WEEK 2

Q Skills for Success 4

Today we will…

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Introduce English CornerDo some error correctionTalk about heroesRead, listen and talk

Before we get started…

Website – Have you registered? Any problems?

English Corner – 2 hours per semesterTOEIC – you don’t have to go to English

Corner if you score:550 – EE, Info Management, Civil

Engineering650 – Tourism, Restaurant, Business

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It’s better to go early in the semester because the classes can be too full in the last couple of weeks.

Error Correction / roll call

Each sentence below has one or more common grammar errors. Work with a partner and try to fix the sentences.

Yesterday I go to Carrefour to buy three apple. Mary like to eat meat, so he’s definitely not

vegetarian. I like to listen music. I very like to play computer and sleeping.

Error Correction / roll call

Each sentence below has one or more common grammar errors. Work with a partner and try to fix the sentences.

Yesterday I went to Carrefour to buy three apples.

Mary likes to eat meat, so she’s definitely not vegetarian.

I like to listen to music. I really like to play computer games and sleeping.

Before we get started

Talk in groups of 2 or 3 people. Take turns asking and answering the following:

1. Who would win a fight between Batman and Iron Man?

2. Which super-hero are you most like?3. What qualities do you need to be a super-hero?4. Who is the most popular superhero in Taiwan?5. What real life person could be a super-hero?6. If you could have one superpower what would it be?7. What superhero name would you give yourself?

• Remember to check the vocabulary on our website. • It’s always best to know the check the vocabulary

for each week before you come to class.• Do page 5 in your textbook.

Vocabulary

Tips for previewing text:

When you preview a text, you look through it quickly to learn general information. To preview:

• Read the title

• Look at any charts, graphs, pictures, or captions.

• Skim (read quickly) the text for subheadings.

Subheadings indicate important ideas that will be

developed in the text.

• If you don’t have enough time, try reading the first

and last sentence of each paragraph.

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They represent our highest ambitions and help us deal with our worst nightmares.

No. Some have normal abilities that they have developed to a superhuman level.

He believed that good is inherently attractive.

Superhero stories have been popular for so long because they speak to our hopes.

When we face adversity, we are inclined to give up.

Batman can teach us to keep on going even when the going is tough.

Homework

You must log in to do the first assignment.The assignment should be finished before

class next week (Week 3).Remember to check your email after you

have finished the quiz. If you don’t receive an email: Check your profile settings to make sure that your

email is correct. Check your spam/junk mail folders to see if it has

been sent there instead. Check with me after class next week to be sure that

your score has been recorded.

Minimal Pairs

bedroom  [ˋbɛd͵rʊm] bathroom [ˋbæθ͵rum]

eyes [aɪz] ice [aɪs]

restroom [rɛst ͵rum]  restaurant [ˋrɛstərənt]

this [ðɪs] these [ðiz] foot [fʊt] food [fud] 

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Where are these places?

Taipei 101

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

Dragon and Tiger pagodas, Lotus Lake

Sun Moon Lake

Taroko Gorge

Jiufen

Kenting

Yehliu

Lukang

Chikan Lou

Hehuanshan

Jiji train station

Taomi Paper Dome / Church

Puli Winery

Snake Kiln, Shuili

Chitou

Yingge

Beitou

Orchid Island

Question time:

1. Have you ever been abroad? Where did you go?

2. Where have you visited in Nantou county?

3. What was your high school graduation trip? Where did you go?

4. If you went to ___(Thailand / Hong Kong / America)__, what kind

of souvenirs would you buy?

5. What 3 countries would you most like to visit?

6. What are some countries that you would never visit? Why not?

7. What is the most interesting city to visit in Taiwan?

8. If you had $100,000, where would you go on holiday?

9. If you could choose any place in the world to go this weekend,

where would it be?

Still got some time?

She sells seashells down by the seashore.The shells she sells are seashells.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?