EF 1 2 Class 5

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Introduction- explain class, blog, email

·      Introductions

·      Writing to pass in

·      HW   Writing- verb tense “Simple Present Tense of Be”

 

Tuesday

·      Speaking activity-

Humans should not eat animals. Do you agree or disagree?

·      Back and Forth 1.1/2.1

·      100 Most Used Nouns and Verbs in English

 

 

I am not Barbara.

My name is Allan Haley. Please call me Allan.

I will be teaching the class Mondays and Tuesdays until the end.

A teacher named Melanie will be teaching Wednesdays and Thursdays.

 

I teach in the days. I teach day classes at SHEC.

 

SHEC- South Hill Education Centre

 

Canada spell ‘centre’

US spell ‘center’

America the US, the States

I am going to visit my uncle in the US/ the States.

 

This is my email: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Everything you see on this screen, I will put onto my blog online.

My blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

EF 1 2  English Foundations

 

foundation- the bottom of a house, the support for a building

 

You can use my blog any time from now until forever.

 

Bookmark our blog.

 

Personal Introductions

Who are you? Where are you from?

TOPICS:

1.       Name

2.       Home

3.       Family

4.       Job

5.       Travel

6.       Hobbies- what you like to do in your freetime, having fun

7.       Future plans

 

 

Japan, Dubai, Paris, France

Iran, South America, Brazil, Colombia,

 

I came to Canada.

I immigrated to Canada five months ago.

 

soccer- football

 

bodybuilding- weight lifting

 

I want to learn English.

I want to get a good well-paying job.

I want to get some ice cream.

She wants to work as a cleaner.

 

 

Right now, he lives in Burnaby.

He doesn’t have a job right now.

Currently,  he lives in Burnaby.

These days, he lives in Burnaby.

 

 

Right away- immediately, don’t wait

Call your sister immediately.

 

EASIER I live in North Vancouver.

She lives in North Van.

You live in North Van.

Masi lives in North Van.

They live in North Van.

 

I am living in North Vancouver.

She is living in North Van.

We are living in North Van.

 

 

He traveled to France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, India, and so on.  

etc. et cetera

 

I am/come from China.

I am a driver.

I came here two years ago.

I like to play/playing basketball.

He likes to go/going swimming.

 

SPANISH I have one year in Vancouver.

ENGLISH I have been in Vancouver for one year.

 

I have travelled to many countries in South America such as Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, and so on.

She has also been to Mexico.

She likes playing/to play video games.

She likes playing/to take pictures. 

She likes landscape photography.

landscape – mountains, rivers, lakes, woods, forests

 

I was in Russia in 2018.

I have been here for six months.

I came here six months ago.

I am looking for a job. I am looking for work.

 

15- fifteen

50- fifty

 

14- fourteen

40- forty

 

20- twenty twenty

 

 

99% of Canadian English is the same as American English.

The accents might be a little bit different, but the words are the same.

 

In my freetime, I like to see watch football.

You watch TV. You watch a movie.

You watch your children playing.

 

Messi will come to Vancouver and play in May.

 

Call me Ali. My friends call me Ali. Please call me Ali.

I came to Canada five months ago.

I traveled to Canada five months ago.

travel – for vacation, not living there

I traveled to Seattle for a holiday.

I lived in New York City for five months.

I lived in New York City five months. OK, sounds more casual, relaxed.

He taught math/mathematics and physics in Afghanistan.

 

I am looking for a job.

I traveled to Mexico, the US, Turkey, and Iran.

 

What’s the secret of learning English?

-watch Youtube

-watch movies

-practice writing English

-talk with friends everyday

 

 

I started teaching here in 1993.

I have taught thousands of students from all over the world.

The people who learn English are the people who talk.

 

I can skateboard. I work in construction. I want to be a physics teacher in high school.

 

 

I arrived in Vancouver fifteen months ago.

I came to Vancouver fifteen months ago.

I have no hobbies.

My future plan is to build/make a different life in Canada.

 

make-present tense

made -past tense

 

I will teach present tense tomorrow.

 

I arrived in Canada last year in 2023.

 

I finished university in 1994. nineteen ninety four

 

 

 

Please write a short paragraph inroducing yourself.

1.       Name

2.       Home

3.       Family

4.       Job

5.       Travel

6.       Hobbies- what you like to do in your freetime, having fun

7.       Future plans