Lesson 6: Conversation - Food

Sample questions about food

• Are there any foods that you wouldn't eat as a child that you eat now?
• Are you a good cook?
• Are you a vegetarian?
• Are you concerned about your daily calorie intake when choosing something to eat?
• Do you cook? If yes, what food do you cook the most often?
• Do you eat lunch at school every day?
  • How much does lunch usually cost at school?
  • Do you bring your lunch to school?
  • Do you like to eat junk food?
  • Do you like to eat some desserts after dinner?
• • Do you like to eat? Why or why not?
  • Do you often eat out?
  • Do you prefer fish or meat?
  • Do you prefer to eat at a restaurant or at home?
  • Do you prefer your own country's food or other kinds of food?
  • Do you read the nutritional information on the foods you buy?
  • Do you take vitamin pills?
  • How often do you eat fresh fruit?
  • How often do you eat in a restaurant? (How often do you eat out?)
    • Where do you usually go?
    • Who do you usually go with?
    • About how much do you spend?
    • Do you ever go to an Indian restaurant?
  • What did you have for breakfast this morning?
  • What did you have for supper last night?
  • What food do you hate? Why do you hate it?
  • What foods do you hate?
  • What foods do you love?
  • What foods have you tasted which you will never forget for the rest of your life?
  • What fruit do you eat the most often?
  • What have you eaten so far today?
  • What is a typical meal from your country?
  • What is one of your favorite foods?
  • What is the cheapest place to eat that you know?
    • About how much is a meal?
    • Where is it?
    • How often do you go there?
  • What is your favorite dessert?
  • What is your favorite fast food restaurant?

Lesson 5: Elements of a Story

I. Elements of a Story

The 5 Important  Elements of a Story	Definition
Character	A character is a person, or sometimes even an animal, who takes part in the action of a short story or other literary work. Who is in the story?
Setting	The setting of a short story is the time and place in which it happens. Authors often use descriptions of landscape, scenery, buildings, seasons or weather to provide a strong sense of setting. Where does the story take place?
Plot	A plot is a series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict. What happens in the story that helps the characters solve the problem?
Conflict	The conflict is a struggle between two people or things in a short story. The main character is usually on one side of the central conflict. On the other side, the main character may struggle against another important character, against the forces of nature, against society, or even against something inside himself or herself (feelings, emotions, illness). What is it that one or more characters wants to do or wants to happen by the end of the story?
Theme	The theme is the central idea or belief in a short story.

Lesson 4: Conversation - Friends

Instructions: These are sample questions for your conversation about friends. From this set of questions, the tutor will only choose few. Try to answer the questions in a way you are comfortable with. 

• Are there any famous stories of friendship in your culture?
• Can you describe one of your closest friends.
• Do you have any childhood friendships that are still strong today? Tell us about them.
• Do you have any long distance friends?
  • How do you keep in touch with your long-distance friends?
  • How often do you see your long-distance friends?
• Do you think it is a good idea to borrow money from a friend? Why or why not?
• Do you make friends easily?
• Has a friend ever let you down?
• Have you made any friends over the Internet?
  • How often do you write to them?
  • Have you ever met them in person?
• How are your friendships different now than they were when you were a child?
• How do you maintain a good friendship?
• How do you make new friends?
• How many people do you consider your "best friends?"
• Is it common to have friendships across generations?
  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of these types of friendships.
  • Do you have any friends from a different generation than you?
• There is a saying "To have a good friend, you need to be a good friend."
  • How can you be a good friend?
• What do you usually do with your friends?
• What factors may result in the breakdown of a good friendship?
• What is a best friend?
• What is the longest friendship that you have had?
• What makes friends different from family?
• What qualities do you think are important in a friend?
  • What is a friend?
• What things should friends never do?
• Why do you like your best friend?
  • What are some things you like about your best friend?
• Where is a good place to meet new friends?
  • Where is a good place to meet a new boyfriend/girlfriend?
• Do you think it is possible to have a best friend of the opposite sex without becoming a girlfriend or boyfriend?
• Do you think it would be possible for you still be friends with an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend?
• There is a proverb that says, "A friend in need is a friend indeed." Do you agree?
• Do you believe that there is an end to any true friendships?
• Do you believe your parents should be your friends?
• What do you do if you receive a friend's call but you forgot his/her name?
• Friendship is the most important relationship. Do you agree? Why? Why not?
• What do you like best about your best friend(s)?
• What are some ways your best friend has influenced your life in a positive way?
• How close do you get to your friends?
• Why do you need a friend?
• What do you do when you have a misunderstanding with your friend?
• Do you trust all of your friends? Why?
• What is the best time for making new friends?
• What was your best friendship?
  • Are you still friends with him or her?
  • What life lessons did you learn from this relationship?
• What qualities do you appreciate in your friends? What makes someone special or best friend?
• Why are friendships important for you? Do you still maintain friendships from the past?
• How long have you known your best friend? Where did you meet and what did you have in common?
• What are some good opportunities to meet new people?
• How can you get to better know a person?
• What is the relationship between love and friendship?
• Who is the most interesting person you have ever met?
• Do you think famous people are happier than ordinary people? Why?
• What type of people do you get along with best?
• What quality do you admire most in people and which one do you find the most objectionable?
• What behavior of others hurts you most? When you have upset someone by your actions, what do you try to do?
• What do you consider to be your good and bad qualities?
• What qualities help you to have good relationships with others?
• What traits or actions make an interpersonal conflict worse?
• Are relationships among people better or worse than a few years ago? Why? Give some examples.
• Do you think that dysfunctional family life contributes to worsening relationships in society?
• Is getting along with others a natural ability from birth or does it have to be learnt?
• How important is forgiveness in human relationships?
• What are friends for?
• Can you be friends with your student if you are a teacher?
• To what extent can you be friends with your child?
• What was your best friendship? Are you still friends with him or her? What life lessons did you learn from this relationship?
• Do you tell your best friend everything?
• Do you have a close group of friends?
• What do you usually do together
• Is it easy for you to make friends?
• Talk about friends you've made in this country.
• Are you good friends with your family members?
• Do you fight with your friends?
• How often do you talk with your friends?
• What is the difference between friendship and 'kinship' (blood relatives)?
• Do you have different groups of friends who never meet one another?
• *Are you a different 'self' with each group?
• * Do you think these groups would get along if you
• introduced them to one another?
• * Would you want these friends to mix,or do you get
• something different from each set of relationships?
• There is a saying that "to lose a friend you need to start sharing a flat with him/her". Do you agree? Why/Why not?
• What would you do if your best friend, that never betrayed you and you thought your relationship to be brother/sister asked you out on a date?
• Do you think you can find eternal friendships through the internet?
• What is your best friend like?

Lesson 3: International Phonetic Alphabet- Consonants, Vowels, Diphthongs of the English language

Lesson 3: International Phonetic Alphabet:

Consonants, Vowels and Diphthongs of the English language

Sample questions or orders during free talking:

1) What happened in our last session? Narrate it.

2) If there was an assignment, what was it all about?

3) What did you learn from our last session? Name at least 3 things you learned from it. 

4) What do you feel about yourself during the last session? Why?

5) How do you end a conversation in your country?

6) Do you have expressions to show that you are ready for a conversation to end?

I. Pronunciation 

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Figure 2

Figure 3

II. Reading

The North Wind and the Sun

1) The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak.
2) They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other.
3) Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him;and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. 
4) Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak.And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.

Comprehension check:

1) What do you understand from the first sentence?
2) Who are the characters in the story?
3) What did the characters agree on?
4) What was the ending of the story?
5) What do you learn from this story? How can you relate the story to your life?

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_North_Wind_and_the_Sun
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