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Yesterday, my computer died. Sadly, this means that a lot of my files were lost as I hadn’t backed up in a while. It’s going to take me some time to purchase a new hard drive and set everything up. Because of this there will be no text, audio or movie files posted for at least a month. I will still try to find suitable ESL videos to link to and will try to resume normal service as soon as I can. In the meantime please explore the archives. There are lessons and videos for all levels going back for the past two years.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

kibishipaul

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Many thanks to my friend Michael Stout for introducing the makebeliefcomix website to me. This is a great site for educators and students alike. Go there and make your own comics to share with students or friends.

This is the fourth of my Idiotic Idioms which will teach the meaning of certain phrases, expressions or sayings. You can see a bigger version by clicking on the image, or you can download the PDF text which will contain an explanation for each cartoon.

Enjoy!

kibishipaul

 Idiotic Idioms 4 - Eavesdropping (text): Download

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• Topic: Extreme weather
• Level: upper intermediate
• Language: listening

This is an upper intermediate lesson about the area in the USA known as Tornado Alley. Because of the unique weather conditions this place regularly recieves devastating tornadoes. To watch or download the movie click on the picture. There is a PDF lesson file but no mp3 for this.

Enjoy the show!

There are some useful words and expressions to learn below. More are in the text.

rotate – to spin around a central point

extremely – very, very …

in the path of – in the way of – an obstruction

concerned about – to be worried or anxious about something

collide – to hit or crash

At the bottom of this page you can download a PDF textbook lesson. There is also an online quiz and transcript to supplement the video.

For Japanese and Spanish translations please go to transcript. ( せりふの訳はこのページです)

Japanese (日本語)

• 竜巻
• 上中級
• 聞く練習

このビデオは上中級生徒の為のレッスンです。今回は米国の竜巻道路の話しです。このレッスンはPDFテキストだけを使用します。上の絵をクリクすればビデオがdownloadできます。

このページの下にPDFレッスンがdownloadできます。

 Lesson 65 - Tornado Alley: Download

Click on picture to see a bigger image

Many thanks to my friend Michael Stout for introducing the makebeliefcomix website to me. This is a great site for educators and students alike. Go there and make your own comics to share with students or friends.

This is the third of my Idiotic Idioms which will teach the meaning of certain phrases, expressions or sayings. You can see a bigger version by clicking on the image, or you can download the PDF text which will contain an explanation for each cartoon.

Enjoy!

kibishipaul

 Idiotic Idioms 3 - Cat got your tongue (text): Download

To watch video click on image

This video was originally shown last year. You can find a listening mp3, PDF text, iPod version to download and online quiz and transcript by clicking on the sentence below.

Valentine’s Day Lesson

PDF textbook for previous lesson.

 Lesson 64 - The Lecher (text): Download

Audio mp3 version of the previous lesson.

 Lesson 64 - The Lecher (audio): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

To watch movie click on picture

• Topic: Story with a twist in the tale
• Level: Intermediate – advanced
• Language: Listening

In today’s movie, the main character ‘Kenjiro Sato’, finds that indulging in his fantasies leads to unexpected problems. 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!

There are some useful words and expressions to learn below. More are in the text.

pastime ~ a hobby or interest

dribble ~ to let fluid or spittle drip from the mouth

a vice ~ a bad habit or addiction

dubious ~ a little suspicious – not to be believed

hasty ~ do or decide something without thinking

At the bottom of this page you can download an m4v video or mp3 listening and PDF lesson. There is also an online quiz and transcript to supplement the video.このページの下にPSPとIPODの為のM4Vビデオ、MP3とPDFレッスンがdownloadできます。

For Japanese and Spanish translations please go to transcript. ( せりふの訳はこのページです)

Japanese (日本語)

• のぞき魔
• 中上級
• 聞くこと

このビデオは中上級生徒の為のレッスンです。エッチな漫画が大好きな人。威張っているおばさん。賢いスリ。この人たちの中で誰が一番悪いと思いますか。ビデオを見て自分で判断して下さい。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。

このページの下にPSPとIPODの為のM4Vビデオ、MP3とPDFレッスンがdownloadできます。

 Lesson 64 - The Lecher (video): Download
 Lesson 64 - The Lecher (audio) [5:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Lesson 64 - The Lecher (text): Download

It is with regret that I have decided to disallow comments on this site. The vast number of comments recieved so far have been spam.

To those of you with genuine comments about this site, I apologize.

kibishipaul

Click on picture to see a bigger image

Many thanks to my friend Michael Stout for introducing the makebeliefcomix website to me. This is a great site for educators and students alike. Go there and make your own comics to share with students or friends.

This is the second of my Idiotic Idioms which will teach the meaning of certain phrases, expressions or sayings. You can see a bigger version by clicking on the image, or you can download the PDF text which will contain an explanation for each cartoon.

Enjoy!

kibishipaul

 Idiotic Idioms 2 - Dogsbody (text): Download