LISTENING NO. 4: Car rental, a car accident, car repairs

CAR RENTAL

http://www.esl-lab.com/rentcar/rentcarrd1.htm

http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-car-rental.htm

ROLEPLAY

Let's imagine we are at a car rental's. Think of one type of car you want to rent. One of you will play the role of the person at the car rental's and the rest will play the role of the customers.

PREPARATION

1. VOCABULARY

First, let's learn to call types of cars in English. Read the following link:

http://www.smartmotorist.com/car-accessories-fuel-and-maintenance/vehicle-types-types-of-car.html

2. TAKING NOTES

If you are going to play the role of the person at the rental place, write a list of possible cars for each category, including the price and the make.

If you are going to play the role of the customer, think of a reason to rent a rental car and write down all necessary questions for the person at the counter.

CAR REPAIRS

http://www.esl-lab.com/repairs/repairsrd1.htm

VOCABULARY NO. 4: The car

PREPARATION

In our session today we will visit different web pages to learn to call the different parts of a car. We will also do some exercises to practice and assimilate the words along the way.

Exercise no. 1: Write down as many words as you can remember that are related to the parts of a car

Link no. 1: Learn with images:

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-26009.php

http://www.scribd.com/doc/8341883/Car-parts-picture-dictionary

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/car.htm

Exercise no. 2: After visiting the previous links, let's see how many words we are capable of writing down now.

Link no. 2: Learn with definitions. Reading aloud:

http://www.vocabulary.cl/Advanced/Car_Parts.htm

Exercise no. 3: Draw a picture of a car and write as many words as you can remember

Link no. 3: Listen to the pronunciation.

http://www.languageguide.org/im/car/eng/

INTENSIVE PRACTICE

http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/lists/a/words.php?f=car_parts_us_1

http://www.world-english.org/carparts.htm

Do you think you know all of the parts of a car now?

GRAMMAR NO. 4: Too/either, So/neither

EXPLANATION

Too/either and so/neither are used to express our agreement to what another person has said.

Too is used when the verb is in the affirmative form. For example:

A: I have a red Ferrari

B: I have one, too

Either is used when the verb is in the negative form. For example:

A: I don't have a Ferrari

B: I don't have one either

But in English, we don't need to use long replies to express our agreement. This is not necessary because our agreement is with the entire sentence, so we use an auxiliary:

do/does when the verb is in the simple present

are/is when the original verb is in the present continuous

will when the original verb is in the future

have/has when the original verb is in a perfective tense

a modal when the original verb uses a modal, etc.

Too/so are used when we agree in the affirmative. For example:

A: I have an SUV (sport utility vehicle, a family car)

B: I have one too OR So do I

Either/neither are used when we agree in the negative. For example:

A: I don't have a bike

B: I don't have one either OR Neither do I

When we use so/neither, the verb must go in the affirmative form and the order of the sentence takes the form of a question. More examples:

So must I

Neither will they

So should I

Neither are we

So is she

Neither are Peter and Susan

So do I

Neither will he

So can we

Neither could they

Can you find the first part of the aforementioned phrases with so and neither?

IMPORTANT!!!

So, too, either and neither have other functions in English. We will study them in the following sessions.

PRACTICE

http://www.eslbee.com/cobaq/quizzes/13_so_too_neither.htm

http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/soneithertut.php

http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/soneither1.php

http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/so_neither-ex.htm

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-49198.php

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-68857.php

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-57421.php

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-69398.php

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-67793.php

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-58137.php

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=lesson-76-too-so-either-neither&quesnum=1

SPEAKING NO. 4: Discussion - "It is impossible not to judge someone from their external appearance"

In this session, we will discuss the topic "It is impossible not to judge someone from their external appearance". The preliminary issues to discuss are the following:

1) We express outside what we have inside, so, if we are not tidy outside, that means we will not be organized either at work or home
2) Even though getting to know someone would be fantastic, it is not always necessary to know someone deeply. At work, for example, knowing someone's qualities for work are enough to interact with a person. Our external appearance must be elaborated so that we show a nice facade that everyone can like, we don't really need to show how we are at work, but need to have a socially accepted appearance.

Some useful ideas

Below you will find a list of expressions, vocabulary that you can use when you discuss in English:

Opening a discussion

To begin with,

We need to discuss /determine / find out

Let's start by (V ing)

We'll start by (V ing)

The problem / issue / question here is . . .

The important thing (here) is . . .

The main thing we need to discuss is . . .

Let's look at . . .

It looks like . . .

It appears that . . .

Asking for input

What do you think?

How about you?

How do you feel about that?

Any ideas on that?

Responding

(That sounds like a) good idea.

Sounds good.

The problem with that is . . .

That raises / brings up the issue of . . .

Giving your opinion

I think that . . .

I don't think that . . .

In my opinion . . .

Asking for support or details

Why do you think that?

Could you elaborate?

Could you give (me) an example?

Can you illustrate that?

What evidence do you have?

Could you explain it in more detail?

Could you provide some details?

Supporting your opinions

Let me illustrate,

For example,

For instance,

To give you an example,

Let me give you an example,

To elaborate,

First, (second), etc.

(These phrases can be followed by details, examples, elaboration, or a summary of your main points.)

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LISTENING NO. 3: Facial Expressions are not Universal

Please, follow this link to complete the listening:


http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/0908/090817-facial_expressions.html

VOCABULARY NO. 3: Description of clothing

Let's review first the section VOCABULARY NO. 2: Clothing here

Now, it is time to practice using adjectives AND clothing:

http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/itc/DescriptionOfClothing/default.htm

http://www.britishcouncil.org.br/etp/unit15c.html