EF12 Class 3- chatting, personal introductions, present tense of 'be'

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

This is the Period 2 (12:00-2:15 am) class for these courses:

 

English Foundations 1

English Foundations 2

Speaking and Listening 1/2

 

We will get started at 12:00.

 

Teacher: Allan Haley

Email address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

 

Today’s class plan:

·          Collect student questionaires

·          Talking, small groups

·          Verb usage “Simple Present Tense of Be”

·          HW “Simple Present Tense of Be”

Read the article. Try exercises 1 and 2

 

Tuesday

·          Continue verb usage “Simple Present Tense of Be”

·          Writing

·          Story “The Dolphin”

 

 

Did you do anything on the weekend?

-         riding horses

-         went to the park

-         watched a football match, Vancouver Whitecaps at BC Place, downtown, next to Costco

football- soccer(Canada and the US)

football(Canada and the US)- American football

-         David Lam Park, downtown, get-together with friends in the park, potluck- a party where everybody brings food to share

-         helped a friend move to a new house

-         a dinner meeting of a group of workers, May Day, May 1

International Worker’s Day- interested in workers’ rights

-         played badminton in Richmond with six friends

 

 

 

 

TALKING WORK:

Small groups of 4-5 people.

A.   Chatting with our classmates.

1.    Name

My name is Jenny Chen.

Jenny Chen is my name.

My first name is Jenny. My given name is Jenny.

My last name is Chen. My family name is Chen.

My name is Jenny, but everybody calls me Jen.

My friend’s call me Jen.

Please call me Jen.

nickname-

 

2.    Home

I am from Iran.

I come from Iran.

My home/mother country is Iran.

My nationality is Iranian, but I am a Canadian now.

I live in Burnaby. I am living in Burnaby.

I live in the West End.

I live on the West Side

I live near the school.

I live next to / close to Metrotown.

I live on 44^th Avenue. She lives on Renfrew Street.

Our school is on Fraser Street.

Our school is in South Hill.

I live in Fairview.  neighborhood

He lives at 2346 Renfrew Street.

 

She lives in Vancouver.

She lives on Commercial Drive.

She lives at 3296 Grants Street.

 

3.    Family

My family has four people.

There are four people in my family.

I have four people in my family.

I have three brothers and two sisters.

I have five siblings.

sibling – brothers and sisters

I have three siblings: two sisters and one brother.

I live with my parents / husband and my children.

I live with in-laws.

in-laws – family related by marriage,  mother-in-law, sister-in-law

I get along with my father-in-law.

IDIOM get along with- have a good relationship, friendly

Sarah and Michelle do not get along. They do not like each other very much.

 

***Tomorrow I will teach vocabulary about family.

 

4.    Job

PRESENT TENSE

I am a housewife/manager/teacher/business owner/artist.

I work as a doctor.

PAST TENSE

I was a nurse in Vietnam.

I had a family restaurant in Montreal.

I was a banker In Iran about 15 years ago..

I was an engineer in China twenty years ago.

I was a cinema and theatre director for twenty years.

I worked in a travel agency in Iran for 13 years.

 

for ten years – how long

ten years ago - when

 

I was a barista one year ago in Italy.

barista- make espresso and coffee drinks

 

5.    Travel

For thirty years, I traveled all over Europe and the Middle East.

I travelled all over Germany and Switzerland.

I travel all over Canada.

I went to / visited Miami, Florida.

 

She wants to go to Japan. She wants to visit Toronto.

He is a world-traveller.

I would like to visit Africa.

I would love to go to Sri Lanka and Ethiopia.

He would like to visit Australia/Morocco.

 

6.    Hobbies

I like to play soccer/badminton/volleyball in my spare time.

I like to go biking/cycling/hiking/snowboarding/skiiing.

I like to play piano and dance in my free time.

 

7.     Future plans

I want to be a dance teacher.

I want to be a MMA champion.

I would like to buy a house in the future.

I would like to be a world traveller.

I want to learn how to swim/play the piano/speak English.

She would like to be able to speak English perfectly.

 

chat(verb, noun)- casual talking, relaxed talking, friendly talking

I chatted with sister yesterday on the phone.

 

13 thirteen

30 thirty

14, 40

15, 50

16, 60

17, 70

18, 80

19, 90

 

I have a son who is 16 years old.

HIGHER LEVEL I have a sixteen-year-old son.

 

 

** Verb usage “Simple Present Tense of Be”

Read the article.

Try the exercises.

 

 

 

 

B.     

C.    Write a short paragraph about yourself. Pass it in to me by start of class tomorrow. Finish for hpmework

Pass in or email to me by classtime tomorrow.

Tomorrow, you can volunteer to introduce yourself to us.