English club

Lesson 1

Introduction
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what
was to become south-east Scotland under the influence
of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria.
Following the extensive influence of Great Britain and the
United Kingdom from the 18th century, via the British
Empire, and of the United States since the mid-20th
century, it has been widely dispersed around the world,
becoming the leading language of international discourse
and the lingua franca in many regions. It is widely learned
as a second language and used as an official language of
the European Union and many Commonwealth countries,
as well as in many world organisations. It is the third most
natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin
Chinese and Spanish. It is the most widely spoken
language across the world.

Number of English
Have you ever encountered a person who just keeps on
rambling on and on with no end in sight. If you have, you
might have wondered if he/she would ever run out of words to
say. Unfortunately, that will remain a dream for all of us.
As we enter the Twenty First Century, English is the most
widely spoken and written language on Earth. English was first
spoken in Britain by Germanic tribes in Fifth Century AD also
known as the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) period. During the
Middle English period (1150-1500 AD), a lot of the Old
English word endings were replaced by prepositions like by,
with, and from. We are now in the Modern English period
which started in the Sixteenth Century.

 The number of words in English has grown from 50,000 to 60,000

words in Old English to about a million today. There are a number of
ways in which the English vocabulary increases. The principal way in
which it grows is by borrowing words from other languages. About
80% of the entries in any English dictionary are borrowed, mainly
from Latin. Another way is by combining words into one word such
as housewife, greenhouse, and overdue. The addition of prefixes and
suffixes to words also increases the immense vocabulary of the
English language.
Today, more than 750 million people use the English language. An
average educated person knows about 20,000 words and uses about
2,000 words in a week. Despite its widespread use, there are only
about 350 million people who use it as their mother tongue. It is the
official language of the Olympics. More than half of the world's
technical and scientific periodicals as well three quarters of the
world's mail, and its telexes and cables are in English. About 80% of
the information stored in the world's computers (such as this text) are
also in English. English is also transmitted to more than 100 million
people everyday by 5 of the largest broadcasting companies (CBS,
NBC, ABC, BBC, CBC). It seems like English will remain the most
widely used language for some time.

Pie chart showing the relative numbers of

native English speakers in the major Englishspeaking countries of the world

Listening to music
Cry on my shoulder Super Star

Take Me To Your Heart - Michael Learns To

Rock
Breathless - Shayne Ward

Introduction
What is your name?

My name is ..
What is his/her name?
His/her name is
How old are you?
Im .. years old.

Introduction
Where do you live?

Where do you come from?

Where are you from?
I live on Nguyen Trai Street.
I come from Nghe An Province.
I am from Nghe An Province.

What is your name?

Peter meet Mary by the door of a room.

Peter: Hello!
Mary: Hi!
Peter: Are you in this class?

Mary: Yes. Which class are you in?

Peter: I am in this class, too. So, what is your
name?

Mary: My name is Mary Conner.

Peter: Is it M-A-R-Y?

What is your name?

Mary: Yes. It is.

Peter: How do you spell your last name?

C-O-N-N-O-R?
Mary: No. It is C-O-N-N-E-R. And what about
you? What is your name?
Peter: Im Peter Mathew. My first name is Peter,
P-E-T-E-R, and my last name is Mathew, M-AT-H-E-W.

Mary: Nice too meet you, Peter.

Peter: Nice too meet you, too, Mary.

ABC song

What is your phone number?

Peter: What is your phone number, Mary?

Mary: Its 973286868.

Peter: Ill call you.

Practice with your friends.

Watching some video about

introduction

Meeting and Greeting

A greeting is what we say when we meet our
friends and acquaintances
E.g.: Good Morning.
It is customary to greet people when you meet
them.

Some say Good Morning, Good Evening,

etc., and others say Hello, or Hi.
Whatever be the form of greetings, it
immediately dissolves barriers between two
people and creates a feeling of oneness. Learn
the habit of greeting people

Meeting and Greeting

Good Morning, Good Afternoon and Good
Evening are the considered as formal
greetings. Hello and Hi are considered as
informal and at the same time the best forms of
greeting which is aceptable in most situations.
A replay to these can be either Hi or Hello or
if you wish you can use the added pleasantry
How are you? And the responses to How are
you should be Fine, thank you, how are you?
and nothing more than this.

When you greet someone who is in bad health.

dont ask, How are you? Instead you can ask,
Hello, How are you feeling today?

Meeting and Greeting

Read the small conversation text (given below)
several times. Focus on fluency until it feels
smooth. If possible record the conversation and
listen to it.
Re-record until you are satisfied with the
fluency. While reading it is advisable to read
like: GoodmorningMary as if there is no space
in between Good, Morning and Mary.

Meeting and Greeting

John: Good Morning, Mary.

Marry: Hello, Good Morning John, How are

you?
John: Fine, thank you, and you Marry?

Marry: Im OK, Thanks.

Meeting and Greeting

Good morning

(Morning till 1 Noon)

Good morning Mr. George

Good Afternoon (1 Noon till 5 PM)
Good evening

(5pm till 11 in the night)

Hello John, how are you?

Hello George!
Hi!

Very well, thank you, and you?

Im fine.

Meeting and Greeting

Im glad to see you!

Its my pleasure!
Its been a long time since we met!
Ive heard a lot about you!
Look, who is it? Who is here?
Are you surprised to see me?
Hows everything?
What a nice surprise!

Meeting and Greeting

Hi, Peter! What are you doing here?

Hello (Where are you going?)

Hello, (in response) how are you?
What is your name?
Its nice to see you again!
How nice to see you again!
How is your mother?

Watch some video about

meeting and greeting

Where do you live?

Peter: Good afternoon, Mary!

Mary: Good afternoon, Peter!

Peter: Do you live here?
Mary: Yes. My room is over there. Where do
you live?
Peter: I live on Oxford Street. I go to visit a
friend of mine, he lives in this Street, too.

Mary: Oh, yes. What is his house number?

Where do you live?

Peter: Its 68. Do you know it?

Mary: Oh, I know this one. You just walk ahead.

It is near a school named Sakira.
Peter: Thank you very much. I gotta go now.
Mary: Yes.See you later.
Peter: Good bye. See you then.

The different way to ask about someones

address:

What is your address?

Where do you come from?

Mary: Hi, Peter.

Peter: Hey, whats up?

Mary: Yeah, I want to introduce a friend of mine
to you. She is a foreigner. Her name is Wang
Li. Li, this is Peter.
Li: Im very glad to meet you, Peter.
Peter: Glad to meet you, too. Where are you
from, Li? Are you from Asia?
Li: Yes. Im from China.

Where do you come from?

Practice

A: Where do you come from, B?

B: I come from the USA. And where are you from,
A?

A: Im from Italy.
B: Where is she from?
A: Shes from Vietnam.

Names of some countries in the world

United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Russia

Names of some countries in the world

China
Japan
Australia
South Africa

Where do you come from?

Where is he from?

Where is she from?

Where are they from?
Where is Parke from?
Where is Nam from?
Where are Ronaldo and Ronaldinho from?

Is this your father?

Peter: Good morning, Mary.

Mary: Oh, its supprising. Come in, Peter.

Peter: Wow, your house is very beautiful.
Mary: Thanks. Would you like to drink?
Peter: Some cool water, thanks. Is your father
and mother at home?
Mary: No, they are at their office.
Peter: Look at this picture. Is this your family?

Is this your father?

Mary: Yes.

Peter: And is this your father?

Mary: Thats right.
Peter: What does he do?
Mary: He is an engineer.
Peter: And this is your mother, right? What
does she do?
Mary: She is a secretary.

How old is he?

Peter: And this must be your older brother.

Mary: No. He is my younger brother.

Peter: He looks so tall. How old is he?
Mary: He is fifteen years old.
Peter: Yeah, and is this your sister?
Mary: No, she is my cousin. She live with us to
study here. Her home is very far from here.
Peter: How old is she?

How old is he?

Mary: She is the same as us, eighteen.

Peter: What is her name?

Mary: Her name is Sarah. Do you want to meet
her?

Peter: Sure. Is she at home?

Mary: No. She is at her school. You can see her
if you come here in the afternoon.

Peter: Yeah. I will come.

Watching a video talking about family

What do you do?

Student

Secretary

Teacher

CEO (chief executive

officer)

Engineer
Writer

Manager

What do you do?

What is your job?

Watching 2 videos about someones job

What do you do in your free time?

Mary: What do you often do in your free time?

Li: I often listen to music. What about you?

Mary: Well, I prefer watching TV. There are so
many programs on TV for you to chose, such
as music, film, news. How about you, Peter?
Peter: I like playing soccer. When I stay at
home, I usually playing game.
Li: Can you play a musical instrument?

Peter: I cant. But I have a friend who can play

guitar very well. His name is Bob.

What do you do in your free time?

Listen to music

Watch TV
Play soccer (football), badminton, tennis
Play game
Walk
Go fishing
Read newspaper
Chat with friends

Reading text
Hello,my name is James, Im 29 years old, I live in
Washington DC, in America. I work as a website
engineer, Im a single, my native language is English I
have one brother, one sister.
Im learning Spanish right now, because I want to visit
Spain one day. Im improving day after day, but I need to
practice with someone who is a native.

In my free time I like hiking, learning new languages,

cooking, meeting new people and travel.
Now, can you tell me what your name is? Where do
you live? How old are you? And what you do in your free
time?
I have to go now, have a wonderful day, and talk to
you later!!

Listening comprehension
Listen to some videos and write what you listen
in your notebook. Then repeat them.

Grammar
Subject Pronouns + To be

S t

Ngi th I

Ngi th II

Ngi th III

I + am

you + are

he/she/it +is

Im

youre

hes shes its

you + are

they + are

youre

theyre

S nhiu we+ are

were

Grammar
Subject Pronouns + To be
E.g.

1. I am Peter.
2. you are students?
3. he is twenty years old.
4. she is not at home.
5. we are the world.
6. they are engineers.
7. it is just a dog.

Grammar
To be
I am not = Im not

are not = arent = re not

is not = isnt = s not
E.g.:
1. Im not a teacher.
2. She isnt in Phuc Thanh = shes not in Phuc
Thanh.
3. They arent beautiful.

Grammar
Possessive Adjectives
>I

my

> you your

> he

his

> she her

> it

its

> we our
> they their

Grammar
Possessive Adjectives
E.g.:

1. What is your name?

2. Is this your father?
3. He is my cousin.
4. What is his address?
5. Her mother is a farmer.

Grammar
Wh_question
What

Where
How
When
Which
Why

Homework
Learn about present simple and
present continuous (present progressive)