For the classes that have been doing the Trump story.
This week I will try to continue to mix serious news stories with comedy stories.
In this week's lesson: #1 ~ We continued our preposition review ... "of" + adjective #2 ~ We compared and talked about "jealous of" vs "envious of" #3 ~ We talked about health care and "houken" Also...Obamacare Vs Trumpcare
#4 ~ We changed from serious to comedy and we saw our police officer researching and reserving a hotel room in Los Angeles.
If you have time, please review. See you next week.
Recently, I have been looking for... #1 ~ good games to make classes even more fun... #2 ~ games that would work well to help teach certain grammar points #3 ~ games that young kids (3-5 years old) can play in class.
Found this game on an auction site and I was planning on using it with the younger kids. I thought it was a little bit expensive but I bought it anyway.
As soon as it arrived I popped in my batteries, turned it on and was shocked to see nothing happen. It is completely dead... Good-bye 5,000 yen...?
Well...There is still a bit of hope... I am going to take it to the "Omocha Byouin" (Toy hospital) next month and see if they can fix it for me. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Welcome back to Canadian Voice...
It was a very enjoyable and relaxing Golden Week but...it is time to get back to studying...
This week will continue to take a look at Premium Fridays, talk about Nokia and see why Shimura's family is angry with him...
Anyways...
Here are a few notes from next week's Premium Friday Story...
1. What
does Nokia specialize in?
*It specializes in cellular phones.
*It specializes in making cellular
phones
Alright now….
2. Where
is Nokia’s head office?
*It is in Finland
Sounds good now…
1. Where in Finland
is Nokia’s head office?
*The head office of Nokia is in
Helsinki
Alright …Sounds good now….
How about number 2….
2.
Europe is one of the company’s major markets
3.
Sales
in China are very high
4.
Ericsson is one of the main competitors
5. They have factories in ten different
countries
6.
The company has more than 50,000 employees in the world.
7.
The Nokia 9100 is a very successful product
8.
Nokia has customers in at least 130 countries.
Sounds good now…
Last time…
When the boss of Nokia
told the workers to go home, most of the workers except Shimura….
sounded happy...
3. How
did Shimura sound?
*He sounded …..
*He sounded sad
*He sounded exhausted
*He sounded disappointed
(Change picture #19
& #20)
#2 ~ “ochikondeiru”
*He sounded depressed
*He sounded down
*He sounded blue
(Change picture #21)
#1 ~ “gakkari shiteiru” ~ disappointed
Sounds good…and…
(Change picture #22)
While Shimura was
sitting at his desk…
4. What
was he thinking about?
*He was thinking about last night
*He was thinking about something that
happened last night
OK…and if we take a
look…
5. Why doesn’t Shimura want to go home
early?
*Because his family is irritated
with him.
*Because his family is annoyed
with him.
Or….
(Change picture #26)
We had a newer one…
6. Why doesn’t he want to go home?
*Because his family is disgusted
with him
#1 ~ “kimochi ga warui” ~ disgusting
#2 ~ “mukatsuiteiru” ~ disgusted
Sounds good now…
If we take a look back
to LAST NIGHT
(Change video #30)
What did Shimura’s wife
say…
7.What has he been looking forward to?(0:00~0:05)
Look forward to +
doushi + ing
Look forward to + O +
doushi + ing
*He has been looking forward to
seeing his daughter
*He has been looking forward to his
daughter coming back home
Alright now…
How about you…
8.What
are you looking forward to?
*I’m looking forward to____________
Sounds good…now…
We go back to Shimura and..
9. How
long has he been looking forward to her coming back?
*He has been looking forward to it
for a few days.
*He has been looking forward to her
coming back since a few days ago
*He has been looking forward to her
coming back since several days before
Sounds good but…
10. When
Shimura heard that…(0:05~0:09)
What did he pretend?
Pretend + to + doushi
Pretend + not + to +
doushi
*He pretend not to be glad
*He pretended that he didn’t care
*He pretended that he wasn’t looking
forward to her coming back home
*He pretended that he really wasn’t
looking forward to ..
Alright and…
Why did he pretend not
to care and…say “not really”
11. How did he feel?(0:05~0:09) (hazukashi)
*He felt embarrassed
And if Shimura was
embarrassed…
How was it? (hazukashiku
saseru koto datta)
*It was embarrassing
Sounds good …now…While
they were talking…
(Change video #32)
12. What
will Shimura’s daughter notice? (0:00~0:02)
*She will notice that he changed his
phone
*She will notice Shimura changed to a
smart phone
*She will notice that he has a smart
phone
*She will notice he changed his phone
to a smart phone.
