Demo Class Notes (Jennifer – Jesse)

Jennifer 

– looking for jobs, trade company, business English, worked for international company before, casual talk is OK, doesn’t enjoy reading or writing. 

Listening: 4
Speaking: 3
Pronunciation: 3
Writing: 3.25
13.25
1 year

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F2F: 2

WeChat:

Email: 2

 — EVERY TIME YOU SPEAK OR WRITE, THINK OF THIS: — 

SPEAKING: slow down and try to correct yourself especially simple grammar mistakes
WRITING: use vocabulary from class and try to make different kinds of sentences

Thank you for coming to meet us Jennifer! It was really lovely meeting you. If you have any questions about the notes or anything, please just ask us. 🙂
Jesse & Judy


Speaking exercise

i went to Vietnam. we didn’t plan this trip, this idea just pop up. we checked online so vietnam is good place to visit, also we don’t have to apply for tourist visa, it’s much easier. both of us were busy with work so we don’t have time to plan. we even didn’t make a schedule, where to visit, just book the hotel from booking.com. also, service is the best, i think. bangkok is quite a commercial place for me, more bars, more restaurants, more fun things to do, but vietnam is a peaceful, people there are more friendly. i like vietnam food.

i went to Vietnam. we didn’t plan this trip, this idea just popped up. we checked online for the hotels and other tickets. Vietnam is a wonderful place to visit because we don’t have to apply for tourist visa which it’s much easier. Both of us were busy with / at work so we didn’t have time to plan the whole trip. At that time, we even didn’t make a schedule about where to visit, and how to get there. We just booked the hotel from booking.com. Also, their service is the best compared to Thailand, i think. bangkok is quite a commercial place, there are more bars, more restaurants, more places to spend your money and more fun things to do, but vietnam is a peaceful place where the people are more friendly. i like vietnamese food.

i went / visited / took a trip to / had a holiday in Vietnam. we didn’t plan this trip / we went on this trip spontaneously, this idea just popped up / popped into our heads. we checked online for the hotels and other tickets / we booked all the itinerary online. The reason I think Vietnam is such a wonderful place to visit is that we don’t have / there is not need for us to apply for tourist visas which is much easier. Both of us were busy with / at work so we didn’t have time to plan the whole trip.

structure – the way sth is organised
eg. when you speak you need to have more structure to ensure people can follow you easily

I have a lot of money
I have a large / significant amount of money

efficient = you xiao de
eg. business English is usually more efficient than conversational English

spontaneous = to do sth without any planning at all – often surprise you
eg. I really like to be spontaneous sometimes because it keeps life interesting

itinerary – the tickets for accommodation + travel – “eye tin ner ree”
eg. I have organised all of my itinerary

even my English is not so goodeven if my English is not particularly good / not at a particularly high level

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