F2F Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Tell me about a great experience you’ve had at university. Why was it so great? What did you learn from it?

Vocabulary

how to speak this? – how do you say .. ?

I don’t know how to say it.

you know / ummm / I don’t know that word / what’s the word for…? 

Sorry, what do you mean? 
Sorry I didn’t really catch that / I don’t understand 

novel / book 

fiction < > non-fiction 

bachelors – masters – PhD
eg. I’m doing my bachelors degree now (within 1-4th year)
eg. I’m doing my masters now (after year 4)

freshman 
sophomore
junior
senior  

Grammar

reason
to + verb
for + noun

speak out – speak / say sth 

I have studied about IELTS – I have studied IELTS before
I don’t choose about my major – I haven’t chosen my major

no one reply me – no one replies to me / no one talks to me 

I don’t so good at it

that’s weird is it?

it has many things to do with my major

it has got to do with my major / it has a lot to do with my major

Because I just need to study here. My study is not good enough.
So. many words that I need to know and the pronunciation is a little, at least for me is a little poor.
I think the listening is so difficult to hear clearly so this is the best barrier to me to study English. Because in the listening exam I always failed..
because it is so bad because it is not interesting and so tired.
the time for study is so long and we have no time to have rest so we need to go to the extra lessons. has no break.

I need to study here because my English is not good enough.

There are so many words that I need to know and my pronunciation is a little, at least for me, is a little poor.
I think listening is so difficult and it is hard for me to understand clearly so this is the biggest barrier for me to study English. Because in the listening exams I always failed..
it is so bad because it is not interesting and so tiring.
the time for study is so long and we have no time to have a rest so we need to go to the extra lessons which have no break.

Pronunciation

photograph – FO to graph
photographer – fo TOG rapher

academy – a KAD demy
academic – aka DEM mick