ENGLISH COURSE: INTRODUCTION

1. ENGLISH COURSE:INTRODUCTION TUTOR: GERARD J. HANNAN Jerry

2. ALL ABOUT ME My 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. INTRODUCTION

3. Europe Can you guess which part of Europe I am from? INTRODUCTION

4. IRELAND Ireland I am from Limerick City, Ireland. Five Facts About Ireland: Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth. The population of Ireland is 6.4 Million. Irish culture has had a significant influence on other cultures, especially in the fields of literature and, to a lesser degree, science and education. 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. 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. INTRODUCTION

5. RIVERDANCE But Ireland is also known for….. INTRODUCTION

6. Westlife Can you name any of their songs? INTRODUCTION

7. CAN YOU NAME HIM? Colin Farrell INTRODUCTION

8. Can you name him? President John F. Kennedy INTRODUCTION

9. Can You Name Him? Pierce Brosnan as James Bond INTRODUCTION

10. Can you name him? Richard Harris as Dumbledore in Harry Potter INTRODUCTION

11. Can you name him? Bono from U2. INTRODUCTION

12. Can you name him? Liam Neeson INTRODUCTION

13. Can you name him? Tom Cruise INTRODUCTION

14. Can you name him? Niall Horan of ONE DIRECTION. INTRODUCTION

15. Can you name him? Oscar Wilde INTRODUCTION

16. Can you name him? Me. INTRODUCTION

17. FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRELAND MARY MCALEESE INTRODUCTION

18. INTERNATIONAL ROCK STAR SINEAD O’CONNOR INTRODUCTION

19. ANOTHER FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRELAND MARY ROBINSON INTRODUCTION

20. YES SHE IS IRISH MARILYN MONROE INTRODUCTION

21. OLD TIME HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STAR MAUREEN O’HARA INTRODUCTION

22. IS THIS REALLY AN IRISH MAMMY? MRS. BROWN ACTOR BRENDAN O’CARROLL INTRODUCTION

23. YES SHE REALLY WAS IRISH PRINCESS DIANA INTRODUCTION

24. INTERNATIONAL SINGER & MOVIESTAR LIZA MINNELLI INTRODUCTION

25. LIZA’S MOTHER….WHO IS SHE? JUDY GARLAND INTRODUCTION

26. WILL SHE BE THE NEXT AMERICAN PRESIDENT? HILARY CLINTON INTRODUCTION

27. NOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY HOME CITY LIMERICK CITY, IRELAND. INTRODUCTION

28. LIMERICK It is located in Mid-Western Ireland. It is part of the province of Munster. The City lies on the River Shannon which flows into the Atlantic Ocean. It is the third biggest City in Ireland with a population of 95,000 people. We get warm, but not hot Summers and Cold, but not freezing Winters. INTRODUCTION

29. 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. INTRODUCTION

30. University of Limerick INTRODUCTION

31. My Website:Irish Media Manwww.irishmediaman.wordpress.com INTRODUCTION

32. PUBLISHED BOOKS IN EUROPE & AMERICA BY GERARD HANNAN INTRODUCTION

33. 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 INTRODUCTION

34. CLASS ROOM RULES. 1. Please Sit Quietly & Listen 2. 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 INTRODUCTION

35. 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 Lessonsand 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. INTRODUCTION

36. 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? INTRODUCTION

37. HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO PERFECT ENGLISH INTRODUCTION

38. 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. INTRODUCTION

39. FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR STEP NUMBER TWO FORGET EVERYTHING The 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. INTRODUCTION

40. FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR STEP NUMBER THREE FIND A TEACHER The 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 INTRODUCTION

41. FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR STEP NUMBER FOUR TALK TO YOURSELF Every 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. INTRODUCTION

42. FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR STEP NUMBER FIVE FIND A CLASS BUDDY • Find a friend to learn with. Somebody you like and trust who will help you and you will help them. • This person is your “Class Buddy” who can share thoughts, ideas and language with you. • 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” INTRODUCTION

43. 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. INTRODUCTION

44. STARTING OUT TIPS: PARTS OF SPEECH The Building Blocks of English Noun: 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) INTRODUCTION

45. STARTING OUT TIPS: PARTS OF A SENTENCE Verb (also called the predicate): Expresses the action or state of being Subject: The person or thing being talked about Complement: Aword 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. INTRODUCTION

46. STARTING OUT TIPS: PRONOUN TIPS • Pronouns that may be used only as subjects or subject complements: I, he, she, we, they, who, whoever. • Pronouns that may be used only as objects or objective complements: me, him, her, us, them, whom, whomever. • 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. • Pronouns that show possession: my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs, whose. INTRODUCTION

47. 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 fence 2. Amounts of time and money are usually singular Example: ten dollars not tens dollars 3. Either/or and neither/nor: Match the verb to the closest subject Example: Either the boys or the girls neither 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 funny Several men are funny INTRODUCTION

48. STARTING OUT TIPS: PUNCTUATION TIPS Endmarks: 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….. INTRODUCTION

49. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Tells what is happening now: • I play tennis • She does not play tennis • Does he play tennis? INTRODUCTION

50. SIMPLE PAST TENSE Tells what happened before now: • I saw a movie yesterday • Last year I went on holidays • Did you have dinner last night? INTRODUCTION