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I think I promised this video to students a long time ago. It’s an example of how to learn natural English rhythm and pronunciation using a song. Click on the link below to watch the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRHGFyfAXes
Please let me know what you think!
I was teaching a pronunciation class in my new job yesterday and some idioms were included in the lesson. Another teacher told me that she accidentally found some sayings on a website with MY PICTURE on it, which reminded me that I made some lessons for students a few years ago. So, after teaching my students the textbook idioms, I went to my old page: http://www.teacherjoe.us/Wisdom.html and students could learn a few more expressions. They could also listen to all of my pages on their own time. For me, I was happy that the audio worked! If you’re interested in improving your pronunciation as well as learning some good “conversation starters”, go to that page and try for yourself.
On my website I suggested to students that they learn vocabulary by reading the captions under newspaper photos. (Click here to read the original article.) That is one way I used when I was a student to learn many French words. The pictures help you to understand the meaning of the captions (the words under or next to a newspaper photo) and they can be very interesting too.
Just now I saw some interesting photos from my “second hometown”, Beijing. Things have changed a lot since I came here almost six years ago. You can see lots of interesting photos on Yahoo right now (Click here to view.) and learn English by reading the captions. Also, you can see where I live and some of the interesting things that are going on here.
I’m going to try to find some tickets to Olympic events in the next few weeks and I’ll let you know if I am able to see anything interesting. Probably, though, I’ll just be watching most of the Olympics on TV, just like you! (^_^) Until then, I hope you go to Yahoo and learn some new words by reading!
Hello Everybody,
I just finished the first week at my new job and I’ve been thinking about how important it is to enjoy your work. I can’t say I enjoyed the first week because I spent most of it either in meetings or observing other teachers to learn about the school’s approach to teaching. Next week I will actually start teaching, which will be much more interesting and fun for me.
I found two fascinating, but conflicting, quotes about work on the Internet this evening. First, writer David McCullough wrote, “Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love“. This seems true, but how possible is it find work that you really love? More than 2000 years ago, Aristotle said “All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind“. This ALSO seems true to me at times because, even though I love teaching, I don’t love working for someone else who tells me what to do and how to do it.
How do you feel about work? Is it something you love to do or something you just need to do? I’m looking forward to reading your comments!
Hi Students,
Sorry, I’ve been busy preparing to start a new job and moving into a new, though temporary, apartment. I’ve been doing a lot of cleaning and shopping and other boring stuff. How has your English been during my absence? Still learning? I hope so. Below you can find links to some stories I made. Vocabulary is explained on the side, so it may be useful for some of you. Let me know if you like these.
