Archive for August, 2006

No lesson this week

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

It’s holiday time at last so while I’m away in Australia please click on the link and try the lesson on the weather. This is meant as further listening and word practise for lesson 8 – the ESLTV News report about the heatwave in Europe.

I’ll be back in September with new lessons for ‘Young Man’s Dream’, ‘The Ed. U. Cator Diaries’ and more news reports.

Enjoy the summer weather!

Paul

ポールは今日から夏休みでAustraliaに行きます。とりあえず前のビデオの練習為のクイズを試してみて下さい。9月からビデオレスンが続きます。

Lesson 8 – ESLTV News 1 (textbook)

Monday, August 21st, 2006

Lesson plan, transcript, materials and teacher’s notes for Lesson 8. These can be downloaded as a PDF file and printed out for students.

If you enjoyed using these materials and found them useful with your classes, perhaps you could consider contributing to the upkeep of this site. You can send a dollar or two (200 yen) by clicking on the button on the right. My thanks in advance to those who do.

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Lesson 8 – ESLTV News 1 (audio)

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

これはリスニングだけのMP3ファイルです。ビデオを見たい人は前のブログを見て下さい。
This is an audio only version of the previous lesson for those who don’t have a video ipod.
Visit the previous posting on the website to see a video of the lesson and try out the related online quizzes.

Tomorrow there will be a PDF lesson for use with English classes or those students who want more practise for their reading and writing.(明日は生徒と教師も使えるPDF教材を発表します)
Have fun

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Lesson 8 – ESLTV News 1 (video)

Friday, August 18th, 2006

  • Topic: News bulletin (ニュース番組)
  • Level: Intermediate (中級)
  • Language: Vocabulary (単語)

Another new lesson. This time a news program aimed mainly at intermediate students. This will be mainly listening with shorter online and PDF exercises than the other lessons. There is also a video, mp3 listening file to download for each episode. Enjoy the show!

このビデオは中級生徒の為の新しいニュース番組です。毎週違う出来事を放送します。このレッスンはいつもと同じビデオ、mp3、とPDFテキストを使用しますが、他のレッスンと違って単語とリスニングの課題だけを用意します。

Today’s news is about the summer heatwave in Europe and the weather forecast for the British Isles. You can see the transcript by clicking here. ( せりふの訳はそのページのURLをRikai.comへ)

There are some useful words and expressions to learn below.

throughout – all over

heatwave – a period of unusually hot weather

~straight (day) – continuous

emergency services – police, fire, ambulance

related – connected with

patients – sick people in a hospital

break down – break

majority – most

population – number of people in a (country)

to book – to reserve (a room)

weather forecast – give information about future weather events


At the bottom of this page you can download an m4v video for your ipod or an mp4 version for your PSP. Watch the show online by clicking on the button below. There are also some interactive quizzes to supplement the video.

(watch video button)はQuicktime videoです。このページの下にPSPとIPODの為のMV4ビデオがdownloadできます。

Next week there will be an MP3 version of this lesson and PDF lesson materials for teachers who would like to use this with their own students.

Hope you enjoy the lesson. You can help to improve this podcast by giving me feedback and leaving comments.

Bye for now.

Paul

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Lesson 7 – The Ed. U. Cator Diaries 1 (textbook)

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Lesson plan, transcript, materials and teacher’s notes for Lesson 7. These can be downloaded as a PDF file and printed out for students.

If you enjoyed using these materials and found them useful with your classes, perhaps you could consider contributing to the upkeep of this site. You can send a dollar or two (200 yen) by clicking on the button on the right. My thanks in advance to those who do.

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Lesson 7 – The Ed. U. Cator Diaries 1 (audio)

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

これはリスニングだけのMP3ファイルです。ビデオを見たい人は前のブログを見て下さい。
This is an audio only version of last week’s lesson for those who don’t have a video ipod.
Visit the previous posting on the website to see a video of the lesson and try out the related online quizzes.

Tomorrow there will be a PDF lesson for use with English classes or those students who want more practise for their reading and writing.(明日は生徒と教師も使えるPDF教材を発表します)
Have fun

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Lesson 7 – The Ed. U. Cator Diaries 1 (video)

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

  • Topic: Animated drama series (アニメ連続ドラマ)
  • Level: Beginer (初級)
  • Language: habits and activities (日常生活、活動)
  • Grammar: present tense and ‘does’ (現在形)

This is the first lesson in an animated series about Edward Ulysses Cator – a teacher from Britain who moves to the USA to take up a new job. These stories are aimed at beginner level students and will relate Edward’s experiences adapting to his new life and job in America. As with other lessons on this site there will be a video, mp3 listening file and PDF lesson to download for each episode. Enjoy the show!

このビデオは初級生徒の為の新しい連続アニメドラマです。米国に来たばかりのEd. U. Catorと言うイギリス人教師の新生活の物語です。このレッスンはいつもと同じビデオ、mp3、とPDFテキストを使用します。

In part 1 of this series Ed wakes up in his new home for the first time. See how he spends his morning. You can see the transcript by clicking here. ( せりふの訳はそのページのURLをRikai.comへ)

There are some useful words and expressions to learn below.

fast asleep – sleeping deeply

journey – a trip somewhere

lazy bones – lazy person

make the bed – prepare the bed

breakfast – the morning meal

a bit – a little

get stuck in – to start doing something

hit the spot – delicious

washing up liquid – used for washing dishes

Phew! – expression to express tiredness, surprise or disgust

weak – opposite of strong

At the bottom of this page you can download an m4v video for your ipod or an mp4 version for your PSP. Watch the show online by clicking on the button below. There are also some interactive quizzes to supplement the video.

(watch video button)はQuicktime videoです。このページの下にPSPとIPODの為のMV4ビデオがdownloadできます。

Next week there will be an MP3 version of this lesson and PDF lesson materials for teachers who would like to use this with their own students.

Hope you enjoy the lesson. You can help to improve this podcast by giving me feedback and leaving comments.

Bye for now.

Paul

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Lesson 6 – Young Man’s Dream 3 (textbook)

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

Lesson plan, transcript, materials and teacher’s notes for Lesson 6. These can be downloaded as a PDF file and printed out for students.

If you enjoyed using these materials and found them useful with your classes, perhaps you could consider contributing to the upkeep of this site. You can send a dollar or two (200 yen) by clicking on the button on the right. My thanks in advance to those who do.

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Lesson 6 – Young Man’s Dream 3 (audio)

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

これはリスニングだけのMP3ファイルです。ビデオを見たい人は前のブログを見て下さい。
This is an audio only version of last week’s lesson for those who don’t have a video ipod.
Visit the previous posting on the website to see a video of the lesson and try out the related online quizzes.

Tomorrow there will be a PDF lesson for use with English classes or those students who want more practise for their reading and writing.(明日は生徒と教師も使えるPDF教材を発表します)
Have fun

icon for podpress  Lesson 6 - Young man's Dream (audio) [5:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download