British Council Summer Course 1A: Week 4 (11/7 - 15/7)

Lesson 14: Monday 11th July 2011, 6:30pm

Listening Strategies
Try to predict the question

Would you like spaghetti? - Yes, please.
Do you like spaghetti? Yes I do.

When is your lesson? - At 6:30 everyday.
Where is your lesson? - At the British Council in the centre.

Who is he? - My nephew.
How is he? - He's fine
How old is he? - He's 22.

Daily Routine
He wakes up at half past nine.
What time does he wake up?

Book - p. 30 - 31

Homework
Revise daily routine phrases
New vocabulary - Canteen, cellar, worried.

Lesson 15: Tuesday 12th July, 2011, 6:30pm

Daily routine - listening and speaking (p. 31)
Adverbs of frequency (p. 32, p. 126, 3C)
Times and dates p. 148

Reading p.32 - 33
You can use http://www.wordreference.com/enit/take%20your%20time to help you find words and phrases which you don't know - e.g. take your time

Rhymes can help you remember!

30 days has September
April, June and November
All the rest have 31
Except for February which stands alone
With 28 days clear
And 29 each leap year!

Lesson 16: Wednesday 13th July 2011, 6:30pm

Speaking - adverbs of frequency (p. 33)
Reading
Pronunciation "th"
Times and Dates (ordinal numbers) p. 148
Prepositions of Time
pp. 34 -35, 126 -127

Homework
Practise "th" sounds
Revise prepositions of time

Speaking Tip - Try to extend the conversation when you can
e.g.
When do you usually go to the gym?
On Monday, What about you?
I hardly ever go. When do you go on holiday?

Lesson 17: Thursday 14th July, 2011, 6:30pm

New words and phrases:
to eat out (in a restaurant)
when I can
homework
housework
between midday and one o'clock
favourite
enjoy
training

Remember pronunciation and word stress
temperature (3 syllables)
comfortable (3 syllables)

"Times You Love" p. 35
Reading, Speaking and Listening

Social English & Practical English p. 36
Buying a Coffee

What do you remember?
What can you do?

Pronunciation p. 38
Listening (a) p. 39

Homework
Revise new vocabulary

Lesson 18: Friday 15th July 2011, 6:30pm

Today is St Swithin's Day. Some people believe that if it rains on St Swithin's Day it will continue to rain for 40 days but if it is sunny, there will be good weather for 40 days. The popular novel, "One Day" by David Nicholls takes place on St Swithin's day over 20 years.

For more information on St Swithin's Day go to:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/stswithun.html

To watch a video of Billy Bragg singing a song called St Swithin's Day go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whwEiTmgWk0

Revision - adverbs of frequency, prepositions in time phrases
Angry/hungry
Listening - questions - Hear the difference p. 39
Can/Can't for ability p. 40

AT Christmas/Easter/New Year - the Holiday
ON 25th December/Christmas Day, 31st December/New Year's Eve

24th December - Christmas Eve
25th December - Christmas Day
31st December - New Year's Eve
1st January - New Year's Day

Veb phrases p.149 - remember the patterns e.g.
Tell someone something
Wait for someone/something
Look for something

Homework
p. 38 -39 What do you remember/What can you do?
Grammar, vocabulary, Reading

Revise verb phrases p. 149