English for slow business

About the film In 2002 Real Women Have Curves received several international awards, such as a reward at the Sundance Festival and at the film festival of San Sebastián. The film lasts 83 minutes and has been approved for general audience. English is spoken in the film, with occasional scenes in Spanish. The film is available on a DVD, either with English subtitles when the protagonists speak Spanish, or with Spanish subtitles for the English text.   Pre-viewing activities  Ana is a first generation Mexican-American teenager. She lives in Los Angeles and has just graduated from high school. a) Make a list containing possible positive and negative aspects of her life in the American society (her dreams, fears, every day life, future, family...). b) Compare your list with that of another group. Pictures.  - Imagine what the film will be about and

HOW and WHEN to use THERE IS  or THERE  ARE. 1. Have a look at  the video 2. Now practice doing the following exercises. There is / there are EXERCISES 3. SOME or ANY? Have a look.  4. Now have a look at this video to learn how to use HOW MUCH and HOW MANY. Exercise 1 More exercises Differences of use in MANY  /  MUCH  and   A LOT OF LISTENING AND VOCABULARY.   LET'S GO SHOPPING ENGLISH FOR CARERS  Managing confusion.

READING.    Vocabulary.    to make an appointment.                                  do the shopping        disabled                                                                    do the cleaning council money                                                         to care for                                                            carer                                                                           the food is off sick / ill                                                                      to be up all night      My dad is 73, severely disabled and terminally ill. The council gives him an amount of money  for 21 hours care a week. He uses that money to employ a carer. She comes in the week when I am working and I care for him at the weekends.       There are a number of problems. She has arthritis so she can't do any substantial cleaning or shopping which I do at the weekend. Another problem is that  her English isn't very good. As a consequence I als