Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30.
Al
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Good morning.
Today’s agenda:
1. Review homework,
Comments
2. Correction Codes
Monday
1. Begin sentence work
Simple sentences
We will get started at 8:30.
Homework- personal introduction, seven topics
I responded to everyone whose email I received.
I made comments on your writing. Can you see the comments? Check it and see.
I will give feedback to you on your writing using these comments.
“Correction Codes” I emailed these to you yesterday.
- art – article- a, an, the “Sarah ate apple .”
“Sarah ate an apple.”
-awk – awkward, not natural-sounding English- the writer is not familiar with English “My mother is help everyone person in the world .” awkward phrasing, sounds like a translation
“My mother is a person who is happy to help anyone that she meets.” authentic, natural-sounding
It is your responsibility to become more familiar with authentic, real, natural-sounding English. You can’t learn English by studying grammar.
“My home has been living in Vancouver of BC. ”
“I have been living in Vancouver, BC.”
“My home is in Vancouver, BC.”
-cap “i live in v ancouver.”
“I live in Vancouver.”
proper nouns – cities, days of the week, names of people
-CS comma splice – two sentences divided by only a comma
“I live in Vancouver, my sister lives in Halifax.”
“I live in Vancouver. My sister lives in Halifax.” two simple sentences
“I live in Vancouver, and my sister lives in Halifax.” compound sentence
Very common error “I like dogs, she likes cats, we go to the park, we play with our pets .”
-frag, sentence fragment “I like cats. Because they are cute .”
“I like cats. They are cute.” 2 simple sentences
“I like cats because they are cute.” complex sentence (I will teach this late next week.)
because of NOUN
The picnic is cancelled because it is raining. SV adverb clause
The picnic is cancelled because of rain. simple sentence
- prep, prepositions , show place, direction (https://www.talkenglish.com/vocabulary/top-50-prepositions.aspx)
“I live on Vancouver.” in
“I live on 43 Avenue.”
“I live at 1234 Fraser Street.”
prepositions are confusing, idioms, no rules, usage
tough for someone how is learning English
I will teach these later. phrasal verbs – the heart of English
verb + prep
talk to “The teacher talked to the student.”
talk with “Sarah talked with her sister.”
talk about “Sarah talked about her sister.” totally different meaning
talk for “When we went to the hospital, my wife had to talk for me because I was too dizzy.”
talk over – talk louder than them
talk under –
look up
look at
look up to – respect
look after – take care of
My free advice #1 – Learn phrasal verbs. If you want to get good at English, learn phrasal verbs.
I will teach more about this in a later class.
-pron - he, she, we, us
tricky, changing in our society, debate about pronouns, choosing your personal pronoun “they”
common error “My mother likes his new laptop.”
“My mother likes her new laptop.”
-punc “I live in Vancouver ” period .
-sp spelling
-agr subject verb agreement #1 error that you will make
“My sister are a nurse.” is
“She take the bus to school.” takes
You have to check subject verb agreement for each sentence.
VERY IMPORTANT
-vt verb tense
12 tenses in English – 7 of them are important
“I work in a bank when I live in Egypt.”
“I worked in a bank when I lived in Egypt.”
-vf – “I was live in Tokyo.” lived
“Dave cooking supper for his family.” is cooking
** I will review those next week. Please, remind me if I forget.
-wf word form – vocabulary noun, adjective, verb, adverb
happy (adj) happiness (n) happily (adverb) happy (v)
I am happy. She feels happiness. Sarah laughs happily. Let’s happy.
“I like ski .” “I like skiing.”
“The birthday party was funny .” fun
“The movie was funny.” “Your sister is funny. She makes people laugh.”
“Your sister is fun. She knows how to enjoy herself.”
-wo, often translation
“Sarah has a pen blue .” blue pen
sounds like a Spanish of French speaker
-ww chicken / kitchen
If you use spellcheck, you may get the wrong word.
“I bought a itched .” ticket
-RW rewrite Try to rewrite this sentence a different way.
-# singular,plural
“I have three person in my family.” people
persons – very unusual, not commonly used
“I have three persons in my family.”
These are our most commonly used correction codes.
Last action of today’s class:
What are some sentences from the homework that you would like to talk about? What are some sentences arising from the Correction Code work that would like to talk about?
Write some of your examples in the Chat and we can share them.
1. This is my home and my safe place, that I feel relax and happy.
relax (verb), relaxed (adj)
parallel “happy and relaxed” happy (adj) relaxed (adj)
“relax and happy” verb and adj
This is my home and my safe place where I feel relaxed and happy.
This is my home and my safe place that I feel relaxed and happy in. awkward
2. My mother and my kids are staying with me since we emigrated to Canada.
My mother and my kids are staying with me since we immigrated to Canada.
emigrate – leave a country permanently
immigrate – come to a country permanently
My mother and my kids are staying with me since we immigrated to Canada. a span of time – suggest perfect tense
My mother and my kids have been staying with me since we immigrated to Canada. present perfect progressive/continuous
3. I been here in Canada for years living with my parents and my three siblings.
I have been here in Canada for years living with my parents and my three siblings.
Communication skills: I have some communication problems. I would like to talk in English like my native language. What will I have to do to improve my conversational skills?
Language is social. If you want to get better at English, you have to get and use it with other humans.
- playing sports, volleyball
- join a club, hiking group, photography group
My friends who have gotten good at English have done it through social interaction. An English class like this will not make you an English speaker.
Excuses:
1. It’s too hard.
2. I’m too old.
3. I don’t have any English friends.
4. I’m too shy.
Homework:
Have a good weekend. Force yourself to speak some English. Review the Correction Codes.
On Monday, we will start on simple sentences.
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