教学相长 Students and Teachers Learn Together Dr. Janet Sio 邵婉瑜 Spoken English I Fujian Normal University

Homework: Name and Information Survey (Wed class) (Thurs class) Please complete by Tuesday October 9,11:59PM

Course Website shaolinenglish.wikispaces.com See: Dr. Janet Sio’s Courses Spoken English I For: homework handouts course outline class notices FNU LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT

Open and Closed Questions ClosedOpen Do/Did/Does Is/Are Has/Have Was/Were Who What (do you think about..) Where Why When How (do you feel about…)

Practice Change open  closed questions and closed  open questions 1 ) Are you Chinese? (Where are you from?) 2) Do you like playing majiang 3) Were you born in Fujian? 4) Have you traveled to other countries? 5) When were you born? 6) Why did you come to this class? 7) Do you like China? 8) What food is good to eat in Fujian? 9) Is English an important school subject for you?

Course Introduction: Finding Our Commonalities Goals: To make friends using English Improve the ability to communicate clearly using: good pronunciation intonation vocabulary grammar Tools: Dialogues Repetition Pair work Small group work Games Storytelling Discussion

Basic “rules” Ask questions when you don’t understand. Be on time. Come to every class. Desk assignments should remain the same for each class until the teacher learns your names English should be used as much as possible, both in and out of the classroom.

Grading Breakdown Attendance (30%) Homework (30%) including one major written assignment for midterm Final Exam (40%)

Practice Question patterns: 1. What is your name? 2. Where are you from? 3. What do your parents do? 4. Do you have any brothers or sisters? 5. What do you like to do? Answer patterns: 1. My name is _______. 2. I am from (city), Fujian. 3. My mother is a _______ and my father is a _______. 4. I have _____ brother(s) and _____ sister(s). 5. I like to ________

Homework 1. Practice saying and writing your English name. 2. Practice asking simple question and answers on previous slide. 3. Make a list of all the English greetings (ways to say hello) that you know. 3. Fill out the survey at: (Wed Class) (Thurs Class) Deadline will be Tuesday October 9, :59PM