A New Life on the Mountain – Learn English with a Real-Life Story
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Based on my Cafetalk column: A New Life on the Mountain - Part 1 Autumn
Description
Improve your English while following a true story from life in rural Japan — natural, enjoyable, and inspiring.
Lesson Description:
Lesson Description:
Step into life on a small mountain farm in Ehime through a real, personal story! In this lesson, you’ll:
•Read an engaging story about moving to a new place and learning farm life.
•Learn useful vocabulary, idioms, phrasal verbs, and collocations from the story.
•Practice your speaking by sharing your own experiences with new challenges.
This lesson is ideal for students who want to expand their conversational English skills, improve their vocabulary in context, and enjoy story-based learning.
Lesson Flow:
1. Warm-up: talk about big life changes and new experiences.
2. Read the story aloud and practice pronunciation.
3. Comprehension questions to check understanding.
4. Explore vocabulary, idioms, phrasal verbs, and collocations from the story.
5. Conversation practice: apply new expressions to your own experiences.
Materials:
Story text provided. Vocabulary and expressions list included.
Level:
Intermediate and above
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