Day2 : The Lesson

With the computer sound problem resolved, I introduced the students to one of the more interesting interactive websites for learner of English:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

We spent the morning going through the pronunciation section of the BBC website. There is a good flash-based phonetic chart that you can refer to in the BBC site.
I got the students to listen to the various sounds of the phonetic alphabet and got them to practice along. This got their attention and they seem to enjoy this quite a bit. Here is the website’s url:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/chart/chart.shtml


You may want to google for a bunch of multimedia ESL sites so that you can use them for Cambodia. Let me know if you are doing this because I can leave behind the cables for your use. But please make sure you collect them back for me as they cost me a bundle when I had them made.

I can even train one of the students to get them to set up for you! :c) I think they are definitely warming up to me now! So let me know if you will be using the computer!

After the break, I introduced the students to because many of them complained that they do not have anyone to practice their English. So I showed them how Skype can open up a whole world of English speakers to them free of charge is they ever wanted anyone to speak to in English. All they need is a set of headphones with microphone. A number of them are actually quite excited and said that they will try this weekend. Told them to Skype me and have a cyber conversation!

The afternoon session went as well as the morning session as well. We went through Chapter 2 of the In Company book. So Eve, we are on track at one chapter per day.

After the afternoon break, I got the students to read the first chapter of Michael's Kampong Days book. That seemed to be a roaring success. I got the whole class to read out loud and I helped to correct their mis-pronunciation as they go along. They rather enjoyed that!

Hey thanx Shawna and KeeN for leaving the comments! It's really nice to hear from you guys! Shawna, how's the EFNAK thing going? Sorry I'm not there to help.