Oral English Lesson Twelve

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Oral Classes Online (Week Twelve)

http:// www.agu.ac.jp / ~vicks62 / jeffreyb / oral / Aweek12. html

This is a lesson for Blair's Oral English class at Aichi Gakuin University on:
Monday for the Jr. College Dept. on the Kusumoto Campus

1-minute Level Checks and Pattern Practice
Target Sentences and Review

English listening and background.

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4区 Verb Grammar

Today I WANT to DISCUSS verb forms (tense and aspect). Teachers normally TALK about three tenses: past, present, and future. Since we WATCH video clips, TURN THEM OFF, and then TALK about them as though they really HAPPENED（済んだ事）, we USE the simple past tense and past progressive tense most often. Occasionally we TALK about things that happen every day（連続状態）OR do not CHANGE（続く状態）. Then we USE the simple present tense.

Simple Past and Present
S 区	m 区	V 区	O/C 区	+A 区
Abby		flew		to Tokyo ...
...		to be		with her boyfriend.
Abby	didn't	like	her boring job	at a big law firm.
Ethan		travels		around Japan on business.
Abby	does not.
She		decided to become	a ramen chef.

Affirmative sentences（肯定文）in the simple past or present usually do NOT USE an auxilliary verb（助動詞）, but negative sentences and questions（否定文と疑問文）DO NEED one--"do". NOTICE that the tense -d OR -s is ATTACHED to the auxilliary verb, when there is one, NOT to the verb. The verb REMAINS in its dictionary form（原形）.

Auxilliary verbs（助動詞）sometimes SUBSTITUTE for verbs and the noun phrases that FOLLOW them.

When someone is in the middle of an action（途中）in the past, we USE the past progressive（過去進行形）. It is often USED together with the past tense in a "when" clause（節）「その時に ... 途中でした。」.

be 助動詞＋現在分詞 (-ing)　for　進行形
S 区	m 区	V 区	O/C 区	+A 区
Abby	was	living		in a Tokyo apartment with Ethan when ...
... suddenly he		left		for Osaka on business.

When something has HAPPENED further in the past（前の前の事）, we USE the past perfect（過去完了形）. Yet mention of the past event（前の事）is often LOCATED in a different sentence OR NOT MENTIONED at all ... simply IMPLIED.

have 助動詞＋過去分詞 (-en/-ed)　for　完了形
S 区	m 区	V 区	O/C 区	+A 区
Ethan	had	been	Abby's boyfriend	in America.
In Japan, however, he		showed	very little interest	in their relationship.

Exam #2: Extended Answers

Next week you will HAVE your second exam. When the exam begins you will be PRESENTED with 6 questions and be GIVEN directions like this:

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You will GET about 25 minutes to ANSWER the two questions ... with extended answers. You will NOT be ASKED to divide noun phrases OR sentences into 4区 . You can USE (paper, not electric) dictionaries, but you will NOT have much time for using them.

On the day of the exam you will NOT WATCH any videos. You should PREPARE for the exam by REVIEWING the two assigned videos. Try to REMEMBER people's names AND FILL your head with as much information about the stories as possible, so that you will HAVE lots of concrete, interesting information to ADD to your short answer.

Pitch: a question
Wh- 区	m-S-V 区	O/C 区	+A 区
Who	was putting on	some make-up	in a subway in Tokyo?
S 区	V 区	O/C 区	+A 区
Hit: a short answer
Abby	was.
Thought Question: (Where ... was she going?)
She	was going		to a club.

Today we are going to HAVE our Flash Quiz as a meeting on a Teams channel. Please CLICK on Flash Quiz Meeting. Let's GO OVER the directions, before I START the meeting.

((read directions, then choose video clip))
((WRITE Week 12, Title [clip], time frame))
then WATCH a video clip for 2-3 minutes.
((WRITE ---------- GO ----------))

After the Flash Quiz ... GO to your channels on Teams. One person will OPEN a new meeting. The others will JOIN that meeting. Then WRITE your first message: Your group's name ... and ... Week 12.

CHOOSE your Leader. Then WRITE your second message: the Leader's name.

Finally WRITE the plan:
(third message) Plan A: 3-Minute Routine.

Each group will CHOOSE it's own scene from the assigned videos. WATCH the scene on your cellphone or tablet with the sound OFF. You will be DISCUSSING what happened, rather than what people said. You will HAVE a fresh image of the events in your head as you TALK about the scene.

TIME yourselves and TRY to KEEP the pace lively ... 3 minutes (English Only) for each sentence and only 1 minute (NO talking at all) to think of each Thought Question and its answer.

Time for You to Practice

During the Group Work Leaders should MAKE SURE that all students that are online KEEP their microphones ON (so that they can SPEAK) AND their cameras ON (so that they can SEE each other).

会議 Chat

Group X2　Week 12

Leader: Hanako

Plan A: 3-Minute Routine

((山)): Kobayashi was talking to Hanako in Hanako's ...

((伊)): They were alone.

Now LET's GO to your channels on Teams to ENJOY some English practice in your discussion groups.
You NEED to CHOOSE a leader.

At the top of your report WRITE
(message #1) your group's name, "Week 12",
(message #2) the leader's name,
(message #3) Plan A: 3-Minute Routine.

Follow the 3-Minute Routine explained in Lesson 1 for each sentence. The sentences should be about one of the two assigned videos.

If you HAVE any questions about what you are supposed to be DOING, first DISCUSS the problem with your group, then ... if you are still in doubt, DO what you or your group THINK is right, (RAISE your hand if you're in the classroom) and SHOW it to the teacher (the PDS Cycle).

((Teams Recording OFF))
((confirm online attendance
with camera/microphone functions))

Last updated May 27, 2024
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