Everyday English in Conversation

Konversation - Englisch Lernen Online Wie oft musste ich zu einem Kind schon sagen “Vorsicht!”, wenn es etwas Unüberlegtes tun wollte. Es ist wichtig zu wissen, wie man sich in solchen Situationen ausdrücken muss, denn eine Warnung kann für einen Anderen lebenswichtig sein. Dieses Wissen wollen wir Dir in diesem Artikel vermitteln. [ Zum gesamten Artikel "Dialoge: Jemanden warnen" →] Hilfe brauchen wir alle irgendwann einmal, deshalb hier ein paar schnelle Tipps, wie Du am Einfachsten jemanden auf Englisch um Hilfe bittest. [ Zum gesamten Artikel "Dialoge: Jemanden um Hilfe bitten" →] Stellt euch vor, ihr habt euch im Urlaub verletzt und müsst zum Arzt. Wenn man bei der Gastfamilie, Bekannten, Freunden oder Geschäftspartnern im englischsprachigen Ausland zum Essen eingeladen ist, ist man vielleicht etwas gehemmt weil man befürchtet etwas Falsches oder Unhöfliches zu sagen. Irgendwann verlaufen wir uns alle einmal.

Konversation - Englisch Lernen Online Wenn man bei der Gastfamilie, Bekannten, Freunden oder Geschäftspartnern im englischsprachigen Ausland zum Essen eingeladen ist, ist man vielleicht etwas gehemmt weil man befürchtet etwas Falsches oder Unhöfliches zu sagen. Damit euch nicht vor Schreck das Essen im Hals stecken bleibt, nenne ich euch hier die wichtigsten Floskeln. [ Zum gesamten Artikel "Dialoge: beim Essen" →] Irgendwann verlaufen wir uns alle einmal. Besonders leicht passiert das im Ausland. Damit ihr in solchen Fällen wisst wie ihr nach dem Weg fragen könnt, habe ich euch hier einige Formulierungshilfen aufgelistet. [ Zum gesamten Artikel "Dialoge: nach dem Weg fragen" →] “..na, du weißt schon .. die dings.” Wenn man ein Gespräch beenden will und dann plötzlich nur noch rumstottert, weil einem nicht mehr einfällt, wie man sich richtig auf Englisch verabschiedet, kann es schnell peinlich werden. [ Zum gesamten Artikel "Dialoge: Begrüßung" →]

Basic English Conversations Basic English conversations help beginning learners build basic English skills. Each conversation group includes a few short conversations introducing basic English phrases. These short dialogues are ideal as models for beginners to begin speaking English. IntroductionsTelling the TimeGiving Personal InformationIn a ShopIn an AirportAsking for DirectionsIn a Motel / HotelIn a Restaurant If you are a beginning level English learner. Ask students about their experiences in the situation featured in the dialogue.

Lesson Pronunciation Practice Stress and Intonation - Focus on Pronunciation Skills - Improving English Speaking Abilities - Stress and Intonation Improving English Stress and intonation refer to the "music" of speaking a language. Which words are stressed and the intonation you give when speaking can add subtle changes in meaning. Understanding and practicing the different types of common stress and intonation and English will help you or your students improve their English skills, as well as improve overall English pronunciation skills. I am often surprised at how focusing on the "stress - timed" quality of English helps students improve their pronunciation skills. Aim: Improving pronunciation by focusing on the stress - time nature of spoken English Activity: Awareness raising followed by practical application exercises Level: Pre - intermediate to upper intermediate depending on student needs and awareness Outline: Begin awareness raising activities by reading an example sentence aloud to the students (for example: The boys didn't have time to finish their homework before the lesson began). Pronunciation Help - Sentence Stress

Teaching Telephone English - Telephone English Lesson Plan Teaching telephone English can be frustrating as students really need to practice their skill as often as possible in order to improve their comprehension skills. Once they have learned the basic phrases used in telephoning, the main difficulty lies in communicating without visual contact. Telephone English poses a special problem for English learners because of the lack of visual clues used when speaking. Aim: Improving Telephoning Skills Activity: Role playing using office telephone lines Level: Intermediate to advanced Outline: Review phrases used in telephoning. Finally, if you don't have the opportunity of using different telephone lines put students' chairs back to back and practice speaking on the phone, students will only hear the other person's voice which will approximate a telephone situation. For more ways to practice telephoning see: Practical Exercises: Exercises to Improve Your Telephoning Skills

Connecting With Students | Starting the School Year Right Refine Your Discipline Plan And Classroom Procedures After summer vacation and time off, students often have a hard time getting back into the 'school' habit. Use the following to help you reconnect with your students. 1. Connect Your Class to Careers Help students make the connection between your course and possible careers by hanging posters describing the responsibilities of people in different jobs. Alternatively, give bonus points to students who call attention to a connection between your lesson and one of these jobs. Create an Interesting, Organized Classroom Environment Given contradictory needs or distractible students, gifted students, and visual/spatial learners, a logical way to decorate a classroom includes: Provide a stimulating display for students entering the room. For a few ideas on how to put this together, check out Classroom Decor and find creative ideas adaptable to middle and high school levels. 2. Warm Classroom Atmosphere with Icebreakers Form Bonds with Teams 3.

Center for Language Education The best way to improve your speaking skills is, of course, to speak in English as often as possible. English teachers often suggest that there are a lot of opportunities to use spoken English in Hong Kong. While we agree, we know that taking up these opportunities requires certain ‘strategies’ (not to mention courage). The next three advice sheets deal with more specific academic and professional situations in which you might be required to use spoken English. Advice sheets in the SAC Creating practice opportunities: Strategies for speaking A (S2) This advice sheet will help you to think about maximising your opportunities to use spoken English. Further references for improving your speaking skills Here are some questions regarding your speaking skills. In conversation, do you have problems following what other people say? And now... If you need any help or advice, or just a chat about your progress:

Cooking in Britain Today Introduction This lesson consists of a series of activities to help students talk about food and cooking. The main focus of the lesson is a text based on a recent survey in the UK indicating that British people are becoming more adventurous and experimental in their cooking and eating habits due to the growing popularity of cooking programmes. This lesson should challenge stereotypes of British food and encourage students to discuss their own preferences and attitudes towards food and restaurants. Topic Modern British cooking and restaurants; the popularity of celebrity chefs Level Intermediate+ Time 60-90 mins Aims To learn or revise vocabulary relating to food, restaurants, tastes and texturesTo develop reading and comprehension skillsTo develop speaking skills/ discussing preferences and attitudes towards food and restaurants Materials Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks. Download lesson plan 118k pdf Download worksheets 142k pdf Kate Joyce, British Council

Socialising 2: Keeping conversations going Socialising 2: Keeping conversations going Submitted by admin on 14 May, 2012 - 13:00 After struggling to break the ice, the next obstacle is to keep the conversation going beyond the initial conversation. For this reason, this lesson aims to provide students with a bank of around 15 questions that they would feel comfortable asking in a conversation with a new acquaintance. Topic: Socialising and keeping conversations going Level: Intermediate (B2) and above Aims: To raise awareness of some techniques for maintaining a conversation with a person you have just met.To analyse the effect of different types of questions, and to practise making different types of question.To come up with and analyse a bank of questions that can be used to keep conversations going.To analyse and practise a technique for turn-taking in a conversation. Plan components Lesson plan: download Worksheets: download By Jeremy Day Copyright - please read Printer-friendly version

Socialising 1: Breaking the ice Socialising 1: Breaking the ice Submitted by admin on 15 May, 2012 - 12:26 For many people, the idea of walking into a room full of strangers and trying to socialise with them can be terrifying, especially if you have to use a foreign language. The barriers to ‘breaking the ice’ in a situation like this are just as much psychological as linguistic, which is why this lesson aims to get students thinking about the situation (through a quiz-based discussion and jigsaw reading) as much as speaking and practicing the skill of starting conversations with strangers. Topic: Socialising and starting conversations Level: Intermediate (B2) and above Aims: To discuss and deal with some of the psychological issues connected with starting conversations with strangers.To teach some useful phrases for starting a conversation and leaving a conversation.To provide practice and feedback of the situation of starting and leaving conversations with strangers. Plan components Lesson plan: download By Jeremy Day

Motivating speaking activities for lower levels Planning time has been shown to increase production in speaking tasks. Lower level learners often find it especially difficult to speak spontaneously, so these activities incorporate 'thinking time' during which learners can prepare for speaking by planning what they are going to say, and asking the teacher or using a dictionary to look up missing vocabulary. The following activities are relatively short, with minimal materials preparation time for the teacher. They are designed for use as a warmer or a filler in the middle or at the end of a class. 1. This activity is good for activating existing vocabulary or revising vocabulary studied in previous lessons. Procedure Choose a vocabulary topic (this can be vocabulary you have recently studied or a topic you want to introduce). A faster-moving, fun alternative to this activity is a team game. 2. 3. This is a variation on the above activity and is great for practising adjectives. Cartoons, cartoon stories and unusual pictures 4. 5. 6.