1. John's Fantastic Study Session #1 Introductions ~have been General and Simple Conversations May I? vs. Can I? A / An / The

2. Welcome and Let's Get Started! 3. Introductions What does a good introduction have? 4. Introductions

Greeting

5. Name 6. Age 7. Hometown 8. Goal / Desire / Want 9. Likes / Dislike 10. Special Skill 11. Hobby / Interest

Hello!/Good ~~ !

12. My name is ~./I'm ~. 13. I am ~years old[ young ]. 14. I'm from ~. 15. My goal is~./I want ~ . 16. I like/don't like ~ . 17. I can ~ . 18. My hobby is ~. 19. Using ~ have been

Used to show experiences. Something done before

Travel

20. Food

• • Ihave beento ~~. (America, London, Tokyo...)
• 21. Ihave beento that restaurant.

22. Ihave beenin Japan for 6 years.

23. ---------------------------------------------- 24. Haveyoubeento ~~? 25. Haveyoubeenthere? 26. How longhaveyoubeenhere? 27. Moving on! 28. General Conversation How to speak naturally! 29. Keep it Simple!

There are many verbs in the English language

30. Use the verbs you know the best! 31. Do not think too much! 32. Relax. 33. Simple Questions / Answers

Can you ~ ?

34. Are you ~ ? 35. Is he/she/it ~ ? 36. Do you ~ ? 37. Will you ~ ? 38. Did you ~ ? 39. Does he/she/it ~ ? 40. Have you ~ ?

Yes I can. /No I can't.

41. Yes I am. / No I'm not. 42. Yes ~ is. / No ~ isn't. 43. Yes I do. / No I don't. 44. Yes I will. / No I won't. 45. Yes I did. / No I didn't 46. Yes ~ does. / No ~ doesn't. 47. Yes I have. / No I haven't. 48. Simple Answers

Can you think of any other ways to fix this?

Yes, I can./No, I can't.

49. [Explain why]

Do you like to read books on culture?

Yes, I do./No, I don't.

50. [Explain why] 51. Got it? (Do you understand?) 52. Do not Forget:KEEP IT SIMPLE General Things in General 53. Simple Verbs

He

54. She 55. It 56. They 57. We 58. You

Is

59. Are

eats

60. likes 61. tastes 62. like 63. play 64. sing

He

65. She 66. It 67. They 68. We 69. You 70. 71. Get it? Got it? Good!! (Can you understand? Do you understand? Nice!) 72. Differences Between May I? and Can I? In relation to Simple Verbs 73. May I?

What does it exactly mean?

Asking permission.

74. Is it OK?

May I help you?

75. May I take your coat? 76. May I get you a drink? 77. May I have some water? 78. May you be safe.[old] 79. Can I?

What does it exactly mean?

To be able to.

80. Ability

Can I leave now?

81. Can they see me? 82. Can he get here in 10 minutes? 83. Can you hear me? 84. He can swim. 85. Differences

May

Asking permission.

86. Polite. 87. Is it OK?

Can

Asking if one is able.

88. General. 89. Is it able? HOWEVER: In modern English both are used for the same sentences and questions!! 90. Quiz!

Can / May you think of another friend?

Can

Can / May I call you for a date?

CanorMay (May is polite/ Charming)

I can / may run faster than that! (faster)

Can

Can / May I look inside, please?

CanorMay (May is more polite)

91. Alright now, STOP! 92. This is a Story About Articles (or an umbrella)

A sad story about an unused umbrella.

93. The umbrella was a sad umbrella. 94. No one wanted to use the umbrella. 95. A boy needed an umbrella. 96. He took the umbrella. 97. A happy umbrella! 98. When to use A or An

What does the first letter sound like?

Is it aconsonant or a vowel ?

99. Consonant:B, C, D, T, G, J, K 100. Vowel :A, E, I, O, U[Y]

This is a p en.

101. This is ab ottle of green tea. 102. Is thisan a pple pie? 103. Wow, this is an u nusual place. 104. Test Your Understanding The party starts in_ hourand_ half .

Hour sounds like ?

Hour sounds like our which is a vowel sound.

Half sounds like ?

Half sounds like Hyper , a strong H sound.

105. Understanding THE The is used to show one specific thing. Only one. Only this one thing. Not any other thing, just this one. 106. The Continued

Decided information!

In the world, many pens.

BUT, I want to talk aboutonly this one .

Can you pass methepen, please?

107. I need to usethecomputer. 108. Thetea at that restaurant is very good. 109. I would likethefish and chips, please. 110. Practice and Question Time 111. Thanks for Coming!