ENGLISH COURSE: INTRODUCTION TUTOR: GERARD J. HANNAN Jerry
Dec 24, 2015
ENGLISH COURSE:INTRODUCTION
TUTOR:
GERARD J. HANNANJerry
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ALL ABOUT MEMy name is Gerard
Hannan and I am from Europe.
I am hoping to teach you to be the best English
Speaking people in the world.
But I need YOU to help me.
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Europe
Can you guess which part of Europe I am from?
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IRELAND
Ireland
I am from Limerick City, Ireland.Five Facts About Ireland:
1. Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth.
2. The population of Ireland is 6.4 Million.3. Irish culture has had a significant influence
on other cultures, especially in the fields of literature and, to a lesser degree, science
and education. 4. Politically, the island is divided between
Ireland (a sovereign state also called the Republic of Ireland) and Northern Ireland
(a constituent country of the United Kingdom). They share an open border and both are part of the Common Travel Area.
5. Both Ireland and the United Kingdom are members of the European Union, and as a
consequence there is free movement of people, goods, services and capital across
the border.
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RIVERDANCE
But Ireland is also known for…..
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WestlifeCan you name any of their songs?
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CAN YOU NAME HIM?
Colin Farrell
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Can you name him?
President John F. Kennedy
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Can You Name Him?Pierce Brosnan as James Bond
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Can you name him?Richard Harris as Dumbledore in Harry Potter
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Can you name him?Bono from U2.
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Can you name him?
Liam Neeson
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Can you name him?
Tom Cruise
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Can you name him?Niall Horan of ONE DIRECTION.
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Can you name him?
Oscar Wilde
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Can you name him?
Me.
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FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRELAND
MARY MCALEESE
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INTERNATIONAL ROCK STARSINEAD O’CONNOR
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ANOTHER FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRELAND
MARY ROBINSON
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YES SHE IS IRISHMARILYN MONROE
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OLD TIME HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STAR
MAUREEN O’HARA
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IS THIS REALLY AN IRISH MAMMY?MRS. BROWN
ACTOR BRENDAN O’CARROLL
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YES SHE REALLY WAS IRISHPRINCESS DIANA
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INTERNATIONAL SINGER & MOVIESTAR
LIZA MINNELLI
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LIZA’S MOTHER….WHO IS SHE?JUDY GARLAND
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WILL SHE BE THE NEXT AMERICAN PRESIDENT?
HILARY CLINTON
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NOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY HOME CITY
LIMERICK CITY, IRELAND.
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LIMERICK1. It is located in Mid-
Western Ireland.2. It is part of the province of
Munster.3. The City lies on the River
Shannon which flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
4. It is the third biggest City in Ireland with a population of 95,000 people.
5. We get warm, but not hot Summers and Cold, but not freezing Winters.
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MARY IMMACULATE COLLEGE, LIMERICK.
This Is Where I Did My Undergraduate Studies.I studied Irish, European & American History and Media & Communications.
I Also Studied English And I Am Trained To Teach English As A Foreign Language.
I am currently doing a Masters Degree in History and will graduate at Doctorate (Phd) Level in 2015.Mary Immaculate College is part of the much bigger University of
Limerick.
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University of Limerick
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My Website:
Irish Media Manwww.irishmediaman.wordpress.com
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PUBLISHED BOOKS IN EUROPE & AMERICA BY GERARD HANNAN
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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ME.
• NAME: GERARD HANNAN• NICKNAME: JERRY• FROM: EUROPE• COUNTRY: IRELAND• CITY: LIMERICK
• GRADUATE: UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK• STUDIES: HISTORY, MEDIA/COMMUNICATIONS & ENGLISH.• JOBS: JOURNALIST, BROADCASTER, PLAYWRIGHT, FILM-
MAKER, AUTHOR & BUSINESSMAN – NOW TEACHER• ALSO WORKING ON M.A. & PhD in HISTORY.• CURRENTLY WRITING A HISTORY OF EUROPEAN RADIO BROADCASTING FROM 1900 to 2000
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CLASS ROOM RULES.
1. Please Sit Quietly & Listen2. Shut Off All Mobile Phones (Avoid Use During Class.)3. If You Have A Question Please Raise Your Hand.4. No Talking During Class As It Is Unfair To Other Students.5. If You Must Leave During Class You Can Do So But Please Do Not Disturb Other Students/Class As You Go.6. Be Kind, Polite And Nice To All Others In The Room.
• Thank You
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AIMS OF OUR COURSE.By the end of this course you will be writing and speaking better English. You will have a better understanding of how the English language works.
• Our course will consist of 12 Lessons and will consist of 2 Parts:
• Part 1: PARTS OF SPEECH.• Part 2: WRITING.
In Part 1 we will learn about the following: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Modifiers , Prepositions, Conjunctions,
Interjections, Spelling & Vocabulary.In Part 2: we will learn about how sentences should pause
or end, how to write sentences and how to write essays and stories.
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COURSE OBJECTIVES.• This course will take you through all parts of speech – nouns, pronouns,
verbs, modifiers, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. • You will also learn how to improve your English vocabulary and
pronunciation, and learn how to recognise silent letters and homophones.
• In the second half of the course you will be trained in written English, gradually advancing from simple rules of punctuation and sentence structure to writing essays and stories in English.
• The course will gradually, step-by-step, help you in the mastery of English in a very simple and straightforward way; especially if your first language is other than English.
• BUT FIRST WE MUST ANSWER A SIMPLE QUESTION, NAMELY, HOW DO WE LEARN ENGLISH?
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HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH
F I V E S I M P L E S T E P S TO P E R F E C T E N G L I S H
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FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR
STEP NUMBER ONE.
MAKE MISTAKES.Mistakes are part of the learning process and necessary in order
to learn how to speak perfect English. The more mistakes the better you learn.
It is not possible to learn a new language without making lots and lots of mistakes.
If you want to make me a very happy teacher then please make lots and lots of mistakes.
YOU WILL NOT LEARN ENGLISH WITHOUT MAKING MISTAKES. I MAKE THEM EVERY DAY AND I HAVE USED ENGLISH ALL MY LIFE.
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FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR
STEP NUMBER TWO
FORGET EVERYTHINGThe sounds you make when speaking your own language are all different
to the sounds you make when you speak English.Best to just get those sounds out of your mind they are of no great use to you when speaking English, in fact, in most cases they will not help
you at all.English is simply Sound & Structure. The sound you make and the
structure of the sentence.
More about this later.
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FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR
STEP NUMBER THREE
FIND A TEACHERThe good news is you have already found one.
You need somebody you don’t know personally who will speak only English to you, somebody who will help you when you make
mistakes.Make sure you USE me and promise ME that you will tell me when
you are not sure about anything I say.I am here to help YOU. That is what I am here to do so please do
help me to help you.ALWAYS TRY TO TELL ME IN ENGLISH, AS BEST YOU CAN.
Listen, Learn, Talk & Teach
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FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR
STEP NUMBER FOUR
TALK TO YOURSELFEvery chance you are alone – talk to yourself.
Sounds crazy but it is so true. Most of us do it anyway.
Talk to yourself in English – it does not sound as crazy.TIP: STOP IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU START HEARING ANSWERS
Good Places to talk to yourself to exercise your English:Shower, Bus/Train (Use A Fake Phone Call), Walking/Jogging Alone –
(Using headphones to give impression you are chatting on the phone).
WHILE IT SOUNDS CRAZY – IT WORKS AND IS A GREAT WAY TO LEARN ENGLISH.
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FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR
STEP NUMBER FIVE
FIND A CLASS BUDDY1. Find a friend to learn with. Somebody you like and
trust who will help you and you will help them.2. This person is your “Class Buddy” who can share
thoughts, ideas and language with you.3. You both agree that you will correct each other and
help each other. When one of you is listening at class and one is not it is helpful to compare notes with your
“Class Buddy”
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FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR
1. Make mistakes.2. Forget everything
3. Find a tough teacher.4. Talk to yourself.
5. Find a class buddy.Follow the rules & very soon you will
be speaking perfect English.
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STARTING OUT TIPS: PARTS OF SPEECH
The Building Blocks of EnglishNoun: Names a person, place, thing, idea (Lulu, jail, cantaloupe, loyalty)
Pronoun: Takes the place of a noun (he, who, I, what)
Verb: Expresses action or being (scrambled, was, should win)
Adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun (messy, strange, alien)
Adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb (willingly, woefully, very)
Preposition: Relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in a sentence (by, for, from)
Conjunction: Ties two words or groups of words together (and, after, although)
Interjection: Expresses strong emotion (yikes, wow, ouch)
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STARTING OUT TIPS: PARTS OF A SENTENCEVerb (also called the predicate):
Expresses the action or state of beingSubject:
The person or thing being talked aboutComplement:
A word or group of words that completes the meaning of the subject-verb pair
Types of complements: direct and indirect objects, subject complement, objective complement
DON’T WORRY: YOU DON’T HAVE TO REMEMBER ALL OF THIS FOR NOW.
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STARTING OUT TIPS: PRONOUN TIPS
1. Pronouns that may be used only as subjects or subject complements: I, he, she, we, they, who, whoever.
2. Pronouns that may be used only as objects or objective complements: me, him, her, us, them, whom, whomever.
3. Common pronouns that may be used as either subjects or objects: you, it, everyone, anyone, no one, someone, mine,
ours, yours, theirs, either, neither, each, everybody, anybody, nobody, somebody, everything, anything, nothing,
something, any, none, some, which, what, that.4. Pronouns that show possession: my, mine, your, yours, his,
her, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs, whose.
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STARTING OUT TIPS: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT TIPS
1. Match singular subjects with singular verbs, plural subjects with plural verbs.Example: The cat jumps over the fence
The cats jump over the fence2. Amounts of time and money are usually singular
Example: ten dollars not tens dollars3. Either/or and neither/nor: Match the verb to the closest subject
Example: Either the boys or the girlsneither the boys nor the girl
4. Either and neither, without their partners or and nor, always take a singular verb Example: neither of the apples
either of the apples.5. All subjects preceded by each and every take a singular verb.
Example: Each apple not each apples.Every apple not every apples.
6. Both, few, several, many are always plural.Example: Both men are funny
Few men are funnySeveral men are funny
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STARTING OUT TIPS: PUNCTUATION TIPSEndmarks:
All sentences need an end mark: a period, question mark, exclamation point, or ellipsis. Never put two end marks at the end of the same sentence.
Apostrophes: For singular ownership generally add s; for plural ownership generally add s'.
Commas: In direct address use commas to separate the name from the rest of the sentence:
Lets eat Granddad.Let’s eat, Granddad.
In lists place commas between items in a list, but not before the first item. I love Apples, oranges, pears and bananas.
Before conjunctions, when combining two complete sentences with a conjunction, place a comma before the conjunction.
I like apples, and I like oranges. (“and” is the conjunction)If you have one subject and two verbs, don't put a comma before the conjunction.
ARE YOU CONFUSED?..... GOOD…..SOON ALL OF THIS WILL BE NORMAL TO YOU.
Now the hard bit…..Lets Look At Some Tenses…..
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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Tells what is happening now:1. I play tennis
2.She does not play tennis3.Does he play tennis?
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SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Tells what happened before now:1.I saw a movie yesterday
2.Last year I went on holidays3.Did you have dinner last night?
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SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
Talks about what has not happened yet:
1.You will help him later2.You will not help him later
3.Will you help him later?
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PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Expresses an action or state of being in the present that has some connection
with the past:1. You have seen that movie many times2. Have you seen that movie many times?3.You have not seen that movie many times.
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PAST PERFECT TENSE
Places an event before another event in the past:
1. You had studied English before you moved to New York.
2. Had you studied English before you moved to New York?
3. You had not studied English before you moved to New York.
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FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
Talks about something that has not happened yet in relation to another event in the future
1. You will have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.
2. Will you have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.?
3. You will not have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.
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CAN YOU FILL IN THE BLANKS?COME TO THE BOARD AND WRITE THE SENTENCE
1. Simple Past: Last year I _______ English.2. Simple Present: I _____ English every day.
3. Simple Future: I __ _____ __ _____ English next year.4. Past Progressive: I ___ ________ English when you called yesterday.
5. Present Progressive: I __ ________ English now.6. Future Progressive 1: I ___ __ ________ English tomorrow.
7. Future Progressive 2: I __ _____ __ __ ________ English tomorrow.8. Past Perfect: I __ _______ English a little before I moved to America.9. Present Perfect: I ____ _______ English in several different schools.
10. Future Perfect: I ____ ____ _______ English for four hours if I study for another hour.
11. Past Perfect Progressive: I ___ ____ ________ English for three years before I moved to America.
12. Present Perfect Progressive: I ____ ____ ________ English for two years.13. Future Perfect Progressive: I ____ ____ ____ ________ English for over two
hours by the time you arrive.
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THE BLANKS FILLED IN1. Simple Past: Last year I STUDIED English.
2. Simple Present: I STUDY English every day.3. Simple Future: I AM GOING TO STUDY English next year.
4. Past Progressive: I WAS STUDYING English when you called yesterday.5. Present Progressive: I AM STUDYING English now.
6. Future Progressive 1: I WILL BE STUDYING English tomorrow.7. Future Progressive 2: I AM GOING TO BE STUDYING English tomorrow.8. Past Perfect: I HAD STUDIED English a little before I moved to America.
9. Present Perfect: I HAVE STUDIED English in several different schools.10.Future Perfect: I WILL HAVE STUDIED English for four hours if I study for another hour.
11.Past Perfect Progressive: I HAD BEEN STUDYING English for three years before I moved to America.
12.Present Perfect Progressive: I HAVE BEEN STUDYING English for two years.13.Future Perfect Progressive: I WILL HAVE BEEN STUDYING English for over two hours by the time
you arrive.
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END LESSON 1IN LESSON 2 WE WILL LEARN THE FOLLOWING:
ALL ABOUT NOUNSPROPER AND COMMON NOUNS
CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT NOUNSCOLLECTIVE NOUNS
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNSUNUSUAL NOUNS
POSSESSIVE NOUNSFUNCTIONS OF NOUNS IN A SENTENCE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION & PARTICIPATION SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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