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It’s that time of year when tests have to be made and graded so I will have to concentrate on the day job for a while. In the meantime please try out the online listening exercises you can find by clicking on the link below.

http://kibishipaul.com

I will be adding a few external video lessons to this site over the next couple of weeks for you to enjoy and service will be back to normal in early December with some new Ed.U.Cator Diaries episodes.

Paul

Click on image above to go to video.

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.

 Lesson 16 - Bonfire Night (textbook): Download

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. 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。

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

 Lesson 16 - Bonfire Night (audio) [3:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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• Topic: Bonfire Night - Guy Fawkes Night (イギリスの１１月の祭り)
• Level: Beginner/intermediate (初中級)
• Language: Nursery rhymes (童謡)

Today’s lesson comes from Britain where we look at the Bonfire Night celebrations of November 5th. Learn what happened to Guy Fawkes and the customs involved with this special event. 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!

このビデオは初中級生徒の為のレッスンです。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。

You can see the transcript by clicking here. Spanish users can get a translation of the script by going to Rikai.com and following the instructions there. ( 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.

blow up - to explode or destroy with a bomb

stuff - fill up with

celebrate - to enjoy or mark a special occasion

event - a special occasion

warning - to say strongly against doing something (dangerous)

eventually - at last

imprison - to put in gaol

public - open to everyone

expecting - to be waiting for something to happen

fireworks - colorful explosions for entertainment

bonfire - a big fire

treason - to betray your country

plot - a plan to do something bad

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/Flash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

 Lesson 16 - Bonfire Night (video) [3:20m]: Download

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.

 Lesson 15 - Young mans Dream 5 (textbook): Download

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. 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。

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

 Lesson 15 - Young mans Dream 5 (audio) [4:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download