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Good morning!
Welcome to Zheng Da!
Good morning!
• Welcome to Zheng Da!
• 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 Zheng Da!
• 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
Take a piece of blank paper
• Write 10 questions you would like to ask me– “come from” – Where do you come from?– “married” – Are you married?– “smoke”– “kids”– “age”– … (5 more questions)
Now, change your questions
• Where do you come from? Where does Dr Smith come from?
• Are you married? Is he married?
• Do the same for all your questions
• You don’t have to write this– Just talk to yourself
Now, talk to someone else
• The person who is sitting– Behind you– Or in front of you– Or next to you
• Ask all your questions
• Let the other person say the answer– Is Dr Smith married?– No, I think he is single.
Now, make a group with 5 classmates
• Move your desk units so you are sitting in a circle, and can easily talk to each other
• Student A asks, Student B answers• Then, Student B asks, Student C answers• Student A: Is Dr Smith married?• Student B: No, I think he is single. Does he
speak Chinese?• Student C: Yes, I think so. Does he have kids?• Student D: …
Now, ask Why?
• (question)?
• (answer)
• What makes you say that (or, Why do you say that?)
• Because he is so handsome!
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 College English
• You will practice all of these skills (about 25% each)– Writing– Listening– Reading – Speaking
• Normally, we only speak English in class• We may do a little
– Grammar– Translation
• …but not very much
About College English
• We will use this book almost every week– ACTIVE Skills for Reading: Book 4– You have to go to the campus bookshop and buy it
• We will also study academic English– Reading, to help you understand textbooks– Writing skills– Presentation skills
• We will study English for work, and for outside school– Email writing– World affairs and news
Even more about CE1
• 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 35 teachers!
Why is it important to learn English?
If you don’t learn to speak English:
You will not graduate from Zheng Da
You will not get a good job in the Taiwan of the future
So, some information about me
• I first came to Taiwan in 1991• I have been married to a Taiwanese woman,
Emily, for 14 years• We have two boys, Owen (9) and Iain (4)• I went back to England to do my PhD, then I
worked at Academia Sinica ( 中研院 ) for a year.
• I taught English and Linguistics at Ming Chuan University for 4 years.
• This is my first year at Zheng Da.
The class website
• http://tiny.cc/nccu
• (Or http://www3.nccu.edu.tw/~smithsgj/)
• 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 ECT book– bring an exercise book
Homework 1
• Go on the web (http://tiny.cc/nccu)– Re-read the important information
• Buy – the textbook– an exercise book– a vocabulary book
• Bring the 3 books next week and every week
Homework 2
• Choose a daily news email service– Either Guardian or Independent newspaper– Or the BBC– Or an American service, but check with me first– Not a breaking news service– Not a weekly service
• Forward the confirmation email message to [email protected]– Change the subject to something suitable– Include a short message to me at the beginning– Tell me a little about yourself (family, hobbies, likes
and dislikes – just one or two paragraphs)