International Day (B2.3 class)

Our International Day country was Korea. I happen to be a lover of proper Korean food, but also the Korean snacks you buy at the supermarket. So I told my students to relax and let me provide so they could just enjoy all the other stalls. We had no Koreans in our class to help us, but I think the Koreans who visited our stall were quietly impressed by how "right" it was. They stood around smiling and being proud of their culture, which is the whole point of international Day.
 

I found this Kahoot that teaches you how to read Hangul, the Korean alphabet. It takes a couple of attempts to memorise the 24 letters, but from then on you'll be able to read the packaging of Korean products in the supermarket - an excellent party trick for non-Koreans. Players competed for prizes, such as boxes of Pepero sticks. No Koreans were allowed to play of course.

Link: Hangul

 The white drink is called Mil-Ki-Su (Milk Kiss). It tastes like vanilla ice-cream and lemonade. I suspect it would go well with vodka. The orange one is mango and surprisingly enough tastes like mango.

(Intermediate) Whoever You Are

All I wanna do is to thank you
Even though I don't know who you are
You let me change lanes
While I was driving in my car

Whoever you are
I wanna thank you

Now, all I wanna do is to exit
So, I go to where I can get off
On a curve, through the shoulder
There's no parking in that trough

So, I drive around all day
Coming atmospheric haze
Till I wanna get on again
Then all I have to say is

All I wanna do is to thank you
Even though I don't know who you are
You let me change lanes
While I was driving in my car

Whoever you are
I wanna thank you

All I wanna do is to tune in
Radio L.A. Lujah
'Cause we're broadcasting live
And we wanna hear all of ya

On the mic is Geggy Tah
But a whole lot more of all of ya
Let us hear ya, let us hear ya
In a big echoing holla

All I wanna do is to thank you
Even though I don't know who you are
You let me change lanes
While I was driving in my car

Whoever you are
I wanna thank you

First listen to the audio version: less bumpy!

Whoever You Are

Watch the video:

Whoever you are

(Student writing - B2.3) Carnival - by Gunther

I hope it's OK Gunther - I just wanted to show the other students how I corrected your writing, so I have separated each paragraph for people to see how I changed it.

Carnival in Brazil

  "In Brazil, even in this day and age, we celebrate the carnival, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter. Carnival is an annual Brazilian festival, the most famous holiday in Brazil and has become an event of huge proportions."

(Excellent)

Change a little:

In Brazil, even in this day and age, we celebrate the Carnival, which marks the beginning of Lent - the forty-day period before Easter. Carnival is an annual festival, the most famous holiday in Brazil and has become an event of huge proportions.

   "First of all, Carnaval vary from one region of Brazil to another,diferentes kind of music, parties and costumes. Do not spring any last last-minute surprises. Take summer clothes and some fantasy with you and expect a lot of people in the streets. Don’t wear formal clothes. You can be considered a boring person."

(This needs a clearer structure) 

Changes:

Carnival varies from one region of Brazil to another, in terms of the kinds of music, types of celebrations and of course the costumes. But here is some general advice if you're heading to Brazil for the Carnival:

First of all, be prepared for the unexpected - it's a crazy time and you're going to have to stay open-minded. Secondly, take summer clothes with you and some imagination - don't wear anything too formal or you'll be considered dull. Finally, expect a lot of people in the streets. If you don't like crowds, then Carnival isn't for you.

  

  "To sumarize, Carnival is a very exciting festival. If you are not sure what wear watch what others do,and then do that or be creative. Carnival is a open mind festival, so just bring a happy smile and enjoy the party."

Just a few suggestions here:

Carnival is a very exciting festival. If you are not sure what to wear, follow what others do, but try to find your own way of doing it if possible. Above all, Carnival is about open-mindedness, so just bring a happy smile and enjoy the party.

Hangul

How to read Korean Letters

Mezze Cafe Trip - last day of my B1.3 class

 Yurika in the light

 She is an artist

A great bunch of peeps

(Intermediate) Innocent

Innocent smoothies ad

Innocent

(Upper-Intermediate) What to do about insomnia

Insomnia is in essence a revenge for all the thoughts we forgot to have in the day. 


Before listening: 

Match these sentence halves: 

1. Not being able to sleep

2. Rather than immediately medicalising insomnia,

3. What philosophy really wants from us

4. If we don't constantly make time to interrogate ourselves,

5. Insomnia isn't really to do with not being able to to sleep;


A. is in truth a basic necessity for every human being.

B. it's about not having given ourselves chance to think.

C. is deeply frightening.

D. we will pay a heavy price.


E. we should perhaps try to understand where it springs from in human nature.


Listen and check:

What to do about insomina



cope with / deal with

falls away / recedes

get closer / counts down

tired / exhausted

sprouts from / spring from

in many cases / in some cases

revenge / return

have one one's brain / have on one's mind

mechanical / procedural

far away / remote

specific / specialised

examine / look carefully at

vital / essential

even to the point that / so much so

create time / make time

consider / think over

lose the ability / be stripped of a capacity

systematically / methodically

think over regrets / sift through regrets

reacquainting / getting to know again

inarticulate / tongue-tied

plea / demand

core self / deeper self

delay / put off



__________


cope with

recede

count down

exhausted

spring from

in many cases

revenge

have on one's mind

procedural

remote

specialised

examine

vital

so much so

make time

think over

be stripped of a capacity

systematically

sift through regrets

reacquainting

inarticulate

plea

core self

put off


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