Note: Clauses that modify nouns are called relative clauses, as in “The man who I told you about is at the door” (“who I told you about”, the relative clause, describes the subject “man” in the sentence (“The man... is at the door”). Every language has ways which express that which is expressed by relative clauses in English. Mastering that aspect of language will greatly increase you speaking flexibility because it enables you to focus on specific people or objects. If relative clauses are simple and straightforward in your language, they will be a snap to learn. Even if they are somewhat complicated, it shouldn’t be too hard to learn to understand them when you hear them. Props -
Picture book LAP Sketches. Sketch some occupations: teacher, student, doctor, nurse, dentist, secretary. Get 2 singular and 2 plural pronoun cards: I, he, we, they. Get the tense cards. From Step 15 get 4 relatives (father, mother, brother, sister). Sketch the maps of some countries (e.g., U.S., Canada, England, Australia, your host country…).
Sessions with LH 1. TPR with picture book. “Give two pencils to the girl who is standing” (you put two pencils on the picture of a standing girl). Have your LH make statements or ask questions about various pictures to which you respond appropriately: “Here is a man who is bicycling” or “Where is the man who is bicycling?” “Where is the ball which the child is kicking?” “Where is the tree which the boy is standing under?” 2. Telling Jokes (see p. 17). 3. LAP. “She is/was a nurse from Canada”, etc. Out and About -
What do people believe about the supernatural? How is the cosmos structured? How did it come into being? What types of spirits are there? Get as many names as you can and classify them in terms of importance, character, function and other pertinent categories. How do spirits help people? How are they offended? How do they punish people for offenses? What determines where souls go after death? What magic or sorcery is believed in? What forms do these take? How effective are they? Can spirits be manipulated or tricked, discarded or changed?
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Conditionals Purpose, reasons Children
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