Week 8 - A DAY IN THE LIFE OF...

Monday

You are going to read about a day in the life of Irina, a teacher of English in Estonia. I will give you a copy of the reading and exercises in class.

Tuesday

Listening

Go to the following link and listen to the material titled “ Classical music with shining eyes” by Benjamin Zander

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion.html

Vocabulary

Buttock

Impulse

Take off

Gasp

Entire

Don’t mind

Tone-deaf

Dig

Occur to someone

Procrastinator

Deceptive

Make a vow

Comprehension

Part one – One buttock player

Identify four groups of attitude towards classical music.

Which group do you belong to?

Part two – No one is tone-deaf

What examples does the speaker give to show that no one is tone deaf?

Part three – Feeling Chopin

How does Chopin’s prelude make you feel?

Part four – Shining Eyes

Can you explain what the speaker means by the following.

Who am I being that my ..... eyes are not shining?

Listen to the story in the last part and explain the meaning of the following.

“I will never say anything that couldn’t stand as the last thing I ever say”

Writing


1. Discuss the following quotation in a paragraph

“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.” Edward de Bono

2. Explore the following sites for some writing practice.


http://www.englishonline.net/


http://www.eslgo.com/classes/write/


http://www.triond.com/?rf=91&lp=211&gclid=CJCE_q6TjJsCFQZfswodpEWEqA



Thursday


You are going to read about a day in the life of Jonathan Edwards, an athlete. I will give you a copy of the reading and exercises in class.