How this English Course works

1. ENGLISH COURSE
PRESENTATION

2.  Olá! Você está convidado a ler esta
apresentação em inglês. Algumas palavras
poderão ser novas para você, mas pelo
contexto, tenho certeza que você entenderá.
Qualquer dúvida, é só me contatar.
 Boa leitura!

3.  Hello, everyone!
 My name’s...; I’m a private English teacher
and I hold in-person and online classes over
Skype.
 I live in Rio Preto and love my job.
 I’ve been teaching for over 20 years now.

4. INTRODUCTION
 English is simple and very easy to learn.
 You already know a lot of words, don’t you?
 Let’s try it, shall we?
 HOME, STOP, SORRY, ON, OFF, LOOK, TIME,
SPORT, MAGAZINE, PERFORMANCE, INTERNET,
etc. On top of that, there are words that are common
with other languages. For example: total, general,
usual, hotel, and so on. There are those which are
made up English with a little change: cidade = city,
universidade = university; noção = notion, emoção =
emotion,etc,.

5. METHODOLOGY
 Of course, to have a good vocabulary is important,
but that’s not all. The key is to communicate
effectively.
 Let’s see how a little boy, say, a 1-to-2-year-old one,
learn his native language. He cannot speak and write
at first. However, he learns by listening and looking
at what is being referred to. He understands the
situation/action because it’s repeated over and over.
At first, he isn’t very sure, but as time goes by he will
be.

6.  Like a child (boy/girl) you can also learn a
foreign language. So, instead of only relying on
words and translation, we will use other
elements of communication such as gestures,
objects/drawings, images, sounds, smell and
taste, and writing. By using these elements
together you’ll boost and speed up your
communication skills and the way you get the
message across.

7. Materials
 A student’s book
 A Workbook
 Audio available in CDs or pendrive. Each class
recordings can be saved onto your computer.
Alternatively, the recordings can be sent by e-mail.
 There are books in PDF and a lot of texts in DOC or
PDF formats. They can be sent by e-mail or saved
into pendrive as required.

8. TOOLS TO START THINKING
AND SPEAKING IN ENGLISH
 USEFUL EXPRESSIONS AND
QUESTIONS. For instance:
 What’s this/that? It’s a .... Or This/that is
a/an...
 How do you say”...........”in
English/Portuguese?
 Repeat, please!
 Sorry!
 I don’t understand.

9.  Working with opposites. For example:
 Bad = not good;
 Good = not bad;
 Sad = not happy
 Using words similar (to). For example:
 Attactive is similar to good-looking;
 Pretty is similar to beautiful for girls, and handsome for
boys.

10. Places and TV/books Character
 Rio de Janeiro is a coastal city.
 Carrefour is a department store.
 MacDonald’s is a drive thru snackbar.
 Julia Roberts is an actress.
 X-Men is a movie.
 Uncle Scrooge is a cartoon character.

11. THE ENGLISH ALPHABET
 In order to learn how to spell words, it’s
necessary to become familiar with the
sound(pronunciation) of each letter. Don’t
worry, though. It’s easy. We’ll learn them by
matching their sound with known acronyms.
 Here, there are some examples:

12. The English Alphabet
Aa
NB A C&A

13. Dd
DVD DJ
Ee
E-mail ET e-book
A-B-C-D-E

14. A-B-C-D-E-F-G
Hh
H B O HD HTTP
Ii
i-Pod IT IOC
IP

15. SPELLING
 How do you spell that?
It’s s-m-a-r-t. T, as on TV.
 What’s your e-mail address?
It’s c-e-o-l-i-v-e-i-r-a_1@hotmail.com

16. NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS
 Quite often you are asked:
 What’s your mobile phone number?
It’s +55(17)9621-1275
 When you go shopping.
How much is it?
It’s $92.50[ninety two dollars, fifty cents]

17. SIGNING UP
 It’s easy to sign up for this course. First, contact us
and find out about time availability (classes
schedule).
You can buy credits by depositing into my bank
account the amount of money corresponding to the
number of classes you want to take monthly. Choose
one of the plans below.
12 thirty-minute class: R$ 260.00/month
8 thirty-minute class: R$ 200.00/month
4 thirty-minute class: R$ 120.00/month

18. TEST CLASS
 You can attend a thirty-minute class for free
to see how it works. Just either send an e-
mail to carlos@carlosteacher.com or send a
request to carlosteacher on Skype.

19.  Parabéns! Você conseguiu. Agora é só se
matricular e começar essa jornada
maravilhosa que lhe permitirá conhecer uma
nova língua e cultura.
 Aguardo você!