Today was the last day of class and I already miss everyone! To end the class, we reviewed adjectives, comparisons, and superlatives. Then, we said ended our class with a last game of greetings and goodbyes. 

I hope you will all continue your English language journey (I saw so much progress these last few months)! I hope I can visit you in DR someday. Thank you for being a wondereful class. ❤️

With only two classes left, we are continuing our review of English grammar and vocabulary that we learned these last few months. 

We practiced the final verb tense we learned which is the simple future with “will.” Then, we reviewed common WH Questions. Finally, just for fun, we played a Name 3 game to test your vocabulary and a game to celebrate Earth Day which was earlier this week.

Don’t forget, next Wednesday, May 1st is the last day of class. I hope to see everyone there so we can say goodbye!

We have covered simple past tense, simple present and simple future tense. Today, we worked on the Present Perfect Tense (Have you seen the baseball game? I have been to the Dominican Republic). 

Watch the videos on Present Perfect Tense and how is it different from the simple past tense. Then practice with these three different games on Baamboozled: Positive and Negative Sentences, Questions with Present Perfect, and Present Perfect or Simple Past?

Homework: Read Unit 4, "I want a chocolate bar!" in English Made Easy, Volume 2 (pages 34 - 43).

Thank you Paula and Sahilys for the interesting lesson on Dominican culture! I enjoyed learning more about your family and your jobs. I definitely have to watch some of the films of our residence celebrity!

We also had some time to cover some tricky and difficult grammar concepts such as quantifiers and phrasal verbs.

Quantifiers help us answer questions about “how much” and “how many”. To learn about quantifiers take the following steps:

1. Watch the video on articles (a/an/the) and countable and non-count. Then, practice by playing the fill in the blank game.

2. Watch the video on quantifiers “some” versus “any”. Then practice with a fun game.

3. Watch the video on quantifiers “a lot”, “many”, and “much”. Then practice with all the different quantifiers you just learned.

Homework: Read Unit 3, “It’s a goal!” in English Made Easy, Volume 2 (pages 26 - 33).

• Today we worked on adverbs of frequency. It answers questions about HOW OFTEN we do something. Watch the video for the grammar lesson, then play the games on Baamboozle to practice your vocabulary, correct the grammar, and answer “How often” questions.

Homework: Read Unit 2: "Let's Check the Flight Number Again" from English Made Easy, Volume 2 (pages 16 - 25).

Welcome back from Easter break! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday with family and friends. Today, we reviewed Quiz 2 and were introduced to a new book, English Made Easy, Volume 2. Unit 1 focuses on Phrasal Verbs which are verbs + prepositions (ex. go out, catch up..) used most often in everyday speech. It is an informal way of speaking and what you would most likely hear if you are visiting the U.S.A. 

• Watch the video explaining common phrasal verbs

• Download the Phrasal Verb worksheet (click on image)

• Play Baamboozle Game 1 and Game 2 to practice

• Complete the listening task with the song “Mad House.”

• Listen to a playlist on Spotify with English songs that use phrasal verbs.

Homework: Read Unit: "Here's a Letter for You" from English Made Easy, Volume 2 (pages 6 - 15)

No class for Easter holiday! Have a wonderful vacation and see you back in class on Wednesday, April 3rd.

Thank you to those who attended today's quiz. You will get the results next week and we will review the answers after everyone has completed their quiz.

If you missed the quiz today, please try to come to Group 1's class on Monday, March 25 to complete the makeup exam. 

Don't forget, next week is a holiday, so there is no class on Wednesday, March 27 and Friday, March 29. Enjoy your long weekend!

Today we reviewed Units 11 - 20 to help prepare for your next quiz on Friday, March 22nd. You can find the review materials on Padlet. I also recommend completing the exercises from Unit 15: Revision and Extension and Unit 20: Revision and Extension from English Made Easy, Volume 1. 

Similar to your last quiz, the second quiz will be open book quiz on Google Forms. When you are finished with the quiz, you can log off Google Meet. Please make sure to attend the quiz because there is no class next week (March 27 and March 29) due to the Easter holiday. Good luck on Friday!

Unit 18 focused on telling time and Unit 19 was about asking for permission. We also learned a few tongue twisters that will help you with your English pronunciation. Finally, we reviewed some WH Questions that are great for small talk conversations.

Next Wednesday, we will review Units 11 - 20 to prepare for the second quiz on Friday, March 22nd.

Unit 17, “They’re working in the garden” focuses on the present progressive tense, also known as the present continuous. We focused on creating sentences in the affirmative, negative, and also questions using verbs with -ing. If you missed class, you can review the Google Doc worksheet today which includes links to videos and games.

Unit 16, “She Bought a Cake” focuses on different verb tenses. Therefore, in class we first reviewed the simple present tense. Then, we learned about the simple past and simple future tense. If you missed class, you can review the Google Doc worksheet today which contains all the links to all the videos we watched and games we played.

Unit 14, “It’s the second street on the left” continued with more practice on how to ask and give directions. To practice giving directions we:

• Watched a couple of YouTube videos: Video 1 and Video 2

• Played a couple of games: multiple choice and true/false

• Completed a listening task. You can find the complete worksheet for more exercises from The British Council’s website.

• Practiced reading with a walking tour of Santo Domingo

Homework: Unit 15 Revision and Extension from English Made Easy, Volume 1. Read and complete the exercises on page 132 - 141. 

Today we worked on WH-Questions: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How (Unit 13). You can watch the video introduction to WH-Questions on YouTube and play these games on Baamboozle for extra practice. 

• WH-Questions Multiple Choice

• WH-Questions

• WH-Questions with Peppa Pig

Have a wonderful weekend.

We continued working on prepositions on the Unit 12 Padlet. Download the worksheet from Padlet to practice your listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Homework: Please complete the Post task response and upload your answer before the next class. Enjoy the rest of your week!

The quiz results are in and congratulations to Aurora for getting the highest score! Bravo! We reviewed the answers today and hopefully this will help you understand any mistakes.

We will start a new grammar focus next Wednesday, prepositions. Unit 12 Padlet contains grammar, vocabulary, and links to music while Unit 12 Worksheet has reading, listening, speaking, and writing tasks. Read and skim the Padlet and Worksheet to prepare for next week's class.

Congratulations to the students who completed their first quiz today. Everyone did a great job. We will review the answers in the next class. 

If you missed the quiz, you must do a make-up quiz in the next class. A new link will be provided to you.

Hooray! We have reviewed the first ten units from English Made Easy, Volume 1. 

To review what we learned, you will take a quiz in class for Units 1 - 10 next Wednesday, February 21st. You must complete all class quizzes and the final exam to complete the course.

Quizzes and exams are all open-book. This means you can use your notes, your dictionary, your book, online sources, and previous activities to answer the questions. However, you may not ask another student or any other person to help you with the answers. You must answer the questions yourself.

Quizzes and exams are only taken during class time. This means that the link is only available to you while you are logged into Google Meet. You have the entire class time to finish the exam. When you are finished, you can log off of Google Meet.

We will review your quiz when everyone has completed the exam.

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¡Hurra! Hemos repasado las primeras diez unidades de English Made Easy, Volumen 1.

Para repasar lo que aprendimos, realizarás una prueba en clase para las Unidades 1 a 10 el próximo miércoles 21 de febrero. Debe completar todas las pruebas de la clase y el examen final para completar el curso.

Las pruebas y los exámenes son todos a libro abierto. Esto significa que puedes usar tus notas, tu diccionario, tu libro, fuentes en línea y actividades previas para responder las preguntas. Sin embargo, no puedes pedirle a otro estudiante ni a ninguna otra persona que te ayude con las respuestas. Debes responder las preguntas tú mismo.

Las pruebas y exámenes sólo se realizan durante el horario de clase. Esto significa que el enlace solo estará disponible para usted mientras esté conectado a Google Meet. Tienes todo el tiempo de clase para terminar el examen. Cuando haya terminado, puede cerrar sesión en Google Meet.

Revisaremos su prueba la próxima semana cuando todos hayan completado el examen.

Happy Valentine’s Day! In the U.S. we celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14th. I just loved how everyone in class wore red today. ♥️

Today’s class we worked on listening tasks. We learned about vocabulary and practices that surround this day of love. You can find all the games, exercises, and videos on the Google doc, “Valentine Listening Tasks.”

We continued with more practice on adjectives and their superlatives and comparatives. You can find our class activities on the Unit 9 Padlet.

Then, we played a Baamboozle game to review body parts from Unit 11 from English Made Easy, Volume 1.

Finally, we ended with an introduction to prepositions which we will continue next week. You can play the Baamboozle game at home for more practice.

Homework: English Made Easy Volume 1 Due on Wednesday, February 14th.

• Read and complete the exercises from Unit 10 in English Made Easy, Volume 1 (pp. 82 - 91)

We started Unit 9 from English Made Easy, Volume 1 and was introduced to comparatives and superlatives.

You can find all the videos, games, exercises, and grammar lessons we covered in class on the Unit 9 Padlet. 

Homework: English Made Easy Volume 1 Due on Friday, February 9th.

• Watch the video posted in "Conversation in context."

• Complete the "Comparatives and Superlatives Worksheet".

Today we reviewed Units 6 and 8 from English Made Easy, Volume 1. 

We played several games on Baamboozle to review the vocabulary from Unit 6 (food and drinks), Unit 8 (nationalities/countries and dates), and Unit 8 (money).

We did more practice with adjectives and the very important "to be" and "to have" verbs. You can find this on the Unit 4 Padlet.

Have a wonderful weekend and keep practicing your English with the American English at State videos. You can watch them on YouTube.

Today we reviewed Units 3 and 4 from English Made Easy, Volume 1. 

We played Baamboozle to review the vocabulary from Unit 3 (professions) and completed two Padlet tasks. The first Padlet task for Unit 3 asked you to write about your job. The second Padlet task for Unit 4 asked you to describe the weather, a place, and people/animals. 

In the next class, we will practice more adjectives and verbs.

Thank you Aurora and Sahilys for the wonderful company today. I was so happy to learn more about your jobs, especially about the thousands of scholarships you will give to Dominicans to study STEM overseas. I look forward to seeing you next week and hearing about your long weekend.

Homework: English Made Easy Volume 1 Due on Wednesday, January 31st.

• Complete Unit 5 Revision and Extension pages 38 - 47

Thanks for the great class today. We reviewed Units 1 and 2 from English Made Easy, Volume 1. 

Today, we played Baamboozle, a game that reviews some vocabulary from Unit 1 and Unit 2. Click on the link to study the flashcards.

We also did a task that introduced your family. You can find the English corrections on Padlet in the comments.

Welcome to Basic English II. I can't wait to meet everyone, discover your goals for the course, and learn about the Dominican Republic culture over the next 16 weeks. 

For the first week, we will just have introductions and play some ice breaking games to get to know each other. 

Don't hesitate to contact me via WhatsApp (+33 6 82 74 59 63) or email (jessyinglee@gmail.com) if you have any questions or recommendations for the course. You can find my information on the "People" page.