1. 如何善用網上資源 學習實用英語 How to learn practical English on the Internet

2. English skills Listening Speaking Writing

3. Pronunciation A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

4. Pronunciation Leave Leaf No Low Them Damn Beach Bitch Market Enjoy Game

5. Phonetic symbols IPA Plate [pleit] Foot [fut] Food [foo[fu:d] Bad [bad[baed] Bed [bed[bed]

6. http://www.starfall.com IPA Phonetics http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html More pronunciation resources online http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxzieu-WXt4&feature=PlayList&p=81BCA0A2CB139CB7&index=0

7. Word Stress http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=WX1rrFh4OZw&feature=PlayList&p=81BCA0A2CB139CB7&index=16

8. Pronunciation and Intonation 6 5 4 (Cantonese accent) ------ 3 ---------- Basic Pitch of English 2 1

9. 3 6 1 I saw him.

10. 3 3 6 3 3 3 6 1 When I see him, I will tell him. (object pronoun) (object pronoun)

11. 低音 1 3 高音 4 6 Unstressed words Stressed words 3 3 3 3 3 6 3 Say hello to your sister. ‧ ‧‧‧‧ ‧ Say hello to your sister. Say hello to your sister. ‧

12. Stress Patterns http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbs5aoqFtVQ&feature=PlayList&p=81BCA0A2CB139CB7&index=22

13. Connected speech What time is it? (What-tim-mi-sit?) How much is it? (How-muc-chi-sit?) Tell him what you want. (Te-lim-wha-cho-wahnt)

14. Connected speech Tom climbed up on that steep roof. Tom climbedupon that steeproof. I like it.I likit. Not at all.Notatall Thank you.Thankyou. Get out of here. Getou tof here.

15. More tricks about oral English About -> ‘bout’ Have -> ‘ave’ And -> ‘n’ See you later -> See you lader. Better -> Bedder /s/ 後面的 /k/, /t/, /p/ -> /g/, /d/, /b/ School -> Sgool Student -> Sdudent Spring -> Sbring 以某音結尾的單字 + 同音起首的單字, 只發音一次即可 You ate too much. I don’t know what to do. I like deep purple. 以 /p/, /t/, /k/ 作結尾的單字 + 以 /p/, /t/, /k/ 為首的單字, 前面的 /p/, /t/, /k/ 點 到為止, 舌頭達到發音部位, 但不送氣, I’ll think twice about it. Mary painted that picture herself.

16. American slang and idioms: Grab a bite to eat http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F66381FB97 8489F0 Cut from the same cloth http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search _query=american+slang+%26+idioms&aq=f Online video transcription: http://en.yappr.com/welcome/Video.action?videoGuid= CAED0D7B-A93E-4FB7-BA79-BBE031AE0A0F

17. Two ways of learning English Communicative approach 以溝通為主的 教學法 Grammatical approach 以文法為主的 教學法

18. Communicative approach Problem: “broken” English Advantage: better listening and oral skills Grammatical approach Problem: “deaf-and- dumb” English Advantage: 100% accuracy in writing

19. Eight parts of speech Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions Interjections

20. Part of speech I watch the game. Joe gave me a watch. We have a watch dog.

21. Six elements of a sentence S = Subject 主語 / 主詞 V = Verb 動詞 O = Object 賓語 / 受詞 C = Complement 補語 / 補足語 ( ) = Phrase 片語 / 短語 [ SV ] = Clause 子句 / 從句

22. Sample sentence patterns 1. S Ve.g. I cried 2. S V Oe.g. The dog killed a rat 3. S V C -------------- 4. S V O O 5. S V O C

23. (1) (In response to your advertisement in S V the SCMP dated 14 March, 1998) I have O and much pleasure (in applying for … )

24. Simple questions S V O. … it must be handled (with____.) prep. N. A. caring B. careful C. care D. carefully

25. Simple questions S V Desktop publishing software ___ ( produce documents cheaply and quickly.) A. helps B. help C. helping D. to help

26. Common mistakes in English Clear and accurate - e.g. The baby was crawling upstairs X - e.g. They are frightening people X - English thoughts, not Chinese thoughts - e.g. Do you get what I mean? XDo you know my meaning? - e.g. I don ’ t think I can. - X I think I can ’ t.

27. Grammar & sentence diagramming http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EEA0D5FA42DB4C58 http://www.geocities.com/gene_moutoux/basicdiagrams.htm http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=wongho1&view=videos Common mistakes in English http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CBA9443DDD2FF3E4

28. American English vs British English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxFSXao4jCg Differences in words, pronunciations, and spellings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaJoLgsuvxw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSzcIM37Rr8&feature=related More resources on American vs British English: http://esl.about.com/od/toeflieltscambridge/a/dif_ambrit.htm

29. Learn English through songs Close to you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d_oPDyX9rs&feature=related Top of the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq5pLi0huhw&feature=related Ocean deep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftO7HpdFvCs Careless whisper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LvH2sE8dQo Right here waiting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSLDoIr7TiUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSLDoIr7TiU That’s what friends are for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju-rRSJRZO4&feature=related You’ve got a friend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6r1175w_lM

30. Thank you! By Jack Cheang E-mail: jack.cheang@gmail.com