Week 1 (June 23 to 26, 2025) homework
Note: Please try to finish the homework before the next class. When you finish the homework & prepare for class, it helps you participate more efficiently and effectively.
Homework & tasks from Monday, June 23, 2025:
1. College business:
- Pay for your class (<– Click here for instructions.)
- Purchase or order your book bundle (<– Click here for instructions.)
2. “Using Social Language” (<– Click here for the handout from class.) Practice these short conversations with a friend or family member. They are very common; that means you will hear them very often. Try to memorize them.
3. Videos:
- How to respond to “How are you”? – English Conversation <– <– Click here for the video from class. Note: This video is on Youtube, so you may need to SKIP ADS at the beginning.
- 5 Way to Say Hello: Common English Greetings <– Click here for the video for more examples of how to greet someone. Review the information. Note: This video is on Youtube, so you may need to SKIP ADS at the beginning.
Homework from class Wednesday, June 25, 2025
1. Ten *informal* ways to say “good-bye” <– Click here for the handout from class. There is a QR code for the video on the handout. Practice these ways to say good-bye. **Note: The video is on Youtube, so you need to SKIP ADS at the beginning.
2. Syllabus questions_Summer 2025 <– Click here for the handout from class. Continue to review the questions to help you prepare for the syllabus quiz on Monday, June 30, 2025.
3. “Using Social Language” (<– Click here for the handout from class.) Continue to practice these short conversations with a friend or family member. Try to memorize them.
4. College business:
- Pay for your class (<– Click here for instructions.)
- Purchase or order your book bundle (<– Click here for instructions.)
Homework from class Thursday, June 26, 2025
1. Practice with quantifiers (<– Click here if you don’t have the books yet.) Review the grammar on Student Book page 8 and try the exercises on Workbook page 5. You can complete the exercises on the handout paper, or, for extra writing practice, copy the exercises into your notebook. We’ll check the answers in class on Monday, June 30, 2025.
2. Study for your syllabus quiz! Here are the study questions (<– click here) and the syllabus (<– click here) . You can refer to the syllabus during your quiz, but you need to know where the information is!
3. Listening & writing practice: Listen to this audio of Gloria & Kenji (<– click here) and write the questions that Gloria asks Kenji. We’ll check the answers in class on Monday, June 30, 2025.
4. Reading: Student Book pages 10 and 12. Please read p. 10/Exercise A and p.12/Exercise A. We’ll talk more about class expectations and goals for learning English in class next week.
5. Continue to practice the clarification questions on the “pink slip”. Practice with a friend or family member. Ask about things around your house.