1. Day 2 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

2. Self-introduction Groups of five Greetings: Name-Hometown-Study ...
Hello (everyone)
Hi (everyone)
Name-Hometown-Study
...

3. Questionnaire 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)

4. 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.

5. Understanding what you hear No more grammar teaching!
Teaching method
The Input Approach:
Listening
Comprehension
The Lexical Approach:
Meaning-based
Phrases and expressions (“chunks”)
Understanding what you hear
No more grammar teaching!

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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?

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. Aims of the course To improve your listening & speaking
To develop your English proficiency
To increase your confidence
To increase your vocabulary
Chunks
Individual words
General words (e.g. stuff, things)
Of course, at least, by the way, believe in, faraway kingdom, strong coffee, fairy tale, a happy family, etc.

12. Individual words & chunks
Happy
- Happy Birthday!
- One big, happy family
Wish
- Make a wish
- I wish…

13. Individual words & chunksAt
- 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

14. Individual words & chunks
In fact
In addition
Interested in music
Believe in ghosts
In God we trust! (American motto)

15. Individual words & chunks
Nice
Nice to meet you.
It’s nice. Oh
- Oh, no!
Friend
- Best friend

16. Individual words & chunks
Twin
Twin daughter
Twin sister
Step
Step mother, step sister
The next step is …

17. Individual words & chunks
Kingdom
A faraway kingdom
Opportunity
A golden opportunity
Coffee
- Strong coffee

18. Individual words & chunks
Point
Good point!
That’s exactly my point!
Why do you want me to do that?
I can’t see the point.

19. Words & Chunks 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

20. Words & Chunks What What? You know what …
What I like about … is that … By
By bus
By the way

21. Words & Chunks Go
Go ahead!
Go away! To
To me
To my dismay

22. Individual words & chunks
Question
I have a question.
Can I have a question?
It’s a good question,
but sorry I don’t have the answer.

23. Examples of chunks in sentences
BNC corpus
COCA corpus

24. Learning outcomes At the end of the course, students…
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

25. 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

26. Learning outcomes 7. Have social skills and pragmatic skills
8. Have developed their self-learning skills

27. Social skills Listening skills Relaxed Interest Empathy
Self-disclosure
Rapport
Eye contact

28. Social skills (1)
Relaxed: the ability to remain relaxed, or at tolerable level of anxiety while in social situation
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.

29. 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

30. Using the
language
Pragmatic skills
Following
rules
Changing the
language

31. Pragmatic skills (1) Using language for different purposes, such as
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?)

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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.

35. Your scores Attendance & participation: 10% In-class listening : 15%
In-class writing : 15%
Vocabulary quizzes : 10%
Final exam (4 skills) : 50%
Total : 100%

36. Any questions so far?

38. 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?

39. Movie plot again A girl studies very hard Go to college
At the same time, Prince Charming
Her step-mother
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?

40. 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?

41. A Cinderella Story Part 1a Once upon a time…

42. A Cinderella Story Part 1b City Hall

43. A Cinderella Story Part 1c The father’s dream

44. A Cinderella Story Part 1d The loss of father

45. DOKEOS PRACTICE Now, we will move to the computer room.
Quiet and quick
Dokeos: