1. YES, I CAN
LEARN & SPEAK
ENGLISH
Dr. Joseph Domenech

2. HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELY
SITTING AT A TABLE LOOKING AT YOUR NOTEBOOK IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO STUDY ENGLISH. MOST OF THE TIME, YOUR MIND IS NOT ACTIVELY USING THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ARE STUDYING, AND PRACTICAL LEARNING DOES NOT TAKE PLACE. HERE ARE SOME TECHNIQUES THAT WILL HELP YOU LEARN MORE EFFECTIVELY.

3. WRITE A JOURNAL
Writing every day lets you see your grammar clearly in front of you, express your ideas, and use a non-oral method in communicate in English. Then read the corrected version out loud.
It is a good idea to re-copy the corrected journal too, so that you will have the experience of writing your ideas down in proper English.

4. READ A BOOK
By Reading A Story, You Create A Picture In Your Imagination That Will Connected Different Parts Of Your Brain To English. Find A Book That Is Not Too Difficult.
Do Not Stop Every Time You Find A New Word.
Guess What The Word Probably Means, Continue Reading, And Check In Your Dictionary At The End Of The Page Or Chapter.

5. Re-write your class notes every day.
Writing your notes a second time will allow you to remember more strongly what you study.
It will also make your notebook neater, making it easier to study.

6. WATCH TV AND MOVIES, AND LISTEN TO THE RADIO.
Even if you don’t understand everything, you will still be learning.
It is possible to understand the content even if you know only 30% of the words that you hear!
Your listening ability will improve day by day-and it’s fun!

7. KEEP A VOCABULARY NOTEBOOK IN A SEPARATE NOTEBOOK FROM YOUR CLASS NOTES
Take an active approach to learning new vocabulary.
If you find 5 words a day, 6 days a week, you will learn about 140 new words a month; 10 words a day would bring you over than 280 new words a month.
Hint – approach new words by subject: things connected to your hobies, to your interests etc.
Do it this way:
Think of a word you know in your language.
Look it up in your dictionary.
When you find the English word, write it down on the left side of your vocabulary note book.
In the midle of the page, write down if the word is a noun (n), verb (v), adjective (adj), etc. so that you will know how to use the word.
Look the word up in an English-English dictionary.
Write the English definition on the right side of the the page (or on the next page).
Copy a sentence from the dictionary. This will help you learn how to use the word correctly.
Practice reading this sentence untll it becomes natural for you.

8. SPEAK LOTS OF ENGLISH WITH YOUR FRINDS
You improve your spoken English by speaking English in different situations with people of all nationalities.
If you want to speak English better in the future, speak it as much as possible now!

9. THINK POSITIVELY
People who say “I can’t speak English well” are corrected.
People who say “Every day in every way, my English is getting better and better” are also correct.
What you think is what you get.
Practice saying the second sentence every day, and you will see greater improvement in your English and in your confidence.
Remember: the more fun you have with English,the easier it will be to learn ENJOY

10. English Grammar In Easy Way

11. Preview Interjections Determiners Subordinators Interrogatives
Qualifiers
Sentence combinations
Yes/no questions
Information questions
Punctuation rules
Capitalization rules
Definitions
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions

12. Grammar
DEFINITION
The grammar of a language is a complex of systems that may be analyzed and studied on these three levels: (Noam Chomsky’s UG)
Phonology (set of sounds/ symbols)
Morphology (combinations of sounds that
carry single units of meaning)
3. Syntax (how single units of meaning are
combined to form words, phrases and
sentences.

13. Parts of speech (Nouns)
Definition
Proper / common
Singular / plural (annex)
Count / non-count /abstract (annex) (how much –how many)
Collectible (group nouns)
Units of measurement
(Reference: Schramper Azar, Betty,1996. Basic English Grammar)

14. Definition (proper and common nouns)
Nouns – words used to name a person, place, thing, object, quality, idea, concept, or an action.
Ref. (American Heritage Dictionary, 2001)
Proper Nouns- special or particular name given to common nouns to distinguish them from others of the same kind.
Example: common- woman
proper Martha
a country
Puerto Rico
a pet
Puppy
many
others
a monument
The Statue of
Liberty
a day
Monday
a place
Ryder
Hospital
A person
Carlos
Proper
Nouns

15. Proper and common nouns
day
Saturday
associations
Members Club
month
October
movies
Titanic
mountain
El Yunque
planets
Neptune
river
The Amazon
city
San Juan
ocean
Pacific Ocean
historical periods
Middle Ages
book
Applied Linguistic
language
Spanish
newspaper
New York Times
nationality
Puerto Rican
religion
Catholic
School course
English 101
brand of product
Cadillac
institutions
University of Puerto Rico

16. Nouns (singular and plural)
Rule No. 1 (Add –s to the end of noun)
cup cups
student students
Rule No.2 consonants before “y”
change –y to i and add –es
city -cities party- parties lady-ladies
Rule No.3 vowels before “y”
add –s
boy –boys key –keys day -days

17. Singular and plural (cont.)
Rule No. 4 (–f and –fe endings)
change the –f or –fe to v and –es
life –lives wife –wives thief –thieves
Rule No. 5 (sh, ch, x, ss endings) add –es
bush –bushes
match –matches
box boxes
kiss kisses
Rule No. 6 (consonant + o) add –es (vowel +o) –s
tomato –tomatoes radio radios

18. PRACTICE EXERCISES USE THE PLURAL FORM TO FILL IN THE BLANKS
PRACTICE EXERCISES USE THE PLURAL FORM TO FILL IN THE BLANKS. (PROVIDED LIST)
They have one girl and two ______.
I visited many _______ last year.
Women give birth to _______.
She lost the _____ of the car and the house!
_____ rides horses in Texas.
Madrid and Paris are beautiful _______.
We must bring ______ to the English class.
Good evening _____ and gentleman.
On Saturday nights, I like to go to _______.
People carry their food on _____ at the cafeteria.
Baby Boy City Country Lady Party Tray Key Dictionary cowboy

19. Pronunciation of plurals (s / es)
Group A Final –s is pronounced /z/ after voiced sounds
(taxicabs, beds, dogs, balls, years, days, boys, trees, etc.)
Group B Final –s is pronounced /s/ after voiceless sounds
(books, cups, groups, cats, students, desks, etc.)
Group C Final –s, es is pronounced /ez/
after “s” sounds (classes, horses, boxes, faces)
after “z” sounds (sizes, roses, noises)
after “sh” sounds (dishes, bushes)
after “ch” sounds (matches, sandwiches)
after “ge/dge” sounds (pages, ages, bridges, edges)

20. Irregular plural forms (exceptions)
Child children
Foot feet
Man men
Woman women
Mouse mice
Tooth teeth
Fish fish
_____ people
(is always plural) (no s)

21. Count and noncount. nouns
a book books
one book two books
some books
a lot of books
many books
a few books
Non-count nouns
money some money
a lot of money
much money
a little money
Common non-count nouns
advice, furniture, love, peace, homework, luck information, food, mail, music, traffic, weather, work, bread, cheese, coffee, rice, sand, meat, milk, water, sugar, money, oil,
liquids materials (paper)
abstracts general
food
gases

22. ORAL PRACTICE (COUNT VS. NON-COUNT)
Chair
Traffic
Music
Work
Furniture
Cars
Coffee
Water
Coin
Fact
Library
Jewelry
Money
Information
Peace
Rings
Letters
Homework
Advice
Justice
mail
assignment
job
sugar

23. Pronouns Definition Personal pronouns (subject-object)
Possessive adjectives
Possessive pronouns
Reflexive
Indefinite
Interrogative
Demonstrative
Relative
reciprocal

24. Verbs (verb tenses /conjugation)
Definition
Regular
Irregular verbs
Spelling / pronunciation
Conjugation (annex-practice)
Auxiliary verbs/ modals (annex)
Infinitives
Gerunds

25. Verbs Regular/ Irregular/ verb tenses
Regular verbs (d or ed endings) /d/ sound pronunciation /t/ sound pronunciation /ed/ pronunciation

26. Irregular verbs
Three forms
Two forms
One form

27. Verb conjugation Works Simple present tense I Work You He, she, it We
they
work

28. Verb tenses
Simple past I
Worked
You
He, she, it We
they

29. Verb tenses Simple future I will work You He, she, it We they
Another way to express the simple future
I am going to work tomorrow.
She is going to work next week.
They are going to work on Sunday. I
will work
You
He, she, it We
they

30. Present progressive I am working right now. You are working.
He, she, it
is working. We
They

31. Past progressive (continuous)
was working last night.
You
were working yesterday.
He, she, it
was working last summer. We
were working a few hours ago.
were working last week.
They
were working last Monday.

32. Future progressive (continuous)
will be working tomorrow.
You
will be working this afternoon.
He, she, it
will be working next weekend. We
will be working tonight.
will be working next summer.
They
will be working next semester.

33. Adjectives Definition Articles as adjectives
Order of adjectives in a series (color, size, origin, nationalities, shape, age, etc..)
Past participles / gerunds used as adjectives
Comparatives and superlatives comparisons (annex-practice)

34. Adverbs Definition Adverbs of frequency (annex) Adverbs of time
Adverbs of location (place)
Adverbs of mode

35. Prepositions Definition IN, ON and AT (annex –time and location)
All prepositions
Transitional expressions (prep. Phrases-annex)

36. Conjunctions Definition Correlative conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions
Subordinate conjunctions
Conjunctive adverbs
Other subordinators (annex)

37. Interjections and other words
Definition and examples
Onomatopoeias
Numerals (cardinals, ordinals)
Determiners
Qualifiers
Subordinators
interrogatives

38. Capitalization Rules (annex) Punctuation Rules (annex) Sentence Combinations YES/NO questions Information questions

39. THANK YOU AND KEEP GOING