EF 4 5 Class 3

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s agenda

·      Collect “Questionaire” today or Thursday

·      Pronunciation of the Day- daily pronunciation work- minimal pairs and tongue twisters

·      Introductions of our classmates- speaking and listening

·      Review of paragraph structure and content

·      HW   Return “Questionaire” by Thursday

 

Thursday

·      Collect “Questionaire”

·      Begin sentence work- simple, compound, and complex sentences (several weeks)

·      Quiz#1- short paragraph, personal writing

I want to see what your writing looks like.

 

 

***Pronunciation of the Day***

minimal pairs- two words that sounds almost the same, one sound is different

e.g. cat      hat

 

Fantastic pronunciation practice.

-based on slow and acreful repetition

-training our muscles to make new sounds- tongue muscles, mouth muscles, throat muscles

 

Repeat: cat rat

 

cat   cad

 

/F/ vs /V/ Minimal Pairs List

 

‘f’- unvoiced

‘v’- voiced

 

1.   Fast / Vast

We drove fast through the vast desert.

 

desert – miles and miles of and sand, camels and bedouin

dessert- ice cream or sweet beans, chocolate, piece of cake, tirimisu, apple pie

 

Say this sentence out loud and to yourself all day today. Try it slowly and quickly.

Record it and listen back.

Save it on your phone. Listen again to it in a month. March 7^th.

 

 

Introductions of our classmates- relaxed speaking and listening

Talk about all of the topics or just a few of them.

Stand up.

Speak nice and clearly.

Speak more loudly and more slowly than you normally would.

1.       Name

2.       Home

3.       Family

4.       Job

5.       Travel

6.       Hobbies

7.       Future plans

 

 

He does karate. She plays hockey.

play- team sport

do- invididual sport or activity

play – music

 

She is a tattoo artist.

 

He hails from ABCLand. He comes from ABCLand. He is from ABCLand.

Originally, She originally is from Iran, originally. originally- adverb

 

I am originally from Aghanistan, but I grew up in Iran.

I was born in Halifax, but I grew up in Sydney.

 

It’s a long story. Long story short, I am originally from Aghanistan, but I grew up in Iran. Now I live in Canada.

 

IDIOM Long story short-

 

She has two children: one son and one daughter.

She likes hanging out with her friends.

IDIOM hang out with (phrasal verb) – casually have fun with your friends

The teenagers like to hang out at the mall.

 

He enjoys playing football and badminton.

playing-gerund (‘ing’ noun, looks like a verb)

 

I enjoy walking my dog.

I enjoy to walk my dog. XXX

She enjoys hanging out.

We’re just hanging out. SLANG We’re chilling.

 

VOCAB SLANG chiil- relaxed(adjective) relax(verb)

I had a chill weekend.

She is a very chill person.

Chill! Relax! Calm down!

 

bachelor degree, masters degree, doctorate, PhD

 

‘the US’

‘the States’

I want to go to America the States/ the US.

 

She has been to in Canada for two years.

She has been to the US. – been to – visit   has been- present perfect

 

I have been in Canada for two years.

 

I had been was in Iran for five years. had been – past perfect

substiute simple past, rarely use past perfect

 

I will review all of the verb tenses in the next few weeks.

 

DIFFERENCE

She lives in Vancouver. simple present- always, usually, habitual

She is living in Vancouver. present progressive – sounds temporary

I am living in Vancouver right now.

 

I have been living in Vancouver for two years. sounds a bit temporary

I have been/lived in Vancouver for two years. sounds a bit more permanent

 

I am going to go to the States next week.

 

Canada has provinces and territories.

 

 

The Hague

The Vatican

The Netherlands

Spain

France

Canada

Vancouver

The Ukraine

 

She resides/lives here with her husband and children.

 

reside(verb) resident(person) residential(adjective)

 

Fraser is not a residential steet. It is a commercial street.

 

Tofino is well-known for surfing.

 

She plays rec tennis.

rec- recreational

 

He works in construction.

He works in hospitality. – hotels

She works in medicine/nursing.

She works in technology.

He works in healthcare.

 

He works in the field of healthcare.

VOCAB field- area of profession, expertise

She is in the technology field.

He is in the medical field.

She was / used to be in the medical field in Vietnam.

 

She works in the field of cosmetics.

 

He wants to work in the law field.

He wants to work in law.

 

She likes to listen to music.

Listen to me!

 

She is a clothing/ jewelry/ fashion/ set/ house/ web/ magazine designer.

 

She is an interior designer.  – inside a house, furniture, paint, wallpaper, decorations, curtains

 

She is an architect.  -designs buildings and houses

 

A friend of mine is an industrial designer. He designs objects like pens, and glasses, and elevator buttons.