English For You Now

English
FOR YOU NOW
Dear Student,
Welcome to English for You Now, which is provided as a pilot through
Pathway. This program is designed to help students build conversational
English skills.
As a student in the English for You Now program, you will participate in 20
lessons (or modules) that last eight months and are tailored to your
individual English skills. These face-to-face lessons focus on English
pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and professional communication.
Students who meet the following program requirements will earn English
for You Now’s English Proficiency Certificate, which may help improve
employment options across many fields. Students may also apply to
Pathway’s L version for English-language learners, where they can begin
to pursue a variety of academic goals as well as further develop their
English skills.
Program Requirements:
• Achieve at least 80 percent attendance (including make-up classes if
needed)
• Show mastery of English principles
• Earn a score of intermediate or better on an oral proficiency interview
• Be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Whatever your ultimate goals, we are confident that English for You Now
will help you build the skills you need to improve your English.
Sincerely,
The Pathway Home Office
Introduction
English for You Now is an English-language learning program, which is
provided as a pilot through Pathway and is designed to help students build
conversational English skills. English for You Now offers 20 lessons (or
modules) that are tailored to individual students’ English skills and lasts
approximately nine months. These face-to-face lessons focus on English
pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and professional communication.
Students who complete the program’s requirements will earn an English for
You Now English Proficiency Certificate, which can improve employment
options across many fields. Students who successfully complete English for
You Now may also be better prepared to join Pathway’s L version (for
English-language learners), where they can further develop their English skills
as well as pursue a variety of academic goals.
English for You Now es un programa piloto para aprender inglés, ofrecido
mediante el apoyo de Pathway y diseñado para ayudar a los estudiantes a
desarrollar habilidades de conversación en inglés. English for You Now ofrece
20 lecciones (módulos) aplicables a la medida del nivel de inglés de cada
individuo y dura aproximadamente nueve meses. Cada una de estas
lecciones presenciales se enfoca en pronunciación, vocabulario, gramática
y comunicación profesional.
A los estudiantes que satisfacen las expectativas del programa se les otorga
un Certificado de Competencia de Inglés English for You Now, el cual puede
brindarles oportunidades laborales en muchos campos. Los que terminen
English for You Now con éxito pueden estar más preparados para inscribirse
en la versión L de Pathway (para los que están aprendiendo inglés), donde
pueden seguir puliendo su dominio del inglés y progresando hacia una
variedad de metas educativas.
Engaging our Students for Mastery of English
We do not teach our students about English; we ENGAGE them at their levels to master it!
Teachers/Assistant Teachers ENGAGE our students in class with English:
We demonstrate properly.
We ENGAGE them to repeat properly.
We ENGAGE them by congratulating proper pronunciation/conjugation.
We ENGAGE them to ask and answer questions before/during each class.
We ENGAGE them to listen and repeat the audio practice as they read.
We ENGAGE them by gesturing through the grammar/conjugations.
We ENGAGE them by projecting module exercises, they write in their book, and
speak them.
We ENGAGE them by having students help teach each other.
We ENGAGE them to re-practice with this process until mastery has occurred.
We re-ENGAGE to assure retention of mastery from past Modules.
Students must ENGAGE with English at home:
They THETA SCAN Fold Cards:
10 minutes after/nightly/within 24 hrs/during 7 days (10/nightly/24/7)
They listen and repeat the module material w/the audio.
They fill in the exercises in the module, which they revie w/Assistant Teachers.
They watch at least 2 English speaking movies/week & discuss in class.
They speak English with others.
The read English articles/books.
They write questions and answers for review with Assistant Teachers.
ENGLISH SECOND / FOREIGN LANGUAGE
This hereby certifies that
has attended at
least 80% of the classes for the Phases dated and initialed below for developing
proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing English.
Phase I
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Phase II
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Phase III
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Phase IV
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Phase V
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Phase VI
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Phase VII
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English For You Now
Phase I: Pronunciation, Introductory Vocabulary and Communications
(Modules 1-2)
Phase II: Learned the 60 Most Commonly Used Verbs, Meanings,
Pronunciation and Sentence Formation in Present Tense
(Modules 3-5)
Phase III: Learned the 60 Most Commonly Used Verbs, Meanings,
Pronunciation and Sentence Formation in Present Progressive Tense
(Modules 6-8)
Phase IV: Learned the 60 Most Commonly Used Verbs, Meanings,
Pronunciation and Sentence Formation in Future Tense
(Modules 9-10)
Phase V: Learned communication for common activities such as
buying appliances, buying groceries, preparing a business resume,
applying for a job, and related vocabulary and grammar
(Modules 11-13)
Phase VI: Learned the 60 Most Commonly Used Verbs, Meanings,
Pronunciation and Sentence Formation in Conditional, Imperfect,
Preterite and Present Perfect Tenses
(Modules 14-17)
Phase VII: Learned multi-use of all common tenses in the description of
people, activities, things and abstract ideas; selection of careers of
interest, and enhanced related English vocabulary, grammar and
communication (Modules 18-20)
Name: __________________________ Email: ______________________________
Cell: ____________Home: ______________
Auto-Evaluacion de Capacidades en Inglés
(1 mínimo a 5 el máximo! 1=muy poca 2= algo 3= bastante 4=mucha 5=avanzada)
Capacidad de Entender Inglés ___________
Capacidad de Hablar Inglés
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Capacidad de Leer Inglés
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Capacidad de Escribir Inglés
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Datos
¿Por qué desea mejorar su Inglés? ______________________________________
¿Hay necesidad de mejorar su Inglés para el trabajo? _______________________
¿Cuál es su trabajo?
______________________________________________
¿Tiene esposa(o) que domina bien el Inglés? ____________
¿Tiene hijos que dominan bien el Inglés? ____________
Compromiso
Hago el compromiso de:
• Asistir a la clase de Inglés por lo menos 2 veces a la
semana por 9 meses. Clases: ___________ y ___________ a las ____ - ____ horas.
• Llenar los ejercisios en cada Módulo (Lección) con lapis.
• Hacer Theta Scan cada noche por 10 minutos antes de acostarme.
• Repasar el modulo (Lección) con audio, practicando 1.5 horas cada día
(menos día de clase).
• Ver dos peliculas en Inglés cada semana.
Firma: _________________________________ Fecha: ______________________
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Average Rates of Retention
5% Lecture
10% Reading
20% Audio-visual
30% Demonstration
50% Discussion group
75% Practice by doing
90% Teach others/immediate use
(Adapted and cited from the national training labratory, Bethal Maine)
Teacher/Assistant Teacher Instructions:
To help students learn and remember, we must engage all their senses in most of the exercises, even
beyond the listed instructions throughout!
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They hear us speak the English we are teaching.
While they read the English we are teaching.
They repeat the English we are teaching.
They write the English we are teaching & speak it again.
They see us charade the English we are teaching.
They charade the English we are teaching.
They see us gesture through tenses & conjugations.
They gesture through tenses & conjugations with us.
© Glen W. Probst and Von G. Packard
INTRODUCTORY CLASS
We begin with a prayer.
For the first English class, all students meet together for the first 30 minutes. Introductions are made
and students are given a brief overview of what they will be learning.
We begin with the story of a woman who traveled by bus to Salt Lake City, Utah from Ozumba, Mexico
to receive her endowments in the temple. It was the year 1940 and Mama Sefi had saved for many years
to make the trip. She obtained permission to leave the country, taking a train to El Paso and boarding a
bus from there to Salt Lake.
Mama Sefi did not speak any English, but someone had taught her to say “apple pie”. Whenever the bus
stopped for food, she would order “apple pie”. Even though this trip lasted for several days, Mama Sefi
ordered the same thing both coming and going because the only words she knew in English were “apple
pie.”
Tell the students that they will be learning a much broader vocabulary and after the classes have ended,
they will be able to say many things in English.
DISCUSSION
When is the best time to plant a tree? Answer: Twenty years ago.
When is the next best time to plant a tree? Now
Now, is the time for students to learn English.
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Show the picture of the sprinter and explain that learning English is not easy but can be done. It is not a sprint
to the finish line.
Show the picture of the marathon runners. Learning a new language is more like a marathon. A steady pace
will get you to the finish line.
What are some of the advantages of learning English? (Make certain that all of the major reasons to learn
English are discussed with the class).
What things might be hard about learning and what can we do to overcome them?
What are you willing to do to accomplish this goal?
We then hand a blank piece of paper to the students to write down their goals for what they want to
accomplish during this class.
We then commit them to learning strategies:
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Theta Scan with cut out fold cards -10/nightly/24/7
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Review within 10 minutes of learning
Nightly= Review materials 10 minutes before going to bed
24 =
Review again within 24 hours
7 =
Review various times during next 7 days
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Watch 2 English Speaking Movies/week
Listen and practice Modules with the Audio
Watch T.V. in English
Practice Cut Out Fold Cards and practice with other English speakers
Listen to the radio in English
VIII.
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Introduction to the alphabet and vowels in English
As part of this introductory lesson, if there is time, we should introduce the students to the alphabet and to
vowels as pronounced in English. You can slowly pronounce each and ask them to repeat them after you,
calling on a volunteer and helping someone to model the appropriate sound. Do not spend too much time,
but also ask them to write the capital and lower case letters in the boxes indicated below as well as the
spaces beside the vowels so that they associate the pronunciation they are hearing from you with the letter
they are writing. Eventually, the pronunciation will help them to more quickly learn to read English.
A ______
B ______
C ______
D ______
E ______
F ______
G ______
H ______
I ______
J ______
K ______
L ______
M ______
N ______
O ______
P ______
Q ______
R ______
S ______
T ______
U ______
V ______
W ______
X ______
Y ______
Z ______
Introduction to Vowels:
a _____
e _____
i _____
o _____
u _____
After we give each student a copy of the 60 Common Verbs, cut out and folded, we demonstrate and have them
repeat them with proper pronunciation. If there is enough time, the teacher should read/explain to the students
how the gesture techniques will be used in the classes. We then close with a prayer.
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We then introduce them to the 60 verbs that we will be studying in this series of
classes. These verbs will become their friends like the friends in the movie Tres
Amigos.
Mastering the 60 Common Verbs
Cut out both cards and fold on dotted line.
Infinitive
to answer
to arrive
to ask
Translation
responder
llegar
preguntar
Infinitive
to say
to see
to sing
Translation
decir
ver
cantar
to begin
to believe
to bring
empezar
creer
traer
to speak
to spell
to stay
hablar
deletrear
quedarse
to call
to come
to drink
llamar
venir
beber
to take
to talk
to tell
llevar / tomar
hablar
decir/ contar
to eat
to feel
to find
comer
sentir
encontrar
to think
to understand
to visit
pensar
comprender
visitar
to get
to give
to have
conseguir
dar
tener
to walk
to want
to work
caminar
querer
trabajar
to hear
to help
to invite
oír
ayudar
invitar
to write
to do
to go
escribir
hacer
ir
to know
to laugh
to learn
saber
reír
aprender
to cash
to finish
to teach
cambiar
terminar
enseñar
to leave
to like
to listen
partir
gustar
escuchar
to watch
to cry
to fly
mirar
llorar
volar
to look
to love
to make
mirar
amar
hacer
to study
to try
to be
estudiar
tratar
ser / estar
to meet
to need
to read
encontrar
necesitar
leer
to be able to
poder
to remember
to repeat
recordar
repetir
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(can)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Introductory
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Module 1
Pronunciation
1
Module 2
Introductory Vocabulary
17
Module 3
Greetings and Introduction
33
Module 4
Directions Inside a Building
53
Module 5
Responsibilities and Activities
67
Module 6
Making a Doctor’s Appointment
79
Module 7
Buying Shoes
99
Module 8
How’s the Weather?
113
Module 9
Directions Outside
125
Module 10
Buying a Dress
139
Module 11
Buying Appliances
151
Module 12
Buying Groceries
163
Module 13
Learning English from Films
175
Conversation
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Language Focus
TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED
Module 14
Getting a Ride
187
Module 15
Making a New Friend
197
Module 16
Discussing the Day
211
Module 17
Catching Up
229
Module 18
Putting it all Together
247
Module 19
Preparation for the OPIc Exam
285
Module 20
Introduction to Career English
307
Conversation
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Language Focus