Thursday Group 1: Text Test.

UP AND AWAY IN ENGLISH: Level 2

MID-TEXT TEST UNITS 1 - 14

The "UP AND AWAY IN ENGLISH: Level 2 MID-TEXT TEST UNITS 1 - 14" is available to be printed out from HERE for you to practice with at home, before next weeks test.  

Good luck!

WEEKLY DRILLS: PRINT

WEEKLY DRILLS: PRINT

The WEEKLY DRILLS Flashcards used in lessons are now available to be printed out from HERE for you to practice with at home, before and after lessons. The COVER SHEET is also available to be printed out from HERE.

Longman Children's Picture Dictionary:

FINAL TEST

The FINAL TEST for children who have taken lessons from the "Longman Young Children's Picture Dictionary" is available to be printed out from HERE.

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WEEKLY DRILLS

At Amuse Bilingual Club we focus a significant part of the start of every lesson, on Weekly Lesson Drills. We believe that continued repetition of these drills helps students to gain confidence in their English speaking ability and they are then more likely to be focused on and retain the additional new lesson material that follows. This is especially true for our children’s lessons.

The following are lists of the Weekly Drills that we are currently and planning to teach at Amuse Bilingual Club. Additional drills may be created and added throughout the year depending on learning progress.

Self-Introduction

-      Students can say their name and age, where they are from, give family details, their birthday details and some of their likes and dislikes. 

Alphabet

-      Sing the “Alphabet” song independently and with correct pronunciation.

-      Identify and verbalise letters A – Z in alphabetical order.

-      Identify and verbalise nouns to go with each letter in alphabetical order (A - Apple etc.).

-      Identify and verbalise letters A – Z in random order.

Numbers

-      Identify and verbalise numbers 1 – 20 in numerical order.

-      Identify and verbalise numbers 1 – 20 in random order.

-      Identify and verbalise numbers one – twenty in numerical order.

-      Identify and verbalise numbers one – twenty in random order.

-      Count in 10s, 100s, 1000s, 10000, 100000, 1000000.

-      Identify and verbalise random numbers between 1 – 999,000,000 (27, 567, 1002 etc.).

Days

-      Sing the “Days of the Week” song.

-      Identify and verbalise the days of the week in order: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

-      Identify and verbalise the days of the week in random order.

Months

-      Sing the “Months Chant” song.

-      Identify and verbalise the months of the year in order: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

-      Identify and verbalise the months of the year in random order.

-      Verbalise each month in random order as it corresponds to numbers (6 = July etc.).

Colours

-      Identify and verbalise the following colours: Red, Blue, Black, Yellow, Green, Brown, Purple, Aqua, Orange, Pink, White, Grey.

Patterns

-      Identify and verbalise the following patterns: Stripped, Tartan, Checked, Polka Dotted, Patterned, Floral Patterned.

 

Shapes

-      Identify and verbalise 8 basic shapes with colours: Brown Oval, Yellow Star, Pink Heart, Red Triangle, Blue Square, Green Rectangle, Purple Diamond, Orange Circle.

-      Identify and verbalise 4 intermediate shapes with their accompanying number of sides: Pentagon 5 Sides, Hexagon 6 Sides, Heptagon 7 Sides, Octagon 8 Sides.

-      Identify and verbalise 4 advanced shapes: Pyramid, Cube, Arrow, Cylinder.

Adjectives (Opposites)

-      Identify and verbalise numerous pairs of “opposites” adjectives:

Awake – Asleep, Big – Small, Bright – Dark, Enter – Exit, Fast – Slow, Few - Many, Front – Back, Full – Empty, Light – Heavy, Near – Far, Old – New, Old – Young, Open – Closed, Over – Under, Short – Long, Tall – Short, Wet - Dry, Yummy – Yucky.

Emotions / Feelings

-      Identify and verbalise the following emotions and feelings: Happy, Angry, Scared, Sleepy, Sad, Sick, Confused, Excited, Nervous, Embarrassed, Surprised, Great, Hungry, Thirsty, Hot, Cold, Hurt, Fine, Tired.

Weather / Temperature

-      Identify and verbalise the following weather events and temperature descriptions: Sunny, Cloudy, Rainy, Windy, Snowy, Stormy (It’s sunny today). Scorching, Hot, Warm, Chilly, Cold, Freezing (I’m / It’s hot today).

Nouns (Transportation)

-      Identify and verbalise the following Transportation nouns: Boat, Ship, Car, Bus, Truck, Helicopter, Aeroplane, Taxi, Train, Subway, Rickshaw, Balloon, Bicycle, Motorcycle.

Verbs

-      Identify and verbalise the following verbs (e.g. Blow – Blowing etc.):

Bite, Blow, Catch, Chase, Climb, Crash, Crawl, Cut, Dance, Dig, Dive, Draw, Drink, Dunk, Erupt, Explode, Fall, Fly, Hug, Jump, Kick, Laugh, Launch, Leap, Learn, Lick, Listen, Measure, Play, Pull, Push, Read, Relax, Ride, Rip, Shake, Smell, Spin, Spray, Swim, Swing, Throw, Walk, Wave.

Human Body

-      Sing the “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” song.

-      Identify and verbalise various areas of the human body: Head, Shoulders, Knees, Toes, Eyes, Ears, Mouth, Nose, Arm, Elbow, Hand, Leg, Foot.

Greetings / Departing

-      Verbalise and use the following in the correct context and time:

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, Good Night.

Fixed Schedule Kid's Lessons: UPDATE.

We’ve made some adjustments to our fixed schedule kid’s lessons on Thursdays and will now be running 4 classes starting from the 1st of September 2011.

The classes are as follows:

The first is for parents and their children aged 1 to 3 years old.

The second is for kindergarten children aged 3 to 6 years old.

The third is for elementary school children in grades 1 to 3.

The fourth is for elementary school children in grades 4 to 6.

Lesson times and fees for each class are shown below and on our website.

 9月より、毎週木曜日開催の定時スケジュールレッスンのクラスを変更致します。

新規スタート！14:40より30分間親子で行う英会話のクラスを追加しました。

今現在、1組ご契約いただいているので、残り3組！ぜひ体験レッスンを受講ください。

また、以前設定のあった中学生コース、高校生コースを取り消し、その時間を

プライベートの生徒様向けの時間として空けることになりました。

以上、よろしくお願いいたします。

詳しくは下記添付のスケジュール表もしくは、ホームページをご覧ください。

Improving Conversation Ability: “W” Questions

To improve your ability to participate in English conversations it can be very helpful to practice the “W” questions. At Amuse Bilingual Club we focus on teaching 7 “W” questions, which are:

Who

When

What

Which

Where

Why

HoW

If you start a conversation by asking someone what kind of movies they liked and they answer “I like comedies”, you can continue and expand the conversation by asking “W” follow-up questions. For example:

-       Who is your favourite comedy actor?

-       What is your favourite comedy movie?

-       Where do you usually go to watch movies?

-       When did you go to the cinema last to watch a comedy?

-       Which do you like better, romantic comedies or action comedies?

-       Why do you like comedies?

-       HoW often do you watch comedy movies?

It’s also important to listen carefully to the answers of the person you are speaking with, not just because it’s polite, but you need to listen for opportunities to ask more follow up questions to expand the conversation and learn more about the person and/or the conversation topic. For example:

A: What kind of movies do you like?

B: I like comedies.

A: Who is your favourite comedy actor?

B: I really like Jim Carrey.

A: Why do you like Jim Carrey.

B: I like him because he’s so whacky and stupid.

A: What’s your favourite Jim Carrey movie?

B: My favourite movie is ‘Liar Liar’.

A: Which scene is your favourite in Liar Liar? etc.