Phonics - 26 letters and the sounds

相信對一些對一些將30歲 (六年級生) 或以上 來說 PHONICS 其實是蠻陌生的 但是我們卻對K.K.音標(K.K. symbols) 很熟悉 (不熟也沒關係) 你在這本書中將會看到PHONICS 和 K.K.音標的整合 PHONICS 是一種直覺發音 26個字母中 每個字母有其自己的基本發音 這就是我們說的自然發音(PHONICS) 而K.K.音標 則是將其變成文字或者也可說是符號 學會自然發音 可以再你看到單字的時後 把它唸出來 (這是有一些規則要記住的) 但是這些規則只適用於百分之70-80的單字 這時 會不會看K.K.音標就很重要了 當我不確定這個字的唸法時 我會馬上查字典 因為我可以找到K.K.音標在上面 所以K.K. 和 PHONICS 相互補其不足的地方 只要不斷的練習 學好發音不會一件困難的事 也不會再有看到單字而不知如何開口說的窘境了

每個字母都有其基本的發音 如何將這些聲音拼起來唸的方法 就是PHONICS 相信對於五六年級的我們來說 大都不知PHONICS 為何 但是我們都學過 K K 音標 PHONICS 就是將KK音標這個符號給于聲音 例如我們都知道小狗的聲音是”汪” 而KK音標和PHONICS 也是一樣的道理

26 letters and the sounds：
a〔æ〕apple 蘋果
b〔b〕ball 球
c〔k〕cat 貓
d〔d〕dog 狗
e〔ɛ〕egg 雞蛋
f〔f〕fish 魚
g〔g〕good 好的
h〔h〕hat 帽子
i〔ɪ〕ink 墨汁
j〔ʤ〕jacket 夾克
k〔k〕key 鑰匙
l〔l〕lemon; bell 檸檬,鈴
m〔m〕money; home 錢,家
n〔n〕nose, wine 鼻子,酒
o〔ɑ〕oxford, dog 牛津,狗
p〔p〕peek 偷看
qu〔kw〕question 問題
r〔r〕rat 老鼠
s〔s〕sun 太陽
t〔t〕tiger 老虎
u〔ʌ〕ugly 醜陋
v〔v〕vase 花瓶
w〔w〕window 窗戶
x〔ks〕box 盒子
y〔j〕yo-yo 溜溜球
z〔z〕zebra 斑馬

Grammar - Frequency Adverbs

頻率副詞 - 頻率副詞用來表示事情發生的經常性或做某件事的頻率
頻率副詞 放在Be動詞的後面 一般動詞的前面
We use frequency adverbs to talk about how often you do something.

Frequency Adverbs:
100% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------0 %
always usually often sometimes seldom rarely never

EX: go shopping
Q: How often do you go shopping?
A: I usually go shopping once a month.
EX: be late
Q: Are you often late for work?
A: I am never late for work.

Oral Practice:
How often do you.......

wear jeans
drink coffee
drink pearl milk tea
see a movie
take a taxi
listen to classical music
wear hats
watch TV
study English
read a newspaper
read a book

Something about "Attitude" - 3

Thanks for one of my students in that company. I understand he is trying to make me feel better and no need to care about what other people do and say. I am trying now. I know it is hard for you to learn English now and it's not an easy job to do. But if you don't do it, how do u know you can't make it. The oldest student I've had is 77 years old. He is willing to come and learn, and paid the tuition by himself. Now, your company paid the tuition and provided the environment for you to learn, even you are forced to come, why don't you just take it as another chance to learn? Think about it, people paid the tuition for you. That kind of thing doesn't happen everyday, does it?!

Even I feel bad about some of the students' attitude and the words they say, but I don't care now. There are a lot of beautiful things out there. Think and act everything in a big context, think what you will be doing after 10 years, 20 years or even longer. You will have different thoughts about it.

Something about "Attitude" - 2

Last Wednesday, I had the class in that company again. When I got into the classroom, there was no one there. Then, one of the bad attitude student came in and said, "Sigh, it is really fast for us to have English class again." He said it like he had no other choice. The other one who came after him replied, "Don't say it here in front of the teacher, you can talk about it outside." Then, they just looked at me. I just simply replied, "I have the same feeling." "I don't care what you said." Then, I started doing my job for getting the class started.

All in the sudden, I could feel that they knew they did the wrong thing and they left the classroom without a word. After the class started, I treated them some chocolates which I like a lot because that Monday was my birthday. I just couldn't believe how people can be so mean when they said "You should bring different kind of snack each class." I pretended I didn't hear that but wondered if they really knew what they made me think.

According to what they said last class, we should check the answer of the first pre-test for GEPT in the first hour, I gave them the paper already. They were supposed to finish it and we could have it discussed in the class. Guess what, some of them didn't do it, and the class leader didn't even bring the paper. While I was explaining what "clauses" are, I saw the class leader writing some words on a piece of paper and the one sitting next to him was replying. During the break time, I looked what they wrote. There were 4 sentences, "A: Why don't you look high? B: I don't like it. A: She is talking about grammar all the time. B: I am very boring." --> (I am bored, not boring. I told them in the previous class.)

I felt really bad because they didn't even do the practice when I was doing the activity in conversation. I can still remember what one of the students asked me in the second class. He said, "Just tell us, can you assure that we can all pass GEPT test after we finished this class?" "I can't promise you anything because it depends on how you want to do to make it." I said. I told them that I spent at least 3 hours to study grammar after class everyday when I was in college. If you don't review and study, how can you pass?

I tell all of my students in the first class that learning is a 50-50 situation. I will show you everything you need and put my best effort on my job, and I hope you do the same. If you want to make it 100, you need to take it seriously. There is nothing you can't achieve only if you don't want to do it.