Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Speaking

  1. CLB5S Ask permission from a teacher to hand in an assignment late.
    1. Record a voicemail of your request on Chirbit.com.
http://chirb.it/2LHga5
    1. Begin with a polite greeting, state your request and good reasons for it. Think of a polite way to end.
    2. Ask yourself: Did you provide details and give reasons, and did you use modals with the appropriate level of politeness?

    Tuesday, May 10, 2016

    4.Writing:

    Writing

    CLB5W Write a formal invitation for a group function (such as a company picnic, BBQ or potluck).
    1. Have you ever received a formal invitation to a big event? Look at 10 formal invitations here, and write down 5-6 expressions of politeness or formality. These may include unusual adverbs, key nouns and verbs, and passive verb forms. How are they different from an informal invitation?
    1-You are invited 
    2-Hosted by :
    3-Invite you to attend
    4-Please join us for ..
    5-Come join us 
    6.kindly



    2.Think of a group function with some details, and write a formal invitation appropriate to that event.

    WITH GRATITUDE TO GOD AND TO OUR PARENTS

    Invite you to share in the beginning of our new life together

    kindly
    SAVE THE DATE
    SATURDAY MY 9th, 2016

    add........................

    3.Ask yourself: Did you convey the intended meaning; use language and content appropriate and relevant to the situation; and express main ideas and support them in some detail?

    Monday, May 9, 2016

    Online Learning Companions (Monday, May 9, 2016)

    Listening

    1.CLB5L Listen to a phone message from a medical receptionist (Vocaroo) changing the date and time of an appointment
    1-Who is this message from, and for whom?
    from Jannatan for Tanya2-Write down the old and new appointment information.
    Old one was on Saturday, it has been changed to Sep 21 at 3 pm
    3-How does the speaker feel? How do you know?
    he was sorry,i got it from this sentence: I am afraid that
    4-Check your calendar and plan a call-back response. What better date/time can you suggest? What good reason can you give? Write out your notes.
    Let me check out my schedule, well, that day is good, but can you change the time to 4 pm ?
     Because I have school at that time and it will take a time to get there.
    5-Ask yourself: Did you identify specific factual details and implied meanings; formal and casual style and register; language functions; emotional states from tone and intonation; the situation and relationships between speakers; and feelings such as interest, likes/dislikes, preferences
    .




    Speaking

    1.CLB5S Invite a friend, co-worker, or classmate to lunch.

    1.First greet each other.

    2.Partner A invites Partner B to a lunch on Saturday. B says no and gives a reason, but invites A to lunch the following Saturday. A agrees but wants to understand some detail that is not clear about the lunch (e.g. who all will be there, going dutch, time, venue).

    Hamed: Hello Olivia, how are you doing?
    Olivia: I'm good,how about you?
    Hamed: fine, I've decided to celebrate my birthday at home next Saturday. would you like to come over and celebrate my birthday together.
    Olivia: Really? Happy early birthday.I Would like to come but I'm working on weekends.That's why I'm not gonig to make it.
    Hamed: Tank you.That's Okay.I Really wanted to see you.
    Olivia: Same here, Are you free on Monday? We can get together and I want to take you for a steak dinner.
    Hamed: That's nice of you to say.For sure, I'm free on Monday.
    Olivia: Okay then see you Monday.
    Hamed: See you.

    3.End the conversation in a friendly way, and record it the other way as well--i.e. Partner B starts by inviting A to an event on Saturday.

    Wednesday, May 4, 2016

    May 4, 2016 Wednesday's Assignment

    1. Watch the video, and fill in the blanks below. 
      1. Check your answers with 2 classmates.
      2. Sing the song by yourself and then together with a partner or two.
    2. What differences do men and women have in this song?
      1. Discuss your answers with a partner.
      2. Write down 10 things that happen when a person has a crush on someone or falls in love. How is it different in a different culture?
    1.That person would like to talk about it with her/his friends.
    2.That person feels happiness.
    3.For that person thinking about them still makes her/his smile.
    4.That person will get upset if he/she cant visit him/her for long time.
    5.That person always remember important details of her/his life.
    6.That person will get excited whenever he/she thinks about her/his.
    7.You have a twinge of jealousy when you see them with someone else.
    8.That person will get nerves whenever he/she  visit her/his.
    9.That person has things for remind of them  whether ,it’s songs or words or particular places.
    10.That person feels that he/she is as fortunate as everyone else.

    FILL IN THE BLANKS


    ELIZA:
    I could have danced all night!
    I could have danced all night!
    And _still__have____begged_____for_____more___ 

    I __could_____have_____spread_____my_____wings___
    And done a thousand things
    I've never done before.

    I'll never know __what made it so exciting__;
    Why all at once my heart took flight.

    I only know when he
    __began to dance with me__
    I _i could have danced, danced_.......
    All night!

    Tuesday, May 3, 2016

    Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Tuesday's Assignment

    1. Watch the video, and fill in the 15 blanks below. 
      1. Check your answers with 2 classmates.
      2. Sing the song by yourself and then together with a partner or two.
    2. What differences do men and women have in this song?
      1. Discuss your answers with a partner.
      2. Write down 10 differences between men and women, and check them with 2 partners before publishing.


    FILL IN THE BLANKS

    PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
    Why can't a woman be more like a man?
    Men are so honest, so thoroughly __square_;
    Eternally noble, historically __fair__.
    Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat.
    Why can't a woman be like that?

    Why does every one do what the others do?
    Can't a woman learn to use her head?
    Why do they do everything their __mothers__ do?
    Why don't they grow up, well, like their father __instead__?

    Why can't a woman take after a man?
    Men are so pleasant, so easy to __please__.
    Whenever you're with them, you're always at ease.

    Would you be slighted if I didn't speak for __hours__?

    COLONEL PICKERING:
    Of course not.

    PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
    Would you be livid if I had a __drink__or two?

    COLONEL PICKERING:
    __(8)nonsense__.

    PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
    Would you be wounded if I never sent you __flowers__?

    COLONEL PICKERING:
    Never.

    PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
    Well, why can't a woman be like you?

    One man in a million may shout a bit.
    Now and then, there's one with slight defects.
    One perhaps whose __truthfulness__ you doubt a bit,
    But by and large we are a __marvellous__sex!

    Why can't a woman take after a man?
    'Cause men are so friendly, good-natured and kind.
    A better companion you never will __find__.

    If I were hours late for dinner would you bellow?

    COLONEL PICKERING:
    Of course not.

    PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
    If I forgot your silly __birthday __, would you fuss?

    COLONEL PICKERING:
    Nonsense.

    PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
    Would you complain if I took out another fellow?

    Pickering
    Never.

    PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
    Why can't a woman be like us?

    [dialog]

    PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
    Why can't a woman be more like a man?
    Men are so decent, such regular chaps;
    Ready to help you through any mishaps;
    Ready to buck you up whenever you're glum.
    Why can't a woman be a chum?

    Why is thinking something women never do?
    And why is logic never even tried?
    Straightening up their hair is all they ever do.
    Why don't they straighten up the mess that's __(14)inside__?

    Why can't a woman behave like a man?
    If I was a woman who'd been to a ball,
    Been hailed as a princess by one and by all;
    Would I start weeping like a bathtub overflowing,
    Or carry on as if my home were in a __tree__?
    Would I run off and never tell me where I'm going?
    Why can't a woman be like me?

    Monday, May 2, 2016

    May 2, 2016 Monday's Assignment

    Here are your tasks:
    1. Watch the video, and fill in the 10 blanks below. 
      1. Check your answers with 2 classmates: I did
      2. Sing the song by yourself and then together with a partner or two.
    What differences in accent from Canadian English can you find in this song? 
    Discuss your answers with a partner.
    cold. lovely. making. hands. sitting. absolutely.still. head resting.and. she
        1. Any additional syllables? (lovely_loverly),(absolutely_absobloominlutely)
        2. Any vowel changes? cold,coal,face
        3. Any consonant changes?heat, hands,sitting,making.....
      1. Write down 10 things that happen when a person has a crush on someone or falls in love. How is it different in a different culture?


    FILL IN THE BLANKS

    COCKNEYS:
    It's rather dull in town.
    I think I'll take me to Paris.
    Mmmmmm.

    The missus wants to open up
    The castle in Capri.
    Mmmmmm.

    Me doctor recommends a quiet summer by the sea.
    Mmmm. Mmmm.
    Wouldn't it be loverly?

    ELIZA:
    All I want is a __room__ somewhere,
    __far__   away from the cold night air,
    With one enormous __chair__.
    Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?

    Lots of __chocolate__  for me to eat.
    Lots of coal makin' lots of 'eat.
    Warm face, warm 'ands, warm __feet__.
    Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?

    Oh, so loverly sittin' absobloominlutely __still__.
    I would never budge 'till __spring__
    Crept over the windowsill.

    Someone's 'ead restin' on my __knee__,
    Warm an' __tender__  as 'e can be,
    Who takes good __care__  of me.
    Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?
    Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly.