EF23 Class 2

 

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 9:15

 

REMEMBER:        Everything that you see on the screen, I will put on my

blog every day.

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Today’s agenda

·         Attendance

·         Continue course overview- handout

·         Paper format for quizzes and tests

·      Introduce your partner from yesterday- today and tomorrow

·      Student “Questionaire” Pass in today or first thing tomorrow.

 

Thursday

·      Collect questionaires

·      Finish course outline if necessary

·      Continue with introductions

·      “Making Introductions”

·      Family vocabulary

·      Talk about PLOs (Prescribed Learning Outcomes)

·      Continue “Making Introductions”

·      Pass-in writing – not for marks. I want to see what your sentence writing looks like, so I can adapt what I teach you. (final 30 minutes)

 

 

Friday

·      Begin sentence work

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***Course structure***

Split class- two classes put together

We are a small school, so we often have to split classes.

 

EF2 / EF3- These classes are not identical, but close.

 

I teach the same curriculum to all of you. I mark the EF3 students a little but harder than the EF2 students.

 

 

EF - English Foundations-  core courses

VOCAB foundation- base, support

A house has a foundation.

 

EF 1,2,3,4,5,6, EF7 or English10, Eng11, Eng12

There is not EF 8 or 9

 

EF7 – the next level is English 11

 

TWO PATHS: EF7  OR  Composition 10 & Literary Studies 10 (used to be called English 10)

 

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.

 

You do not choose.

 

If you graduated from high school anywhere in the world, you go to EF7.

If you did not graduate from high school anywhere in the world, you go to English 10.

 

Wide range of reasons why people are here at South Hill.

Everybody has a story.

 

**IMPORTANT**

No matter what the reason, you are welcome here. I am really glad you’re here.

 

Next step- maybe college or university or a better job, better life.

 

 

**      The first couple of days are not smooth because students and teachers are figuring out where they should be.

 

 

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Course Outline

Don’t be shy to ask questions.

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** Classmate introductions

Introduce one of your partners to the class. You don’t have to talk about all seven of the topics. Choose some of them.

 

Yesterday, you chose one person to introduce to the class.

Let’s do it.

Stand up so we can see you.

Use a clear voice.

Speak up!

Are you nervous?

 

1.Name

2.Home

3.Family

4.Job

5.Travel

6.Hobbies

7.Future plans

You can tell us about some of them. You don’t have to do all of them.

 

Let’s listen.

 

She is from Sri Lanka. She comes from China. He was born in Japan.

His home country is Iran.

 

She Her hobbies are swimming and volleyball.

His hobby is hiking.

 

He came to Canada nine months / two years / a year and a half ago.

She has been in Canada since 2024 / July / May of last year.

 

His language is Arabic. Her first language is Mandarin. Her mother tongue is Spanish.

He is unilingual. He speaks one language.

She is bilingual. She speaks two languages: Spanish and English.

He is trilingual. He speaks Farsi, Urdu, and English.

She is a polyglot / multilingual. She speaks many languages.

VOCAB polyglot(n) a person who speaks many languages

 

She lives with her family. He lives alone. He lives with his parents. She lives with her in-laws.

VOCAB mother-in-law, father-in-law- related by marriage, not by blood

 

She wants to study in university.

He likes to play volleyball.

She loves to look at art.

The little boy likes to read comic books.

She likes to play with cats.

She likes cats.

They like to listen to Classical music.

 

She was a math teacher in Russia. He was an engineer in his home country. She was an immigration advisor.

 

Her hobby is making kids’ toys.

She loves to watch hockey.

She loves running / jogging. She runs 5km.

VOCAB jogging- slow running

 

I can walk five kilometres, but I can’t run it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

She is from China. She is living / lives in Vancouver now.

 

Her hobby is golf. Her hobby is playing golf.

My hobby is playing volleyball. Jun’s hobby is playing basketball /

soccer / tennis / pickleball / baseball / softball.

 

Her hobby is playing swimming / hiking / cycling / skiing.

I enjoy hiking.

 

He likes skiing. She doesn’t like skiing.

We went skiing for the first time last winter. It was fun.

It’s better to have a teacher the first time.

 

ski, snowboard, snowshoe- hiking on the snow

 

**Ten-minute break**

 

Let’s do a few more. We can also do more tomorrow.

 

She works in a restaurant / office / warehouse.

He works retail. He sells shoes / computers / books.

She works as a waitress server.

servant

 

She has traveled to France. He has been to Spain. She has visited England.

Have you ever been to Morocco?

Have you ever visited Ethiopia?

 

Have you ever tried / had Persian / Chinese / food?

 

Japanese food- Japanese cuisine

VOCAB cuisine – a style of food

I love Italian cuisine.

 

He makes / cooks French dishes.

VOCAB dish- one meal

She loves Indian cuisine. He makes a spicy chicken curry dish.

 

spicy- chili, hot peppers, habanero pepper

hot- temperature or spicy

Do you like spicy food? I like a little bit of heat. I love very spicy food.

She prefers bland food.

VOCAB bland- not salty or spicy, very boring, little taste

The hospital food is bland.

She has a bland personality.

He has a spicy personality.  – full of life

She is a fun-loving person.

 

BE CAREFUL!

He is a hot guy. very attractive, sexy

She is a hot lady.

 

He is twenty years old.

She is a twenty-year-old woman.

 

He has five sisters and two brothers.

She has a big family. He has a small family.

 

I have nine siblings.

VOCAB siblings- brothers and sisters

 

He came from Afghanistan.

She wants to study Early Child Education in college.

She was a science teacher in her country.

 

She has a high-level position.

He has an entry-level job. He will work his way up. He will get promotions. She will get promoted.

VOCAB promotion(n)- raise to a higher-level job

She got a promotion to shift manager.

 

She likes to play volleyball with her daughter and her husband.

 

She is an interesting woman.

 

VOCAB professional(adj) – white collar job, office, doctor, engineer, teacher, lawyer, accountant

 

blue-collar job- worker, uses their hands, construction, plumber, electrician

 

VOCAB promotion(n) – discounted price for a set amount of time

The promotion gives 20% off for six months.

 

Everyday, I post our notes on the blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Thank you! Good job!

We can do some more introductions tomorrow.