My Wedding
My Wedding
An Audio Story
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Today
we are going to treat you to the audio of an essay written
by Sonia Diaz, in which Sonia describes her wedding
day in Puerto Rico.
The essay you are about to listen to, "My Wedding",
was written by Sonia in her college ESL class.
If you would like to read along while listening to the
audio, please click on the
Easy Writer
CD-ROM image to
the left to find out how you can obtain a copy of the
software.
After you listen to the essay once, perhaps you would like to listen to it
a second time and write what you hear on a piece of
paper. Then you can listen to it a third time
and change and edit what you have written. Dictations
are great activities for listening comprehension and
to check your grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Below you will see a vocabulary list to aid you in your
listening comprehension and vocabulary building.
Ideas for Writing and Discussion
Here are many images of weddings from various cultures and religions.
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Which of these weddings is most familiar to you?
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Which is very foreign to your experience?
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Which would you like to attend?
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Do you have a wedding or wedding story you would like to write about?
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Why do you think it is that people love to write about their wedding, and share that experience with others?
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