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June 24th - MIDTERM EXAMS

 On Tuesday, June 24th, we will have Midterm Examinations. The exam is in two parts. The first hour of the day will be review and Questions time. The second hour will be a paper test. The test should take about 30 minutes. The final period will be for individual (1:1) interviews. When you finish your interview, you leave the room. The personal interview will take only about 90 seconds, maybe three questions. Be ready to introduce yourself! All the information needed to succeed with the examination has been covered in our class: The book - Career Paths Business English Units 1 - 9. Papers (readings) handed out in class Lectures and comments that were noted on the Whiteboard Materials included in this class webspace (blog) Nothing on either test should be "too difficult." You can you any papers during the tests, but you won't have a lot of time, so mostly you should be able to do from your memory. ---------------------------- Classroom notes from Whiteboard -- Ethics - con...
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Summer Travels

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So you've had a few weeks away (from me) and you are preparing for your summer excursion . (do you know this word? there are definitions below) Have you prepared your itinerary ?  Have you prepared your personal budget and specific objectives beyond the itinerary? Any souvenirs or gifts you wish to purchase? Any other expenses planned? If you have any free time outside the official itinerary, what do you hope to do? If you plan to travel using local transit, do you know how? If you plan to drive, do you know all the requirements and "rules of the road"? Is your passport and international credit card ready? Travel insurance? Appropriate luggage ? Clothing? Do you know the Customs limitations for each country (including return to Korea)? Do you need any innoculations or preventive care before traveling? If you need to carry any medications , do you know the rules for this? Do you have your foreign currency (currencies)? How much will you carry? Any Traveler's Checks...
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English Listening Resources

 There is quite a variety of resources where you could practice your English listening. Some have more resources for lower-level listeners, some more for higher-level. Some are rather "British" or other forms of English, others are more American or mixed. I will add to this list. Learner English programs Breaking News English https://breakingnewsenglish.com/ (we have used this in class, it has 6 levels, but most articles are Levels 1-2-3 or Levels 4-5-6. TED Talks https://www.ted.com/ are probably too challenging for most of us. News in Levels https://www.newsinlevels.com/ BBC Learning English https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/office-english Practice with News https://practicewithnews.com/ British Council Learn English   https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening English Listening Lesson Library Online   https://www.elllo.org/ Live Authentic Radio from Around the World https://worldradiomap.com/ https://radio.garden/search https:/...
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Prepositions of Place (indoors)

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Prepositions which can be used to describe locations inside a room. The words you can copy-paste. above across against ahead of along alongside amidst among amongst apart from around aside at behind below beneath beside between beyond by close to far from in inside inside of left of near next off on opposite out from outside outside of over past right of under underneath upon within
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4 skills in language

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What are "skills"? How do we learn them? How is this connected to language?
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April 1 (no 'fools')

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 April 1st is known in the USA and some other countries as "April Fools Day." It's a day when children (and some adults acting like children) play jokes on others. In Korea it's known more for "little white lies," which is indeed a type of joke? A related game is know as "two truths and a lie." The objective is to help people know a little more about you after you tell two truths and one lie about your life - they have to guess which is the lie! Can you fool them? Current events include...
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Listening Practice (Musical Math)

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English Listening (Musical Math)  The basic concept in Musical Math is something everyone hears when they are learning music with a teacher or tutor. "Practice Everyday, if you don't practice, you forget." The same is true when developing any skill - music or a foreign language!  Here's the math 7 days in one week 4 days practice 3 days no practice  + 4  - 3    = 1 1 / 7 = .143 Look at a different example.      7 days in one week      6 days practice      1 days no practice    + 6    - 1      = 5 5 / 7 = .714 Big Difference! So the hint here is to Listen to English everyday, at least 15 minutes LISTEN , not study. Get more comfortable hearing English, your stress about English will decrease and your ability to pronounce more clearly will get better, because you are getting your "English ears" (you know what English should sound like).
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