Example Notes (Tony)

*Notes for training purposes and class content/exercises. All Red Words are for teacher training. And the rest is how it should appear in the student’s notes.

Corrections Key:

Strikethrough:

Word = Big Mistake

Italics:

Word = Student’s words / Mistakes

Bold:

Word = Correction / Missing Word or Phrase

Underline:

Word? = A Teacher’s Question for Student

Conversation:

USE INDENT BUTTON

Teacher: Are you busy today?

Student: I no busy. – I’m not busy.

Teacher: Do you have any free time later?

Student: Yes, have time. – Yes, I have time later. What do you need?

Teacher: Can we review the plan? I still have some questions.

Student: Yes, is nothing. Can review with you together. – Yeah, no problem. We can review it with you together.

How to do Grammar Corrections:

Grammar

General:

I go went to the office yesterday.

He was cooking dinner.

Is Are they coming from your home country?

I see the news before. – I have seen that news before.

Rules and Examples: Give simple formulaic grammar rules.

ADJ. + N:

eg: I work in a big (ADJ) office.

eg: That’s an expensive (ADJ) car.

eg: He’s a nice (ADJ) and helpful (ADJ) boss.

BE + V. + ING

eg: They were waiting for me

eg: We are thinking about moving.

eg: I‘m taking a taxi to work tomorrow.

Writing Exercise  / Homework:

There are many different kinds of species live in forest. Some are very cute animals like rabbits and deers, others are predators like snakes and lions. One day, there is a tiger walking in the forest and other animals are afraid of it. A little fox follows that tiger, it is the associate of the tiger, so it seems like animals are afraid of that little fox. The fox feels so elation. But a tiger is always a tiger, at the end of that journey, the tiger eats that little fox because it feels hungry. They will never been peers because they are quite different species and they can’t translate others “language”.

There are many different kinds of species that live in forests. Some are very cute animals like rabbits and deer, others are predators like snakes and tigers. One day, there was a tiger walking in the forest and the other animals were afraid of it. A little fox followed that tiger, it is the associate of the tiger, so it seems like animals are afraid of that little fox. The fox feels so elated(adj). But a tiger is always a tiger, at the end of that journey, the tiger eats that little fox because it feels hungry. They will never be peers because they are quite different species and they can’t translate each others “language”.

Speaking Exercise / Tell a story:

You know that I have a kid, mty son 1.5 years old. I bought him a tool, a big one that you can climb to top and foo, up and down. yesterday it arrived and I asked him to play it, actually he a little bit scared, but I think he pretend to be funny because everyone in the family are encouraging him from up to the bottom, and after that he just smile, but its kind of an embarrassing smile so I took a video, for the whole from the start to the end. So everytime I watched the video its really funny.

You know that I have a kid, my son who’s one and a half years old. I ordered him a toy, a big one that you can climb to the top and slide up and down down. Yesterday it arrived and I asked him to play with it, actually he was a little bit scared, but I think he pretended to be happy because everyone in the family was encouraging him to slide down, he did and after that he just smiled, but its kind of an embarrassing smile so I took a video from the start to end. So everytime I watch the video its really funny.

How to do Vocabulary:

Vocabulary

General:  Focus on WORD CHOICE and teaching vocab PHRASES

have a meet for lunch

eg: Do you wanna meet for lunch?

we should get lunch together with you

I went there three times

we created made plans

eg: We made plans to go to Beijing.

I need to apply submit my report by this Friday.

it will get red

eg: My eyes will get red if I sit too close.

blood kind type

eg: What’s your blood type?

the bar is the mosquitoes most like favorite place?

New Words:      

1. You must write EXAMPLE SENTENCES for EACH new vocabulary WORD.

2. Use Learnersdictionary.com  (APP available for 30 Yuan) for simple English definitions. Or create your own simple definition with easy words that the student can understand.

consider – to think about something,  think about doing something

eg: I’m considering buying a house in pudong.

eg: I have considered it, but I am not sure.

eg: Did you consider that maybe you need a new computer?

regulate – to control something, usually by making rules or laws.

eg: It is important to regulate medicine so people know it is safe.

eg: They need to regulate some websites.

cream – a very thick liquid or soft substance, can be from a liquid

eg: I put a little cream in my coffee.

eg: I like milk coffee, it is very creamy.

block – to stop something

eg: Don’t block the door, it is not safe. What if there is a fire?

screen – to filter out things, something you can put on a window, so only the air can come in

eg: The screen is broken, so a lot of mosquitoes are inside.

sunblock / Sunscreen

eg: I need to put on some sunblock.

melt – rong hua

eg: Don’t let the ice cream melt.

hazy  – not clear

eg: The air is hazy in Beijing.

eG: I’m a little hazy about the details. I don’t remember clearly.

Using the vocabulary in natural English. (Writing example from teacher)

Oh my god it’s hot outside. I feel like I’m melting. I should have put on some sunblock. Now my face is gonna get burned. But I have an umbrella, so I can block the sun. After I got inside I wanted to open the window. But now it is night time and the window doesn’t have a screen. So if I open it, some mosquitoes will get in. And they always eat me alive. I have bites all over my arms and legs.

OTHER CLASS TECHNIQUES:

Listen and Spell: (Pronunciation exercise)

Teacher says a word, student writes it. Teacher says it again, student writes it again. Continue till you get it right. Do not give the answer!

Teacher: Frequent
Student : FeeKwan
Teacher: FREE QUENT
Student: Free Kwent…

Chinglish Vs. English

Basic – Give a simple replacement.

You can have a try – You can try it

Good Good Study Day Day Up – Study Hard

Big rain – Heavy rain

Heavy Sick – Really sick

Intermediate: Use direct word for translations to illustrate the differences in English Logic and Chinese Logic.

Chinglish Vs. English

Chinese: Wo bu yao gen ni yiqi shuo hua
Direct Translation: I not want with you together talk

English: I don’t want to talk with you.

Chinese: Wo mei you sheng qi
Direct Translation: I no have angry

English: I’m not angry.

Chinese: wo bu neng hen hao de he ni jiao liu
Direct Translation: I Not possible very good and you communication.   (Chinese Logic)

English: It’s not possible for me to have good communication with you.   (English Logic)

Simple English: It’s hard for me to speak English with you.   (Good English logic, Simple)

English to Chinese Direct Translation: Jiu Shi nan wo shuo yingyu gen ni.   (English logic), (Chinese logic is very bad for this sentence)

Advanced: Show how logic or translation does not matter and we simply use different words.

Chinglish Vs. English

you/ mei you    Vs.    Be/ Not be

wo you yi dian lei  Vs.    I am a little tired.

BE: 

I am tired.   I am hard working.    I am happy.   I am thinking about something.   I am a boss.  I am a mom.  I was organizing.

Be overbudget.  We are over-budget.

There is a red car.

( Be against it. ) I am against working overtime. I am against children working.

Have:

I have a dog.    I have seen that movie.   I have a problem.  I have an e-mail.   I have 50% battery/power.

There have a red car.

Story Listening:

Teacher tells a story and then asks the student to tell it back. Focusing on the DETAILS and NOT MEMORIZING the story.

Write down their story, or just the mistakes. Explain why it was wrong.

No, sorry, I said I had the car for five years. Then I sold it…
Not, I sold it five years ago.

Hangman:

Teach and play Hangman in class. It helps with spelling, confidence, and accepting failure. 

Figurative Vs. Literal:

Teach the meaning of the words Figurative and Literal. Use in examples.

General Vs. Specific:

Teach the meaning of the words General and Specific. Use in examples.