Day 2
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20 minutes: Student self-introduction
30 minutes: Questionnaire
20 minutes: Overview of the course
10 minutes: Watching A Cinderella Story
Part 1 (in one go)
• 20 minutes: Practice with Dokeos
Self-introduction
• Groups of five
• Greetings:
– Hello (everyone)
– Hi (everyone)
• Name-Hometown-Study
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Questionnaire
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Questionnaire written in Vietnamese.
35 situations for using English.
Make sure you answer for ALL the situations.
Make sure you answer for BOTH columns.
– Column 1: WTC in English (Y muon)
– Column 2: Confidence in using English (Tu tin)
The course
• In this course, you’re going to learn
English by watching movies.
• This means you will:
– Have a lot of chances to hear native
speakers.
– Learn every-day English conversations.
– Follow a story line.
Teaching method
• The Input Approach:
– Listening
– Comprehension
• The Lexical Approach:
Understanding what
you hear
No more grammar teaching!
– Meaning-based
– Phrases and expressions (“chunks”)
Teaching method
• Movie scenes are explained and
discussed in English.
• You are not asked to speak English when
you are not ready.
• You listen first.
• You will be able to speak good English at
the end of the course
• as a result of hearing authentic language,
• and as a result of hearing it repeatedly.
Two movies
• Movie 1: A Cinderella Story (95 minutes)
– About a girl
– Pursuing dreams
– Believing in onself
• Movie 2: Bridge to Terabithia (95 minutes)
– About a boy
– Making friends
– Keeping friends
How to watch?
• The whole movie: NO!!
• Short movie clips: YES.
– How short?
– 1-2 minutes long
• Watch one clip two or three times.
• Watch 4-6 movie clips per class.
What to do after watching?
What to do after watching?
• I explain the meaning of the text
(words/phrases/sentences).
• You listen.
• You read the text aloud.
• You answer comprehension questions.
• You act out.
• You write something.
• Sounds like a lot of work for you, huh? (: Don’t worry.
You’re gonna love all these activities. They’re gonna be
very interesting.
What to do after class?
• You go to the Learning Path of the course on
Dokeos.
• You watch the movie clips again.
• Or you can borrow the DVD movie from the
library and watch it.
• As many times as you want.
• Why?
– To improve your listening skill.
– To get well-prepared for the Listening Exercise in
class.
Aims of the course
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To improve your listening & speaking
To develop your English proficiency
To increase your confidence Of course, at least, by
way, believe in,
To increase your vocabulary the
faraway kingdom,
strong coffee, fairy
– Chunks
tale, a happy family,
etc.
– Individual words
– General words (e.g. stuff, things)
Individual words & chunks
• Happy
- Happy Birthday!
- One big, happy family
• Wish
- Make a wish
- I wish…
Individual words & chunks
• At
- At 2 pm, at once, at first
- At home, at work, at school
- At the end of the day
- Love at first sight
• Of
- Of course
Individual words & chunks
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In
In fact
In addition
Interested in music
Believe in ghosts
In God we trust! (American motto)
Individual words & chunks
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Nice
Nice to meet you.
It’s nice.
Oh
Oh, no!
Friend
Best friend
Individual words & chunks
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Twin
Twin daughter
Twin sister
Step
Step mother, step sister
The next step is …
Individual words & chunks
• Kingdom
- A faraway kingdom
• Opportunity
- A golden opportunity
• Coffee
- Strong coffee
Individual words & chunks
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Point
Good point!
That’s exactly my point!
Why do you want me to do that?
I can’t see the point.
Words & Chunks
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Thing
The thing is …
You wanna go or something…
Things like that
One thing I know for sure is that …
Stuff
Can you watch my stuff?
Stuff like that
Words & Chunks
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What
What?
You know what …
What I like about … is that …
By
By bus
By the way
Words & Chunks
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Go
Go ahead!
Go away!
To
To me
To my dismay
Individual words & chunks
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Question
I have a question.
Can I have a question?
It’s a good question,
but sorry I don’t have the answer.
Examples of chunks in sentences
• BNC corpus http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/
• COCA corpus
http://www.americancorpus.org/x.asp?w=8
19&h=614
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students…
1. Have knowledge and competencies in
L-S-R-W, vocabulary, pronunciation, &
grammar
2. Can understand sentences and frequently-used
expressions of familiar topics
3. Accurately and appropriately use lexical items,
frequently-used expressions, and key features
of English grammar, both orally and in writing
Learning outcomes
4. Can communicate in simple tasks
requiring a simple and direct exchange of
information on familiar topics
5. Can describe in simple words aspects of
their background, and immediate need
6. Can describe in simple words aspects of
American culture that they encounter in
movies
Learning outcomes
7. Have social skills and pragmatic skills
8. Have developed their self-learning skills
Listening skills
Relaxed
Interest
Empathy
Social skills
Self-disclosure
Rapport
Eye contact
Social skills (1)
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Relaxed: the ability to remain relaxed, or at
tolerable level of anxiety while in social
situation
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Hello, nice to meet you.
Listening skills: including letting others know
you are listening
– Uh-huh, really?, oh yes?
– So he went to the dentist? What happened?
Remain physical stillness, eye contact and
attentiveness while the other person is talking.
Social skills (2)
• Empathy: empathy with and interest in others'
situations
– That’s too bad; That’s nice; Really?
• Rapport: the ability to build rapport/connection
– So, you went to HCMC? How was it?
• Self-disclosure: knowing how, when and how
much to talk about yourself
• Eye contact: appropriate, not staring, not looking
away
Using the
language
Pragmatic skills
Changing the
language
Following
rules
Pragmatic skills (1)
• Using language for different purposes, such as
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greetings (e.g., hello, goodbye)
informing (e.g., I'm going to get a cookie.)
promising (e.g., I'm going to get you a cookie.)
requesting for information (e.g., Where have you
been?)
– requesting for an action (e.g., I would like a cookie,
please. Give me a cookie. Can you pass the salt?)
– prohibiting an action (e.g., Don’t eat that cookie. Stop
it.)
– suggesting (e.g., How about a cookie?)
Pragmatic skills (2)
• Changing language according to the needs of
a listener or situation, such as
– talking differently to a baby than to an adult
– giving background information to an unfamiliar
listener
– speaking differently in a classroom than on a
playground
Pragmatic skills (3)
• Following rules for conversations, storytelling, explaining
an event, giving directions for how to make something or
how to get somewhere, or persuading a listener in an
argument, such as
– taking turns in conversation
– introducing topics of conversation
– staying on topic
– rephrasing when misunderstood
– how to use verbal and nonverbal signals
– how close to stand to someone when speaking
– how to use facial expressions and eye contact
Pragmatic meaning
• What does the speaker probably mean in
this sentence?
I’m afraid he is in a meeting.
= He’s not available
to talk
to you.
Your scores
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Attendance & participation: 10%
In-class listening
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In-class writing
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Vocabulary quizzes
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Final exam (4 skills)
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Total
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Any questions so far?
Movie plot
• We’re going to watch A Cinderella Story.
• This movie is about a girl who studies very hard
so that she can go to college. At the same time,
she’s looking for her Prince Charming.
• But her step-mother doesn’t want her to go to
college. She makes her work day and night.
• However, the girl has good friends and they help
her along.
• Will she finally be able to go to college? Will she
be able to find her Prince Charming?
Movie plot again
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A girl studies very hard
Go to college
At the same time, Prince Charming
Her step-mother
Go to college
Work day and night
Good friends help her along
Will she finally be able to go to college?
Will she finally be able to find her Prince Charming?
Movie today
• I’d like to show the first part of the movie today.
• In this part, you will see the girl when she was young,
about 8 years old, with her Dad. She was a happy child.
She was her Dad’s best friend and he was hers…
• You will not understand everything right now, but don’t
get panicked. We will watch it again next week, bit by bit,
and I will explain everything to you. I watched this movie
five or six times to hear everything! So I want you to
know that the more you watch the more you learn
English. This is just the first time you watch it,
• Are you ready for the movie?
A Cinderella Story Part 1a
Once upon a time…
A Cinderella Story Part 1b
City Hall
A Cinderella Story Part 1c
The father’s dream
A Cinderella Story Part 1d
The loss of father
DOKEOS PRACTICE
• Now, we will move to the computer room.
• Quiet and quick
• Dokeos:
http://lms.ctu.edu.vn/dokeos/index.php