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A second lesson with two new pre-intermediate
(A2) students (I usually put my private students in pairs). In the first
lesson we read three stories about immigrants (from Innovations
Pre-Intermediate) and underlined useful bits of language (I hadn't introduced
the word "chunk" yet). For our second lesson they were asked to prepare a short talk about
their lives using as much "useful language" as they could – no
writing! They did a pretty good job and successfully integrated some chunks into
their stories:
Back home…
When I came over here…
I didn't have enough money
To support my family