Session I

Dear all:
Good morning.
On this first lab session we will go over contents see in the first few classes. Some of them may seem very easy. However, I will ask you to do them for the sake of practice. Remember you'll have to post a comment below at the end of the class.
Thank you.

Leave this site open at all times and open a new tab to visit the sites I recommend.

Please open www.wordreference.com and check any vocabulary you don’t know. Leave it open-

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/americanheadway/ahy_level1_home/ahy_level1_u02_01/


A crossword on occupations:

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/americanheadway/ahy_level1_home/ahy_level1_u03_02/

Last week we looked at the order of questions. Try this:

http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=495&sortbytype=a&level=1&unit=4&type=Cup_sentence_ordering

Here is an explanation for you to understand the use of the past simple. Visit

http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/past_simple.htm

Have a look at these prepositions

http://www.learnenglish.de/PictureIt/prepositionsplace.htm

Correct the mistakes. Visit
http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/exercises/past_mistakes.htm

Go to:

Unit 6 am/is /are/ was /were.

Now practice a bit of pronunciation with

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/americanheadway/ahy_level1_home/ahy_level1_u06_02/

Go to Unit 7 on the same site and work on:

-Questions and answers

-Crossword (past tenses of verbs on the right)

Unit 8
-Past simple

Test yourself. Visit
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/americanheadway/ahy_level1_home/ahy_level1_u08_01/

Now let’s listen. You’ll need headphones.

http://www.esl-lab.com/meet/meetrd1.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/family1/fam1.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/clocks-watches-1.htm

revise pres cont
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/americanheadway/ahy_level1_home/ahy_level1_u11_01/

Let’s look at this activity. Careful with instruction.

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/americanheadway/ahy_level2_home/ahy_level2_u06_01/

Revise count- uncount

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/americanheadway/ahy_level1_home/ahy_level1_u09_02/

Then, on the same website go to unit 3 and do the activity on Jobs.

Try this activity.

http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/19.html

listen and check understanding.

family

http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/family-1.htm
Then

Choose a different reading from the “Health” section and do it.

For those who have extra time. Visit

http://www.santiagotimes.cl/
And do some reading on any topic you fancy.

Listen and answer this week’s question on pollution and plastic patches in the ocean.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2010/02/100218_6min_plastic_page.shtml


Pronunciation revision:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_dip_8.shtml