Web sites for Level 5

These links work:

http://level5.podomatic.com/

http://level5b.podomatic.com/

http://level5c.podomatic.com/

More Handouts from Jan. 14

San Francisco Districts* or: Neighborhoods   (區, barrios, район)

What district / neighborhood / part of the city do you live in?

                                                        

(Use the.)                                              (Don’t use the.)                    (Don’t use the or in.)

I live in the Mission (District).                I live in Chinatown.               I live downtown.

        in the Excelsior (District).                      in Visitacion Valley.              South of Market.

        in the Crocker Amazon (District).           in North Beach.

        in the Bayview (District).                       in Pacific Heights.

        in the Sunset (District).                          in Hunter’s Point.

        in the Richmond (District).                    in South Beach.

        in the Portola District.                            in Bernal Heights.

        in the Tenderloin (District).                    in Glen Park.

        in the Civic Center.

        in the Ingleside District.

I live in Richmond, CA. (a different city)                 I live in the Mission. (= in the Mission District)

I live in the Richmond. (in the Richmond District)  I live on Mission. (= on Mission Street)

 

Tell me about your place.

1.   Where do you live? (in the Richmond? in the Mission? in Chinatown) _________________

2.   Do you live in a house, an apartment, or a flat? ___________________

3.   How many bedrooms are there in your place? ___

4.   How many bathrooms are there? ___

5.   Do you (or your family) own your place or do you rent?  own   rent

     5a. Answer only if you rent your place:

           My/Our rent is:   cheap    not too bad   expensive

Tell me more about your place.

6.   Are pets allowed (OK, 允许, permitidos, позволи́тельный) in your place?  yes   no 

7.   Is there parking? (=There is a parking place or garage. You don’t need to park in the street.)  yes   no 

8.   Is your place near public transportation? yes   no 

9.   Is it near shopping? yes   no 

10. Are there laundry facilities in the building? (=Can you wash your clothes in the building?)  yes   no 

11. Do you have to pay the utilities? (=electricity, gas, and water)  yes   no 

12. Is your place quiet? yes   no 

13. Is it sunny? yes   no 

14. Is the neighborhood safe? yes   no 

15. Do you like your place? yes   no 

           Why or why not?  I like / don’t like my place because ___

 

Find the mistakes and write your corrections below each sentence.

1.  Maria live in Mission District.

       correct:  Maria lives in the Mission District.

2.  She place have 1 bedroom 1 bathroom.

       correct:  Her place has one bedroom and one bathroom.

3.  It near to #14 line and BART.

       correct:  It is near the #14 line and BART.

4.  She no likes her place because his neighbors too noisy.

       correct:  She doesn't like her place because her neighbors are too noisy.

 

 

 

 

First Day Handout

Class and CRN:           Level 5, CRN: 40758

Instructor:                    Mr. Roland Trego

Time and Room:          Monday-Friday, 10:00-11:40 am, Room 319

Semester*:                   Spring, 2013     *学 期, семестр

Email:                          rolandtrego@gmail.com

Web sites:                    level5.podomatic.com  level5b.podomatic.com   level5c.podomatic.com

                                     Every week I will post exercises and recordings so you can listen and practice.

Book:                           You don't need to buy a book; however, you must a buy a three-ring binder

                                     (活页夹, capeta, скоросшиватель) for your papers and bring it every day.             

Tests:                           You must take tests throughout* the semester. *贯 穿, durante todo, в течение

                                     If you don't pass your test, you must take it again. You must learn all the irregular simple past verb forms. You may not go to Level 6 if you do not know them.

Punctuality*:               *准 时, puntualidad, пунктуальность  You must come to class on time. If you must come late because you take your child to school in the morning, tell me now. I will put your name on my list. If you must leave early, tell me at the beginning of class, not when you are leaving.

Seating and                  You must sit where I tell you to sit. You must study and practice with other

pair/group work:          students in this class. You may not just work alone.

Cell phones,                 Turn off your phone or put it on 'vibrate' (颤动, vibrar, вибри́ровать). Do not answer

music, and videos:       your phone in class. Leave the room and talk in the hall. You may not make video recordings in class.

Cheating:                     If you cheat (作 弊, copiar/hacer trampa, списывать) on a test, I will take your test away and give you a 0%. Cheating is dishonest (不 诚 实 的, poco honrado, нечестный) and shameful (可 耻 的, vergonzoso, позорный). In the U.S., universities often expel (kick out, 把…开除, expulsar, исключать) students who cheat.

Respect others!!              In our class, you must respect (尊 敬, respetar, уважать) and work with students who are different from you. Some students come from different countries or cultures (文化, culturas, культура) than you. Some have different sexual orientations (性取向, orientaciones sexuales, Сексуальная ориентация). Some are older or younger, and some have handicaps (残疾的, minusválidos, физическая неполноценность). If you make fun of (嘲笑,嘲弄, burlarse de, издеваться) or insult (辱骂, insultar/injuriar, оскорблять) other students, I may ask you to leave class. City College may expel you (开除, 把…除名, expulsar, исключать) if you continue. If a student is harassing (不断打扰, acosar, изводить) you, you must tell me so I can help you.   

Important Dates:         Jan. 14 ­­                     First day of class

                                     Jan. 21 (Mon.)          Martin Luther King Day

                                     Jan. 30 (Wed.)          CASAS test   Important: Please come!

                                     Feb. 15 (Fri.)            Lincoln's birthday       

                                     Feb. 18 (Mon.)         Washington's birthday

                                     Mar. 25-Apr. 1         Spring break and Cesar Chavez Day

                                     Apr. 3 (Wed.)           CASAS test   Important: Please come!

                                     Apr. 26 (Fri.)            No class, teachers' meeting day
Apr. 29-May 2         Promotion Testing

                                     May 23 (Thurs.)       The last day of class for students

— Turn the paper over. Our Student Learning Outcomes are on the other side! —

Student Learning Outcomes* for Level 5

*结果, resultados, исхо́д / результа́т

By the end of the semester, you should be able to:

1.  understand the general idea and some details (细节, detalles, деталь) of long conversations

2.  understand and talk about everyday topics, such as housing, illness, accidents and emergencies, work, transportation, and shopping

3. understand and use new vocabulary related to (=about) the everyday topics in #2 above

4.  a.  read and understand materials written for English learners

     b.  read and understand real materials (i.e., your ESL teacher hasn't changed the materials so the language is easier for you to read and understand)

5.  use the following grammar:

     a.  simple present tense, present continuous, simple past, past continuous, future with will, present perfect

     b.  phrasal verbs (=two-part verbs)

     c.  comparative and superlative adjectives

     d.  used to + base form for habitual (=repeated) past events

     e.  gerunds and infinitives

     f.   and…too/and…either

     g.  forming yes/no questions and wh- questions in the predicate

     h.  must not and don't have to