Brainy Bird Class. Week One

Bubbly Birds blabbing away!

Welcome!

I am glad you've decided to take my "Flying Bird" English class. I hope we'll all have fun.

I'd like to share with you the results of the survey you completed in class:

Your answers:

want to learn new things: 7
want to practice by easy conversation: 5
Both: 1

Hobbies, interests: travel, fishing, billiard, movies, meeting people, books, exercise, fashion, sports (all kinds); collecting foreign bills, playing the piano), American drama, pop-songs, photography, traveling, writing a diary; hiking,

What do you want to learn: conversation skills; speaking fluently; learning easily

The hardest part about studying English: grammar (most answers); speaking and listening ( a lot of answers); all; vocabulary

Why are you studying English? To get a job; traveling and meeting new people; developing myself; I like speaking in English; fun; ‘just’- no special reason; English is my major

Subjects you want to talk about: anything; life in other countries; hobbies, study, hot topics in the world (news); culture; literature; history;

Correct me immediately: ALL want this!

How do you study English: watching movies, dramas, news; going to a language institute; listening to the radio; silently thinking and translating into English; studying for TOEIC/TOEFL; reading books

How much time will you spend studying for this class: most said 2 or more hours; 4 said no time at all or ½ hour.

Learning style: most answered ‘practicing or speaking, one by listening; one by reading

What else do you want to tell me: I am confident because I’ve lived in the US; I lack confidence so please, help me; I want to have fun in this class with lots of free talking; tell us about the different pronunciations in different countries (wow!) ; I’d like to talk to you as much as possible;

CONDITONAL SENTENCES

A great link for those who seriously want to conquer the English Conditional Sentences once and for all:

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditionalintro.html