Insurance 2 : Automobiles

Watch the video. In class this week we will explore automotive (car) insurance and what do if you have an accident -- or if someone damages your car.

Questions

What do you have to do when you have an accident?

What do the drivers exchange?

Does car registration cover the driver for the damage she caused to the other driver's car?

What does Compulsory Third Party (CTP) Insurance cover? What doesn't it cover?
What does the lawyer tell Maryam about paying?

What is Third Party Property (TPP) insurance? What does it cover? What doesn't it cover?

What does Comprehensive Insurance cover?

Role Play / Writing

Let's act out the accident situation above.

A. Write a similar dialogue with a friend.

B. Record your dialogue at Dale's TalkGroups in the discussion, A Minor Car Accident (voxopop.com)

Spelling/Vocabulary ( Week 1 and 2 combined)

insurance / registration / cover / third party / comprehensive / compulsory / property / policy / premiums / excess / accident / damage / police /

Dictation - An Accident

1) Download and print the fold / write / check worksheet from here

2) Listen to the dictation A Car Accident. Complete the dictation.

3) Add words you had trouble with your spelling / vocabulary book


WRITING - An Accident

Write (or make up) a page about a minor car accident. Draft the copy. Send it to me by email and I will try and get it back to you as soon as possible so you can write a final copy.

Submit the final copy to me in class (or email it to me again)


GAME : WORDO

In class we played WORDO (like Bingo) with Common Dolch Words

Here is the grid for you to play at home.

1) Print out the grid and get players to write out the words in any order
2) Make some cards of those words. Use some other lists from your spelling / vocab book if you like..
3) Get someone to call out the words. Cross off each word as you hear it.
4) When you get a straight line of words (vertically or horizontally) call out "WORDO!"

Play the game with other members of your family!

SELF STUDY

Complete these chapters from your text books ...

English Grammar in Use (Murphy)  ... Unit 42 : He is supposed to / Unit 97 -ing and -ed relative clauses : The boy inured in the accident

Advanced English Vocabulary in Use (McCarthy) ... Unit 30 : On the Road - Traffic and Driving

We will correct one exercise from each next class ... you correct the remaining answers using the ANSWER KEY at the back of the book


READING FOR FUN - AESOPS FABLES

In last week we looked at some English Sayings. This week we read a Fable - The Dove and the Ant

Read some other fables here.

VOCABULARY GUIDE - CARS

Test your vocabulary about cars - inside and out - (pdfs from www.virtuallanaguageschool.com)


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Insurance 1 : Home and Contents

Using an online calculator (aami.com.au)

Click here or on the image to calculate your home and contents insurance.

(Note: please DO NOT submit or buy any insurance from this site - I take no responsibility if you do - the use of the calculator is for study purposes only)




In class this week we started studying insurance. How much do you pay for home insurance? What other sorts of insurance are there? We discussed and compared home contents insurance -- are you paying too much?

Use your dictionary to look up these words:

premiums

excess

fees and charges

installments

cover

Dictation - Insurance

1. Download and print the fold / listen / and write worksheet (available to all)

2. Listen to the dictation (Contents Insurance) and complete the worksheet (or try and write the whole dictation)

Spelling Resources
Here are 2 spelling list resources I handed out in class (you will need a gmail account and permission from me to download them - just send me an email!):

44 Phonemes of English chart pdf

Dolch Lists (common words) pdf

You can see me in class about the two books we are using this term for self-study -- English Grammar in Use 3rd Edition (Raymond Murphy) and English Vocabulary in Use Advanced (McCarthy & O'Dell). I will give you a copy of Dale's Sound Pattern Spelling Book.

Reading and Writing - English Sayings
Choose a couple of sayings and write what you think they mean.

• Two wrongs don't make a right

• Rome wasn't built in a day

• Out of the fry pan and into the fire

• Let sleeping dogs lie
  
• Too many cooks spoil the broth

Join my Facebook page -- Dale Pobega's Free ESL Club -- find the posting about "English Sayings" and we will discuss your answers

ADULT LEARNING ACTIVITIES WEBSITE - HOUSING

This website is great for self study. Reading ---> Listening --->Vocab --->Spelling --->Writing

Read a story a day and do the activities.