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Today’s agenda:
1. Review of Test#1
Doing our own work in order to learn.
This is about the last level that a teacher will be teaching you about sentences.
Translating software is not your friend. It is a crutch. It is not a recipe for success.
2. Correction codes
example sentences from Test#1
3. Simple sentences
4. HW Pick a few sentences from your Test#1 paragraph that
have problems. Tomorrow, we can share them in chat and figure out how to make them better. This will be anonymous, so no need to feel shy.
I play a lot of music. learn new song
1. write down the chords on paper- never internalize the music
2. learn it by heart- learn the music by heart, almost physical learning
Language is social.
Watching movies is too passive. You have to be active in your language acquisition.
build social groups in Vancouver – community centres, sports, Meetup.com
Covid19 ruined everything! It won’t last forever.
Social meetings online –
I’m Zoomed out.
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idioms – the heart of a language
language exchange – Russian for English trade, all languages
https://www.mylanguageexchange.com/
When I was learning Japanese, I learned to speak and listen mostly by hanging out with Japanese friends. I played pool, went hiking, drank beer, had fun and communicated as well as I could with them.
FREE ADVICE #1: If you want to learn a language, get a boyfriend or girlfriend who speaks that language. You will be a good speaker within six months.
High emotion = high learning
From a fellow student: I try to speak English with my family, but they cannot be patient with me.
Test #1
Write a well-organized unified paragraph on the following topic.
Submit as an attachment by 12:20pm. Don’t be late.
150-200 words
Doublespace
14-16 point font
Indent
Writing prompt: What things are you most looking forward to for when Covid19 is over?
Correction Codes
art
Maria ate an apple.
awk- awkward, does not sound like authentic/real English
1. direct translation from your language
2. translating software
CS comma splice – two sentences separated by a comma
Marie ate an apple, she also had a coffee. CS
FIX
Marie ate an apple. She also had a coffee. two simple sentences
Marie ate an apple; she also had a coffee. compound sentence
prep – words that show direction, place, orientation
in on by to for from under above
all used idiomatically
phrasal verbs – verb + preposition
look + prep
look at
look to “Sarah looks to her friends when she is trouble.” ask for help
look after
look up
look up to – respect “Dave looks up to his uncle.”
look down on – don’t respect
put
take
draw
walk
Sarah’s new boyfriend walks all over her. He disrespects her.
If you want to really start getting into the heart of English, start learning phrasal verbs.
50- https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-phrasal-verbs/
390- https://www.skypeenglishclasses.com/english-phrasal-verbs/
2000- https://7esl.com/phrasal-verbs/
For homework for tonight, learn all 2000 phrasal verbs. (joke)
Could you try a few each day? 5 a day? 2 a day?
FREE ADVICE #2 The secret of acquiring a skill is steady daily practice.
Learn a few a day, and in a year you will be in pretty good shape.
I practice music every day. I practice about 20 minutes in the morning and about one hour every night.
RW- rewrite Try it a different way.
SV – subject + verb
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