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[real2104]

Hello,

I am teaching conversational english to recent migrants of Australia (my country) there english is beginner mostly, and intermediate at best.

It's part-time volunteer work and my job is to help them learn practical conversational English.

Unfortunately the place I teach lack the resources (ie, textbooks) that I need to teach.

So can someone please give me some websites that has a long list of everday english phrases. (Or anything else that would help.)

Such as: Hello, how are you? (Good thanks, and you?)
I am going out now.
Can you please tell me where train station is?
Which way to the bank?
The time is 3.30pm.
I had a good day at work today.
I have 3 children, 2 daughters and one son.

And so on....

Please post links to website that are helpful.
I don't mind purchasing a textbook, so feel free to suggest a textbook.

Would really appreciate some help. Thanks.

[Anda]

http://literacyconnections.com/Dolch1.html


http://www.fcboe.org/schoolhp/shes/sight_words.htm


1000 Most Common Nouns in English in Alphabetical Order with ...Page 1 of a list of the 1000 most often used words in English in ... These most common nouns include an example sentence to help students learn. ...

http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/bl1000_list_noun1.htm



http://www.ntu.edu.sg/cee/sge/Grammar/Sentence/sentence.htm


http://www.topics-mag.com/

Here are the Dolch words. These are the words that you need to teach. You have to teach your students how to make sentences from these words not how to remember a few sentences!


Pre-primer
a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you


Primer
all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes


1st Grade
after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, giving, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when


2nd Grade
always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don't, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your


3rd Grade
about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm


Nouns
apple, baby, back, ball, bear, bed, bell, bird, birthday, boat, box, boy, bread, brother, cake, car, cat, chair, chicken, children, Christmas, coat, corn, cow, day, dog, doll, door, duck, egg, eye, farm, farmer, father, feet, fire, fish, floor, flower, game, garden, girl, good-bye, grass, ground, hand, head, hill, home, horse, house, kitty, leg, letter, man, men, milk, money, morning, mother, name, nest, night, paper, party, picture, pig, rabbit, rain, ring, robin, Santa Claus, school, seed, sheep, shoe, sister, snow, song, squirrel, stick, street, water, way, wind, window, wood

[Tarheel 13]

that you're a great girl. I've been watching this Forum and posting a bit, and I've always been impressed by your kindness and overall mature understandings. Just thought I'd let you know. Be well.

[Henry_Cowell]

Anda is a terrific girl indeed!

[tw]

www.eslgold.net/speaking/phrases.html

[Tarheel 13]

Is she Canadian? That would explain it.
Hmm...I'm Canadian, too, although I call North Carolina home these days. Soon to call Wuhan home. Nice forum.

Heh, TW, you're a find lad as well.

Be well, ya'll.

[Anda]

My Avatar is pleasent on the eye huh? I on the onther hand am not so young or for that matter a lady. Try an old guy from the land of Oz down under!

If a search is done using the words "Basic English" then more material will be found on teaching English to beginers!

[naturegirl321]

[Anda]

It's kind of funny as one chap was posting all the time on my threads with an Avatar of an old man that appeared mental. So seeing such a depressing Avatar made me search on the Net for something nice and I came up with the lady I have.


Firefox has an Image site with unlimited images of the right size for here on Dave's!

[Tarheel 13]

Well, Anda, I take it all back. However, you're a pretty friendly and helpful chap on this forum, IMO.

[HunanForeignGuy]

[Tarheel 13]

HFG: And you, too, could be an Anda, if your weren't (1) toujours critical, and (2) mucho smuggy. As Hemingway was prone to say, "it's in the tone."

[real2104]

Thanks a lot for helping guys/girls.

Especially Anda and his misleading avatar. XD

[william wallace]

So Anda or TW is a gal ?

[Serious_Fun]