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You can't get a better class size than 1, if you ask me! 2T and I spent our time discussing those knuckleheads in Australia back in 2015 who thought they had made some extraterrestrial contact but it turned out to be a wave pulse from the microwave oven in the observatory's employee kitchen. You might remember that. You can't make stuff up that good! Whew! Anyhow, I found a level-appropriate text. In fact, it was a grounder for him to comprehend. Ah, but lurking within the easy comprehension, new vocabulary lay waiting for their moment to spring! A large portion of the time was spent with the vocabulary. I saw this coming when I selected the article, so I was ready. I had been using longer articles with less complex vocabulary.
Cool moment alert: An opportunity for a Minimal Pair Drill leapt straight up in the air waving it's arms around when 2T declared, "The men from Busan are blonde."
Who knew?
"The men from Busan are blonde," I said?
"Yes. I am not so good at talking very close and friendly," he said.
"Because the men from Busan are blonde," I said?
"Yes," he said, probably thinking me a nitwit.
"Blonde men," I said, :"from Busan?" Still not quite putting the pieces to fit together.
"I'm not quite getting it," I said. Wait, a glimmer of light just at the edge of vision! "Could ya spell blonde for me, please?"
"B-l-u-n-t."
See what I mean? Ya gotta love opportunity on the hoof!
Blonde -on d
Blunt -uh nt
Minimal Pair Drill! It worked EXACTLY as advertised! We perfected both sounds in one drill. Follow the recipe, result guaranteed. Be patient. Do the drill. I am a novice and I hit the ten ring the first time out. It works. I may never cure the problems in the Middle East but tonight there is a man in Korea who will never be blonde again simply because he is from Busan. I'll take that!
The article is here: http://newsineasyenglish.com/2015/06/09/scientists-embarrassed-when-space-mystery-solved/
You can't get a better class size than 1, if you ask me! 2T and I spent our time discussing those knuckleheads in Australia back in 2015 who thought they had made some extraterrestrial contact but it turned out to be a wave pulse from the microwave oven in the observatory's employee kitchen. You might remember that. You can't make stuff up that good! Whew! Anyhow, I found a level-appropriate text. In fact, it was a grounder for him to comprehend. Ah, but lurking within the easy comprehension, new vocabulary lay waiting for their moment to spring! A large portion of the time was spent with the vocabulary. I saw this coming when I selected the article, so I was ready. I had been using longer articles with less complex vocabulary.
Cool moment alert: An opportunity for a Minimal Pair Drill leapt straight up in the air waving it's arms around when 2T declared, "The men from Busan are blonde."
Who knew?
"The men from Busan are blonde," I said?
"Yes. I am not so good at talking very close and friendly," he said.
"Because the men from Busan are blonde," I said?
"Yes," he said, probably thinking me a nitwit.
"Blonde men," I said, :"from Busan?" Still not quite putting the pieces to fit together.
"I'm not quite getting it," I said. Wait, a glimmer of light just at the edge of vision! "Could ya spell blonde for me, please?"
"B-l-u-n-t."
See what I mean? Ya gotta love opportunity on the hoof!
Blonde -on d
Blunt -uh nt
Minimal Pair Drill! It worked EXACTLY as advertised! We perfected both sounds in one drill. Follow the recipe, result guaranteed. Be patient. Do the drill. I am a novice and I hit the ten ring the first time out. It works. I may never cure the problems in the Middle East but tonight there is a man in Korea who will never be blonde again simply because he is from Busan. I'll take that!
The article is here: http://newsineasyenglish.com/2015/06/09/scientists-embarrassed-when-space-mystery-solved/
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