THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE BUS FOR 30 MIN. THEY'RE WONDERING

THE SITUATION WAS + THAT CLAUSE

The situation

was   that I went away this weekend and

          I was supposed to get in yesterday at 5

and      I expected to fully complete all the exams by midnight or so which is the time  that I usually go to bed

but    my flight was delayed

and   I ended up not getting in until 1 A.M .

                                                                                                                              (TOEFL BARRON)

THE VIOLIN- DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE ALL ALONE?

THE VIOLIN-JI-HAE-PARK

Do you feel like you are all alone? 

I hope that this piece will touch and heal your heart, as it did for me.

Now, I use my music to reach people's hearts and have found there are no boundaries. 

My audience is anyone who is here to listen, even those who are not familiar with classical music. 

LET

Directions: Put the verb "let" into the correct verb tense or form. Some verbs are negative.

1. She _________ _______ her hair grow long. (present continuous tense)

2. He __________ his children walk to the store by themselves. (present tense -- negative)

3. The police __________ residents back into the area after it's safe. (future tense)

4. ___________ me help you. (imperative)

5. __________ __________ them eat all that candy. (imperative -- negative)

6. You need __________ __________ the cake cool off before eating it. (infinitive)

7. Who __________ the dog out? (past tense)

8. The teacher __________ his students chew gum in the classroom. (present tense)

9. The people who captured the wild rabbits _________ them go. (have to, past tense)

10. __________ they __________ us go early? (present continuous tense)

11. Why _____security officials __ the man get onto the plane? (past tense -- negative)

12. Over a hundred criminals __________out of prison early due to overcrowding. (past tense, passive voice)

13. We __________  the kids decide where to go for vacation this year. (should)

14. Who __________ their children stay out past midnight?! (present tense)

15. That man __________ ___his beard grow very long. (present perfect tense)

16. Everyone __________  back into the building after the fire drill had ended. (past tense, passive voice)

17. ____________ the dog eat all that pizza is not a good idea. (gerund)

18. ___________'s go fishing this weekend. (imperative)

19.This website __________ __________ me enter my information. (will -- negative)

20. How much money __________ the bank __________ you borrow?

HOW TO WRITE

Millions of students have been taught a formula that has nothing to do with chemistry.

The formula is for how to write a five-paragraph essay.

First, write an introductory paragraph to state the argument.

Then, add three paragraphs of evidence.

Finally, write a conclusion.

Linda Bergmann is director of the Writing Lab at Purdue University in Indiana.

Her job is to help students, including international students, improve their writing.

Professor Bergmann has worked with many students who learned this traditional five-paragraph formula.

She says international students sometimes have difficulty with this formula if they learned a different writing structure.

But just knowing how to write a five-paragraph essay is not going to be enough for a college student who has to write a longer academic paper.

As Professor Bergmann points out, the formula is too simple to deal with subjects that require deeper thought and investigation.

In her words, "Essentially, it is way too simplistic to handle more intellectually sophisticated topics which involve actual inquiry."

Karen Gocsik is executive director of courses in the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.

The institute has an extensive library of online writing materials on its website.

So what are the qualities that make up good writing? Ms. Gocsik says there are no simple answers -- except maybe for one.

That is, there is no formula that students can follow to guarantee a well-written paper.

She says, "What we try to teach students to do in college is to listen to their ideas, and that the idea should be able to tell you what form it needs to take."

She says moving from secondary-school writing to college-level writing can be difficult, but students should not be afraid.

American college students are usually expected to state their thesis at the beginning of a paper.

In some cultures, students organize their paragraphs to build toward the main idea at the end.

And, while students in some cultures use lots of descriptive words, American professors generally want shorter sentences.

PRE- LOVED

ON MY OWN

MY DAD TAUGHT ME TO SWIM - ENGLISH BITES

MY DAD TAUGHT ME

My dad    taught    me    to swim   in Yuan River

when I was about 3 or 5 years old.

I was just hanging around   in a life-saving ring and

while my dad was chatting to his friend.

I was being naughty and

I accidentally slipped through.

So within a few seconds - I wasn't really panicked –

I knew I probably would die and

I was lucky enough, and

I got pulled, right on my hair, and

I was saved.

But since then, I just never feel really comfortable

to learn how to swim.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT LONDON

HAVE GOT

TO HAVE

SIMPLE SENTENCE

IF CLAUSE- WOULD YOU PLEASE

INTRODUCE YOURSELF

TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF-

Past Tense - correct or incorrect

                                    Past Tense 

Directions: Read each past tense sentence or question and then circle or underline the wordscorrect or incorrect. If it's incorrect, write it correctly.

 Complete this exercise in your notebook. 
Example: She no coming yesterday.     correct / incorrect 
 She didn't come yesterday.                   

1. She no here yesterday.    correct / incorrect 

 _______________________________________________. 

2. They come home.    correct / incorrect 

_______________________________________________. 

3. I run out of bread.   correct / incorrect 
 
_______________________________________________. 

4. He work until 11 p.m. yesterday night.   correct / incorrect 

_______________________________________________. 

5. When she began her job?   correct / incorrect 

_______________________________________________. 

6. How much was your check for?   correct / incorrect 

_______________________________________________. 

7. What you did was wrong.   correct / incorrect 

_______________________________________________. 

8. The newspaper did never come.  correct / incorrect 

_______________________________________________. 
        
9. The movie did started early.   correct / incorrect 

_______________________________________________. 

10. Where you was?   correct / incorrect 

MY TALK

In my talk today, I’ll be telling you about 2 of my learners.

One is very old- Mr. Cuong- a retired man at the age of 62 who is Dr. Huy’s father-in-law  working here.

The other is very young-Thuy Duong- a young divorcee at 22 who is re-married to a nice architect   living in The US.

By looking at the two learners, we will see the key to success withdrawn form them is quite similar even though they were with me at different times- years apart.

In fact, it is important to note that their achiements of speaking still have a great meaning in my career today.

So, Mr. Cuong and Thuy Duong have a lot in common.

Let me tell you a few points that they could share.

Both they came to me by themselves while their families did not care much for them.

Ah, both lived in homes that were good places for them.

You will also be surprised by the fact that no one in their families encouraged them.

Next, an important part in my talk- in fact, it is necessary in every one’s - is that they both had a wish- a wish that they could speak English well.  

I’ll say that again. They both wished they could live in somwhere speaking English.

And their wish is what makes me want to go on teaching how to speak.

OK, one final thing that they had in common is that they both tried very hard but no miracle happened.

And as they tried hard after one year, so did I.

They finally could speak to me well enough to feel great to live anywhere they want to around the world.

If there's no win, there's no fee.

If there's a will, there's a way.
If there's a way in, there's a way out.
If there's nothing in your mind, you'll get nothing.

8 GOOD CONVERSATIONS TO PRACTISE