An English perspective

AN ENGLISH PERSPECTIVE

A Crash Courseby Aldyansyah, SS

1. Do you speak English?2. Do you need English? Why?3. What are your problems in learning English?4. Did you ever experience an embarrassing moment when

you tried to communicate in English?5. How do you learn English?6. What is the best way to learn English effectively?7. What are the advantages of understanding English?Glossary:Experience: pengalaman, Embarrassing: memalukan, Advantage: keuntungan

LET’S HAVE A CHIT-CHAT

ENGLISH—OVERVIEW

Why English?• international language• compulsory requirements• sign of literacy• source of knowledge• media language• career booster• ticket to international communities

ENGLISH – THE PERSPECTIVE

ENGLISH Needs:

VocabularyGrammar

COOKINGNeeds:

IngredientsRecipes

VOCABULARY TIPS

• get yourself a good dictionary• relate your learning with your interests• learn with contexts• use your emotions• use it!

GIVE IT A TRY

tête-à-tête (n)Dictionary: an informal private conversation between two people, especially friendse.g. We must have a tête-à-tête sometime.Interest: I often have a tête-à-tête about politics with my buddy at a coffee shop.Context: Call your friend on the phone and ask him/her to go out to have a tête-à-tête.Emotion: persuade your friend eagerly to have a tête-à-tête with youYou have USEd IT!Glossary:Persuade: bujuk, Eagerly: dengan semangat

GRAMMAR HINTS

• start with simple sentences: Subject + Verb• a sentence must have a Verb• don’t translate but transform• paraphrase• ask yourself: when? – Tenses•Do your homework – memorize• use it

WORD CLASSES; THE BOTTOM LINE

1. Verb : actions e.g. work, study, think, feel, consider, smile, succeed, agree, like, etc.you succeed in your job

2. Noun : thingse.g. eye, job, education, feeling, success, agreement, luck, etc.you have success in your job

3. Adjective : characteristicse.g. clear, beautiful, inspiring, rich, successful, lucky, punctual, etc.you are successful in your job

4. Adverb : modifierse.g. clearly, well, fast, only, often, hardly, all, fortunately, never, etc.you do your job successfully

GIVE IT A TRY!

Classify the words

Eat smoke breakfast agreeSmile work is bookWill walk have onlyThink fire target imaginationFull stress successful happyHot punctual usually loudlyLate party present likelyReasonable glad like fast

THE ABSOLUTE GRAMMAR RULE

Only 2 kinds of sentences:1. Verbal e.g. I work2. Nonverbal/nominal e.g. I am a workerAbsolute rule: A sentence MUST have a VERB

TENSES; THE BOTTOM LINE

Tenses refer to the time or condition of a sentenceThere are 16 tenses in English grammar

TENSES; THE BOTTOM LINE

Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect continuous

Present •I learn everyday•I am smart

•I am learning now•I am being smart

•I have learned today•I have been smart

•I have been learning for 30 minutes•I have been being smart

Past •I learned yesterday•I was smart

•I was learning at 1 yesterday•I was being smart

•I had learned before you came yesterday•I had been smart

•I had been learning•I had been being smart

Future •I will learn tomorrow•I will be smart

•I will be learning at 1 tomorrow•I will be being smart

•I will have learned by 3 tomorrow•I will have been smart

•I will have been learning for1 hour 30 minutes later•I will have been being smart

Past future •I would learn if I had the time•I would be smart

•I would be learning•I would be being smart

•I would have learned if I had had the time•I would have been smart

•I would have been learning•I would have been being smart

VERBS

The presence of a verb is compulsory in a sentence. It also signalizes the condition or the time (tenses) of an English sentence by its formsVerb forms:

Verb1 Verb2 Verb3 V-ing

Go Went Gone Going

Have Had Had Having

Get Got Gotten Getting

Take Took Taken Taking

Do Did Done Doing

(Tobe) be/am/is/are Was/was/were Been Being

Attend Attended Attended Attending

Watch Watched Watched Watching

Work Worked Worked Working

Play Played Played Played

•what do you do everyday?•What did you do yesterday?•What will you do tomorrow?•What would you do if you had all the money in the world?•What are you doing now?•What were you doing at 1 yesterday?

•What will you be doing at 1 tomorrow?•What have you done today?•What had you done before you came here?

Let’s speak!

Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect continuous

Present •I learn everyday•I am smart

•I am learning now•I am being smart

•I have learned today•I have been smart

•I have been learning for 30 minutes•I have been being smart

Past •I learned yesterday•I was smart

•I was learning at 1 yesterday•I was being smart

•I had learned before you came yesterday•I had been smart

•I had been learning•I had been being smart

Future •I will learn tomorrow•I will be smart

•I will be learning at 1 tomorrow•I will be being smart

•I will have learned by 3 tomorrow•I will have been smart

•I will have been learning for1 hour 30 minutes later•I will have been being smart

Past future •I would learn if I had the time•I would be smart

•I would be learning•I would be being smart

•I would have learned if I had had the time•I would have been smart

•I would have been learning•I would have been being smart

FEEL HAPPY TO MAKE MISTAKE!