word list for Steve's podcast
Content Studied : Hot stove I, part II
Word List
| belabor | But the reality is, I mean, not to belabor the point, but the learners have to learn on their own, pick stuff they're interested in, and work hard. |
| proficient | And I think what is unique about our system is that we make it easy for the learner to explore the language, to explore things that interest the learner, and then gradually train themselves to become proficient in the language. |
| imposition | That is not to say that I don't have sympathy or solidarity for the people who have suffered in south Asia, but just, to connect that with my language learning is an imposition by the teacher. |
| solidarity | That is not to say that I don't have sympathy or solidarity for the people who have suffered in south Asia, but just, to connect that with my language learning is an imposition by the teacher. |
| connotation | And they have to try to control the delivery. |
| rummaging | So then I have to go rummaging through my supply of old screws to find screws that I could actually use. |
| bland | And they have a, I think an attractive style which this sort of light Scandinavian, functional, not overly minimalist, and yet not completely bland. |
| Scandinavian | And they have a, I think an attractive style which this sort of light Scandinavian, functional, not overly minimalist, and yet not completely bland. |
Phrase List:
| belabor the point | But the reality is, I mean, not to belabor the point, but the learners have to learn on their own, pick stuff they're interested in, and work hard. |
| putting forward | And, I was on a blog the other day where they were talking about language learning and a lot of teachers were putting forward their examples of what they had done to make the class lively and interesting and one teacher said that she had instructed her students to go on the internet and find articles about the recent tragic earthquake in south Asia to study. |
| going together | It was going together great, and it was sort of almost like the last thing I had to do were these, the little rails that the drawer slides in and out on, and you talked about before the little centimeter long screw that had to fit in the right spot, so I had, there was one screw that the thing that, the hole that it screwed into in this bracket, uh, for some reason it just didn't fit, like it just wouldn't stay in. |
Comments
Thanks Shashi,
It is Friday afternoon here now, so Jill and I will get onto this list next week. Have a nice weekend.
Hi Shashi,
I am looking forward to this podcast since I studied the content :D
Hi Shashi,
It is good for you to put your vocaburaly list. Just like Yukiko, I have also studied this content so I am looking forward to the podcast which Steve and Jill will talk about.