For May 14, 2019

1. Review Present Progressive Tense (p.75 of the Survival book): Please make a sentence using present progressive tense and write it down ahead of time to share in class. Thanks to Amy for sharing your sentences on May 7!

2. Survival English unit 45, Culture File 45 (p.95), if you did not get a chance to go through it on May 7 and would like to. Unit 46, Culture File 46 (p.95), if you would like to move on. Listening exercise. 

3. Any handout(s) you would like to go through but haven't got a chance to.

4.  "Louis Pasteur" handout.

5. Pronunciation.

6. Reduced Sounds (part one).

7. Tips for Learning English (Please bring this handout to class weekly as we may refer to it from time to time).

8. Review "Linked Sounds" and "Intonation" using class materials.

Our Last Class of the Spring term of 2019 is on May 28, 2019

For May 7, 2019 (No class on Apr 30, 2019)

1. Review Present Simple Tense (p.75 of the Survival book): Please make a sentence using present simple tense and write it down ahead of time to share in class if you'd like to review it. Thanks to Amy for suggesting it!

2. Survival English unit 44, Culture File 44 (p.94), if you did not get a chance to go through it on Apr 23 and would like to. Unit 45, Culture File 45 (p.95), if you would like to move on. Listening exercise. 

3. Any handout(s) you would like to go through but haven't got a chance to.

4. "Understanding Loneliness" handout if there's time left for it or if you wish to go through it on May 7. 

5. Pronunciation

6. Free talk topic(s): Education.

7. Tips for Learning English (Please bring this handout to class weekly as we may refer to it from time to time).

8. Review "Linked Sounds" and "Intonation" using class materials.

Announcements:

1. If you would like to share a new vocabulary word with the class, please let me know by Thursday so that it can be posed in the class blog for those that might want to look it up before it is presented in class in the following week. Thanks to Brian for suggesting it!

2. Our last class this term is on May 28, 2019.

For Apr 23, 2019

1. "Grieve and Comfort" handout.

2. Survival English unit 43, Culture File 43 (p.94), if you did not get a chance to go through it on Apr 16 and would like to. Unit 44, Culture File 44 (p.94) if you would like to move on. 

3. Review "Linked Sounds" and "Intonation" using class materials. 

4. Free talk topic(s): Exercise, Sports, Fitness.

5. Pronunciation

6. Tips for Learning English (Please bring this handout to class weekly as we may refer to it from time to time).

7. Progress check: How have you been doing in reaching your English learning goals for this term? What would you like to do more?

No class on Apr 30, 2019 (Civil Development Week)

The school will prepare informative talks for you to attend throughout the week. Please take the time to attend any or as many as you can. Please sign up online ahead of time.

https://www.daancc.tw/events/【臺北市大安社區大學│1081期公民素養週免費講座/

<金甌校本部 線上報名> https://reurl.cc/nq9el 講座地點：臺北市大安區杭州南路二段1號(金甌女中)
<開平教學點 線上報名> https://reurl.cc/p9l0a 講座地點：臺北市大安區復興南路二段148巷24號(開平餐飲學校)
<東方教學點 線上報名> http://x.co/6njkk 講座地點：臺北市大安區信義路四段186巷8號(東方工商)

For Apr 16, 2019

Thanks to Grace for helping answer the grammar question about relative clause that Brian brought up on Apr 9! Thanks to Brian for the question and Jones for the additional question!

1. Linked Sounds.

2. Survival English unit 42, Culture File 42 (p.94), Communication Activities L (p.65) and Y (p.71), if you did not get a chance to go through it on Apr 9 and would like to. Unit 43, Culture File 43 (p.94) if you would like to move on. 

3. Review "Intonation" using class materials. Thanks to Brian for using a sentence from the class materials to review it weekly!

4. "Defeating Depression" handout, which we did not get to on April 9.

5. Pronunciation

6. Free talk topic(s): Food, Nutrition, and Diets, if you would like to talk about them but didn't on April 9.

7. Tips for Learning English (Please bring this handout to class weekly as we may refer to it from time to time).

For Apr 9, 2019 (No class on Apr 2, 2019)

A warm welcome to the new member of our class Mae! Thanks to Grace for recommending our class to her and orientating her on her first day with us! Thank you all for making the effort to come to class and help one another out!

1. Tips for Learning English (Please bring this handout to class weekly as we may refer to it from time to time).

2. Survival English unit 42, Culture File 42 (p.94).

3. Review "Intonation" using class materials. Thanks to Brian for using a sentence to review it weekly, and Grace for the clarification about the "to-infinitive" on Mar 26!

4. "Defeating Depression" handout.

5. "Mackinac Island" handout. 

6. Free talk topic(s): Food, Nutrition, and Diets.

7. Pronunciation.

For Mar 26, 2019

1. Tips for Learning English (Please bring this handout to class weekly as we may refer to it from time to time).

2. Survival English unit 41, Culture File 41 (p.94) if you have already got the book and would like to use it.

3. Review "Intonation" using class materials. Thanks to Brian for using a sentence to review it, and Grace and Jo for the input on Mar 19!

4. "What's the Beef with Meat" handout.

5. "Priorities" handout.

6. Free talk topic(s): Values.

7. Pronunciation.

No class on Apr 2, 2019

We'll add a class at the end of term on May 28, 2019 to make up for it.

Announcements for Mar 12, 2019

1. Please give the class leader Brian NT$150 for the class fund.

2. To order the textbook "New Edition, New Survival English" (or "New Edition, Survival English"): Please Make sure the title has the word "New" when you order it second hand.

It'd be a good idea to check to ensure the person is still selling it before placing the order.

You can order brand new copies on https://books.com.tw with 5% discount.