2. Class Outline
Getting to Know your fellow Students
How English is Evolving
Common Speaking Errors
Alphabet
Phonetic Alphabet
How to Pronounce “The”
Western Culture
Game
Home work
3. Meeting Your Fellow Students
Each student will Introduce themselves with the
following
• Chinese and English Name
• Hobbies
• What is your goal for studying English?
• Another interesting/personal fact about
yourself
4. How English is Evolving
•English in Global
communication
•China: More
people wanting to
learn English than
Native English
Speakers in the
World
•The language is
Changing Everyday
6. Do Not Add An “A” to Words
The Word is :
Please
Good
Just
And A
Not :
Please”a”
Good”a”
Just”a”
And”a”
7. Don’t Say
•Much much
•You know
•You know what I’m saying
•Like “a”
8. Lets Practice
• Have a conversation
• Every time that an Error that has just been
talked about is made, make a mark on a piece
of paper
• Try not to get any marks
• Have a conversation with your teacher and
classmates, in pairs and small groups
• Switch after partners after a certain amount of
time
9. New Errors
• What were other common mistakes people
made
• Lets write those on the board
• Lets Play again and try to make lets errors
10. Alphabet
• Many Students that have
Studied for years still have
Trouble with pronouncing
Curtain letters
• For Example
“w” your lips are close together in a kissing
shape
“l” your tongue starts at the roof of your mouth
and falls down
11. Making Sure
• Lets now go through the Alphabet and
make sure every letter is pronounced
correctly
• Look for proper tongue placement
• Look for proper lip placement
• Listen for clarity
12. Phonetic Alphabet
A Alpha
B Bravo
C Charlie
D Delta
E Echo
F Foxtrot
G Golf
H Hotel
13. Phonetic Alphabet
Continue Q Quebec
I India R Romeo
J Juliet S Sierra
K Kilo T Tango
L Lima U Uniform
M Mike V Victor
N November W Whisky
O Oscar X X-ray
P Papa Y Yankee
Z Zulu
14. Example
• When speaking on the telephone, it is
sometimes useful to spell a word using English
Phonetic Spelling. To spell "Club", for example,
you would say: "C for Charlie, L for Lima, U for
Uniform, B for Bravo."
15. Practice
• It is very easy to learn English Phonetic
• Start by spelling your name,
• then your company or address.
• remember that there are several groups of
words that go together:
* Dances: Foxtrot, Tango
* Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet
* Men's first names: Charlie, Mike, Oscar, Victor
* Cities: Lima, Quebec
16. How to Pronounce “The”
• Normally, we pronounce "the" with a short
sound (like "thuh"). But when "the" comes
before a vowel sound, we pronounce it as a
long "thee".
17. Vowel Sound
Vowel Written Spoken
• A apple thee apple
• E the egg thee egg
• I the ice-cream thee ice-cream
• O the orange thee orange
• U the ugli fruit thee ugli fruit
18. The Sound
• It is important to understand that it is what we
say that matters, not what we write. It is the
sound that matters, not the letter used in
writing a word
19. Sound Examples
• the house consonant (h) thuh house consonant sound
• the hour consonant (h) thee our vowel sound
• the university vowel (u) thuh youniversity consonant sound
• the umbrella vowel (u) thee umbrella vowel sound
20. Emphatic the
• When we wish to place emphasis on a
particular word, we can use "emphatic the"
[thee], whether or not the word begins with a
consonant or vowel sound. For example:
• A: I saw the [thuh] President yesterday.
• B: What! The [thee] President of the United
States?
22. Sports
• What sports are popular
• Who are the famous athletes
• The differences in Sports between China and
the West
• Professional Athletes and the media
» Open discussion
24. Rules
• Each person says three sentences
• Two Sentence are true about themselves
• One Sentence is a lie about themselves
• Everyone else can ask the person questions to
try to help them guess which sentence is the
lie
25. Example
• I am 105 years old
• I like sports
• I like to read
The first is the lie (don’t make it so obvious)
26. Homework
• Review Class
• Watch or listen to something in English
• Bring in questions concerning anything that
was not understood.
Editor's Notes
English in Global communicationChina: More people wanting to learn English than Native English Speakers in the WorldThe language is Evovling