Edutainment – Bouteiller’s English Teaching in Hong Kong


France 2007: Les Fatals Picards – L’amour a la francaise
July 24, 2009, 12:05 am
Filed under: * Poems & Songs - Music *, Elect 2 - Environment

Take a tour of Paris with this funny French guy?! (He’ll show you how to run on poo-poo in Paris! :-P )

By the way, he’s singing in French and English. See how much you can get from this song.

Check it out:



‘Plan for change’ Ad

His voice and pronunciation is clear. Can you get all that he said? What is the objective of his speech here? What is his conclusion by the end of his speech? Check it out:



Valencia!

I miss Valencia! Check it out:



Lisbon!

Imagine spending your summer in Lisbon?! Gorgeous!



Symptoms of swine flu



The Suite Life on Deck – Splash and trash

They have cool lines. (lines=dialogues) :-D



Easter Holiday Assignments

Dear students

Another holiday, another assignment series. Happy Easter!

Both S1 & S2

1. Reflective Writing

Comprehension -Slow down and enjoy life more; Learn to appreciate, don’t be envious

Print or copy the above passages and questions onto your reflective writing book, passages and questions on the left and about 150-200-word personal reflection on the right.

2. Notebook

S1 & S2 Vocabulary Dictation

Write or type the i) part of speech; ii) IPA; iii) English definition; iv) example sentence of each of the vocabulary onto your notebook.

You are encouraged to share the workload among 4 students. Say each of you is responsible for one column. Thereafter, you can either print or write them on your notebook. This could make your life easier. :-)

Recommended link of online dictionary: www.dictionary.cambridge.org

3. Test Correction on your ‘Checkbook’

Do your test again on your ‘checkbook’ excluding the sections of verb table and proofreading. Write the answers only. Skip lines!

4. Longman Elect

Read and complete the exercises from p.68 to p.73.

One more for S2

5. Sentence making worksheets

Make your sentences using the content of either local or global news. Try to stay close the topic of environment as this is the next Elect topic in the second term. Here are some useful links:

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/

http://www.time.com/

Let’s have a fruitful Easter holiday!

Cheers

Madame Bouteiller



Open Air Hong Kong!
February 27, 2009, 9:23 am
Filed under: 2008-09 S1D, 2008-09 S2AC, Elect 2 - Environment

Bored of the crowded city life at weekends sometimes?

How about living a cosmopolitan lifestyle - more space & more artistic elements?

Click onto www.openairhk.com to discover another side of Hong Kong!



Off the rail

Everyone has taken a train or MTR before. What do you do after you get off the train? This video is not just about taking the train and getting off from it. Let’s see how much can you get from it.

It shows some people’s life when they are off the rail. In other words, what does that mean? Any metaphors here?



Human Rights Day (December 10)

Words speak. Action speaks louder than words. There are some good phrases to learn in this video. Check it out: