Dr. Janet Sio 邵婉瑜IELTS Preparatory Course:

Listening and Spoken English

Fujian Normal University

My Favourite Things, Occupations

Simple Past Tense ReviewWhat did you do this past week?

I ate _______

I went to _____

I studied _____

I met ______

I joined a ______

I saw (a) ______

I played ________

Time Line

Simple Past Ordering Game

1. List 5-6 things you’ve done in your life in simple past tense. (eg. I played on a basketball team)

2. In pairs, find out the chronological order of events that took place by asking questions in past perfect tense. Use the following question pattern:

Did you _(present tense)_ before you _(past tense) ?

What did you do before _____ ?

Occupations•Teacher government official athlete

•Doctor taxi driver painter

•Nurse bus driver model

•Writer waiter/waitress dancer

•Artist hairstylist singer

•Journalist engineer musician

•Programmerreporter

•Actor/performer astronaut

•Chef/cook

•Pilot

•policeman

When I was young, I wanted to be a/an ________.

Now I am studying to be a ________.  

Occupations Charades

1. You will be given an occupation on a card.

2. Role play the card for the class

3. The class must guess what occupation is being acted out.

Tongue Twister review (饶口令 )

She sells seashells by the seashore.

I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop.

Practice 5 times daily.

FNU Language Enhancement 2012-2013

L, N and R Pronunciation

L N R

Lei 累 Nan 南 Ren 人Lu 路 Neng 能 Re 热Liang 两 Nian 年 Ri 日

Lice Nice Rice

Low Know Row

Light Night Right

Pooling Pruning Pouring

n

Tongue Twisters

Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry.Green glass globes glow greenly.

Practice saying this 5 times quickly every day.

It’s not nice to have lice in your rice!Did Ned arrive alive?Nate threw the liver in the river.

Asking About Likes and Dislikes

PRACTICE•hamburgers•basketball•Mexican food•Kobe Bryant•Hunger Games•Leonardo Di Caprio

POSITIVE ANSWERS•I’m crazy about it.•It’s great.•It’s okay. UNCERTAIN ANSWERS•I don’t know.•I’ve never tasted it.NEGATIVE ANSWERS•I hate it•I don’t like it•I can’t stand itNEUTRAL ANSWERS•It’s okay. (rising tone)•It’s all right. (rising tone) •It’s not bad. (rising tone)

QUESTIONS

How do you like pizza?

How do you feel about pizza?

What do you think of pizza?

Agreeing and DisagreeingStatement: I’m crazy about baseball.Response: Are you?

Really?

Statement: I (really) like baseball.I (really) love baseball. Response: Do you?

Really?

Agreeing Disagreeing

I am too.So am I.Me, too.I like it, too.

I’m not.I don’t like it at all.

Agreeing Disagreeing

I do, too.So do I.Me, too.I like it, too.

I don’tI don’t like it at all.

PRACTICE: pizza badminton moviesice cream Zhang Zi Yi Jet Li

Asking About Kinds and FavouritesQuestion Answer

What kind/sort/type of movies do you like?

All kinds, but I especially like love stories.I like love stories best.

What’s your favourite movie?

I like the Hunger Games best. My favorite is the Hunger Games

Who’s your favourite actor? I like Leonardo DiCaprio best. My favorite is Leonardo DiCaprio.

PRACTICE:Food: Chinese Sports : volleyball Movies: musicals

American soccer action moviesKorean basketball documentariesMongolian swimming love stories (rom-coms)

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittensBright copper kettles and warm woolen mittensBrown paper packages tied up with stringsThese are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudelsDoorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodlesWild geese that fly with the moon on their wingsThese are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashesSnowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashesSilver white winters that melt into springsThese are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bitesWhen the bee stingsWhen I'm feeling sadI simply remember my favorite thingsAnd then I don't feel so bad

My Favourite Things

Homework

• Tongue twister review (L,N and R)

• Describe your best friend’s personal qualities. List 3-4 qualities you like about them in short sentences.

• Start each sentence with “I like my best friend because they are/he is/she is….”

First Project

• Date: March 25, 2013

• Value: 25% of final mark

• Write a speech about “I am…..” which will last about 1-1 ½ minutes (18-20 sentences)

• Each line should begin with “I am…”

• Use the instructor’s speech “I am” as a guide to preparing your assignment

• Written part must be submitted

• Pronunciation, Fluency, Vocabulary, Grammar, Depth, Length will all be part of the assignment grade.