Friday, August 21, 2009

Lesson 5 Small Talk

Small talk is a casual form of conversation that "breaks the ice" or fills an awkward silence between people.

Work on the following links to learn how to "small talk":

Conversation Starters
Small Talk Quiz
Appropiate Subjects for Small Talk
Song for Small Talk
Introductions and Small Talk
861 Tokyo vs. New York
How to make small talk during greetings

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Lesson 4 Problems

This lesson includes activities which deal with:

Making complaints & requests
Requests
Phones
Making a complaint (formal)
Making a complaint (informal)

Talking about everyday problems
Excuse me, where can I?
Everyday problems

Apologising
How to apologize
Accepting Apologies

Be sure to complete all the tasks.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Going to the doctor´s

Let´s learn how to make an appointment at the doctor´s:

Medical Advice
Doctor´s Visit

Monday, August 3, 2009

Healthy Lifestyle

832 Health
Jeff talks about what he does to keep himself healthy.

Please answer the following questions. Post your answers.

1. What do you do to stay healthy?
2. How can you improve your lifestyle?

Medical Advice

Check the following links. Please remember to go through every section of the page.

Medical Advice: What´s the matter?
Washing Hands
Stop Smoking
Apples Fight Cancer

Talking about health

Dear class,
Please work on the link below and post your answer to the following questions Remember to write your name for your entry.

Soap up! The 12 germiest places in your life

1. How do you protect yourself from germs?
2. What was the most interesting thing you learned from the article read?