Weather/weekend (materials in phonetics)

Listen to these poems, choose one and learn it by heart imitating the speaker's intonation:

Summer Sun by R.L.Stevenson or here and the poem.
The Wind by R.L.Stevenson or another link to mp3 and the text.
Daffodils  by  W.Wordsworth.
The Rainy Day by H.W. Longfellow or this version. (NEC p. 124)
Snowflakes by H.W. Longfellow. (NEC p. 124)

                                         

retrieved from:

http://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/nature-travel/why-do-we-have-seasons   

Linking:

• linking /w/
• linking /j/
• linking /j/ and /w/ together
• linking /r/ 
• Consonant-vowel linking (practice it).

Recording of the dialogues p. 116 ex.3.
Dialogue (free time).
NEC p. 156 ex. 32.

Weather /weekend

                                                                                Materials on the topic WEATHER are here. 

Watch this video about British weather and do online tasks.

Do these online exercises to find out more about weather forecasts: activities 1 - 3 http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-16/session-1

The Rainy Day by H.W. Longfellow or this version.
The Months by S. Coleridge.
Rain in Summer by H.W.Longfellow.
Snowflakes by H.W. Longfellow.

Materials on the topic FREE TIME are here.
Videos Literature is Great (parts 1 and 2).
Video Creativity is Great (part 1).
Video Sport is Great (both parts).
Video about Extreme Sports.

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