2017-01-03 Daily Life: intro, class problems

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Two truths and a lie.
- Write three sentences about yourself. Two must be true and one must be false.
- Then read your sentences to the class, and we will guess which one is false.
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Word order:
two pretty cats (not “pretty two cats”)
red Ferrari car (not “Ferrari red car”)
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What subject do you like to study most in school?
- art
- computer engineering
- business
- math
- food
- economics
- marketing
What are other typical school subjects?
- science (chemistry, biology, physics)
- music
- interior design
- history
- drama/theater
- geography
- language (Spanish, Japanese, etc.)
- literature
- physical education (or P.E. or gym)
- political science
- reading
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It’s very common to use short names for some of these subjects
bio = biology
chem = chemistry
stats = statistics
econ = economics
comp sci = computer science
math = mathematics (“maths” in British English)
phys ed = physical education
(phys = physics, but this is not as common to shorten)
psych = psychology
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With your partner, make a list of common problems in a classroom.
Then choose one of your problems, and prepare a short conversation about the problem (you can be two students, or one student and one teacher).
Finally, roleplay (speak) your conversation for the other students.
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Tomorrow we will talk about more classroom language, and then tomorrow and Thursday we’ll talk about how to send an email to school administration about a question or problem you have.