Publisher's Synopsis
Bring the fun back into your classroom! There are many fun ideas to get literacy and migrant students confident with talking and using conversational English expressions. Also, pronunciation and story narration is free on YouTube, so learners can get the pronunciation at their own pace. It is ideal for helping teachers who are overwhelmed with work and need some fresh and quick ideas. This is an interesting book with a lot of variety and different activities.
"Speak English Like Australians!" stories are on YouTube (search Zoe Lambreas) to help learners of English hear proper Aussie pronunciation. Learn common spoken expressions. This book is 2nd of 4 companion Grammar & Activities Textbooks. It helps learners of English improve their writing, reading, pronunciation and listening in a fun and easy way!
This is an interesting book with a lot of variety and different activities. There are ANSWERS for every exercise in all four of the Grammar & Activities books.
The reading comprehension sections use eight easy-to-read chapters from the novel Speak English like Australians! This easy-to-read novel is helpful to migrants as they will share the experiences in the book. The stories include things about: migration, assimilation, self-identity, racism, intolerance, bullying, sexism, compulsive disorders, cultural misunderstandings and arranged marriages! Listen to stories on YouTube. Learners will relate to the true stories, about the experiences of a migrant family in rural Hamilton, in western Victoria. The stories are easy to relate to and are honest about what can happen to people as they settle into a new country with a different culture and try to learn Aussie English. They stimulate discussions with friends as well as in class.
Also, learners can improve their listening and pronunciation skills by listening to stories read by Aussies and to the pronunciation of the Aussie sounds on YouTube. Then learners can complete extra listening activities and pronunciation exercises in each of the Grammar & Activities Text Books.
These Grammar & Activities Textbooks are rich in knowledge with different exercises to help learners become confident to have conversations with native speakers and to understand slang and idioms too.
The books explain grammar, spelling rules, verb tenses, pronunciation, writing and much more.
There are four Grammar & Activities Textbooks with answers, which you can use alone or with the novel to improve your: reading, listening, spelling, vocabulary, idioms, slang, grammar, verb tenses, conversation, writing, proverbs, phonograms, parts of speech, chants and more!
For more information please go to the following website:
https: //www.speaklikeaustralians.com
