Good morning, everyone.
This is the Summer Period 1, P1, (8:30-12:00 noon) class for these
courses:
English Foundations 5
English Foundations 6
Take a course outline from the front table.
We will get started at 8:30
If you are on the waiting list, I will talk to you during class.
Today’s agenda
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Welcome
·
Dates, times for our class
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Covid protocols
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Parking
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Course overview- handout
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Communication - email
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Small group chatting- icebreaker
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Student Questionaire
Teacher: Allan Haley
Email address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
WRITE THIS DOWN: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Check attendance- make sure you’re in the right class
Spanish speakers- pronunciation- ‘j’ ‘h’
Juan- j Huan
Juanita- huanita
jojoba- hohoba
Yellow- jello
just- yust
Source of confusion:
last name, first name
last name – family name
first name- given name
Allan Haley
Haley Allan
BETTER VOCAB: family name and given name Christian name
Tagalog- language of The Phillipines, heavily influences by Spanish
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used to be a colony of Spain
You can call me by my first name: Allan
You can call me whatever you feel confortable with.
I sent an email to you yesterday. If you received that email from
me, than that means we can comminicate via email. If you did not receive an
email from me, that means I do not have your email in the computer system. We
will have to fix that.
Did you get my email?
YES- Great!
NO- Let me know. We can fix it.
I asked you to respond. Many of you responded to the email as I
requested. Thank you for that. I want communciation to be seamless between us.
IDIOM seamless- no problems , confusion
seam – where two pieces of cloth are sewed, joined, rough area,
bumpy
seamless- not rough, smooth
Registering for this class was seamless.
Taking the Skytrain using a credit card is seamless.
Raising teenagers is rarely seamless.
ALWAYS: Any questions, queiries, uncertainties, don’t be shy. Just
ask. Speak up.
You’re here to learn as much English as you can in five weeks.
Take advantage of the oppotunity.
***COURSE DATES***
Course dates: Tuesday, July 4th - Friday, August 4th,
2023 (Final day together)
Monday to Friday, 8:30-12:00
Our classes are three and a half hours long (3 hours and 30
minutes).
Usually our classes are 2 hr 15m.
Five weeks of class
Approx. 81 hours (usually 100 hours)
Holidays – Non-instructional Days
None
DAILY AGENDA
Everyday I will post an ‘agenda’ -the topics to be covered that
day
POSITIVE MEANING agenda – agenda for a business or school meeting
(official, formal meeting)- list of topics to be dealt with in the meeting or
class
POSSIBLE NEGATIVE MEANING -a person’s agenda (what they want to
do)- their plan, their goals, which may differ from everyone else’s goals
“She has an agenda about the kids’s soccer team.”
*** IMPORTANT ***
*** Class Blog ***
Everything that goes on this screen, I will put up on our class
blog.
CLASS BLOG: haleyshec.blogspot.com
Write this down: haleyshec.blogspot.com
It’s also on the course handout.
***NOTE: This is your class. Relax. We are here to learn as much English
as we can. I’ll help.
You do not have to make notes as we go; nevethless, making notes
during class is an excellent way to improve retention.
I’ll talk more about the blog later.
*** COVID ***
*** Covid protocols: masks, clean hands***
Long COVID-
COVID – on the upswing
#1 means of prevention- wear a mask if you concerned
I will often wear a mask when I walk around to talk to people in
class.
I won’t wear one when I’m teaching.
problem with masks – can’t see our faces, lose a lot of non-verbal
communication- facial expressions, lip reading
This is the reason why talking on the phone can be so challenging.
EUPHEMISM challenge – euphemism for ‘difficult’
euphemism – polite word that you use when you don’t want to use
the real word, harsher word
e.g. bathroom, restroom
passed away, passed on
business talk – hard difficult - challenging
Covid prevention- regularly – wash our hands, spray our hands,
spray our desk
Mimimize contact with other students- our closest door to our
classroom for coming in and out is the South Door.
NESW- north east south west- mnemonic- Never eat sour weiners.
mnemonic- memory trick
In Vancouver, the mountains are north. They are called the
Northshore Mountains- Mount Seymour, Grouse Mountain, Cypress Mountain
compass-
Are you vaccinated? If not, get vaccinated. They are safe and
effective.
**SPLIT CLASS**
Makeup of the class:
Split class- two or more classes put together
SHEC is a small school, so we often have to split classes.
EF5, EF6 - These classes are at similar levels, so it is a good
split class.
EF - English Foundations
EF5 and EF6 students will learn the same material. I will mark the
EF6 students harder than the EF5 students.
This is a structured class
with set times in a classroom with a teacher.
There are self-paced alternatives if you would prefer to learn on
your own, on your schedule.
Self-paced classes – Room 203 (September-June)
Self-paced- no teacher, you learn by yourself using a computer
Some people really like self-paced classes.
e.g. I did a self-paced course this weekend on recognizing and
dealing with concussions in athletes.
- convenient
- have to be self-motivated or organized
Keys to success in self-paced courses:
- self-motivated – motivation, motivate(v), encourage(v),
support(v) motive(reason)
- self-directed- driving yourself, your own teacher
- self-assessing- judge how you are doing- progress, successes,
areas for improvement
Most people want a teacher or a coach for assessment.
In my opinion, for language acquisition (learning a language),
in-class instruction is far superior to self-paced classes.
Many students prefer a classroom with a teacher. They like the
structure. They like someone directing them.
For self-paced students – almost 90% do not finish the course
-a big trap that people fall into.
Starting something is easy. Finishing is more difficult
challenging.
resolution(n)- goal
resolve(v)- decide – fancy word
resolve(n)- strength, commitment
You have to show a lot of resolve when you are trying to lose
weight.
You have to show a lot of resolve when you are trying to lose
weight learn English/play guitar.
You know how hard it is to learn English. It’s a daily task. You
have to do it every single day.
HARD THING: sticking with it – keeping going- not stopping, not
quitting
GRAMMAR- She wants to keep
going with her high school courses.
to keep – infinitive
keeping – gerund (noun, looks like a verb)
Keeping going is
a challenge.
I like to go snowboarding.
Going snowboarding with friends is fun.
It is hard to measure progress when you are a high level.
This is a relaxed class. We will do a lot of good work, but I try
not to be too serious. We will definitely have some fun- the focus is on
improving language skills.
GUARANTEED- There will lots of challenging work, but we’ll have fun
doing it.
MOTTO: Have fun. Learn a lot.
personal motto- saying, slogan
slogan – NIKE- “Just do it!”
McDonalds “I’m loving it!”
Political slogan for an election
Obama- “Make America Great Again”
Trudeau “Choose Forward”
What’s your slogan?
I can do it.
Nothing is impossible.
Keep it simple. KISS principle “Keep it simple, silly.”
It is very important to enjoy what you are doing.
QUESTION: Do you like school?
MY FREE ADVICE: You have to find a way to enjoy whatever you are
doing. You’ll feel better. You will feel more engaged. You will do better work.
SLOGAN- short “Find a way!”
eagerness- enthusiasm(n), enthusiastic(adj)
She has/feels a lot of enthusiasm for travel.
The kids have enthiusiasm for ABC.
Mei is enthusiastic about her new job downtown.
You are enthusiastic about ABC.
BREAKS – two 10-minute breaks
When should we have them?
8:30-12
BREAKS 9:50-10
11-11:10
**CLASS BLOG***
Our class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com
blog – weblog- keep a written record on the internet, online
diary, publish your thougths-
web- internet
log- written record
hospital, truck driver- record events as they occur
Everything I put on this screen will be posted to my class blog
afterward.
I will update my blog every day after class. You can check it and
review what we did.
You can check the blog as much as you like. There is no sign in,
no password. It’s all public and accessible. People from all over the world
visit my blog. It’s cool.
Our blog is a tremendous resource that you can use. You can use it
this term. You can keep using it after you finish this course, until the end of
time. I will keep it up forever.
My class blog goes back about 10 years.
My class blog is searchable. You can search for something specific
that you are looking for.
The search bar is in the upper lefthand corner of the main blog
screen. Search for whatever you want to learn more about.
ACTION
·
Go to the blog now. Make sure you can open it.
haleyshec.blogspot.com
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Let me know if you are having trouble opening
my blog.
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Any trouble getting in? We’ll figure it out.
If yes? Good!
If no? Let me know.
*** Parking Passes***
Fill out a sheet in order to get a parking pass.
Today and tomorrow
Parking machine
CODE 12003 – 3 hours
CODE 12004- 8 hours
***THIS STEP AND THE NEXT STEPS
Split class: EF5 and EF6
When you are successful in this class:
English Foundations 5 --- move up to next level EF6
English Foundations 6- move up to the next level
TWO PATHS: EF7 OR Composition 10 & Literary Studies 10 (not
called English 10 anymore)
You go to one of these
courses:
1. English Foundations 7
OR
2. Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10 (used to be called
English 10)
EF7 and Composition 10 & Literary Studies 10 is the same class
at South Hill.
English 10 is now called Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10
EF7/Composition 10, Literary Studies 10 – taught together, very
similar courses
BC Ministry of Education rules:
-English Foundations 7 (EF7) is for Graduated Adults. A Graduated
Adult is a person who has finished high school anywhere in the world.
-Composition and Literary Studies 10 (used to be called English
10) is for people who have not finished high school anywhere in the world.
e.g. under 19, students who turned 19 and ‘aged out’ of regular
high school in Vancouver, left high school for many reasons: family trouble;
health problems- physical, psychological- depression, anxiety, etc; war in
their country; political unrest; got a job to support their family; not allowed
to go or were not able to go to school when they young
Wide range of reasons why people don’t finish school.
Wide range of reasons why people are here in this class.
**IMPORTANT**
No matter what the reason, you are welcome here. I am really glad
you’re here.
EF7 – Literary Studies 11 & Composition 11
There is no EF8 or EF9
English 11 level – choice to do First Peoples 11
Comp 12 and Lit 12 (English 12) level – choice to do First Peoples
12
EXTRA: Composition Writing 567 is an auxiliary (extra) course. You
will still have to take your regular EF5, EF6, EF7 to move up.
*auxiliary- extra AUX– on the back of your TV AUX, in your car
AUX, extra input
IF YOU WOULD LIKE EXTRA HELP WITH WRITING
Consider Composition Writing 567 – supplemental course, extra
writing instruction
I do an online sentence structure tutorial every November-January
on Tuesday nights (45m). Check my blog in late October for the Zoom link for the
next tutorial.
English 12 is the highest level English class for high school.
***
Colleges and universities require English 12, for the most part.
You can apply for post-secondary (college, university) with the English
12 mark you get at SHEC.
post-secondary – college, university
All post-secondary programs will have their own entry
requirements.
Do you have some ideas what you want to do after high school?
If you have ambitions to to go to college or university, you can
start planning now.
in-demand – good chance for employment
You can start to research what prereqs (prerequisites) your
postsec requires.
secondary- high school
post-secondary- after high school, college, university
college- offers programs, certificates, often 1-2 yrs
university- offers degrees, often 3-4 years
What kind of job do you want?
BASIC QUESTIONS TO ASK
1. stand up or sit down?
2. indoor or outdoor?
3. interact with people or be on your own?
WEBSITE TO HELP YOU CHOOSE A CAREER AND COLLEGE:
Education Planner https://educationplannerbc.ca
Listening fun
EF34
1. How many legs does a dog have?
2. Does the sun come out in the day or at night?
3. Is a wheel round or square?
4. What is the word for the yellow part of an egg? yolk
5. Counting by tens, what number comes next: 10, 20, 30, ...?
6. Sick people stay here. Doctors and nurses work here. What place is it?
7. If a unicorn lost its horn, what animal would it look like?
8. Uncle Ed repaired four pairs of boots. How many boots did he fix in all?
9. Is Vancouver next to the Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean?
10. It’s 12 o’clock. What time will it be in one hour?
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