R is for Romance :S

 R is for romance and so many other things!!!

/r/ & /l/ - various activities

L/R pronunciation practice

Pronunciation Drills - aka Tongue twisters :D

L/R Pronunciation Drills - listening

Love & Romance

Ahhh ... love is in the air?! Or is it???

• What is love? 
• What phrases are generally associated with love? 
• What do you think is the MOST romantic song of all times? 

Love & Romance

My Dream Man  - Mad Glib

Thursday - have any plans?

Ahhh ... the weekend is ALMOST here! Time to spend it in the sun or just lazying around.

Review
Pronouncation of questions & sounds seen in class

And the murderer is ...?!?!?!?

Who killed Miss McGowan?! 


Was it you or was it one of the other people attending the class reunion? In today's class we will see who murderer is and WHY he/ she did it.



Listening for intonation in questions
Intonation & Questions
WH- questions pitch boundaries
Tag questions #3

Chapter 4 - Questions - Oxford University Press

Whodunit?!!?!

Crime is everywhere ... what can we do about it?!



Famous Detectives
The Most Famous Detectives
The Top 10 TV Detectives

Mystery Digest - Detective Nose


Vocabulary
Crime Vocabulary - with activities
Criminal offenses
Crime vocabulary - with definitions

1-2-3-4 ... What's your number?

Numerology - Paul Sadowski
Numerology - Token Rock 


How to say numbers & dates in English
Numbers Listening Practice
Numbers mixed (Crossword puzzle - spelling)
100 Plus Cloze (with listening)
20-100 Cloze (with listening)
Ordinal Numbers (with listening)



English Listening to Numbers #1
English Listening to Numbers #2

Theme Parks

Ahhh ... to be young and spend the summer days in the sun with friends at the theme/amusement park.

Feelings and amusement park vocabulary
          Theme Park Maps
          Playland - Vancouver, BC
          Theme Parks /Amusement Parks

Pronunciation

T vs TH Slideshare
Pronunciation – Practice the ‘th’ vs. /t/ and /d/ Sounds! (video)


Tongue Twisters: Twisters with "t" and "th"

• Those toes aren't these toes.
• These teas aren't those teas.
• This tike ties threads together twice.
• That tike ties together three threads.
• Those threads the two tikes tied are tight.
• Twist twice to tie tightly.
• Thirty tee-shirts are tan, and thirteen tee-shirts are tie-dyed teal green.
• The teal tee-shirts total thirteen, the tan tee-shirts total thirty.

What's in a name?!

Today in the newspaper I saw the article about "Is there a Jim Smith in the house? Probably". It talks about the Jim Smith Society and the convention they are going to have this weekend. It started me thinking about our names ... did our parents have a hard time naming us? Do our names fit us? What do our names mean?

Sooo ...

• What does your name mean? What are the origins of your name? 
• How common is your name? 
• Are there any famous people who share your name? 
• Are there any songs that mention your name? 

CH or J

Ch pronunciation 
The "ch" sound crossword
"ch" sound with pictures

"ch" or "j" pronunciation podcast transcript (you can sign up to listen to the actual podcast)
Q & A: How do you pronounce "j" and "ch" as in "job" and "chop'?


Tongue Twisters

Charlie chooses cheese and cherries.
Cheerful children chant charming tunes.

Charles is a cheerful chicken-farmer.  He chuckles at the chance of a choice chicken to chew for his lunch.


Jean, Joan, George and Gerald judged generally.
Jolly Jack and joyful Jill jumping down the jagged hill.
John Johnson joined jealous Jenny Jerry making apple-jelly.

Fashion!?!?

Fashion trends and hobbies

What people do for fashion?

Today we talked about the worst and best fashion trends!

I wanna ...

Information
Learn it - gonna, gotta, wanna, dunno
Informal contractions
Gonna & wanna (video)


Songs

• I don't wanna miss a thing
• I  wanna know what love is
• Beat it
• Songs with wanna in the title

Did you know JULY is ...

YEAH!!! What a great month to celebrate!!!

(okay ... so it's American ... but who doesn't LOVE ice cream?!?!?!?)

Ice Cream Month - Days of the Year
Fun Facts on ice cream 
Ice Cream Survey - example
Ice cream goes on a crazy streak this summer

From cow to cone
The History of ice cream
The History of the ice cream conehttp://www.idfa.org/news--views/media-kits/ice-cream/the-history-of-the-ice-cream-c/



Pronunciation

Long i, American English Pronunciation
Long i quiz


Tongue Twisters
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
I wish I were what I was when I wished I were what I am.

How rude!

Extraordinary Rude Behaviour Around the world
25 Rudest behaviors - are you an offender? 

BUGS! bugs! n' more BUGS!

A limerick:

There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
     When they said, 'Does it buzz?'
     He replied, 'Yes, it does!'
'It's a regular brute of a Bee!'

Tongue twisters: 

Busy buzzing bumblebees.

Friendly fleas and fire flies.