ENGLISH COURSE: LESSON 1

ENGLISH COURSE: LESSON 1 TUTOR: GERARD J. HANNAN Jerry GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

ALL ABOUT ME My name is Gerard Hannan and I am from Limerick City, Ireland. I am hoping to teach you to be the best English Speaking people in the world. But I need YOU to help me. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

Europe Can you guess which part of Europe I am from? GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

RIVERDANCE But Ireland is also known for….. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

Westlife Can you name any of their songs? GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

CAN YOU NAME HIM? Colin Farrell GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

Can you name him? President John F. Kennedy GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

Can You Name Him? Pierce Brosnan as James Bond GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

Can you name him? Richard Harris as Dumbledore in Harry Potter GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

Can you name him? Bono from U2. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

Can you name him? Liam Neeson GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

Can you name him? Tom Cruise GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

Can you name him? Niall Horan of ONE DIRECTION. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

Can you name him? Oscar Wilde GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

Can you name him? Me. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

University of Limerick GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

My Website:Irish Media Manwww.irishmediaman.wordpress.com GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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 GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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 GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO LEARNING PERFECT ENGLISH. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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 GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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” GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

SO THEN….. THE FIVE RULES TO PERFECT ENGLISH ARE: 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. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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) GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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 GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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….. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Tells what is happening now: • I play tennis • She does not play tennis • Does he play tennis? GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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? GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE Talks about what has not happened yet: • You will help him later • You will not help him later • Will you help him later? GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE Expresses an action or state of being in the present that has some connection with the past: • You have seen that movie many times • Have you seen that movie many times? • You have not seen that movie many times. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

PAST PERFECT TENSE Places an event before another event in the past: • You had studied English before you moved to New York. • Had you studied English before you moved to New York? • You had not studied English before you moved to New York. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

FUTURE PERFECT TENSE Talks about something that has not happened yet in relation to another event in the future • You will have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S. • Will you have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.? • You will not have perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

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Can You Fill In The Blanks?COME TO THE BOARD AND WRITE THE SENTENCE • Simple Past: Last year I _______ English. • Simple Present: I _____ English every day. • Simple Future: I __ _____ __ _____ English next year. • Past Progressive: I ___________ English when you called yesterday. • Present Progressive: I __ ________ English now. • Future Progressive 1: I ___ __ ________ English tomorrow. • Future Progressive 2: I __ _____ __ __ ________ English tomorrow. • Past Perfect: I __ _______ English a little before I moved to America. • Present Perfect: I ____ _______ English in several different schools. • Future Perfect: I ____ ____ _______ English for four hours if I study for another hour. • Past Perfect Progressive: I ___ ____ ________ English for three years before I moved to America. • Present Perfect Progressive: I ____ ____ ________ English for two years. • Future Perfect Progressive: I ____ ____ ____ ________ English for over two hours by the time you arrive. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

TheBlanksFilledIn • Simple Past: Last year I STUDIED English. • Simple Present: I STUDYEnglish every day. • Simple Future: I AM GOING TO STUDY English next year. • Past Progressive: I WAS STUDYING English when you called yesterday. • Present Progressive: I AM STUDYING English now. • Future Progressive 1: I WILL BE STUDYING English tomorrow. • Future Progressive 2: I AM GOING TO BE STUDYING English tomorrow. • Past Perfect: I HAD STUDIED English a little before I moved to America. • Present Perfect: I HAVESTUDIEDEnglish in several different schools. • Future Perfect: I WILL HAVE STUDIED English for four hours if I study for another hour. • Past Perfect Progressive: I HAD BEEN STUDYING English for three years before I moved to America. • Present Perfect Progressive: I HAVE BEEN STUDYING English for two years. • Future Perfect Progressive: I WILL HAVE BEEN STUDYING English for over two hours by the time you arrive. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

END LESSON 1 IN LESSON 2 WE WILL LEARN THE FOLLOWING: ALL ABOUT NOUNS PROPER AND COMMON NOUNS CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT NOUNS COLLECTIVE NOUNS SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS UNUSUAL NOUNS POSSESSIVE NOUNS FUNCTIONS OF NOUNS IN A SENTENCE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION & PARTICIPATION SEE YOU NEXT TIME. GERARD J. HANNAN/ ENGLISH LESSON 1

ENGLISH COURSE: LESSON 1