Everyday language practice

Hello everybody,

When we learn languages, we often forget to learn and practice the everyday words that we need for situations that we can experience every day:

Doing things around the house

Visiting the park

Going shopping

Visiting the library

and many many more situations...

Imagine a situation, with a dictionary (a picture dictionary if you can get one) write a small text about an everyday situation.

 

You can use it to write something in English such as:

 

"in my front room my dog is watching TV, my son is reading a magazine. I am vacuuming."

  

You can also pretend in your mind that you want to tell someone about

this situation.  So you can think that you are either speaking on the phone about what is happening and write it down in this way, or you can write about it like a diary.

 

I think it is a good way to learn more vocabulary and also practice grammar in a fun and relaxed way "from your armchair".

 

And also, it will provide all the words we need when we visit people. Because, in my experience when I stay with our friends in Germany and France, it is always the small words that catch me out. I often find myself asking myself "what is French (or German) for window sill....floor, vacuum cleaner....etc"

 

Bye for now

Alan