ENGLISH Introductory Class

CONVERSATION
FIRST THINGS FIRST, LET’S
GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER
Name
Age
Education
Work
Hobbies
Future plans
What else
Getting to know the phonetic
chart
/i:/ AND /I/
Sheep /i:/
Ship /I/
Deep /i:/
Dip /I/
People /pi:pl/
Seat /i:/ -Sit /I/ -set /e/
Pin /I/
Steep /i:/ - step /e/
Sleep /i:/
U: , Ɔː AND Ʊ
Food /fu:d/
Do /du:/
Argue /ˈɑːrɡ.juː/
Pollute /pəˈluːt/
Foot /fʊt/
Good /ɡʊd/
Full Br./fʊl/
Fought Br./fɔːt/ - Am./ fȯt/
Daughter Br. /dɔː.tər/ - Am. /ˈdȯ-tər/
Ought Br. /ɔːt/ -Am. /ˈȯt/
AREAS WE ARE GOING TO
WORK ON
Building conversations in various contexts.
Working on listening and reading skills for better comprehension.
Expanding vocabulary range with various registers.
What else?
CLASS 1 OBJECTIVES
Self-introduction
Listening skills
Describing people
LISTENING EXERCISE
CONVERSATION QUESTION
What do you think is inappropriate to talk about with someone you have just met?
Why?
DESCRIBE THESE PEOPLE
• She is cute, middle-aged with long wavy
red hair.
• Adam is a kind of old, good-looking man
with short curly gray hair.
• Carlos is in his twenties. He’s is
attractive with short straight black hair.
• Wendy is a middle-aged, thin African-
American woman with a kind of short
straight black hair.
• Jason is a good-looking Asian man with a
kind of long straight black hair.
• Lucy looks friendly and she’s a rather
young, maybe in her early twenties with
long straight brown hair.
PRONUNCIATION NOTE 1
Athletic /aθˈletɪk/
Average /ˈav(ə)rɪdʒ/
Muscular /ˈmʌskjʊlər/ (you need more practice)
Attractive /əˈtraktɪv/
Of /(ə)v/
Kind of (kinda)
Sort of (sorta)
A lot of (a lotta)
Volve
Involve
Revolve
Itis
LISTENING EXERCISE 2
DESCRIBE THE APPEARANCE
OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
PICTURES

Jason Momoa
TALKING ABOUT
PERSONALITIES
Match these adjectives with their opposites
PRONUNCIATION NOTE 2
Adventurous /ədˈvɛntʃ(ə)rəs/
Creative /kriːˈeɪtɪv/
Stubborn /ˈstʌbərn/
Timid /ˈtɪmɪd/
Unimaginative /ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv/
Quiet /ˈkwʌɪət/
Quite /kwʌɪt/
Talkative /ˈtɔːkətɪv/
LISTENING PRACTICE 2
DISCUSSION TOPIC
ASSIGNMENT (FOR 1 MINUTE)
What are your strengths and weaknesses?