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Now, make a group with 5 classmates Move your desk units so you are sitting in a circle, and can easily talk to each other Student A asks, Student B answers Then, Student B asks, Student C answers Student A: Is Dr Smith married? Student B: No, I think he is single. Does he speak Chinese? Student C: Yes, I think so. Does he have kids? Student D: … 精品文档 Now, ask Why? (question)? (answer) What makes you say that (or, Why do you say that?) Because he is so handsome! 精品文档 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 … 精品文档 About College English You will practice all of these skills (about 25% each) Writing Listening Reading Speaking Normally, we only speak English in class We may do a little Grammar Translation …but not very much 精品文档 About College English We will use this book almost every week ACTIVE Skills for Reading: Book 4 You have to go to the campus bookshop and buy it We will also study academic English Reading, to help you understand textbooks Writing skills Presentation skills We will study English for work, and for outside school Email writing World affairs and news 精品文档 Even more about CE1 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 35 teachers! 精品文档 Why is it important to learn English? If you don’t learn to speak English: ? You will not graduate from Zheng Da ? You will not get a good job in the Taiwan of the future 精品文档 So, some information about me I first came to Taiwan in 1991 I have been married to a Taiwanese woman, Emily, for 14 years We have two boys, Owen (9) and Iain (4) I went back to England to do my PhD, then I worked at Academia Sinica (中研院) for a year. I taught English and Linguistics at Ming Chuan University for 4 years. This is my first year at Zheng Da. 精品文档 The class website h