1. Sept. 3 Introductions
2. Sept. 4 How are you? & Small talk
3. Sept. 6 Phonics, the sounds of a language
4. Sept. 7 Good teacher, bad teacher &
what’s good and bad
about you?
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Hi! My
name is Gregory Brundage (그레고리 브런디지), and my Korean
name is "Gold Stone Pencil" or 김석필! I'm supposed to be an English teacher. Really, I think
of myself as an English language "facilitator." That is, I think most students have a lot of English up in their head,
and I just try to help them feel comfortable speaking it!
1 Hi! Can you tell me about yourself please?
Hi! My name
is ___________. My English nickname is __________.
I'm from ______________. My hobbies are __________ and ___________. In my family I have _______________________________(brothers,
sisters, a wife, husband, children...?)
I have (not) traveled
overseas before. (I went to _____ for ____ -- days, weeks, months, years...). I'd like to travel to: _____________ sometime
in the future because ________________________.
I want to learn English
because _______________.
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2.
Three Levels of Greetings
VERY FORMAL (Sophisticated, “classy” people!)
a. It’s a
pleasure to meet you sir/madam. How are you this evening?
Ans: I’m fine,
thank you, and you sir/madam?
Ans: I’m very
well, thank you, and you?
Ans: Excellent,
thank you, and you?
Follow up: Are you
having a good time?
Answer: Splendid,
everything is perfect!
Answer: Couldn’t
be better; I’m delighted!
Other superlatives:
Wonderful, excellent, fantastic, terrific!
MIDDLE CLASS
(Regular people)
Hi! Nice to meet you. (Nice ta meetju.)
How are you? (How-r-ya?)
How are you doing?
(How ya doin?)
Ans: I’m _______________. Number one answer is “good.” Or, answer with superlative, feeling, body state or activity. (Body states include,
hungry, sick, tired, exhausted. Activity might be busy, or “overworked,
underpaid, usual story!”)
How about you? (How ‘bout ju?)
Ans: Great! (I’m
having a great time!) Good!
Ans: Not bad…
Hanging in there…
Ans: Can’t
complain…
COMMON SLANG
What’s up? (Wassup?)
What’s new?
(Wasnu?)
Ans: Not much (Namuch)
Wassup with you? (Wasupwitju?)
Ans: Same ol’,
same ol’!
(Unless something
really is new, like you got a new job, had a baby, found a paper bag full of money…!)
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3
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL PHONICS
Every language has
some unique sounds.
Four sounds
in English not found in Korean are the:
"th," "f," "v" & "z"
sounds.
Today we'll
practice these sounds.
This, that,
the other thing.
Friendly
French Fred fried frogs.
Victors violin
vibrated violently.
Zorba’s
Zebra zigzagged to Zimbabwe’s zoo.
Without the correct "th" sound, "thinking" becomes "sinking,"
and "math" becomes "mass"and "thirty three" can become "dirty tree!"
These are the mistakes people ususally make:
Th > d, s
F > p
V > b
Z > j
No wonder there is so much misunderstanding! Other examples
will be explained in class. Also, I'll show you exactly how to make the correct sounds and suggest some ways to practice
and check yourself.
4. Good Teacher/Bad Teacher
Most university students
have already been in school for at least 11 or 12 years, which suggests that they probably have had both great and terrible
teachers.
Students: Please fill in
the blanks.
A good teacher _______________________________
A bad teacher ________________________________.
EXAMPLE
A good teacher listens to
the students. A bad teacher is cruel.
I'll make a list on the board.
Good qualities
Bad qualities
Hard working
lazy
Smart stupid
Caring cold
hearted
Sensitive
insensitive
Fair unfair
Knowledgable stupid
Funny
boring
Clean
dirty
Doesn't assign homework!
gives a lot of homework
Modest
arrogant
Kind
cruel
Ethical unethical
Generous greedy
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What is good and bad about you?
Some people say that that
I'm ________________ but really I’m
________________ because
I ________________.
Everyone has strong and weak points.
Some people say that
I am hard working but really I’m lazy because I never study and don’t care about my grades.
Some people say
that I'm smart, but really I'm stupid because I drink Soju for breakfast every morning. (ha, ha)
Some psychologists believe
that there are three “selves” for each of us. There is the “self”
other people think we are, the “self” we think we are and there is our real self, which may or may not be similar
to either of the first two selves.
