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Microsoft PowerPoint - Ngong - Session 1
Microsoft PowerPoint - Ngong - Session 1
Ngng
Session 1
Instructor: H L V
OVERVIEW
Warm-up activity
English around the world
speaking
presentation & script writing
other activities
Class limitations
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WARM-UP
Match clips with their respective accents
American English
Australian English
British English
Canadian English
New Zealand English
Scottish English
Welsh English
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READING
MATERIALS
Show introduction and episode summary
Behind-the-scene information
WHY?
It facilitates both listening comprehension and class discussion
It offers opportunities for schwa and intonation practice
It serves as pronunciation checkpoints and means for self-correction
HOW
At home reading
Practice reading out loud and monitor your pronunciation and intonation,
using samples read by native speakers
look up new words
Brief discussion in class
FUN ACTIVITY
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LISTENING
A sample listening task:
Watch a clip in which
Adam Lambert performs Ring of Fire, a Johnny Cash's classical song
for the Country music week on AI.
Randy Travis, a country star, is the mentor.
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LISTENING
Important structures:
My initial reaction to the Grand Ole Opry week.
The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert that has
presented the biggest stars of that genre.
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LISTENING
Important structures:
Even though she failed, we still gave her points for trying.
Even though her song choice is stupid, the judge gave the singer
props for taking a masculine song into a pretty female place.
Even though his English is not perfect, I do give him credit for trying
new things once in a while.
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LISTENING
Important structures:
She wasn't sure what to make of his absence.
Well, what did you make of her?
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LISTENING
Important structures:
You are either a quick study or a born natural.
= a fast learner
She proves to be a natural with modeling. | That child actor is
obviously a natural.
You raise your own bar each week and we are gonna keep
expecting more and more great things out of you.
vs. The first performer sets the bar so high it puts great pressure on
next contestants.
If we raise the bar, more students will fail in the exams.
vs. lower the bar
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LISTENING
At-home listening
Audio files via class email list
higher level of listening comprehension (without visual aids)
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SPEAKING
(for the next session) Listen and compare Adam Lamberts
performance of Ring of Fire and the original version by Johnny
Cash
listen to a sample of Cashs version
in terms of
vocabulary priming
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OTHER ACTIVITIES
Warm-up & fun activities
Listening challenge
Idiom identification
Riddle and puzzle completion
Short comedy skits and parodies
Revision exercises
Idiom games
Idiom singing competition
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CLASS MONITOR
Class monitor position
Self-nominate and be chosen by the teacher
Benefits:
The class monitor receives 1 mil VND cashback at the end of the course
Leadership experiences for your CV and future applications
The instructor reserves the right to cancel/replace the class monitor
Duties
Make copies of class materials
Photocopy fee: 20.000 VND
Make class announcements
Co-ordinate class events
Pay back the money when the teacher runs away
Self-nomination
Ill post a call for the position of class monitor via email
Follow the instructions in that email to self-nominate
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WARNING
It is a BIG class. Focus more on listening than speaking
It is NOT a course about pronunciation
self- and group practices are expected
NO simplified vocabulary:
Unless you are a very advanced learner, you will encounter tons of new lexical
items (to simulate the learning environment abroad)
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HOMEWORK
Review new idioms and fixed expressions learned in this session.
The MONEY BOX
Listen to the emailed audio file at home and answer at-home listening
questions (the LAST FOUR questions on the handout). Well have group
competition on this next time.
Also listen to a SUMMARY of many (if not all) structures learned in todays
session and write them down IN THE ORDER they appear in the audio.
Listen and compare Adam Lamberts performance of Ring of Fire and the
original version by Johnny Cash
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COMING UP NEXT
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