Thursday, November 19, 2009

English Pronunciation Video: The "TH" Sound  

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Watch this video about the "th" sound pronunciation!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Verbs: "to do" and "to like" - (Simple Past )  

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Hello, everyone!
Today in class we learned some verbs in the simple past tense form. Here is a review of the verbs from today: 

     1. VERB: "to do"   

  • Tense: simple past
  • Form:  irregular verb
      ____present_tense___simple_past____                                            
         I             do                                ---->"I did homework."     
        You          do                  did  ---->"You did homework." 
        He/She     does                     ---->"He/She did homework." 
        They         do                               ---->"They did homework."   
        We           do                               ---->"We did homework." 


              Answer the question: "What did you do yesterday?"
                  Example: "I did the laundry."


             2. VERB: "to like"
        • Tense: simple past
        • Form: regular [VERB+ed]
          ____present_tense____simple_past____                                                 
              I           like                                 ---->"I liked the movie."     
             You        like                 liked   ---->"You liked the movie." 
             He/She   likes                         ---->"He/She liked the movie." 
             They       like                                  ---->"They liked the movie."   
             We         like                                  ---->"We liked the movie." 


                  Answer the question: "What did you like as a child?"

                      Example: "I liked Chinese food."

              Tuesday, November 17, 2009

              Introduction to ESL Lifeskills  

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              Hello!
              My name is Domingo Payne, and I'm an instructor who teaches at Gavilan College, in Gilroy, California. This is the first message on the blog I'm calling, ESL Lifeskills. This blog is going to be about the ESL classes I teach also called "ESL Lifeskills". The classes are free for the community, and offered as a series of survival English classes for students with very little oral or written English competency. This blog will contain supplemental lessons and instructions to those that I teach in my ESL classes. For students of mine, hopefully you will find this blog very useful for your English language studies at home. If you can read this post in English, you're doing very well! If your a visiting friend, enjoy the site, leave any comments, suggestions, or questions you may have, and feel free to check out some of my other sites.
              Until next time!