1. ESL Level 3, Week 8 Shirley Kolta
Monday, August 11, 2016
ESL Level 3, Week 8
Shirley Kolta

2. Announcements Tomorrow- April 12- MIDTERM
W- April 13 LLC Orientation (We go to the language learning center to get practice with different language learning programs)
Th- Reading Quiz #2

3. Agenda Unit 12 Review on pp. 172 Midterm review of Unit 12 Reading
Listening
Grammar worksheets
Hand back Unit 8-11 test to study

4. Unit 12 Review for the midterm
Please take out your midterm review sheets (pink paper)
We use the present perfect progressive to talk about something that is unfinished.
We have been studying English (for 6 months).
How do you form the present perfect progressive?
Three parts: has/ have + been + verb(ing)
We can also use the present perfect progressive to talk about things that are finished in the recent past.
She has been exercising recently. (You can see the results).

5. Unit 12 Review for the midterm
We usually don’t use non-action verbs in the progressive. But it can be used sometimes, depending on your meaning.
I have been thinking about moving to Texas. OK
I have been knowing about the test. X

6. Unit 12 Review for the midterm
Can you use the present perfect and the present perfect progressive tenses to talk about the same thing?
Yes!
John has worked at the company for 10 years. Present perfect
Is he still working at the company?
Yes.
John has been working at the company (for 10 years). Present perfect progressive

7. Reading: Ichiro Suzuki
What do you know about baseball?
Here are the basics: 9 players on each team hit the ball and they run around on the field. The teams take turns. When a player has passed 4 bases, they make a run (or score a point). The team to get the most runs or points at the end of 9 innings (9 turns) wins the game.
Today, we are going to watch one of baseball’s best players.

8. Reading
Read the story about Ichiro Suzuki and then work together in your group to guess the grammar forms and the meanings of the underlined words.

9. Guess the words (check) NOT from your vocabulary logs
Guidance (n)
Advice or information from someone who knows a lot about something
Ex. I asked my teacher for guidance about taking credit classes.
Put off (phrasal verb or idiom)
Stop liking someone or something
Ex. I was put off by his smoking.

10. Guess the words (check) NOT from your vocabulary logs
Dubbed (past tense verb)
When someone is given a nickname
Ex. I was dubbed “shorty” because I am short.
Make a mark (idiom)
To do something that makes someone famous
Ex. Steve Jobs made a mark in the cell phone business.

11. Guess the words (check) NOT from your vocabulary logs
Establish (him)self- (idiom)
To achieve success so that people can see your skills or power
Ex: Within six months, Mark had established himself as a great leader in the company.

12. Vocabulary discussion questions
Whose guidance do you ask for?
Were you ever put off by a friend or a boyfriend or a girlfriend’s behavior?
Were you ever dubbed a nickname that you didn’t like?
Do you have any friends or family members who have made their mark at their jobs?
What have you established yourself as in the past (work or school)?

13. Listening
We are going to practice our listening skills for the midterm with a few exercises.
Remember to take notes while you listen. Don’t try to write everything down. Only write down nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs.

14. Listening
Read the questions on the quizzes on the board to understand what they are asking.
Remember to take notes.
Vocabulary to know:
abandon (verb): in this case, "give up" the idea
out of shape (idiom): in poor physical condition
cut back on (phrasal verb): to reduce
take up (phrasal verb): begin or start
cardiovascular system (noun): your body`s blood circulation system including your heart, veins, and arteries

15. Listening Vocabulary to know:
pull over (verb): to move your car to the side of the road and stop
pro (adjective): professional
smash (verb): to hit something hard
switch (verb): to change

16. Listening Vocabulary to know: starving (verb): very hungry
adaptation (noun), adapt (verb): a change or modification to something, revision
mess up (phrasal verb): to make a mistake

17. Vocabulary worksheets
We will about 10 minutes to complete each these worksheets and we will go over the answers together.

18. Things to know for the midterm
I will start the midterm tomorrow at 7:15. DO NOT BE LATE!
You are going to get your quizzes from last Thursday back so you can use them to study.