1. My Favourite Things, Occupations
Dr. Janet Sio 邵婉瑜
IELTS Preparatory Course:
Listening and Spoken English
Fujian Normal University

2. Simple Past Tense Review
What did you do this past week?
I ate _______
I went to _____
I studied _____
I met ______
I joined a ______
I saw (a) ______
I played ________

3. Time Line 1971 1985 Started working Was born in Canada 1974 1987 1994
Started going to school
1985 Started working
1987
Went on my first overseas trip to England
1994
Graduated from university
1999
Lived in China
2002
Was married
2007
Had a son

4. Simple Past Ordering Game
List 5-6 things you’ve done in your life in simple past tense. (eg. I played on a basketball team)
In pairs, find out the chronological order of events that took place by asking questions in past perfect tense. Use the following question pattern:
Did you _(present tense)_ before you _(past tense) ?
What did you do before _____ ?

5. Occupations Teacher government official athlete
Doctor taxi driver painter
Nurse bus driver model
Writer waiter/waitress dancer
Artist hairstylist singer
Journalist engineer musician
Programmer reporter
Actor/performer astronaut
Chef/cook
Pilot
policeman
When I was young, I wanted to be a/an ________. Now I am studying to be a ________.

6. Occupations Charades
1. You will be given an occupation on a card. 2. Role play the card for the class 3. The class must guess what occupation is being acted out.

7. Tongue Twister review (饶口令)
She sells seashells by the seashore.
I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop.
Practice 5 times daily.
FNU Language Enhancement

8. L, N and R Pronunciation L N R Lei 累 Nan 南 Ren 人 Lu 路 Neng 能 Re 热
Liang 两
Nian 年
Ri 日
Lice
Nice
Rice
Low
Know
Row
Light
Night
Right
Pooling
Pruning
Pouring

9. n

10. Green glass globes glow greenly.
Tongue Twisters
Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry.
Green glass globes glow greenly.
Practice saying this 5 times quickly every day.
It’s not nice to have lice in your rice!
Did Ned arrive alive?
Nate threw the liver in the river.

11. Asking About Likes and Dislikes
POSITIVE ANSWERS
I’m crazy about it.
It’s great.
It’s okay.
UNCERTAIN ANSWERS
I don’t know.
I’ve never tasted it.
NEGATIVE ANSWERS
I hate it
I don’t like it
I can’t stand it
NEUTRAL ANSWERS
It’s okay. (rising tone)
It’s all right. (rising tone)
It’s not bad. (rising tone)
QUESTIONS
How do you like pizza?
How do you feel about pizza?
What do you think of pizza?
PRACTICE
hamburgers
basketball
Mexican food
Kobe Bryant
Hunger Games
Leonardo Di Caprio

12. Agreeing and Disagreeing
I am too.
So am I.
Me, too.
I like it, too.
I’m not.
I don’t like it at all.
Statement: I’m crazy about baseball. Response: Are you? Really? I (really) like baseball. I (really) love baseball. Response: Do you?
Agreeing
Disagreeing
I do, too.
So do I.
Me, too.
I like it, too.
I don’t
I don’t like it at all.
PRACTICE: pizza badminton movies
ice cream Zhang Zi Yi Jet Li

13. Asking About Kinds and Favourites
Question
Answer
What kind/sort/type of movies do you like?
All kinds, but I especially like love stories.
I like love stories best.
What’s your favourite movie?
I like the Hunger Games best.
My favorite is the Hunger Games
Who’s your favourite actor?
I like Leonardo DiCaprio best.
My favorite is Leonardo DiCaprio.
PRACTICE:
Food: Chinese Sports : volleyball Movies: musicals
American soccer action movies
Korean basketball documentaries
Mongolian swimming love stories (rom-coms)

14. My Favourite Things
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings These are a few of my favorite things
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes Silver white winters that melt into springs These are a few of my favorite things When the dog bites When the bee stings When I'm feeling sad I simply remember my favorite things And then I don't feel so bad

15. Homework Tongue twister review (L,N and R)
Describe your best friend’s personal qualities. List 3-4 qualities you like about them in short sentences.
Start each sentence with “I like my best friend because they are/he is/she is….”

16. First Project Date: March 25, 2013 Value: 25% of final mark
Write a speech about “I am…..” which will last about 1-1 ½ minutes (18-20 sentences)
Each line should begin with “I am…”
Use the instructor’s speech “I am” as a guide to preparing your assignment
Written part must be submitted
Pronunciation, Fluency, Vocabulary, Grammar, Depth, Length will all be part of the assignment grade.