Greek Family Lessons

Grec Family is one of my intermediate level lesson sets.

The set has several parts.

One, a real letter from a woman who is married to a Greek man.

The woman writes about her problems with his family.

Because she is not Greek, they do not accept her.

Even worse, they don't accept her children either.

The couple lives in America. In many ways, the letter sounds like it was written about the family in the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Part 2. An audio version of the letter.

All lesson sets include both the text article and an audio version.

Audio is very important because you improve your speaking by listening.

Listening to native speakers is the best way to improve your speech,

your pronunciation, your spoken grammar, your spoken

vocabulary and your understanding.

Part 3. A vocabulary lesson.

In the vocabulary lesson I explain difficult vocabulary. I especially focus on difficult

phrases and idioms. Individual words are easy to find in a dictionary, but phrases and idioms are often difficult

to understand, unless a native speaker explains them. Part 4, a Listen and Answer mini story.

The Listen and Answer mini story is the most important lesson.

In this lesson I tell a story with questions. I ask many

many questions. Most are quite easy. You answer every question with a loud voice. If necessary, you pause

your computer or iPod and then answer. The question technique I use is very powerful for two reasons.

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