease Rise PAUSE fall Go up PAUSE go down Jump PAUSE drop In business these are verbs for the stock market or the size of your business.... ============================================================================================================== When you need help, you ________ a new worker. PAUSE You hire a new worker. He does not do a good job. You ________ the worker. PAUSE You fire the worker. He's getting older. AT 65 years old, many workers in the USA ________. PAUSE Many workers retire. ============================================================================================================== The telephone is ringing, Please _________ PAUSE. Please answer it. Please pick up the phone. AH, it's your mother. I can't speak with her now. Tell her ________ PAUSE Tell her I will call her later. You are finished with the call. What do you do? PAUSE Hang up the phone. ============================================================================================================== Here are some more actions in the house. Let's review verbs. There are clothes on the floor. What do you tell the person? Please ____________ PAUSE Please pick up the clothes Please hang up the clothes. You have a new TV in a box. What do you say to your friend? PAUSE Great TV! Please pull it out --- Plug it in turn it on. The TV doesn't work. Go in reverse .... Please _______________ PAUSE Turn it off, unplug it put it back in the box. There's dirt on the floor. Please Clean it up sweep it up What do I need? PAUSE I need a broom I spilled coca-cola on the table please Steve, ___________ PAUSE Get me a pepsi. No... please wipe it up What do I need? Here, Steve, here is a paper towel to wipe up the spill. PAUSE I spilled water on the floor. Please, Steve, PAUSE Mop it up What do I need? A mop ============================================================================================================== The clothes are clean. They are in the washing machine. Put them in the ______ Put them in the dryer. Now they are dry. Please Fold them Hang up the shirts ============================================================================================================== PROBLEMS with things My VCR doesn't work. It's __________ PAUSE It's broken. PAUSE I'm taking it to a special shop. What will they do? PAUSE They will fix it. They will repair it. PAUSE I have a problem with my shirt. The edge of my shirt caught on a nail and it is _____ PAUSE It is ripped, it is torn. PAUSE I need to ______ Fix it I need to repair it I need to sew it. PAUSE I don't have my keys. I don't know where they are. I _________ PAUSE I lost my keys. PAUSE Ah, there they are! I _______ PAUSE I found my keys. PAUSE You can not go in that door. The door is ___________ PAUSE The door is locked PAUSE Can you find the key please? Please _________ PAUSE Please open the door. I have a long knife. The security guard says, You can not go into the airport with a long knife. It is ____________ PAUSE Prohibited forbidden. PAUSE ============================================================================================================== EMOTIONS Steve, you don't look good. Are you _______? PAUSE Are you sick? PAUSE No, I ___________ PAUSE No, I am healthy PAUSE I feel fine I expected you to be in Orlando.. And now you are at the school I'm ______ PAUSE I'm surprised. I'm surprised to see you. It's July. It's hurricane season... Steve was looking at the news. Oh, Steve, what happened? You look __________ PAUSE You look worried. concerned Yes, it's a problem. I worried about it. PAUSE But don't be upset. PAUSE The storm will not hit us. It will hit Puerto Rico. The storm is going ______ PAUSE The storm is going south. ============================================================================================================== NOW let's do some quick opposites 2 plus 2 I want to ________ I want to add 2 and 2 40 minus 2 I want to ________ I want to subtract 2 from 40 Are you awake? No I was __________ No, I was asleep, but now I'm awake. Is the beer too old to drink? Well, turn it over and look at the _______ of the bottle Look at the bottom of the bottle. Opposite of bottom? Look on the top of the bottle Do you want the door open? No, I want it __________ No, I want it closed. No, please close it. ============================================================================================================== When I give bad news to a child or when the child falls down, the child _________ The child will cry. Opposite of cry? Laugh \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ============================================================================================================== Is it far to Disneyland from Fort Lauderdale. No, it's only 4 hours. It's not far, it's _______ It's near. It's close to us. ============================================================================================================== A book with 20 pages is _________ It's a thin book A book with 500 pages is _________ it's a thick book. A dog that weighs 200 kilos is a it's a fat dog. A guy who is 1,8 meters tall and weighs 60 kg is a ________ person. He's a thin person. ============================================================================================================== My desk has many books and papers on it. It is not _______ It is not neat It is ________ It is messy. The door opens out, You need to _______ it You need to pull it. The opposite of pull push Candy is too ________- candy is too sweet for me. A lemon tastes _________ it's sour There is too much noise.... It's loud SsssHHHHH! Be ____ be quiet! ============================================================================================================== The opposite of general is .... Specific. A weak man...... a strong woman A rich man.... A poor man He is calm.... He is full of energy. He is slow she is energetic and quick The teacher is patient. She spends a lot of time with the student. She is not..... she's not impatient. ============================================================================================================== The paper is flexible. It moves easily, up and down. The metal plate is not flexible. It is..... rigid and stiff. The table is smooth. It is not ..... rough. ============================================================================================================== OK, we have done some related words, some associated words and opposites. Now we want YOU to tell us what should be on the next tape. What opposites are you always forgetting? Send your suggestions to us at our email address, which is on the cassette tape.... Bye! To finish this tape,,, we will have the following things to review ER is part of a hospital It is the PAUSE Emergency Room So we bring you now ER English. I am using a knife in the kitchen, cutting apples and I slip and OUCH PAUSE I cut my finger. PAUSE What is the red stuff? Blood What is happening ? My finger is bleeding It happened yesterday My finger bled for 2 minutes before I could stop it. I covered the cut. With a bandage plaster in UK New situation I was bicycling and I fell off. There was blood but it was not a deep cut. It was a _______ cut, not deep. PAUSE It was a shallow cut. It was a scrape. I bump into the edge of the door. My shoulder hurts. It turns red, then blue then black. PAUSE I bruised my shoulder, I have a bruise. ============================================================================================================== NEW SITUATION Last year I went skiing. I fell. I heard my leg go SNAP oh, painful... PAUSE I broke my leg I had a break. The doctor put the leg in a _________ PAUSE He put it in a cast. The end of the tape is a review of some past forms of some irregular verbs. Did you see the movie? Yes, I _________ the movie. Did you find your keys? Yes, I _________ my keys. ============================================================================================================== ////////////////// That is the end of the tape \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ============================================================================================================== ================================================================================================================================================================================= /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ========================================================================================================================================================================================================= FROM: Elenice in Brazil..... I've found some interesting quotes. I hope you like them. Elenice ======================================================================================================================================================================================== Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. Goethe ============================================================================================================== Belief consistis in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denaying them. Ralph Waldo Emerson ============================================================================================================== A lean compromisse is better than a fat lawsuit. George Herbert ============================================================================================================== Confidence does more to make conversation than wit. Fran�ois Rochefoucauld ============================================================================================================== Silence and modest are very valuable qualities in the art of conversation. Montaigne ============================================================================================================== The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once. Thomas Carlyle ============================================================================================================== Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. George Eliot ============================================================================================================== Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes. James Anthony Froude ============================================================================================================== Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced - even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life have ilustrated it. John Keats ============================================================================================================== Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself. Daniel Defoe ============================================================================================================== Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it. Oscar Wilde ============================================================================================================== Home is where the heart is. Pliny ============================================================================================================== The first sigh of love is the last of wisdow. Antoine Bret ============================================================================================================== Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions. Sir James Mackintosh ============================================================================================================== Nigths brings our problems to the light, rather than banishes them. Seneca ============================================================================================================== One man's ceiling is another man's floor. David Levine. ============================================================================================================== It is on himself that man can inflict the worst punishments. Isaac Bashevis Singer ============================================================================================================== All we know is still infinitely less than all that remains unknonw. Willian Harvey ============================================================================================================== The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it. Brandon Francis ============================================================================================================== The more one knows, the more one simplifies. Elbert Hubbard. ============================================================================================================== Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the word calls wisdom. Samuel Taylor Coleridge ============================================================================================================== Wisdom denotes the persuing of the best ends by the best means. Francis Hutcheson ============================================================================================================== ========================================================================================================================================================================================================= ================================ Draft Ideas from TALK Language School ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Teachers (and students) can ask themselves about these topics�. ============================================================================================================== 1. Philosophy How does the British method differ from traditional US classroom methods? shape of classroom aims assumptions about where the knowledge of the language lies.... ============================================================================================================== 2. The Teacher's Responsiblity in the Classroom (physical things in the classroom) -- does the teacher have to do to make a classroom perfect and ready for students to learn in... using the British method. ============================================================================================================== 3. Methods of correction immmediate versus 15 or 20 minutes later. When do you correct immediately? ============================================================================================================== 4. methods to reduce Teacher Talking... a) ask students to lead the lesson b) let other students do the correcting c) create pair work d) tell a story to one student (or half the class) and then that student tells it to other students. ============================================================================================================== 5. methods to increase student interest in the class. Talk quietly Change position Move the class outside Pass out colored pens and try something new. Bring something interesting into the class room (a stuffed animal) ============================================================================================================== 6. Pre class activities... what can the teacher do to make it interesting for the student to appear 5 or 10 minutes early to class? ============================================================================================================== 7. Integrating the Internet in the classroom. Pitfalls and positive points about carrying the class to the computer room. Get student email addresses and send students emails�.. ============================================================================================================== 8. Mini-field trips.... how to take students out of the classroom for 5 to 10 minutes and really sharpen their skills. pitfalls and positive points.... a visit to another class! a visit to the computer lab a visit to the administrative office to explain something interesting.... etc. ============================================================================================================== 9. How to use the videocamera in the classroom -- set up the camera first to film the teacher (We�re doing this to evaluate me, the teacher). Soon students are used to the video and they talk more�. ============================================================================================================== 10. How to bring video tapes into the classroom When can you show videos? If you walk into a class and a video is going on, it is very different to a room without a video program. Ask a student �What is that?� and write mistakes in pronunciation on the board. �What did he say?� Pause and rewind. ============================================================================================================== 11. Brainstorm: how can we use walls, posters, photos to make the walls �talk� and turn into minilessons and self-guided learning opportunities? ============================================================================================================== 12. What activities can we set up to help students have more interaction? a) tell one student a story and that student initiates the interaction. b) Give 5 handouts to 10 students (forcing sharing) and rip the answer sheet into four pieces. ============================================================================================================== 13. Suggestions on how to be an advisor (how to create an activity to involve the other students while you meet with one student at a time. ============================================================================================================== How often do you meet with your students one-on-one? What paper work or form do you give the student to check their work? ============================================================================================================== 14. What's the ideal length of a weekly test? How long should the test be? How many hours of grammar teaching for how many minutes of test? Each day is 1 hour 40 min. 4 days = 6 hours 40 mins. Should the test take 15 mins, 30 mins or 45 mins? ============================================================================================================== 15. How to handle handouts: If you have 10 students in the class, how many handouts do you bring to the class? What is the procedure for distributing the handouts and organizing the work? Who reads the instructions? ============================================================================================================== 16. Criticism of students (as a motivator) How do you provide incentives to students to tap their inner motivation? ============================================================================================================== 17. Warm-ups: What can you prepare the class room (with props, talking points, questions on the board, new words on the board) to promote conversation and interaction when the students come in? ============================================================================================================== What can the room do for the class? How can the room prepare the students for learning? How can the students be stimulated to jump into an activity before the class starts? ============================================================================================================== What incentives are in the class to encourage a student to come to class early? ============================================================================================================== 18. Connection to the next class....Cna the first teacher write questions on the board for the next teacher to answer? The second teacher has a dog named Frnaklin, so the first teacher asks, "What can we ask Krista about her dog?" The students write, "Did Franklin sleep more than 6 hours last night?" ============================================================================================================== 19. Interactions with other classes... Can teachers plan a multi-class project, where more experienced students teach students with less English? ============================================================================================================== 20. The big project. How can you get the class to work together on a project? ============================================================================================================== 21. What are the interactions between students in other classes? Can there be a weekly lunch together? ============================================================================================================== 22. How can you involve students in their learning process? a) ask them to read this web page. b) ask them why they are learning English and to bring in words and put them on the board. c) ask them to understand how they learn best and then create the environment to work better. d) bring sweaters from salvation army? (washed and cleaned?) ============================================================================================================== 23. What are some of the 10 most used lessons that really work? a) the house (in, on, under, over, above, etc.) roof b) human body c) car parts d) which vs. that (non-restrictive vs. restrictive clauses) e) punctuation names (what is ; : / ?) f) the 13 vowel sounds of english g) the sheets in the student binders ("complete the worksheets!") h) give the student an audio tape, ask him to write everything he hears on the tape, then check the spelling ... a self-led dictation. i) take photos of people in the class. The next day, bring photos and see what they say. j) bring in objects and ask students to describe other uses for the objects (what can a can opener be used for?) ============================================================================================================== 24. How can we build binders of information that introduce new information? We have binders for: travel funny comics Interesting stories in the news Business English in the newspaper. Photos Students write questions and describe the photos and articles, then other students read and add more comments. ============================================================================================================== 25. How can we make better use of the Internet? web pages: www.angelfire.com/fl4/englishlesson web pages: www.angelfire.com/fl4/stevetest web pages: www.angelfire.com/fl4/toeflchristian (which links to other pages created by students) ============================================================================================================== Do you have other topics to include in this on-going review??? It is an effort to improve our teaching. Constant improvement makes good cars and good teaching. ============================================================================================================== ================================ These previous points were "Draft Ideas from TALK Language School" for teachers to think about and for students to consider.... ================================================================================================================================================================== ====================================================================================================================================================================================================== THAT and WHICH This is a very difficult punctuation concept. When do we use "that" and "which"? Which gets the comma? [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ A friend sent me his review of a restaurant and I was surprised to see the errors...but then I remembered that English is a complicated system. ============================================================================================================== Don't worry if you don't understand the difference between THAT and WHICH. THAT is very important information, WHICH is a comment that adds extra, non-essential information. Have a good weekend. Steve ============================================================================================================== ================================================= I have added some ***changes*** ============================================================================================================== Fine dining is like fine theater and Patina continues ***its*** stellar performance on Melrose Avenue. After a brief closure for remodeling, the scene has been set for even more dynamic dining than before. ============================================================================================================== before "which", put a comma. ============================================================================================================== before "that" (a restrictive clause), no comma ============================================================================================================== YOU WROTE But absent is that "LA attitude" which can turn a fine meal into a fencing match between struggling actors serving dining patrons who know it all. ============================================================================================================== SUGGESTED CHANGE: But absent is that "LA attitude," which can turn a fine meal into a fencing match between struggling actors serving dining patrons who know it all. Most newspapers put the , comma inside the quote marks. ============================================================================================================== put the comma before "which": ============================================================================================================== This was paired with a Spanish Albarino white wine,*** which was crisp with hints of peach. ============================================================================================================== DESSERT or desert??? ============================================================================================================== The ***dessert*** of almond sorbet with fresh cherries and pistachios soothed the afterglow. ============================================================================================================== YOU WROTE I knew in my heart and in my stomach would return to Patina for a repeat performance. ============================================================================================================== SUGGESTED REVISION I knew in my heart and in my stomach that I would return to Patina for a repeat performance. [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ ============================================================================================================== ///////////////////////////////////////// Here is the original review that I received.... ============================================================================================================== ================================================= Los Angeles's Patina Restaurant: Where "fine" and "dine" become one. ============================================================================================================== Fine dining is like fine theater and Patina continues it's stellar performance on Melrose Avenue. After a brief closure for remodeling, the scene has been set for even more dynamic dining than before. The previous Spartan environment has given way to an elegance that is the perfect backdrop to top-notch service and near-perfect cuisine. ============================================================================================================== Hostesses in Channel-looking black dresses and waiters in black suits with buttoned up white shirts work with well-oiled efficiency and knowledge. But absent is that "LA attitude" which can turn a fine meal into a fencing match between struggling actors serving dining patrons who know it all. The audience at this evening's performance were a well-dressed, eclectic mix. To my right was a couple having a love affair with their dinner and themselves. To my left, a Frenchman with three women (the French have a way with ratios) and across was Peter Jennings of ABC's World News Tonight, looking as refined at dinner as he does on the air. ============================================================================================================== The show had begun and the first act came in the form of pastry cones of diced ahi tuna topped with a cr�me that gave the appearance of a mini-ice cream cone. Next to it on a brilliant white rectangular dish reminiscent of an Asian restaurant were two small pancakes with caviar. Talk about an appetizer -- these two treats got the taste buds flowing for more, much more. This was paired with a Spanish Albarino white wine which was crisp with hints of peach. The Quartet of the Sea ($14) were four small white plates, fresh crab and cucumber, yellowtail tuna with Japanese lime, taxi tomatoes with ahi tuna, and my favorite, raw scallops with fresh summer truffles. On the heels of this bite of perfection came lobster with chanterelles served with a 1998 white Burgundy. My dining companion, a filmmaker, had a grilled halibut with those generously shaved white summer truffles. At about this point our conversation drifted to delicious French films like Babette's Feast and La Grande Bouffe, inspired by the on-going parade of remarkable dishes. ============================================================================================================== The standing ovation for me came with the next dish: A seared Hudson Valley foie gras that seduced me to surrender with ripe figs reclining in honey ($18). This wasn't just a dish; this was luscious, creamy duck liver, with crispy crust and ambrosia of autumn fruit. The only thing the dish needed was a golden yellow Sauterne, but before that thought had completed itself I found in my hand a glass of Chateau Coutet with a honeyed bouquet that rose this moment to a gastronomic pinnacle. ============================================================================================================== I came to my senses at the cheese course when a trolley arrived with some twenty-one different cheeses mostly from France, Italy and Spain. The waiter arranged my selection of four from mildest to strongest making a very practical procedure of tasting from left to right and he garnished the plate with various appropriate accompaniments like Champagne grapes, apricots, dates, nuts and figs. The desert of almond sorbet with fresh cherries and pistachios soothed the afterglow. But I was spent. I hadn't arrived at that moment of reckoning where over indulgence results in letting out a notch on one's belt. Rather I was satiated with satisfaction. Applause for owner and chef Joachim Splichel and his expert crew was resounding in my head. I knew in my heart and in my stomach would return to Patina for a repeat performance. ============================================================================================================== Patina 5955 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles Tel: (323) 467-1108 ============================================================================================================== Thank you for visiting my page at Angelfire. Please come back and visit again!

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