Monday, 14 November 2022

EF23 Class 1 Introduction

 

English Foundations 2 and 3

Speaking and Listening 1 and 2

 

7-9:30

We will get started at 7.

 

Teacher: Al Haley

ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

 

I will be the teacher only for the next few days.

I will put everything on the screen online at the end of the class.

I will put it on my class blog.

My class blog is here: haleyshec.blogspot.com

Write this down: haleyshec.blogspot.com

All of class notes from 2012 are posted there.

You can go there any time to read my class notes.

English Foundations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. English 10, 11, 12

 

UBC!

Langara

BCIT

VCC

 

We have many many students who finish high school at SHEC and go on to college and university.

Also, many people come here to get better at English skills for jobs or living in Vancouver.

 

skills- abilities, being able to do something specific

You have good cooking skills.

Juan has great football skills.

football- soccer (Canada and US)

 

 

Agenda

·      Introduction

·      Parking passes

·      Questionaire

·      Ice-breaker

·      Sentence Work

·      Word List 1.1

·       

 

 

Introduction to EF (English Foundations) 2/3 and Speaking and Listening 1/2.

 

EF 2,3,4,5,6,7 English 10, 11 12

 

Course dates:

Monday, November 14th- Thursday, January 26th, 2023 (Last day)

This course is nine weeks long. It is a nine-week course.

 

Holidays – two-week break

Christmas Holiday, Xmas Holiday, Winter Holiday

Monday, December 19th- Monday, January 2nd.

We will come back to school on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023.

 

 

Questionaire- short questions

 

extra

 

Name:

Class: English Foundations 2, English Foundations 3, Speaking and Listening 1/2

 

1.    What is the last English that you took and when?

2.    Why are you taking this course?

3.    What do you want to learn in this course?

4.    What are your hobbies?

5.    Is there about you that I should know?

6.    Do you require financial assistance?

 

Facts and Figures “The Kiwi” p3

Read it to yourself.

We will read it out loud in a minutes.

 

strange- unfamiliar, wierd

He is very strange guy. There is a strange light in the sky.

 

strong

 

feathers-

feather pillow- down pillow

small feathers – down

 

He is wearing a down jacket.

 

beak- nose of a bird

 

sleeps during the day – nocturnal (adjective)

An owl is a nocturnal animal.

Bats are also nocturnal.

Coyotes are often nocturnal.

 

It has a good sense of smell.

Kiwis are an endangered species.

endangered – danger , only a few left

species- type of animal

 

 

loon- loonie

moose- quarter

polar bear – toonie

 

10-minute break

 

A.   Vocabulary

1. during   hurts

2. strange   fly

3. government   kill

4. smell

5. wings   tail

6. only

7. feathers

8. beak

9. size

 

B.    Vocabulary: New Context

1. kill

2. wings / feathers

3. government

scholarship – bursary, award of $ for college or university course

4. fly   wings

5. smells

6. hurts    can’t cannot

7. tail

8. beak

9. strange

10. only

11. size

I wear size 7 ½. I wear size seven and a half.

 

 

HOMEWORK Try some for homework. You don’t have to do all of it. You are probably busy with work and family.

 

A.

Ex 1 1. My apartment ­­­________.

My apartment ­­is small.

My apartment is very big.

My apartment has one bedroom.

My apartment is on Rupert and 33rd.

 

2. ________ to come with us?

Can you to come with us?

Can you ask her to come with us?

Does your dog want to come with us?

 

Ex. 2 1. children ran

                     My children ran around the park.

 

Ex. 3 Join them up.

 

 

 

 

 

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