Good morning Welcome to Ming Chuan Good

Good morning! Welcome to Ming Chuan!

Good morning! • Welcome to Ming Chuan! • Thank you. What’s your name, by the way? • My name is 諸葛亮. What’s yours? • I’m 林志玲. Do you have an English name? • Yes, my English name is David. Do you have one? • No, I just use my Chinese name

Talk to your neighbor • Welcome to Ming Chuan! • Thank you. What’s your name, by the way? • My name is. . . What’s yours? • I’m. . . Do you have an English name? • Yes, my English name is. . . Do you have one? • No, I just use my Chinese name

Change partners • • • welcome… thank… name… my name … yours? I’m. . . English name? yes. . . you? no, just Chinese

Practical English at Ming Chuan • • This semester: PE 1 Next semester: PE 2 Sophomore year: PE 3 and PE 4 Junior year: PE 5 and PE 6 Senior year: PE 7 and PE 8 There are 8 PE books You must buy the PE 1 book this week

About your teacher • My name is Simon Smith • You can call me – Simon – Or, Dr Smith – But not Teacher (that is Chinese) • I come from …

About PE 1 • You will study – – English to use at university English for the class Email writing skills Simple sentence writing skills • You will do – – Writing Listening Reading Speaking

More about PE 1 • You will study a little grammar • You will not study translation – Everything is in English • You will have 2 hours a week here, with me • And 1 hour with Veronica or Emily in the Language Laboratory (Lab)

Even more about PE 1 • This is a big class – There are many students • It is difficult to practice speaking English, in such a big class • But it is important for you to learn to speak English • How many teachers are there in this room? • No, not 1. There are 50 teachers!

Why is it important to learn English? If you don’t learn to speak English: You will not graduate from Ming Chuan You will not get a good job in the Taiwan of the future

Special programs, to help you • See your lab teacher to sign up for: • 愛閱俱樂部 reading enrichment program • 小老師活動 peer tutoring • 加強班 tutorial program

So, some information about me • I first came to Taiwan in 1991 • I have been married to a Taiwanese woman, Emily, for 12 years • We have two boys, Owen (7) and Iain (2) • I went back to England to do my Ph. D, then I worked at Academia Sinica (中研院) for a year. • I have been teaching at Ming Chuan for two years.

The class website • http: //mcu. edu. tw/~ssmith • This is where you check – Grades – Power. Point slides from the class – Important information about the class • Let’s visit the site now

The Class Rules 1. You must not smoke in class 2. You must not kiss your boyfriend in class 3. … • • Get into groups of 5 people Write 10 class rules – 5 serious rules – 5 crazy rules

Please get into lines

Excuse me… • • Excuse me, don’t you know the rule? Rule? What rule? You’re not allowed to smoke in class. I can’t smoke in class? That’s right! Please don’t smoke in class. Oh, all right. I’ll remember next time. Yes, please do!

Excuse me! • • Excuse me, don’t you know the rule? Rule? What rule? You’re not allowed to. . . I can’t … in class? That’s right! Please don’t … in class. Oh, all right. I’ll remember next time. Yes, please do!

Class rules… • Come on time 10: 20 – The door may be locked 10 minutes into class • Come every week – If you miss 5 or more classes (including 病假 and 公假), you will fail • Late assignments and homework – None are allowed – no late work is accepted • Switch off your cellphone

More class rules • You must not – cheat or copy – eat – sleep – chatter • You must – bring the PE 1 book – bring an exercise book

Who is the class leader? • Assistant class leader? – Please take attendance – Contact details • All students – Sit in the same place every week – Complete seat chart

Homework • Go on the web (http: //mcu. edu. tw/~ssmith) – Re-read the important information • Buy the textbook, and bring it next week and every week • Learn the meaning of: take attendance get into groups get into lines classroom teacher reading enrichment peer tutoring tutorial program midterm honors program PE lab teacher UK