tom's tefl - common errors in hk
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My TEFL resources. See my resources webpage at http://www.globalcitizen.co.uk/inforesources/teflresources/resources.htmlDownload to enjoy the full audio/animation.This selection of my favourite English lesson resources is adapted specifically for other Hong Kong primary children. All have an informal, fun-based approach and are original designs courtesy of yours truly.Some Powerpoints cover several lessons and include accompanying printable worksheets and games - most can be adapted for older or younger pupils.Please contact regarding any errors or copyright claims.TRANSCRIPT
Designed for Hong Kong primary children.Designed for Hong Kong primary children.
Subject:Subject:
Common Common ErrorsErrors
Common Common English English
mistakes in mistakes in Hong KongHong Kong
examplesexamples
How do I spell ___?
‘How to spell ___?’
BBQ - Barbeque
‘Bee Bee Queue’
Turn on the light / air-con
‘Open the light / air-con’
Taxi
‘Tax’
Lots of money
‘many money’
On foot
‘by foot’
wanted / needed/ decided / posted / tasted / waited / invited / planted / shouted
Don’t forget the ‘id’ sound!
Past tense!
MTR
‘MTR-o’
Are you bored? / I am bored
‘Are you boring? / I am boring’
Ocean Park is fun!
‘Ocean Park is funny’Funny = laughing
No need for:ar, lah, lu, ma and wor …at the end of words
No-lah!
The sounds of theseletters are different!
qu
c
There is / There are
‘There have’
‘There have one
apple’
He has a positive outlook 展望
‘’His outlook is very neat’\
cam-ra, choc-late, veg-ta-ble,
cam-e-ra, choc-o-late,veg-e-ta-ble.
Syllables
more revisionmore revision
• The
• A / An
• Plural
• Have / Has
• Bring / Take
• Use of the word ‘plenty’
• Use of the words ‘besides’, ‘plenty’ and ‘later’
• Different sounds of the vowels
More revision topics
•advertisement, almost, both, caterpillar, cauliflower, chapel, comb, courage, crier, damage, deny, dragon, encourage, engine, exquisite, fabulous, family, famished, foreign, four, garage, ghastly, ghost, glacier, gnarled, gnash, gnaw, gnome, gross, guard, habit, hazard, heaven, hexagonal, imagine, journey, July, kiosk, kiwi, machine, magic, manage, miaow, miracle, miserable, Monday, mongrel, monkey, month, most, mother, nothing, obey, once, only, opposite, orange, palace, panic, pigeon, pity, plant, pliers, post, powder, prison, programme, properly, pyjamas, quiet, radish, raft, rather, reply, rhinoceros, rigid, risen, salami, science, sinister, smother, soldier, somersault, son, souvenir, spinach, sponge, swollen, tambourine, task, tie, tongue, tourist, tournament, vast, video, vinegar, vomit, wheelie, wonder.
Pronunciation