Good morning! Welcome to Zheng Da!

Good morning! Welcome to Zheng Da! Thank you. What’s your name, by the way? My name is 諸葛亮. What’s yours? I’m 林志玲. Do you have an English name? Yes, my English name is David. Do you have one? No, I just use my Chinese name.

Talk to your neighbor Welcome to Zheng Da! Thank you. What’s your name, by the way? My name is... What’s yours? I’m... Do you have an English name? Yes, my English name is... Do you have one? No, I just use my Chinese name.

Change partners welcome… thank… name… my name … yours? I’m... English name? yes... you? no, just Chinese

Take a piece of blank paper Write 10 questions you would like to ask me –“come from” – Where do you come from? –“married” – Are you married? –“smoke” –“kids” –“age” –… (5 more questions)

Now, change your questions Where do you come from?  Where does Dr Smith come from? Are you married?  Is he married? Do the same for all your questions You don’t have to write this –Just talk to yourself

Now, talk to someone else The person who is sitting –Behind you –Or in front of you –Or next to you Ask all your questions Let the other person say the answer –Is Dr Smith married? –No, I think he is single.

Now, make a group with 5 classmates Move your desk units so you are sitting in a circle, and can easily talk to each other Student A asks, Student B answers Then, Student B asks, Student C answers Student A: Is Dr Smith married? Student B: No, I think he is single. Does he speak Chinese? Student C: Yes, I think so. Does he have kids? Student D: …

Now, ask Why? (question)? (answer) What makes you say that (or, Why do you say that?) Because he is so handsome!

About your teacher My name is Simon Smith You can call me –Simon –Or, Dr Smith –But not Teacher (that is Chinese) I come from …

About College English You will practice all of these skills (about 25% each) –Writing –Listening –Reading –Speaking Normally, we only speak English in class We may do a little –Grammar –Translation …but not very much

About College English We will use this book almost every week –ACTIVE Skills for Reading: Book 4 –You have to go to the campus bookshop and buy it We will also study academic English –Reading, to help you understand textbooks –Writing skills –Presentation skills We will study English for work, and for outside school – writing –World affairs and news

Even more about CE1 This is a big class –There are many students It is difficult to practice speaking English, in such a big class But it is important for you to learn to speak English How many teachers are there in this room? No, not 1. There are 35 teachers!

Why is it important to learn English? If you don’t learn to speak English:  You will not graduate from Zheng Da  You will not get a good job in the Taiwan of the future

So, some information about me I first came to Taiwan in 1991 I have been married to a Taiwanese woman, Emily, for 14 years We have two boys, Owen (9) and Iain (4) I went back to England to do my PhD, then I worked at Academia Sinica ( 中研院 ) for a year. I taught English and Linguistics at Ming Chuan University for 4 years. This is my first year at Zheng Da.

The class website (Or This is where you check –Grades –PowerPoint slides from the class –Important information about the class Let’s visit the site now

The Class Rules 1.You must not smoke in class 2.You must not kiss your boyfriend in class 3.… Get into groups of 5 people Write 10 class rules –5 serious rules –5 crazy rules

Please get into lines

Excuse me… Excuse me, don’t you know the rule? Rule? What rule? You’re not allowed to smoke in class. I can’t smoke in class? That’s right! Please don’t smoke in class. Oh, all right. I’ll remember next time. Yes, please do!

Excuse me! Excuse me, don’t you know the rule? Rule? What rule? You’re not allowed to... I can’t … in class? That’s right! Please don’t … in class. Oh, all right. I’ll remember next time. Yes, please do!

Class rules… Come on time –The door may be locked 10 minutes into class Come every week –If you miss 5 or more classes (including 病假 and 公假 ), you will fail Late assignments and homework –None are allowed – no late work is accepted Switch off your cellphone 10:20

More class rules You must not –cheat or copy –eat –sleep –chatter You must –bring the ECT book –bring an exercise book

Homework 1 Go on the web ( –Re-read the important information Buy –the textbook –an exercise book –a vocabulary book Bring the 3 books next week and every week

Homework 2 Choose a daily news service –Either Guardian or Independent newspaper –Or the BBC –Or an American service, but check with me first –Not a breaking news service –Not a weekly service Forward the confirmation message to –Change the subject to something suitable –Include a short message to me at the beginning –Tell me a little about yourself (family, hobbies, likes and dislikes – just one or two paragraphs)