Idioms and Slang: August 2012

Thursday, 30 August 2012

Lessons for Sept 4-7th, 10th-14th Sean Johnson

Lesson #7 Cultural lessons

http://iteslj.org/questions/culture.html

http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/discculq.html

http://www.unitedstreaming.com/videos/Culture%20and%20Ethnicity/1216_BM.pdf

http://www.ysu.ru/users/itc/sitim//e-books/metod/pgn/Unit%2010.pdf

http://legacy.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/identitycloze.htm

http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Counihan-Stereotypes.html

http://esl.about.com/od/childrenslessonplans/a/stereotypes.htm

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0508/050807-dylan-e.html

http://eslpopcultureandtechnology.blogspot.ca/2010/11/video-lesson.html

Lesson #6

Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening 115

Speaking about holidays, festivals:
http://iteslj.org/questions/holiday.html

English Festival exercises:
http://www.esolcourses.com/topics/world-festivals.html

English for work:

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/englishforwork/englishforwork.html

Beginner writing:

http://www.stickyball.net/writing.html

http://www.discoverychannel.ca/things/default.htm?clipid=510956

Lesson #5 Are you busy?

Discussion:
http://www.esl-lounge.com/level2/lev2areyoubusy.php

Cover letter Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0suKZ-oU8s

Interview a classmate:
http://www.eslflow.com/Job_interview___writing__exercise_worksheet.pdf

Job Ad reading:
http://www.englishbanana.com/reading/reading-job-advertisements-4.pdf

Job search:
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/jjj/

Job Application Process:
http://www.eslflow.com/Job_application_process_1.pdf

Cover letter writing:
http://www.autoenglish.org/writing/application.pdf

Lesson #4

Music

http://iteslj.org/questions/music.html

http://www.esldiscussions.com/m/music.html

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/the-beauty-ugly-pre-intermediate-level-listening-0

http://www.esl-lounge.com/level2/lev2writtenchainstory.php

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0411/11.obladidiOblada.html

Lesson #3

Speaking:
http://iteslj.org/questions/olympic.html

Reading:
http://gv.pl/index.php/main/szkola/ielts/pdf/olympic_games.pdf

Listening:
http://www.listenaminute.com/o/olympics.pdf

London:
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/wordmatch/4/wordmatch.html

Spelling:
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/sport/olympics/beginners/writing-gap-fill-easy.html

Video Listening and Reading:
http://www.esolcourses.com/vocabulary/english-word-definitions-and-stories/marathon.html

Discussion:
http://www.esldiscussions.com/o/olympics.html

Lesson #2

Languages, Dictation, English

http://iteslj.org/questions/languages.html

http://www.rong-chang.com/eslread/eslread/dict/contents.htm

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0412/10.futureOfEnglish.html

http://www.rong-chang.com/eslread/eslread/ss/s001.htm

http://www.eslyes.com/nyc/nyc/nycs001.htm

Lesson #1

Stress and Health

Discussion:
http://www.esldiscussions.com/s/stress.html

Get Stressed , Get Old
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0412/01.stressKills.html

Stress Listening:
http://www.listenaminute.com/s/stress.html

Health Discussion:
http://www.esldiscussions.com/h/health.html

Health Listening:
http://www.listenaminute.com/h/health.html

Reading and comprehension

Reader

Maple Syrup

Making Laws in Canada

Terry Fox

The environment vs jobs

Writing and Reading

Writing and Reading Exercises

Writing Exercise/ Word order

Text word order

Monday, 27 August 2012

Acronyms & Abbreviations

Acronyms & Abbreviations discussion

10 useful Acronyms and Abbreviations

Oxford Dictionary Listening/ Writing

Abbreviations Vocabulary Quiz

Abbreviations for employment

Abbreviations for housing

Abbreviation writing

Acronyms Quiz/ Lesson

Abbreviations Quiz/ Lesson

Video Acronyms and Articles

Blood type and personality

Blood Type A - Tend to be cooperative, sensitive, clever, passionate and smart. Often bottling up anxiety in order to get along with others, they may hold in their emotions until they explode. Many are tense, impatient and unable to sleep well. While they are capable of leadership positions, they may not take them because the stress is not good for their tightly wired systems. In Japan many "A"'s are in research. They have roles in discovering more about and refining science, economics, manufacturing, etc. Their research on microflora and other areas of medicine is some of the best and most meticulous in the world. They are perfectionists to say the least. This quality shows up in their perfecting electronics like TV's and also less expensive more efficient cars that were originally created here in the US.
Blood type A's tend to have more sensitive constitutions. Too much stress weakens their immunity more quickly than other blood types. Low stomach acid is common among blood type A's even from birth, so special care should be taken when eating animal proteins. Using digestive enzymes, like Assist Dairy and Protein, along with consuming fermented foods and drinks is really a must for A's. It is not surprising to me that fermented foods like Miso and Natto play an important role in providing easily digested protein, in the Japanese Diet. They also eat raw fish which is much easier to digest than cooked.
Blood Type B - Blood type B individuals tend to be balanced: thoughtful like A's and yet ambitious like O's. They are empathetic, easily understanding others' points of view, yet often hesitating to challenge or confront. Chameleon-like and flexible, they make good friends.

Peter D'Adamo found that While their immunity is strong, they are more prone to slow-growing viral infections like lupus, MS and chronic fatigue.

They may also have problems with hypoglycemia and blood sugar, especially if they eat the wrong foods.

Blood Type AB - Tend to be very charming and popular. They don't sweat the small stuff and can be seen as spiritual and even at times a bit "flaky". Only about 2 - 5% of the population are blood type AB. There is never a dull moment in a AB's life, so if you find one for a friend, consider yourself lucky! Youll enjoy some exciting times together!
Like blood type A's, AB's react to stress poorly. They are stronger and more active than type A's, but need to pay attention to stress levels so that they don't compromise their immunity.

Sometimes it is difficult to be an AB. AB's don't like to fit in anyone else's "boxes". If they feel too confined, they'll break out of that box and do things their own way. When it comes to food choices and AB must discover when they are more B-like or A-like. For example, dairy foods like milk kefir can be excellent for them or not good at all.
Blood Type O - Tend to be loners or leaders and are intuitive, focused, self-reliant and daring. They handle stress better than other blood types and have strong immune systems, a well developed physique and a physically active nature. Blood type O's tend to have sluggish blood flow and feel better with vigorous exercise for about an hour each day.

Friday, 24 August 2012

Travel lesson

Conversation

Video

Lonely Planet Travel Guide

Listen a minute

Cruise Reading gap fill

Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Websites

Website Conversation

ESL tour websites

Computers Listening

Webquest Reading

Action Maze 1

Action Maze 2

Action maze 3

Action Maze 4

Dictation exercise

Monday, 20 August 2012

Restaurants and Food

Conversation

Survey

Dialogue

Gap Fill

Phrasal Verbs

Listening

Spin the wheel

Thursday, 16 August 2012

Music Lesson

Speaking

http://www.

breakingnewsenglish.com/0912/
091206-iphone.html

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/

music/Another%20day%20in%
20paradise.pdf

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/

music/Do%20you%20Remember%
20Phil%20collins.pdf

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/

music/Where_is_the_Love.pdf

http://www.esl-lounge.com/

level2.php

Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Paragraph

Canadians are:

-kind-reason

-modest-reason

-happy-reason

Canadians are kind, modest and happy. First of all, Canadians are kind because they will always tell you directions when you are lost. Secondly, they are modest because they do not like to brag. Finally, they are happy because there are many cultures in Canada. All in all, Canadians are kind because they will help you, modest because they will show you and not tell you, and happy because they are living in a nice environment.