Eigo Note “I want to go to…”

One of the topics in the Eigo Note that has been giving teachers problems is Lesson 6 “Introduce which country you wish to go to”

Curiously enough Sara has just sent in an update to her “Around the World Trip” game. I think this might make the Eigo Note lesson a lot easier! Instead of abstract things like “I want to go to Italy because it has pasta” the kids can say things like

I want to go to China..
I want to see the Great Wall of China, eat lots of delicious Chinese food and see some pandas.

SHORT CUT LEARNING TIP: When learning a new language, if you learn “I want to…” and “I wanted to…” then you never have to remember any other past tense verbs! For example, suppose you forget how to say the past of “swim”, you just say “I wanted to swim”, or if you forget “ate” you just say “I wanted to eat.” It’s a great tip if you have language exams where you are marked down for making mistakes!

or

A:  What are you going to do this summer?
B:  I’m going to visit Tahiti.
B:  I’m going to go swimming and visit a hot spring.

Another idea is the Create a Country game.

Of course the language is flexible, so do you think this would make the lesson easier to do?

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One Response to “Eigo Note “I want to go to…””

  1. Margit

    I like the idea a lot especially the “past tense trick”. Well, it won’t work in lot of cases, like if you not only wanted to eat something but ate it…but I do think for beginners of English it makes things a lot easier.

    Well, though I do try to cover the Eigo Note’s topics in lots of ways, one lesson I just don’t make any compromises is the “Where are you from” lesson.
    For me, this GE lesson is the key to elementary school English. I do it in 5th grade for my second lesson.

    Many kids here in Japan don’t know the world map, so the motivation to learn English is low.
    Also the Where are you from song is just great for first lessons as it doesn’t need gestures (the kids are in the beginning a bit shy to do those), it has a great melody and rhythm, so they sing along with loud voices right away, and it is easy to use it for competition boys~girls.

    So, I would teach this in 5th grade anyway, and from there I guess it would be easy to go on with Where do you want to go..?!
    (Not caring about NOTE 2 this year)

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