September 22, 2022

Vocabulary Word of the Day (Merriam Webster) Inchoate - adjective (in-KOH-ut) Inchoate means "imperfectly formed or formulated." : being only partly in existence or operation : INCIPIENT especially : imperfectly formed or formulated : FORMLESS, INCOHERENT Petrifying sights and sounds haunt her nights and inchoate shadows hover around her. Chastise - verb (chass-TYZE) Chastise means "to criticize (someone) harshly for doing something wrong." // The boss eventually had to chastise certain employees for being consistently late.

Trivia: What Day is it Today? September 22, 2022 (265th day) - Fall Equinox - American Business Women’s Day - Car-free Sunday/World Car Free Day - Chainmail Day - Dear Diary Day - Falls Prevention Awareness Day - Hobbit Day - International Day of Radiant Peace - Mali Independence Day - Remember Me Thursday - World Rhino Day - National Dante/Khalid Day September 23, 2022 (266th day) - Celebrate Bisexuality Day - Education Technology Day - First Day of Autumn - Hug A Vegetarian Day - International Day of Sign Languages - Redhead Appreciation Day - Restless Legs Awareness Day - Seed Gathering Season - September Equinox - Teal Talk Day (in honor of ovarian cancer patients) - The September Equinox

Topic: Accidents at Home 1. What is the most dangerous thing in your home? How can your home be made less dangerous? 2. What is the most dangerous thing in your home for a child? How can it be made less dangerous? 3. What is the most dangerous thing in your home for an elderly person? How can it be made less dangerous? 4. What dangers can be found in the kitchen that can cause accidents? 5. What can be done to prevent kitchen accidents? 6. What can a parent do to childproof a kitchen? 7. What dangers can be found in bathrooms that can cause accidents? 8. What can be done to prevent bathroom accidents? 9. What can a parent do to childproof a bathroom?

Topic: Body Language 1. Why do you think body language is important? 2. How do you use body language in your daily life? 3. How does body language help you to communicate? 4. How does your native culture use body language? What kind of body language do you use at school? What are some examples of body language that boys use? Women? Boys? Girls? Children? 5. What actions are threatening? 6. What actions are friendly? 7. What actions are not allowed? 8. What "new" body language have you seen since coming to your new country? did those actions confuse you? 9. How does eye contact differ from your native country to your new one? 10. How can you misinterpret someone's body language? 11. Do you try to use body language when you communicate in English?

Topic: Gestures 1. What are some gestures you know? 2. What are some good gestures in your country? 3. What are some insulting gestures in your country? 4. Can you think of some gestures that have different meanings in different countries? 5. What are some bad gestures that you have seen in Western films but you don't know the meaning of? 6. What are some gestures that you used when you were a child that you don't use anymore? 7. What are some gestures that you didn't learn until you were a teenager or a young adult? 8. Have you ever made a social mistake using wrong gestures in foreign countries? 9. What gesture in your culture do you think is unique from other cultures? 10. Do gestures help you to understand others and express yourself, or are they sometimes confusing and distracting? 11. Do you know any gestures you can make with your feet? What do they mean?

Topic: Vegetarian 1. Are you a vegetarian? If not, have you ever considered becoming a vegetarian? 2. What reasons do people have for becoming vegetarians? 3. How could not eating meat have a positive effect on the environment? 4. Is it natural or unnatural for humans to eat meat? 5. What kinds of health challenges can vegetarians have that meat-eaters do not have? 6. What kinds of health problems do meat-eaters experience that vegetarians might avoid? 7. Which foods do vegetarians eat a lot of to replace what they miss by not eating meat? 8. Vegans not only avoid eating meat, they avoid using animal products in other ways too. 9. What do you think about people who make a commitment like this? 10. Are there any well-known vegetarian or vegan restaurants in your city or town? If you have eaten at one of them, talk about your experience.