EF23 Class 33

 

Today’s agenda

·      Attendance

·      Spoken presentations 1- talking about the person or place

·      Continue simple verb tenses- examples

 

Wednesday

·      Spoken presentations 2- talking about the person or place

·      New dialogue “Interviewing for a Job”

·      Talk about Test Paragraph Thursday

 

Thursday

·      Spoken presentations 3- talking about the person or place

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week8

·      Modals/Modal Auxiliaries

·      Test2- short paragraph

 

Friday

NO SCHOOL

ProD

 

FINAL WEEK

Monday

·      Modals/Modal Auxiliaries

·      “Phrasal Verbs”

 

Tuesday

·      Quiz6- simple present, past, future and present progressive

simple, compound, complex sentences

 

Wednesday

·      Review

 

Thursday

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test

You can replace one quiz or test with a new quiz or test.

You will get the new mark.

 

Friday- Final day

·      One-one-one final meetings

I will be writing final report cards and comments.

 

 

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Advice on Public Speaking

 

It’s very normal to feel nervous about talking to a group.

Everybody is scared or at least wary of speaking in public.

 

wary of = nervous/worried about   

 

#1 fear of most people is public speaking

 

If you feel nervous, you are in good company.

 

-when faced with an opportunity to do some public speaking

-autonomic responses – unconscious, automatic body responses, we can’t control them

-                      bad dreams before

-                      nervousness

-                      heart racing

-                      upset stomach

-                      knot in your stomach

-                      butterflies in your stomach

-                      jittery, shaky hands

-                      sweating

-                      clammy hands

-                      vision blurred

-                      tunnel vision

-                      voice cracks

-                      have to go to the bathroom

-                      red face, blush, flush

-                      mind goes blank

-                      feel faint, dizzy, light-headed

-                      crying

-                      laughing

-                      pacing, moving a lot

 

 

These are normal and predicable responses.

Most of us are all in the same boat here. We are in the same shoes.

 

IDIOM in good company, in the same boat, in the same shoes- we all share the same experience

 

REMEMBER: We’re all on your side. Everybody wants you to do well.

 

Try to relax, if possible. We are interested in what you have to say.

 

If you mess up, just take a second. Take a moment. Take a deep breath.

We’ll wait.

Then keep going.

 

No need to apologize. Don’t apologize.

 

 

Four Tips/Pieces of Advice I Gave My Children for Public Speaking

 

1. Deaf grandmother- speak up, speak a bit louder than usual, slow your rate of speech down a bit, slower than usual

2. Good dog!- energetic tone, energy in your voice, animated, avoid monotone

3. Magic eye – eye contact, right between the eyes

4. Wavy hands- hand gestures, be careful of pacing

 

It gets easier with practice.

If you see a presenter that you like, copy some aspects of their style.

 

EXTRA TIP: Reframe in my mind- no group, just individuals

Everybody is on your side.

 

 

 

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Continue simple verb tenses- examples

simple future

are going to

will

 

“Our Upcoming Family Vacation”

will go

will drive

will take

will sit

will sit

will read

will bring

will visit

will take

will swim

will collect

will build

will be

 

“My Plans for the Weekend”

will be

will play

will watch

match = sports, soccer game

 

tournament- games all day, big competition with many teams, many teams all day

 

league- a group of teams that play each other, play all year, all season

 

will pick up

will meet

will go

will sing

will wash

will go

will take

will rent

 

buddies- friends, pals

 

SIMPLE PRESENT, PAST and FUTURE