Conversational English Class

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Leading a Conversational English Class ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1.-Get the students talking Conversation starters Introductions Themselves to another student or to the class Interview another student and then introduce that student to the class Foods Places they have traveled Their family What they like to do in their free time 2.- Read a Story to the Class Select a story to read aloud to the class Ask students questions about the story Ask the students to retell the story in their own words Play a game by throwing a ball from student to student as each student tells the next part of the story. Other topics to teach Difficult Sounds in English Mouth Manglers Common Mistakes -ed A, An and The Idiomatic Expressions and Phrasal Verbs “Get” Difficult Sounds in English for Spanish Speakers th – Thursday and birthday ur – Thursday (also spelled – “ir” “er” and “or” like in the word “worse”) sh – sheep (pronounced as SHíip in Spanish) st – stop – Spanish speakers usually add an “e” to English words that begin with the letter “s” followed by a consonant – ESTOP is incorrect z – zebra, buzz, or spelled with a “s” in “busy” ch – much (mách) j – June (yuun) y – yes (iaes) or young (iaáng) g – go (góU) ng – song (sóng) v – very (véri) – a good sentence to practice is – “A bowl of very good berries.” b – boy (bói) h – hello (jelo) Mouth Manglers GROUP 1 - J, Z, SION The lazy jazz musician jogged to the zoo just to view the zebra physician. GROUP 2 - TH, T Tomorrow is the third Thursday of this month. GROUP 3 - R, L Lucky radio listeners rarely lose long letters written by rival relatives. GROUP 4 - P, F Father's polite position paid for popcorn and the flag. GROUP 5 - SH, CH After church I went to the beach to teach at the car wash for cash.

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