Resources for
English Language Teachers in China
Summer English Program at Yingtan, Jiangxi Province
July 12 - July 31, 2009

Sponsored by the Amity Foundation and Yingtan Municipal Education Bureau
 

Welcome to the web site for teachers attending the 2009 Summer English Program at Yingtan, Jiangxi Province. Below you will find files from our presentations during the My Country and Yours lectures and other related presentations and material. We will be adding to these during the SEP program as  presentations are given. Download anything you wish; they are there for you to use in your teaching.

The .ppt files are Powerpoint 2003 files; the .doc files are Word 2003 files.  These programs are part of Microsoft Office. If you don't have Microsoft Office, you could use Open Office, a freeware program compatible with Office files. Open Office can be downloaded from www.openoffice.org

We hope you find this website useful. If you have requests for material to add, or comments concerning this web site, please send them to Gil.

Gil
webmaster

My Country and Yours presentations, taught by Gil and Nancy
Introduction (.ppt file, 2 MB)
Holidays in America (.ppt file, 700 KB)
Family Celebrations (.ppt file, 900 KB)
National Parks in the Western U.S. (.ppt file, 2.7 MB)
New York City (.ppt file, 4.3 MB)
Great Teacher Swap (.ppt file, 1.8 MB)
Religion in America (.ppt file, 200 KB)
Natural Disasters (.ppt file, 2 MB)
United States Government (.ppt file, 800 KB), Presidential Inauguration (.flv file, 20 MB). You will need a flv player to watch the presidential inauguration video clip. You can download a freeware FLV Player.
The Founding of the Nation (.ppt file, 800 KB)
Westward Expansion (.ppt file, 1.5 MB)
A Nation of Immigrants (.ppt file, 0.5 MB)
Famous Americans (.ppt file, 0.5 MB)

Gil and Nancy's English Corner
#1 Introducing yourselves (.ppt file, 700 KB)
#2 Tongue twisters, Write a short story, Find someone who (.ppt file, 130 KB)
#3 Songs, True or false?, Complete the word (.ppt file, 130 KB)
#5 Food fill-in, Restaurant menu ordering, Songs (.ppt file, 240 KB)

Daily Life
Restaurant Menu (.doc file, 25 KB)

People and Relationships
Wedding Roles Handout (.doc file, 30 KB)
Marriage Ceremony (.doc file, 26 KB)
Life Cycle Spending (.doc file, 43 KB)

Songs
Linda's Songs (.ppt file, 2 MB)
Holiday Songs (.ppt file, 600 KB)

Miscellaneous
Amity Slide Show (.ppt file, 21 MB), given by Linda in both English Corners
Tongue Twisters 2008 (.doc file, 30 KB)

Links to Other Websites
Phonetics   This is a link to a website at the University of Iowa. The website has animated diagrams for each vowel and consonant in the English language. It also has sound files so you can hear each sound, both separately and in example words. Recommended by Sandy.

Simple Wikipedia   Simple Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia designed for children and adults learning the English language. Its explanations are simpler, and use simpler English, than the normal Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Recommended by Bob.

E-mail addresses for the American teachers
Please put SEP in the subject line of your e-mail message so we know the message is from a teacher in the SEP program.
Bob        BobJonesPE@aol.com
Gil          gaemmert@wisc.edu
Linda      LMintener@aol.com
Nancy    nancy_emmert@sbcglobal.net
Sandy    sneundor@gmail.com    

Solar Eclipse Photos

Map showing the path of the eclipse.

Two photos of the eclipse in Yingtan; they were taken by Gil from his classroom. The sun was behind clouds, dimming it so that the eclipse could be photographed.