F2F Class Notes 20 Jan (Trista)

Chao xian zu – Korean ethnic minority

Hospitable (adj.)

Hospitality (n.)–

My hosts in Korea were so hospitable. They were so kind and showed me a lot of great places.

My Korean hosts had great hospitality.

Sometime you are lucky you can meet them

Sometimes you are lucky and you meet them

Sometimes you are lucky enough to meet them.

You are lucky if you can meet them.

Vocabulary

Pronunciation

Sentence structure

Grammar

Casual –

sometimes when I don’t have go to work or don’t have a good situation I will wear some casual clothes.

Sometimes when I don’t have a good reason to look professional, I will wear some casual clothes.

Reason – why something happens /why you do something

Ex1: The reason why I get into SE for learning English is that I want to improve my speaking English.

The reason why I started going SE for learning English is that I want to improve my oral English.

Ex2: The reason I like you because its very happy when we are talking and I think its very useful when we are talking for my English.

The reason I like having class with you is because we have happy conversations and I think that’s very useful for my learning English.

Oral – speaking / adjective for mouth

If you want to talk about with foreign people frequently you will try to exercise your oral English.

If you talk to foreign people frequently you can exercise your oral English.

Mature – adult (adj) / not childish

If you dress and speak and act more adult, others will perceive you as mature.

Perceive – believe, think, understand a person/situation

Ex1: At first I thought you were funny, but now I perceive you as rude because you say mean things about people.

Ex2: How do you perceive the situation? (what do you think about this situation?)