Hey what do y'all think about the vocab."I have an English class today."or"I have English class today.""I have an English class today" only makes sense (to me) if you have more than one type of English class. If you only have one English class then you'd use 'I have English class today' at the risk of sounding ultra-not-correctish. Kind of like the difference between "Today I saw God" and "Today I saw a god". I'm not sure, though. Thoughts?
Quote from: Jrong on March 16, 2012, 02:58:59 pmHey what do y'all think about the vocab."I have an English class today."or"I have English class today.""I have an English class today" only makes sense (to me) if you have more than one type of English class. If you only have one English class then you'd use 'I have English class today' at the risk of sounding ultra-not-correctish. Kind of like the difference between "Today I saw God" and "Today I saw a god". I'm not sure, though. Thoughts?I noticed that too. Personally, I have always said "I have music class today", or "I have math today". Using the article "a" doesn't feel natural to me. It puts me in an ackward position; I want to teach kids natural English, but I know they get tested on the textbook too. I'm thinking I'll teach the textbook structure initially, and explain how I say it further down the lesson.
Here's a short youtube clip on the theme "What Day Is It?". It's a skit by Brak from cartoon planet. It should come with a health warning! (You'll see what I mean when you watch it). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcPSmFhmhJ4I'll be using it for motivation at the beginning of my second lesson on this chapter.Enjoy!
Quote from: jammyb on March 21, 2012, 02:22:15 pmHere's a short youtube clip on the theme "What Day Is It?". It's a skit by Brak from cartoon planet. It should come with a health warning! (You'll see what I mean when you watch it). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcPSmFhmhJ4I'll be using it for motivation at the beginning of my second lesson on this chapter.Enjoy!I LOVE THIS VIDEO!! brak rules. but...why should it come with a health warning? am i missing something?
I LOVE THIS VIDEO!! brak rules. but...why should it come with a health warning? am i missing something?