Can you remember the trauma of going back to school? Or perhaps going to school for the first time? What were you excited about? What were you fearful of?
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This week we consider a child's education in Canada. How different is it from your childhood experience?
Here are your tasks:- Listening: A Day at School
- What words or phrases were hard to understand at first?
- What surprising pronunciation rules did you discover?
- Vocabulary: Naming Kids
- What new words did you learn?
- What new ways can you use those new words in?
- Role Play: Types of Students
- What new meaning and pronunciation items did you learn?
- What do your partners say when you check your reading with them?
- How did your Audioboom.com recording with your partner go? What about your classmates'?
1. A Day at School
1. words: cafeteria
2. surprising pronunciation rules: Japanese pronunce letter "r" as "l".
1. How does Joshua go to school in Japan? C
A. He takes a school bus every morning
B. He rides the subway at 8:00 AM.
C. He walks with a group of students.
2. Which item did Joshua NOT mention when talking about the things he takes to school? C
A. backpack
B. gym clothes
C. school hat
3. What is one of the first things Joshua does when he arrives at school? B
A. He practices his reading and writing.
B. He stands and bows to the teacher.
C. He puts on his gym clothes for class.
4. Where does Joshua eat lunch at school? A
A. in his classroom
B. in the lunchroom
C. in the gymnasium
5. What time does Joshua probably get home from school most days? B
A. between 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM
B. between 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM
C. between 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM
Text Completion
A. He takes a school bus every morning
B. He rides the subway at 8:00 AM.
C. He walks with a group of students.
2. Which item did Joshua NOT mention when talking about the things he takes to school? C
A. backpack
B. gym clothes
C. school hat
3. What is one of the first things Joshua does when he arrives at school? B
A. He practices his reading and writing.
B. He stands and bows to the teacher.
C. He puts on his gym clothes for class.
4. Where does Joshua eat lunch at school? A
A. in his classroom
B. in the lunchroom
C. in the gymnasium
5. What time does Joshua probably get home from school most days? B
A. between 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM
B. between 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM
C. between 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM
Randall: Hello. Today I'm interviewing Joshua on his (1)experiences going to a Japanese school. Now Joshua, what time do you go to (2)school?
Joshua: Eight O'clock.
Randall: Eight O'clock. And do you (3)go by yourself, or on a school bus?
Randall: Eight O'clock. And do you (3)go by yourself, or on a school bus?
Joshua: No, I have a group that goes with me.
Randall: So you go with a group?
Joshua: (4)Uh-huh.
Randall: So you go with a group?
Joshua: (4)Uh-huh.
Randall: Now what (5)kinds of things do you take to school?
Joshua: I take my taiso fuku, that is gym clothes, and I take my backpack and my books [Oh, okay] and (6)stuff like that.
2. Naming Kids
1. new words: tease / to appease / alliterative / alternate
2. sentences
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