Wednesday, 23 January 2013

ENGLISH IN SITUATIONS (for second language speakers) 1

Test your powers of expression! This is trickier than it looks at first, as you suddenly need to start thinking about different situations and what you would say in each.

Reply leaving your contributions and they will be discussed and suggestions for style improvement and effective usage will be made. Please feel free to use these in classroom situations or adapt them for any other use.

Exercise: Propose as many different types of ... as you know:

1. good wishes
2. invitations
3. advice

Example: propose as many types of congratulations as you know. When would you CONGRATULATE someone? The list would include birthdays, wedding anniversaries, birth of a child, graduation...think of what you would say, and how, on each occasion.


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