Demo Class Notes ( Amanda – Tibo)

Amanda

She used to be a nurse and has been in China for 6y.
plans to go to the US next year and find a job there (health or other industry).
Wants to improve her English for life and work in the US.
Work on improving confidence when speaking in English

• Role play (life situations / work situations (job interview global / healthcare)
• Discuss the news to make it easier to communicate with people and learn new words
• Correct grammar as it comes up
• Correct pronunciation

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F2F: 2

Writing: 2

I am from Brazil, I have been in China for 6 years. I am married and have 2 dogs and 1 cat.

In Brazil I am a nurse but here I am not working but I am plan to work.
Because next year my husband is planning to go to Michigan, US.
I think it is not very good, I know I have a lot of problems with grammar and I don’t know too much words in England and I am a little lazy to study

I want to be a nurse but I think it is difficult, I can do anything, don;t need to be nurse.
If yes ok but if I can’t I will look another thing.

The president is very bad now it is much worse
Now it is Bosonaro, crazy guy. It is not a good idea to come back to Brazil.

He can be reelected but I hope not, need to another election.

writing is bad but if I have some doubt I take the word in google.
and the listen I don’t know I think half half.

I think today is a big problem, everyone is afraid and a lot of people cant go out of the house and they just thinking and thinking and cannot do anything so a lot of people is having mental health problems.
They don’t have before but now they have.
I have a good friend, she lived here for 4 years and for her was a difficult time. Everyday she was complaining about her life.

I am from Brazil, I have been in China for 6 years. I am married and have 2 dogs and 1 cat.

In Brazil I am a nurse but here I am not working but I plan / I am planning to work.
Because next year my husband is planning to go to Michigan, US.
I think it is not very good, I know I have a lot of problems with grammar and I don’t know too many words in English and I am a little lazy to study

I want to be a nurse but I think it is difficult, I can do anything, I don’t need to be nurse / I will look for different jobs
If yes ok but if I can’t I will look for another thing.

The president is very bad now it is much worse
Now it is Bolsonaro, He is a crazy guy. It is not a good idea to come back to Brazil.

He can be reelected but I hope not / I hope he won’t. /
There will be another election.

My writing is bad but if I have some doubts I look for the word in google / in the dictionary / I use an online translator
and the listening  I don’t know I think so so

I think today it is a big problem, everyone is afraid and a lot of people can’t go out of the house / can’t leave the house/ have to stay indoors and they are just thinking / and they keep thinking and thinking and cannot do anything so a lot of people are having mental health problems. / develop mental health issues
They didn’t  have those issues/them before but now they do / have those issues
I have a good friend, she lived here for 4 years and for her it was a difficult time. Everyday she was complaining about her life.

you need to write an email to John Smith to remind him of his appointment with the doctor on Aug 9 at 5pm at the hospital.
The address is 555 Nanjing road, Shanghai

Hello Mr John Smith,
I would like to remind you that you have appointment in Aug 9 at 5pm
At the address below :

555 Nanjing roadm Shanghai

Please confirm if you will be available to come.

Thank you,

Amanda.

Hi John, / Dear Mr Smith 
I would like to remind you that you have appointment on Aug 9 at 5pm
At the address below :

555 Nanjing roadm Shanghai

Please confirm if you will be available to come. / please let me know if this is ok or if you need to reschedule / please confirm the appointment

Thank you (in advance),

Best regards,

Amanda.

Vocabulary

respiratory sicknesses  (n) sickness related to the breathing system
She has many respiratory sicknesses

to skip (v) : go to the next one
I skipped this song because I didn’t like it

skip button (n) button to move to the next one
I pressed the skip button to move to the next song

previous button (n) button to move to the item before
I pressed the previous button to re-listen to this song

to get along (v) : be good friends / not fight
I don’t get along with my boss, so I decided to change my job

t0 count (v) : do 1 , 2 , 3….
I count the sheep to fall asleep at night

countable (adj) which you can count
pens are countable
water is not countable

to look (v) put your eyes somewhere / pay attention to
I look at the bird

to look for (v) : search
I am looking for my keys, have you seen them

to pull out (v) : withdraw / quit
She decided to pull out from the competition because she felt sick

to track (v) : to follow / pay attention to
I am tracking the time we spend on this job

to lose track (v) : forget / stop paying attention / get disoriented
When I do something I like, I lose track of time

to bounce (v) hit and come back
I throw the ball and the wall and it bounces back

to bounce back (v) catch up after difficulties
at the beginning he was losing but he bounced back and won in the end

tie (n) piece of string men wear with a suit on the neck / same score
He wears a tie to work
The match ended in a tie

Grammar

In + big time period (year / month / season)
In 2019
In December
In Summer

On + day / event
On Monday
On Aug 9
On my birthday
On Christmas

At + time
at 5pm

Pronunciation

issue

confirm

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