ECW. Week of May 26th-30. Exam prep
IMPORTANT DATES
DAY CLASS
June 2nd, writing the second assignment, 2 hours in class.
June 3rd No regular class; however, I will be in the classroom for those students who have questions and who want to prepare more for the exam.
June 9th. Written Exam. Two hours.
June 10th. No class.
NIGHT CLASS
June 5th, writing the second assignment, 2 hours in class. 3rd hour, no regular class; however, students who have questions regarding the exam and who want to prepare more are welcome to do so.
June 12th. Written exam.
ABOUT THE SECOND ASSIGNMENT
This time you will only write one draft. You will be given a choice of two topics for an opinion and a compare- contrast paragraph. The use of dictionary is allowed. While writing, make sure to utilize all the skills you have hopefully learned throughout the semester, such as logical ordering of thoughts, use of appropriate transitional/signal words, correct grammar, capitalization and punctuation. Rubric: TAPASC (T-opic and conclusion sentences; A-rguments; P-punctuation and capitalization; A-curacy [grammar, spelling, proper choice of words];S-ignal words). Maximum 10 points per category to the maximum total of 50 points (100%, A+).
ABOUT THE WRITTEN EXAM
The final written exam will have some of the components already included in the mid-term written:
1.cognizing parts of the paragraph, deciding which sentences do not belong, providing appropriate signal words, etc. earlier
2.providing topic and/or concluding sentences based on the given paragraph with these parts missing
3.comparing and contrasting based on given clues (pictures, as on p.99)
4.brainstorming on a compare-contrast topic using the Venn diagram, or deducing a 5.brainstorming sheet from a given opinion paragraph
6.Comparing and contrasting language ( Chapter 11)
7.Capitalization and punctuation rules
8. Correcting common mistakes
COMMON MISTAKES KOREANS MAKE IN ENGLISH
SOME COMMON MISTAKES KOREANS MAKE IN ENGLISH
I'm meeting my friends in my free time. // 2. I'm going swimming about twice a week. 3. I working on a ship. 4. I live in London for 3 years. 5. I've been to Paris last year. 6. I finished. 7. How long are you in Korea? 8.I'm bus driver. 9. This is a airplane. 9. I saw Great Wall of China. 10. I went to the top of Empire State Building.
Present Simple/Present Continuous Sentences 1, 2 and 3 represent one of the most common mistakes made by Koreans in English – confusing Present Simple with Present Continuous.
RULE: Use Present Simple for habitual actions and general truths; Present Continuous for actions going on at the moment of speaking or when you want to emphasize the continuity of an action. “I am studying at the library now.” “My house is too small, so my sister, who is visiting, is staying at a hotel, not with me.”
Present Perfect It is not easy to understand this tense! RULE: use to emphasize the experience of doing something, rather than the time you did it; use to express actions that started at some point in the past and are still continuing in the present; use to express actions that happened in the past but have an impact on the present.
Future: A: “What are you doing this weekend?” B: “ I will meet my girlfriend.” (will is like Korean “manaketsoyo, expresses strong will to do something; however, future can be expressed with ‘going to’ for a plan or present continuous for near future and something that is sure already.)
Articles - a, an, the a + consonant; an+vowel = indefinite article. Use with a non-specific object, one of a number of the same objects) with consonants: She has a dog./I work in a factory. NOTE: always with a verb “to be” in the following example: I am a teacher. / I am an English teacher./ This is a pencil.
the = definite article (a specific object that both the person speaking and the listener know)The car over there is fast. // The teacher is very good, isn't he?
The first time you speak of something use "a or an", the next time you repeat that object use "the". I live in a house. The house is quite old and has four bedrooms.I ate in a Chinese restaurant. The restaurant was very good.
DO NOT use an article with the names of countries, states, counties or provinces, lakes and mountains except when the country is a collection of states such as "The United States" and the mountain is actually a mountain range (the Himalayas) .He lives in Washington near Mount Rainier. // They live in northern British Columbia.
Use an article with bodies of water, oceans and seas - My country borders on the Pacific Ocean; I am sailing on the South Sea. The Han is a wide river.
DO NOT use an article when you are speaking about things in general - and with countable nouns use PLURAL!!!! I like Russian tea and Korean kimchi. (non-countable) BUT She likes reading books. I like watching movies. I like taking photos (NOT a book, a movie, a photo)
DO NOT use an article when you are speaking about meals, places, and transport in general. He has breakfast at home.// I like meat.// I drink milk every day. //I go to university. She goes to church every Sunday. //He comes to work by taxi. // Bus is cheaper than taxi.
MORE EXAMPLES
ARTICLES: 1.Here is not university. 2.It's language school. // 3.English is important language in Korea. 4.I am university student. // 5.I teach Korean to foreign student. 6. // She comes from the Canada. 7. I have lived all of my life in the Seoul. 8. I like walking by Han.
TENSE: 1.Yesterday she complain that she had a headache. //2. Sorry, last week I am sick. No come to class. // 3. I study English for six years and not speak well. 4. Yes, I go to China (meaning at some indefinite time in the past). 5. Yes, I go to China last year.
PLURAL AND SINGULAR
1. I like reading a book in my spare times. // 2.Usually, dog is friendly, but cat is moody. 3.I have a lot of homeworks. 4. Hansung University has many staffs.
MISTAKES WITH THE COPPULA ‘BE’
1. I can’t study because it difficult. // 2. Korean and Japanese is different.3. My old textbook easy, but my new is difficult.
MIXING THE NAMES OF COUNTRIES and ADJECTIVES DERIVED FROM THEM
1. I want to travel in Swiss. 2. Korea cars are good and cheap. 3.I want to live in Korean forever. // 4. China, Vietnamese, Thai and India are Asian countries. (also, in this case often: …is Asian countires.). 5. Foreigner is different from Korean (2 mistakes here)
OTHER UNCLASSIFED MISTAKES:
1.I can swimming. // 2.I am so boring. // 3. Now I am talk with my friend. // 4. I always tired. // 5. I want to make a boyfriend/girlfriend. // 6. I played with my friends *or worse* I played with my girlfriend. // 7. I can’t meet you tonight. I already have a promise ( in English there are many words for “yagsok”: promise, appointment, meeting. - “Hey, Turalija, how are you?” (it’s the same as calling the President: Hey, Myngbak, what’s up, man?”)
- Derek Teacher is not in his office.
-“Nice to meet you” – saying this too often and at inappropriate times.
-SF // OST // Skinship
-“I am first grade high school/university student.
- When I was in a high school student (hahaha)
- Mistaking funny/fun.
The movie was funny (hahahaha); The movie was fun. (I liked it)
Confusing famous and popular. “Brian is a famous teacher at Hansung.”
USING WANNA AND GONNA IN WRITING
Just don’t do it!
Unfortunately, there are many many more, but making mistakes is a regular part of learning. Don’t despair!
DAY CLASS
June 2nd, writing the second assignment, 2 hours in class.
June 3rd No regular class; however, I will be in the classroom for those students who have questions and who want to prepare more for the exam.
June 9th. Written Exam. Two hours.
June 10th. No class.
NIGHT CLASS
June 5th, writing the second assignment, 2 hours in class. 3rd hour, no regular class; however, students who have questions regarding the exam and who want to prepare more are welcome to do so.
June 12th. Written exam.
ABOUT THE SECOND ASSIGNMENT
This time you will only write one draft. You will be given a choice of two topics for an opinion and a compare- contrast paragraph. The use of dictionary is allowed. While writing, make sure to utilize all the skills you have hopefully learned throughout the semester, such as logical ordering of thoughts, use of appropriate transitional/signal words, correct grammar, capitalization and punctuation. Rubric: TAPASC (T-opic and conclusion sentences; A-rguments; P-punctuation and capitalization; A-curacy [grammar, spelling, proper choice of words];S-ignal words). Maximum 10 points per category to the maximum total of 50 points (100%, A+).
ABOUT THE WRITTEN EXAM
The final written exam will have some of the components already included in the mid-term written:
1.cognizing parts of the paragraph, deciding which sentences do not belong, providing appropriate signal words, etc. earlier
2.providing topic and/or concluding sentences based on the given paragraph with these parts missing
3.comparing and contrasting based on given clues (pictures, as on p.99)
4.brainstorming on a compare-contrast topic using the Venn diagram, or deducing a 5.brainstorming sheet from a given opinion paragraph
6.Comparing and contrasting language ( Chapter 11)
7.Capitalization and punctuation rules
8. Correcting common mistakes
COMMON MISTAKES KOREANS MAKE IN ENGLISH
SOME COMMON MISTAKES KOREANS MAKE IN ENGLISH
I'm meeting my friends in my free time. // 2. I'm going swimming about twice a week. 3. I working on a ship. 4. I live in London for 3 years. 5. I've been to Paris last year. 6. I finished. 7. How long are you in Korea? 8.I'm bus driver. 9. This is a airplane. 9. I saw Great Wall of China. 10. I went to the top of Empire State Building.
Present Simple/Present Continuous Sentences 1, 2 and 3 represent one of the most common mistakes made by Koreans in English – confusing Present Simple with Present Continuous.
RULE: Use Present Simple for habitual actions and general truths; Present Continuous for actions going on at the moment of speaking or when you want to emphasize the continuity of an action. “I am studying at the library now.” “My house is too small, so my sister, who is visiting, is staying at a hotel, not with me.”
Present Perfect It is not easy to understand this tense! RULE: use to emphasize the experience of doing something, rather than the time you did it; use to express actions that started at some point in the past and are still continuing in the present; use to express actions that happened in the past but have an impact on the present.
Future: A: “What are you doing this weekend?” B: “ I will meet my girlfriend.” (will is like Korean “manaketsoyo, expresses strong will to do something; however, future can be expressed with ‘going to’ for a plan or present continuous for near future and something that is sure already.)
Articles - a, an, the a + consonant; an+vowel = indefinite article. Use with a non-specific object, one of a number of the same objects) with consonants: She has a dog./I work in a factory. NOTE: always with a verb “to be” in the following example: I am a teacher. / I am an English teacher./ This is a pencil.
the = definite article (a specific object that both the person speaking and the listener know)The car over there is fast. // The teacher is very good, isn't he?
The first time you speak of something use "a or an", the next time you repeat that object use "the". I live in a house. The house is quite old and has four bedrooms.I ate in a Chinese restaurant. The restaurant was very good.
DO NOT use an article with the names of countries, states, counties or provinces, lakes and mountains except when the country is a collection of states such as "The United States" and the mountain is actually a mountain range (the Himalayas) .He lives in Washington near Mount Rainier. // They live in northern British Columbia.
Use an article with bodies of water, oceans and seas - My country borders on the Pacific Ocean; I am sailing on the South Sea. The Han is a wide river.
DO NOT use an article when you are speaking about things in general - and with countable nouns use PLURAL!!!! I like Russian tea and Korean kimchi. (non-countable) BUT She likes reading books. I like watching movies. I like taking photos (NOT a book, a movie, a photo)
DO NOT use an article when you are speaking about meals, places, and transport in general. He has breakfast at home.// I like meat.// I drink milk every day. //I go to university. She goes to church every Sunday. //He comes to work by taxi. // Bus is cheaper than taxi.
MORE EXAMPLES
ARTICLES: 1.Here is not university. 2.It's language school. // 3.English is important language in Korea. 4.I am university student. // 5.I teach Korean to foreign student. 6. // She comes from the Canada. 7. I have lived all of my life in the Seoul. 8. I like walking by Han.
TENSE: 1.Yesterday she complain that she had a headache. //2. Sorry, last week I am sick. No come to class. // 3. I study English for six years and not speak well. 4. Yes, I go to China (meaning at some indefinite time in the past). 5. Yes, I go to China last year.
PLURAL AND SINGULAR
1. I like reading a book in my spare times. // 2.Usually, dog is friendly, but cat is moody. 3.I have a lot of homeworks. 4. Hansung University has many staffs.
MISTAKES WITH THE COPPULA ‘BE’
1. I can’t study because it difficult. // 2. Korean and Japanese is different.3. My old textbook easy, but my new is difficult.
MIXING THE NAMES OF COUNTRIES and ADJECTIVES DERIVED FROM THEM
1. I want to travel in Swiss. 2. Korea cars are good and cheap. 3.I want to live in Korean forever. // 4. China, Vietnamese, Thai and India are Asian countries. (also, in this case often: …is Asian countires.). 5. Foreigner is different from Korean (2 mistakes here)
OTHER UNCLASSIFED MISTAKES:
1.I can swimming. // 2.I am so boring. // 3. Now I am talk with my friend. // 4. I always tired. // 5. I want to make a boyfriend/girlfriend. // 6. I played with my friends *or worse* I played with my girlfriend. // 7. I can’t meet you tonight. I already have a promise ( in English there are many words for “yagsok”: promise, appointment, meeting. - “Hey, Turalija, how are you?” (it’s the same as calling the President: Hey, Myngbak, what’s up, man?”)
- Derek Teacher is not in his office.
-“Nice to meet you” – saying this too often and at inappropriate times.
-SF // OST // Skinship
-“I am first grade high school/university student.
- When I was in a high school student (hahaha)
- Mistaking funny/fun.
The movie was funny (hahahaha); The movie was fun. (I liked it)
Confusing famous and popular. “Brian is a famous teacher at Hansung.”
USING WANNA AND GONNA IN WRITING
Just don’t do it!
Unfortunately, there are many many more, but making mistakes is a regular part of learning. Don’t despair!
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