Lesson 4A: Is She His Wife or His Sister?

The main context for this lesson is pictures of people in the public eye who have been photographed with a member of their family or partner who is not well-known. This provides a natural context for presenting the grammar of the possessive s (e.g., Who is he? He’s George Clooney’s father.) and the question word Whose. ..? Sts then learn the vocabulary of family members, which leads into a focus on the /a/ sound, and the most common pronunciations of the letter o. The lesson ends with Sts listening to someone talk about some of their relatives and friends, which Sts then do themselves.