TEER S2 General English

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TEER S2 General English

• With
• Heba El-Hendi

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Unit 1

• Greetings and Small Talk

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Topic Preview

• Customs Around the World
• How do people in Morocco greet?
• How do you exchange business cards?
• Do you address people by their first name or last
  name?
• When you meet someone new, which subjects are OK
  to talk about?
• weather age salary family
• job religion home other

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Morocco vs. USA

• Lets take one minute and compare customs in
  Morocco with those of the USA

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Customs Around the World

• USA
• Greeting People
• Exchanging Business Cards
• Addressing People
• Small Talk

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Customs Around the World

• Now you tell me about Morocco!
• Morocco
• Greeting People
• Exchanging Business Cards
• Addressing People
• Small Talk

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Conversation

• Getting Reacquainted with Someone
• Pg 4 Unit 1
• What does reacquainted mean?

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Conversation

• Please read and listen to the natural
  conversation
• Highlight anything that you dont understand
• Were going to hear the conversation more than
  once

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Conversation

• What do these mean?
• Familiar
• As a matter of fact-
• Colleague-
• What have you been up to?-

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Conversation

• What do these mean?
• Familiar something looks like you know it
  from before
• As a matter of fact- its like sayingactuallyor
  in fact
• Colleague- someone who works with you
• What have you been up to?- What are you doing
  lately? Whats going on in your life?

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Conversation

• Ed you look familiar. Have we meet before?
• Keith I dont think so. Im not from around
  here.
• Ed Arent you from Australia?
• Keith As a matter of fact, I am. Keith Lowe.
• Ed Ed Santos. I think we met at Jack Baileys
  house two weeks ago.
• Keith oh thats right! Now I remember. Youre
  Jacks colleague. What have you been up to?
• Ed Not much.

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Conversation Exercises

• You and Someone next to you explain which
  statements in Exercise D are true
• 1. Ed and Keith are friends
• 2. Ed is a businessman
• 3. Keith is from another country
• 4. Ed and Keith met at a party.
• 5. Ed and Keith both know Jack Bailey
• 6. Jack Bailey is Eds boss.

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Get Reacquainted with Someone

• Another Conversation
• Listen carefully, we will listen more than once
• A Audrey, have you met Hanah?
• B No, I havent.
• A Hanah, Id like you to meet Audrey.
• C Hi, Audrey. You look familiar. I think weve
  met before.
• B Really When?
• C Last month You were at my sister Nicoles
  party.
• B Oh, thats right! How have you been?

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Conversation

• How do we use these phrases?
• Have you met?
• Yes, I have No, I havent
• Id like you to meet
• How have you been?

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A Little Grammar

• Present Perfect
• In English, sometimes when we talk about the
  past, we use the present perfect
• Present Perfect
• Have
• Has past participle
• Past participle is the 3rd form of a verb, its
  used in passive situations
• Regular Verbs ? past participle is ED form
• Irregular Verbs ? past participle is irregular,
  page A5

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A Little Grammar

• Present Perfect
• Used to talk about the past, in 3 situations
• Indefinite time
• Past action where time is not important or
  mentioned
• Number of times
• Past action where you mention the frequency
• Period of time
• Past action within a period of time, using foror
  since

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Compare Pres. Per. With Past

• Simple Past (ED)
• I met the students last week.
• I met the students one time on Friday.
• I taught in Jeddah from 2009 to 2011.

• Present Perfect

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Compare Pres. Per. With Past

• Simple Past (ED)
• I met the students last week.
• I met the students one time on Friday.
• I taught in Jeddah from 2009 to 2011.

• Present Perfect
• I have met the students.
• I have met the students once.
• I have taught in Jeddah for 2 years.

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A Little Grammar

• Also, dont forget
• I
• You
• We ? HAVE past participle
• They
• He
• She ? HAS past participle
• It

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A Little Grammar

• Practice with some Exercises
• After you finish
• Were going to play a little game called
• Have you ever

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Greet a Visitor to Your Country

• Another Conversation
• Pg 6 Unit 1
• Listen carefully, we will listen more than once
• A Welcome to Rio. Have you been here before?
• B No. Its my first time. But yesterday I went
  to Sugarloaf. It was really beautiful.
• A Thats great. Have you tried feijoada yet?
• B Feijoada? No, I havent. Whats that?
• A its a famous Brazilian dish. I think youll
  like it.

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Conversation

• How do we use these phrases?
• Have you ever been here before?
• Have you tried yet?

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A Little Vocabulary

• Look at the pictures, What do these mean?
• Climb-
• Go sightseeing-
• Go to the top of-
• Try-
• Take a tour of-
• Take pictures of-

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A Little Vocabulary

• Look at the pictures, What do these mean?
• Climb- go up a mountain or thing
• Go sightseeing- go see landmarks or sights
  in a city
• Go to the top of- go up a building, to the top
  floor
• Try- eat for the first time, or do for the
  first time
• Take a tour of- take a tour of, pretty clear
• Take pictures of- take pictures of, again,
  pretty clear

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A Little Vocabulary

• We use all of this with the present perfect to
  Ask and Talk About actions with visitors
• For example

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Hey Ms El-Hendi, you live in WashingtonHave you
taken a tour of the White House?

• As a matter of fact, I haventbecause Im too
  lazy

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Wait a minuteMs El-Hendi, you have lived in the
USA for almost 20 yearsHave you ever gone to
the top of the Statue of Liberty?

• Actually no I havent.

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But Im sure youve gone sightseeing in New York,
righteverybodys done that?

• Umno I havent

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What about you?

• Hey, why dont you get off my back
• What have you done in Morocco?
• Go ahead tell me

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More Grammaryaaayyyyy

• Notice that with present perfectwe use
• Yet already ever before
• Do you know what they mean?
• Do you know how to use them?

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StatementsUse already with positive sentences
about things youve done.

• ALREADY
• Ive already tried tajine
• He has already asked me that question

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StatementsUse yet with negative sentences about
things youve done.

• ALREADY
• Ive already tried tangine
• He has already asked me that question

• YET
• I havent tried couscous here yet
• He hasnt bought the coursebook yet

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More Grammar

• Use ever and before in questions about someones
  life experiences
• With ever
• Have you ever traveled outside of Morocco?
• Has Ms El-Hendi ever taught us before?
• With before
• Have you traveled outside of Morocco before?
• Has Ms El-Hendi ever taught us before?
• NOTICE You can use them both if you want

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More Grammar

• Use yet at the end of questions about recent
  experiences (not life experiences)
• For Example
• Have you been to Rabat yet?
• Has Ms El-Hendi visited Zagora yet?
• Have Ms. El-Hendi and her friends been to the
  Kasbah in Ouarzazate yet?

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Some Listening

• Last Thing, look a the picture, what do you think
  were going to listen to
• Look at the Chart carefully
• While you listen, think about your own answers
• Do Exercise B

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Some Pronunciation

• With the Present Perfect in the Negative
• Americans usually dont say the /t/ sound, so
• I havent been to Meknes yet.
• becomes
• I havenn been to Meknes yet.
• PRACTICE - Tell me 3 things you havent done yet

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Done!

• Well kind of,
• Homework (theres a lot of practice if you want)
• In the back of the coursebook,
• pages W1-W8
• If you do it, I will check it for you
• It might take you 1-2 hours to do
• Extra Credit, and it will help youI promise