Languages in the classroom

Do you speak English? Yes, I do.
Do you speak Japanese? No, I don't.

Does your mother speak Spanish? No, she doesn't.
Does your father speak German? Yes, he does.

Sean's mother speaks Arabic.
Jason's father speaks French.
Katie's parents speak Portuguese.

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Languages at the Drama Club.

Aliette is French but her mother is English so she speaks English and French very well.
Ben is American so he speaks English very well because they speak English in America.
Rob is a British Asian so he speaks English very well. He doesn't speak Hindi but he understands a little.
Sharon is Australian so she speaks English very well because they speak English in Australia.
Everybody speaks English at the Drama Club.

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Questions

What's your name?
How old are you?
Where do you live?
What's your nationality?
Where are you from?
Have you got brothers and sisters?

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Mr Adam's languages.

Mr Adams speaks, writes and reads Spanish. It's important in California because they speak Spanish in California.
He speaks German a little but he doesn't write it.
He speaks French very well and he writes it.
He understands Arabic.
He speaks Italian very well and he loves it.

Mr Adams is a very clever / intelligent policeman because he speaks five languages.
He's a VIP, a Very Important Policeman, or a Very International Policeman.
He's not an interpreter, he's a police officier in San Francisco.

Policeman = UK / police officer = US

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I speak English.

I speak English.
I speak English very well.
Do you? Yes, I do.
And she speaks English too.
Does she? Yes, she does.
She speaks English very well.
And what about you?
Do you speak English too?

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Origins

Are you from the USA? Yes, I am.
                                      No, I'm not.

Mickael is from England, he's English.
Patrick is from Spain, he's Spanish.
Virginia is from Canada, she's Canadian.
Fanny is from Russia, she's Russian.

Where are you from? I'm from Champigny.

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What have you got?

Peter has got a garden, Tony has one too but Paul hasn't.
George and Ronald have got a bike but Daisy hasn't.
Sophie has got a computer, James has one too, everybody has got a computer!

Get some practice with an exercise.
Some more exercises here

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Present perfect

You can revise the present perfect in your book, page 144.

There are some exercises and a lesson on this difficult tense on Miss Bacon's site

You will find another lesson here (if you don't mind ads!)

Don't forget to learn your verbs page 154!

You can practise your irregular verbs here.

Here is a game to help you remember your verbs, you can play with your friends!

Have fun!

Languages

We all speak English a little.
Everybody speaks English a little.

We all speak and understand French very well.
Nobody speaks German at all.

Today it's quite a good day.

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The gangsters

This is Jim Ricotti, he's from New York City so he's American. He's a businessman.
This is Flo Rondo, she's from Chicago so she's American. She's a secretary.

The police open the bag and find dollars!

Jim and Flo are gangsters, they are under arrest.

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Simple Present

You can revise the Simple Present in your workbook pages 14-15.

Here is a lesson and an exercise.
Another one here.

The Willy Ronis Awards 2010

The Willy Ronis Awards reward celebrities for the entirety of their work.
There are 6 categories: sport, cinema and theatre, music, graphic arts (painting and photography), danseand literature.
There will be 6 nominees in each category. Their names will be announced from the 19th November.
The winners will be announced on the 29th November on the Willy Ronis Awards website.

Project files:
Fiche de présentation
Fiche d'évaluation
Fiche de vocabulaire

At the Drama Club

This is Mark Sydney, he is the instructor at the Drama Club.
Aliette Martin is French, her mother is English so she speaks English very well.
Ben Adams is American, so he speaks English very well too.
Rob Shintre is a British Asian so he speaks English very well. He understands Hindi a little but he doesn't speak Hindi.
Sharon Davis is Australian so she speaks English very well.

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Classroom English

1. Sorry I'm late.
2. I have forgotten my homework.
3. I've lost my book. 
4. Can I open the window, please?
5. Can you move please?
6. Be quiet! Don't talk! Stop chatting!
7. Take out your books.
8. Can you write the date on the board?
9. Have you finished?

Nationality

What's your nationality?
I'm French.

Are you American? Yes, I am
                                No, I'm not.

Jerry is Italian. Lisa is English.

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Sue and Billy's likes

Sue's favourite subject is Food Tech.
She doesn't like Miss Spam but she likes French and she likes Maths too. She likes Mr Rambo and Mrs Dubois as well.
Billy doesn't like Miss Spam either. He doesn't like Mr Rose and he doesn't like French.
His favourite subject is IT, he likes Maths and Miss May a little.

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