Good morning! Welcome to Ming Chuan!

Good morning! Welcome to Ming Chuan! 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 Ming Chuan! 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

Practical English at Ming Chuan This semester: PE1 Next semester: PE2 Sophomore year: PE3 and PE4 Junior year: PE5 and PE6 Senior year: PE7 and PE8 There are 8 PE books You must buy the PE1 book this week

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 PE1 You will study –English to use at university –English for the class – writing skills –Simple sentence writing skills You will do –Writing –Listening –Reading –Speaking

More about PE1 You will study a little grammar You will not study translation –Everything is in English You will have 2 hours a week here, with me And 1 hour with Veronica or Emily in the Language Laboratory (Lab)

Even more about PE1 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 50 teachers!

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

Special programs, to help you See your lab teacher to sign up for: 愛閱俱樂部 reading enrichment program 小老師活動 peer tutoring 加強班 tutorial program

So, some information about me I first came to Taiwan in 1991 I have been married to a Taiwanese woman, Emily, for 12 years We have two boys, Owen (7) and Iain (2) I went back to England to do my PhD, then I worked at Academia Sinica ( 中研院 ) for a year. I have been teaching at Ming Chuan for two years.

The class website 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 PE1 book –bring an exercise book

Who is the class leader? Assistant class leader? –Please take attendance –Contact details All students –Sit in the same place every week –Complete seat chart

Homework Go on the web ( –Re-read the important information Buy the textbook, and bring it next week and every week Learn the meaning of: take attendance reading enrichmenthonors program get into groups peer tutoringPE get into lines tutorial programlab teacher classroom teacher midtermUK