Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

topic / subject
eg. they do some artwork based on the topic we give them

tutorial – a teaching / lesson

audio engineering – Jesse’s major

tell me directly. say what you want to say

Pronunciation

complicated – kom pli kay ted
complex – kom plex

question = ask a question
talk = say words
eg. I talked to my friend about it = I questioned my friend about it
eg. I say “hello” = I ask “why?”

Grammar

I learn English by talking to you / I go to work by car
I learn English through this class or through talking to you

this / that = specifically the one here, the one there
it = the thing – lets people guess

we give them a tutorial for once
for + how long
eg. I have class for 1 hour
eg2. I have class 3 times a week

at this age / in this period

it’s different between 2 things – there’s a big difference between 2 things / those 2 things are very different

went / did – past time
have been / have done – anytime before now / before now for a period of time 
had been / had done – past of the past / before a past time 

I went to Japan last year but I had been there many times before that trip. In my life, I have been there 10 times in total.

I went to Japan 10 times in 2020
I have been to Japan 10 times in the last 2 years
I had been to Japan 5 times before 2020

If it rains, people get wet sometimes
If it rains but you don’t bring your umbrella, you would get wet

If I were rich, I would buy 10 houses. – not real
If it hadn’t rained, I wouldn’t have gotten wet – not real + past
eg. If he had pointed it out, it wouldn’t have been negative…

He has done it. I have been unhappy. It has been negative.

I think if someone pointed that out,then this person could have just talked to me directly and i don’t think it would be a negative behavior because a job is a job

I think if someone pointed that out,then this person colud have just talked to me directly and i don’t think it’s a negtive behavior because job is job.But the result was pretty drama after i massaged all other teachers about that . They told me these were nonsense and not to misunderstand them,also, they thought i work carefully and patiently .A young meal teacher went to headmaster”s office angrily and questioned her why she need to do that, she answered it was non of his business and he know nothing!
After that ,I learned that she considered that i wasn’t as good as she expected ,so she decided to stimulate me by this method.I just want to say :It’s really stupid and she made a simple thing became complicated.

I think if someone pointed that it out,then this person could have just talked to me directly and i don’t think it would be a negative behavior because a job is a job.But the result was pretty dramatic after i messaged all the other teachers about it. They told me it was nonsense and not to misunderstand them, and also, they thought i work carefully and patiently. A young male teacher went to the headmaster’s office angrily and questioned her about / she asked her why she needed to do it, she answered it was non of his business and he knows nothing!
After that ,I learned that she considered that i wasn’t as good as she expected ,so she decided to stimulate me through / by using this method.I just want to say :It’s really stupid and she made a simple thing became complicated.