Day 2

• 20 minutes: Student self-introduction

• 30 minutes: Questionnaire

• 20 minutes: Overview of the course

• 10 minutes: Watching A Cinderella Story Part 1 (in one go)

• 20 minutes: Practice with Dokeos

Self-introduction

• Groups of five

• Greetings: – Hello (everyone)

– Hi (everyone)

• Name-Hometown-Study

• ...

Questionnaire

• Questionnaire written in Vietnamese.• 35 situations for using English.• Make sure you answer for ALL the situations.• Make sure you answer for BOTH columns.

– Column 1: WTC in English (Y muon)– Column 2: Confidence in using English (Tu tin)

The course

• In this course, you’re going to learn English by watching movies.

• This means you will: – Have a lot of chances to hear native

speakers.– Learn every-day English conversations.– Follow a story line.

Teaching method

• The Input Approach: – Listening– Comprehension

• The Lexical Approach:– Meaning-based – Phrases and expressions (“chunks”)

Understanding what you hear

No more grammar teaching!

Teaching method• Movie scenes are explained and

discussed in English.• You are not asked to speak English when

you are not ready. • You listen first. • You will be able to speak good English at

the end of the course• as a result of hearing authentic language,• and as a result of hearing it repeatedly.

Two movies

• Movie 1: A Cinderella Story (95 minutes)– About a girl – Pursuing dreams– Believing in onself

• Movie 2: Bridge to Terabithia (95 minutes)– About a boy – Making friends– Keeping friends

How to watch?• The whole movie: NO!!

• Short movie clips: YES.– How short? – 1-2 minutes long

• Watch one clip two or three times.

• Watch 4-6 movie clips per class.

What to do after watching?

What to do after watching?

• I explain the meaning of the text (words/phrases/sentences).

• You listen.• You read the text aloud.• You answer comprehension questions.• You act out.• You write something.• Sounds like a lot of work for you, huh? (: Don’t worry. You’re

gonna love all these activities. They’re gonna be very interesting.

What to do after class?

• You go to the Learning Path of the course on Dokeos.

• You watch the movie clips again.• Or you can borrow the DVD movie from the

library and watch it.• As many times as you want.• Why?

– To improve your listening skill.– To get well-prepared for the Listening Exercise in

class.

Aims of the course

• To improve your listening & speaking

• To develop your English proficiency

• To increase your confidence

• To increase your vocabulary– Chunks – Individual words– General words (e.g. stuff, things)

Of course, at least, by the way, believe in, faraway kingdom, strong coffee, fairy tale, a happy family,

etc.

Individual words & chunks

• Happy

- Happy Birthday!

- One big, happy family

• Wish

- Make a wish

- I wish…

Individual words & chunks

• At

- At 2 pm, at once, at first

- At home, at work, at school

- At the end of the day

- Love at first sight

• Of

- Of course

Individual words & chunks• In

- In fact

- In addition

- Interested in music

- Believe in ghosts

- In God we trust! (American motto)

Individual words & chunks

• Nice

- Nice to meet you.

- It’s nice.

• Oh

- Oh, no!

• Friend

- Best friend

Individual words & chunks

• Twin

- Twin daughter

- Twin sister

• Step

- Step mother, step sister

- The next step is …

Individual words & chunks

• Kingdom- A faraway kingdom

• Opportunity- A golden opportunity

• Coffee- Strong coffee

Individual words & chunks• Point

- Good point!

- That’s exactly my point!

- Why do you want me to do that?

I can’t see the point.

Words & Chunks

• Thing- The thing is … - You wanna go or something…- Things like that- One thing I know for sure is that … • Stuff- Can you watch my stuff?- Stuff like that

Words & Chunks

• What

- What?

- You know what …

- What I like about … is that …

• By

- By bus

- By the way

Words & Chunks

• Go

- Go ahead!

- Go away!

• To

- To me

- To my dismay

Individual words & chunks

• Question

- I have a question.

- Can I have a question?

- It’s a good question,

but sorry I don’t have the answer.

Examples of chunks in sentences

• BNC corpus http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/

• COCA corpus http://www.americancorpus.org/x.asp?w=819&h=614

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students…

1. Have knowledge and competencies in

L-S-R-W, vocabulary, pronunciation, & grammar

2. Can understand sentences and frequently-used expressions of familiar topics

3. Accurately and appropriately use lexical items, frequently-used expressions, and key features of English grammar, both orally and in writing

Learning outcomes

4. Can communicate in simple tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of

information on familiar topics 5. Can describe in simple words aspects of their background, and immediate need6. Can describe in simple words aspects of American culture that they encounter in movies

Learning outcomes

7. Have social skills and pragmatic skills

8. Have developed their self-learning skills

Social skills

Relaxed

Empathy

Rapport

Listening skills

Self-disclosure

Interest

Eye contact

Social skills (1)

• Relaxed: the ability to remain relaxed, or at tolerable level of anxiety while in social situation

– Hello, nice to meet you.

• Listening skills: including letting others know you are listening

– Uh-huh, really?, oh yes? – So he went to the dentist? What happened?

Remain physical stillness, eye contact and

attentiveness while the other person is talking.

Social skills (2)

• Empathy: empathy with and interest in others' situations – That’s too bad; That’s nice; Really?

• Rapport: the ability to build rapport/connection– So, you went to HCMC? How was it?

• Self-disclosure: knowing how, when and how much to talk about yourself

• Eye contact: appropriate, not staring, not looking away

Pragmatic skills

Changing the language

Using the language

Following rules

Pragmatic skills (1)

• Using language for different purposes, such as – greetings (e.g., hello, goodbye) – informing (e.g., I'm going to get a cookie.) – promising (e.g., I'm going to get you a cookie.) – requesting for information (e.g., Where have you

been?)– requesting for an action (e.g., I would like a cookie,

please. Give me a cookie. Can you pass the salt?)– prohibiting an action (e.g., Don’t eat that cookie. Stop

it.) – suggesting (e.g., How about a cookie?)

Pragmatic skills (2)

• Changing language according to the needs of a listener or situation, such as – talking differently to a baby than to an adult – giving background information to an unfamiliar

listener – speaking differently in a classroom than on a

playground

Pragmatic skills (3)

• Following rules for conversations, storytelling, explaining an event, giving directions for how to make something or how to get somewhere, or persuading a listener in an argument, such as – taking turns in conversation – introducing topics of conversation – staying on topic – rephrasing when misunderstood – how to use verbal and nonverbal signals – how close to stand to someone when speaking – how to use facial expressions and eye contact

Pragmatic meaning

• What does the speaker probably mean in this sentence?

I’m afraid he is in a meeting.

= He’s not available

to talk

to you.

Your scores

• Attendance & participation: 10%

• In-class listening : 15%

• In-class writing : 15%

• Vocabulary quizzes : 10%

• Final exam (4 skills) : 50%

• Total : 100%

Any questions so far?

Movie plot

• We’re going to watch A Cinderella Story. • This movie is about a girl who studies very hard

so that she can go to college. At the same time, she’s looking for her Prince Charming.

• But her step-mother doesn’t want her to go to college. She makes her work day and night.

• However, the girl has good friends and they help her along.

• Will she finally be able to go to college? Will she be able to find her Prince Charming?

Movie plot again

• A girl studies very hard• Go to college • At the same time, Prince Charming• Her step-mother • Go to college• Work day and night • Good friends help her along • Will she finally be able to go to college? • Will she finally be able to find her Prince Charming?

Movie today

• I’d like to show the first part of the movie today.• In this part, you will see the girl when she was young,

about 8 years old, with her Dad. She was a happy child. She was her Dad’s best friend and he was hers…

• You will not understand everything right now, but don’t get panicked. We will watch it again next week, bit by bit, and I will explain everything to you. I watched this movie five or six times to hear everything! So I want you to know that the more you watch the more you learn English. This is just the first time you watch it,

• Are you ready for the movie?

A Cinderella Story Part 1a Once upon a time…

A Cinderella Story Part 1bCity Hall

A Cinderella Story Part 1cThe father’s dream

A Cinderella Story Part 1dThe loss of father

DOKEOS PRACTICE

• Now, we will move to the computer room.

• Quiet and quick

• Dokeos: http://lms.ctu.edu.vn/dokeos/index.php