Tuesday, October 7, 2008

3. Appointments and Arrangements



3.1 Business Meetings: Making and Changing Appointments
3.1.1 Role Play Teacher's notes (click here)
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/3472/schedule0.html
3.1.2 Role Play Role Cards (click here)
3.1.3 Role Play Schedule (click here)


Source This activity is based on the the activities "Business Appointments" in Business Communication Games (Oxford, 1996), "Finding a Date" in Elementary Communication Games, Yule's observation that schedules and inquiries about schedules provide a good context to practice the present progressive tense (gerunds, -ing form verbs). (Yule, George (1998) Explaining English Grammar, Oxford, pp. 76-77) (Longman, 1984).

Monday, October 6, 2008

2. Introductions

A lesson (click here) based on the textbook: Survival English
http://www.osk-ymca-intl.ed.jp/users/smondy/Unit 2Introductions.pdf
2.1 Icebreakers
2.2 Situations

Worksheet produced by Ms. Sukita at the Osaka YMCA International College