Positively English

1st Edition

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Robert Diem

Includes e-learning!

Positively English!

Robert Diem 1st Edition

Copyright Š2013 by Robert Diem 1st edition.

All rights reserved. Please do not copy any part of this book without the author’s permission.

Published by Carpe Diem Learning Solutions.

For more information, visit www.positivelyenglish.com

Contents 6

Ice Breakers

Page Lesson Topic

Language focus

Speaking skills

8

1

Meeting People

Various

How about you?

And you?

13

2

Family

Adjectives

Umm...

Really?

18

3

Hobbies

Likes and dislikes

Giving long answers

23

Uhh..

Review

25

4

My Schedule

Times and dates Prepositions of time

Asking follow-up questions

30

5

Routines

Adverbs of frequency Present simple

You’re kidding!

Oh, yeah?

35

6

Vacation

Simple past

Wow! Sounds...

40

7

Activities

can / can’t able to good at bad at

What do you say? Do you mean...?

What do you call it?

45

No way!

Review

47

8

Animals

Comparatives

By the way...

52

9

Places

Superlatives

I didn’t know that.

That’s surprising.

57

10

Neighborhood

Prepositions of place

Uh-huh Did you say...?

62

Review

64

11

Experiences

Present perfect When...

Using repetition to confirm

69

12

Dreams

Future tense Jobs

Do your best!

Don’t give up!

74

Student B Section

96

Research Task Sample

97

Speaking Skills Focus

98

New Vocabulary

99

Speaking Support eLearning at: www.positivelyenglish.com

Hang in there!

Dear Student, Even though you may have studied English before, you still might not feel confident in your English ability. This is natural, since you have probably had few chances to practice communicating.

Positively English will help you become more confident and fluent in English! You will listen and speak in English a lot, and you will use the grammar that you learned in grade school.

Becoming good at English means you have to practice a lot, both in and outside of class. Your teacher and this textbook will help you improve your English, but you will also have to practice on your own.

Luckily, it’s easy to study outside of class. You can find lots of good English material on the Internet or at your school library. If you have a smartphone or tablet device, you can carry your English around with you. You can practice whenever and wherever you want!

Start by visiting www.positivelyenglish.com. There are lots of good resources and suggestions at the website for you. Your teacher can help you too.

Remember, success is about working hard even when you make mistakes. As long as you are doing your best, then you’re a winner!

Stay positive!

Dear Teacher, Greetings, and thank you for your interest in Positively English. The first thing I would suggest is to visit our website at www.positivelyenglish.com and download the teacher’s manual, which contains a detailed description of the course, its methodology, and suggestions for how to best structure the lessons and activities. You can also view the many other resources available, including e-learning activities, which can be used to augment and enhance your lessons in a variety of ways.

Positively English is a unique conversation course based on TPR Story Telling. Each unit contains an activity called ‘Positively Practice’ where students work together in pairs and read stories and ask each other questions. The benefit of this method is that it provides massive student-generated comprehensible input, followed by student-initiated questions that force students to think, concentrate and reply in the target language.

In addition, each unit of Positively English also has a task-based classroom research activity that allows students to practice the target language in an engaging and informative way. Students conduct a class survey, use the data to create a pie chart, and finally, present their results to fellow classmates.

Positively English is targeted towards young-adult learners at the false-beginner and lower-intermediate levels. That is, it is assumed that students have had exposure to basic grammar, but still have a need to develop their communicative skills.

Finally, this course takes advantage of blended-learning. Students can practice listening and do homework at the website. In addition, you and your students can use components of the text on most smartphones or tablets, as well as other multimedia devices. Please visit www.positivelyenglish.com for more information.

Ice Breakers Warm-up Dialogue A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: A:

Hi, I’m _____________.

Hi, I’m _____________.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

What’s your favorite _____________? food, color, movie . . .

I like _____________. How about you?

I like _____________.

Well, nice meeting you.

You, too.

Guessing Game Try to guess if each sentence is TRUE or FALSE about your partner. Then ask your partner questions. Each correct guess is worth 1 point.

My partner . . .

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

has a big family. likes Math. is shy. has a part-time job. goes to bed after midnight. lives in a house. likes chocolate better than vanilla. has a pet. comes to school by bicycle. has a motorcycle.

Do you...

Are you...

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have, like, go, come sleepy, shy

TRUE

FALSE

Points

¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Total

Ice Breakers Student Search

__________________ plays piano.

__________________ is sleepy today.

__________________ lives close to school.

__________________ is outgoing.

__________________ has a brother.

__________________ has pierced ears.

__________________ likes spicy food.

__________________ likes English.

__________________ is from a small town.

__________________ sings well.

__________________ has a part-time job.

__________________ likes horror movies.

__________________ lives in an apartment.

__________________ has a pet.

__________________ drives a car.

see Classroom English, page 99

Do you...

like, live, have

Can you...

sing, drive

Are you...

sleepy, shy

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Lesson 1

meeting people

WARM UP Part 1: Check the items that are true about yourself. Then share with a partner. ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨

I’m a high school student.

I’m a university student.

I’m a freshman.

I’m in my third year.

My major is English.

I’m studying Engineering.

I want to travel after I graduate.

I’m not sure what I want to do after I graduate.

I like to listen to music in my free time.

I like to play sports in my free time.

¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨

I live near school.

I’m from a small town.

I’m from Paris.

I work part-time.

I’m 18 years old.

I have a pet dog.

I have a sister.

I enjoy school a lot.

I like spicy food. ___________________________________________

Part 2: Listen to each conversation and fill in the blanks. Then practice the conversations with several partners.

1, 2, 3, 4

1

2 A: What do you do?

B: I’m a __________. I also work part-time.

A: Where do you go to ___________?

B: Western University.

A: Hi, I’m Kim. B: Hi, I’m Bob. Nice to meet __________.

A: Nice to meet you, too.

3

4 A: What ___________ are you in?

B: I’m a freshman. How about you?

A: I’m in my second year. I’m studying ___________. And you?

B: Uhh...I’m studying English.

A: Where are ___________ from, Bob? B: New York. And you?

A: Toronto.

B: Well, nice meeting you.

A: ___________, too.

Online Learning

www.positivelyenglish.com

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Positively Speaking Part 1: Write your answers to the questions below. Then use the framework to have a conversation with a partner. It’s okay to ask your own questions too.

Start Hi, I’m ___________.

Nice to meet you. / Nice to meet you, too.

Questions What’s your first name?

What’s your last name?

What do you do?

Where do you go to school?

What are you studying? / What’s your major?

Sound Native How about you?

And you?

Uhh...

Uh-huh...

Hm-hm...

What year are you in?

How do you come to school?

Do you have a part-time job?

Do you belong to a school club?

What do you like to do in your free time?

Where do you live?

Finish Well, nice meeting you.

You, too.

Part 2: Use your answers above to prepare a short presentation about yourself. Present to several partners.

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Student A

POSITIVELY PRACTICE

(Student B, go to page 75)

Read twicE Ask 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Is his name Tim Smith?

Is his name Tim Jones?

Is his last name Smith?

Is his first name Smith?

What’s his last name?

Read twicE Ask 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Tim

no

no yes yes first no

6. Is Tim in his third year?

7. Are you a freshman?

8. What year are you in?

yes no Tim

5. Are you studying Math?

6. What are you studying?

no

English

I live in New York City. I come to school by subway.

Does Tim live in Tokyo?

Does he live in New York City?

Do you live in New York City?

Where does Tim live?

Where do you live?

Read twicE Ask

6. What’s his first name?

7. What’s your last name?

8. What’s your first name?

9. What’s your friend’s name?

10. Is your last name Smith?

I’m studying English.

Is Tim studying English?

Is Tim studying math?

Who is studying English?

Which is Tim studying, English or Math?

Read twicE Ask

yes no yes no Smith

I’m a freshman at university. I’m in my first year.

Is Tim a second year student?

Is he a first year student?

Is he a freshman?

What year is he in?

Is he a high school student?

Read twicE Ask 1.

2.

3.

4.

Hi. I’m Tim Smith. My first name is Tim, and my last name is Smith.

no yes New York City

6. Does Tim come to school by subway?

7. Does he come to school by bus?

8. Who comes to school by subway?

9. How do you come to school?

yes no Tim

I like to listen to music in my free time.

1. Does Tim watch movies in his free time?

2. Does Tim go shopping in his free time?

3. Does Tim like to listen to music?

no no yes

4. Who listens to music in his free time?

5. What do you like to do in your free time?

Tim

My name is Tim Smith. My first name is Tim, and my last name is Smith. I’m a freshman at university. I’m in my first year. I’m studying English. I live in New York City. I come to school by subway. I like to listen to music in my free time.

Read once

Ask 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

What’s Tim’s last name?

What’s his first name?

What’s your first name?

What’s your last name?

What year is Tim in school?

What year are you in?

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Smith Tim first

7. Where do you live?

8. Where does Tim live?

9. How does Tim come to school?

10. How do you come to school?

11. What do you like to do in your free time?

New York City

by subway

Research Task

(See sample on page 96)

Part 1: Choose a research question from the list below. Each student must choose a different question.

Write your question on the line below.

1. What’s your shoe size?

2. How do you come to school?

3. What do you like to do in your free time?

4. How old are you?

5. Do you have a pet?

6. Do you have a brother?

7. What do you want to do after you graduate?

8. What prefecture are you from?

9. What month is your birthday?

10. Do you work part-time?

11. How long does it take to come to school?

12. How many classes do you have?

13. Are you from the city or the countryside?

14. What’s your favorite color?

15. Can you play the piano?

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

Do you have a dog?

What’s your favorite kind of music?

Are you shy?

Are you sleepy today?

Do you drive a motorcycle?

Do you like English?

How tall are you?

What’s your blood type?

Have you ever been to a foreign country?

What’s your favorite season?

How many hours a day do you watch TV? What kind of cell phone do you have?

What’s your favorite sport?

Do you like homework? your question...

My research question: _____________________________________________________________ Part 2: Ask as many classmates as possible your question. Record their answers below. You don’t have to write the students’ names.

Part 3: Now look at your data from part 2. Create a pie chart showing the information you researched.

Then present your research to small groups or to the class.

Pie Chart

I asked ____ classmates the question, “___________”.

Well, first...

*each space = 1%

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Extension Choose a person below and introduce yourself to your partner.

u 5 l

Name: Bob Smith Occupation: Student Major: English Year: Junior Free time: listen to music Live: New York Name: Taro Sato Occupation: Student Major: Business Year: 4th Free time: play baseball Live: Tokyo Name: Brad Jones Occupation: Student Major: Engineering Year: 1st Free time: surf the internet Live: London

q Z B

Listening

Name: Lisa Costa Occupation: Student Major: Medicine Year: Senior Free time: shopping Live: Rome Name: Axel Keller Occupation: Student Major: Sports Science Year: Freshman Free time: exercise Live: Berlin Name: Jun Lee Occupation: Student Major: History Year: Senior Free time: go surfing Live: Singapore

n X x

Name: Johnny Bush Occupation: Student Major: Music Year: Sophomore Free time: play guitar Live: San Francisco Name: Nina Ivanov Occupation: Student Major: Design Year: 3rd Free time: travel abroad Live: Moscow Name: Ali Uzma Occupation: Student Major: Economics Year: 2nd Free time: watch movies Live: Dubai

(Student B, go to page 90)

Read these sentences to your partner.

1. My last name is Smith.

2. How old are you?

3. I come to school by bus.

4. I’m studying Business.

5. Where do you live?

Write what your partner says.

How do you spell ... ?

1. ____________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________________________________ 5. ____________________________________________________________________

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FAMILY

Lesson 2 WARM UP

Part 1: Check the items that are true about yourself. Then share with a partner. ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨

I have 4 people in my family.

I have a brother.

I have a younger sister.

My father is a businessman.

My mother is a homemaker.

My mother works.

My grandmother passed away.

My grandfather is still alive.

I have 3 aunts.

I have 2 uncles.

¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨

My father is serious.

My father is funny.

My mother is kind.

My mother is strict.

I’m an only child.

I have a brother or sister in high school.

I live near my relatives.

I have a pet.

I have cousins. ___________________________________________

Part 2: Listen to each conversation and fill in the blanks. Then practice the conversations with several partners.

5, 6, 7, 8

1

2 A: How many people are in your family?

B: 4 - my father, ___________, sister and me. How about you?

A: Actually, I’m an only ___________.

B: Oh, really?

3

A: Do you have any brothers or sisters?

B: Yeah, I have a ___________. And you?

A: I have a sister. How old’s your brother?

B: Uhh...___________. He’s a high school student.

4 A: What does your father do?

B: He’s a ___________.

A: What’s he like?

B: Umm...he’s ___________.

A: My grandfather passed away last year.

B: How old was ___________?

A: Uhh...I think he was ___________.

B: Both my grandparents are still alive.

Online Learning

www.positivelyenglish.com

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Positively Speaking Part 1: Write your answers to the questions below. Then use the framework to have a conversation with a partner. It’s okay to ask your own questions too.

Start Hi, how are you?

I’m __________.

fine, okay, not bad, great, tired...

Questions How many people are in your family?

Do you have any brothers or sisters?

How old are they?

What do your parents do?

Do you live with your family or by yourself?

Sound Native How about you?

And you?

Umm...

Uhh...

Oh, really?

Uh-huh...

Hm-hm...

Are your grandparents still alive? How old are they?

What’s your mother (or father) like?

How many aunts and uncles do you have?

Do you have a nephew or a niece?

Do you have any cousins?

Do you have a pet?

Finish Well, nice talking with you.

You, too.

Part 2: Use your answers above to prepare a short presentation about your family. Present to several partners.

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Student A

POSITIVELY PRACTICE

(Student B, go to page 76)

Read twicE Ask 1.

2.

3.

4.

Does Jim have 6 people in his family?

Does Jim have 8 people in his family?

Does Jim have 4 people in his family?

How many people does Jim have in his family?

Read twicE Ask 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Jim

4

yes no Mary

6. Is Mary a doctor?

7. What does Mary do?

8. What do you do?

no student

Jim

yes no no yes businessman

6.

7.

8.

9.

Are you a businessman?

Is Jim’s dad 42?

How old is he?

How old are you?

no 52

Jim’s mom is a nurse. She’s very tall.

Is Jim’s mom a nurse?

Is his mom a doctor?

What does his mom do?

Is she short or tall?

Is Jim’s mom short?

Read twicE Ask

5. Who has 4 people in his family?

6. How many people are in your family?

7. Do you have 8 people in your family?

Jim’s dad is a businessman. He’s 52 years old.

Does Jim have a dad?

Does Jim have a brother?

Is Jim’s dad a doctor?

Is his dad a businessman?

What does Jim’s dad do?

Read twicE Ask

no no yes

Jim has a sister named Mary. She’s a high school student.

Does Jim have a sister named Mary?

Does Jim have a brother?

What’s Jim’s sister’s name?

Is your name Mary?

Who’s Mary’s brother?

Read twicE Ask 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Jim has four people in his family.

yes no nurse tall no

6. Are you tall?

7. Is your mom tall?

Jim has an uncle named Bob. He lives in Africa.

Does Jim have an uncle?

Is his name Bob? Is your name Bob? Does his uncle live in China?

Do you live in China?

yes yes

6. Where does his uncle live?

7. Who lives in Africa?

8. Where do you live?

Africa Bob

no

Jim has four people in his family. He has a sister named Mary. She’s a high school student. Jim’s dad is a businessman. He’s 52 years old. Jim’s mom is a nurse. She’s very tall. Jim has an uncle named Bob. He lives in Africa.

Read once

Ask 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

How big is Jim’s family?

Does he have a brother?

Who is Mary?

What does she do?

What do you do?

Do you have a brother or sister?

4 people no his sister student

7. How old is Jim’s dad?

8. How old is your dad?

9. Does Jim have an uncle?

10. Where does he live?

11. Do you have an uncle?

12. Do you have an aunt?

52 yes Africa

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Research Task

(See sample on page 96)

Part 1: Choose a research question from the list below. Each student must choose a different question.

Write your question on the line below.

1. How many people are in your family?

2. Do you have any brothers and sisters?

3. Do you have a sister?

4. Do you have a brother?

5. Do you live with your family?

6. Do your grandparents live with you?

7. How many grandparents do you have?

8. How many brothers do you have?

9. How many sisters do you have?

10. Do you have an older brother?

11. Do you have a younger sister?

12. How many uncles do you have?

13. How many aunts do you have?

14. Do you have a nephew?

15. Do you have a niece?

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

Do you live with your family right now?

Who is your favorite person in your family?

Do you have any cousins?

Do you like your family?

Does your family live near your school?

Are you an only child?

Who is your favorite relative?

Do you have a stepbrother?

Do you often fight with your family?

If you have a father, what does he do?

If you have a mother, what does she do?

Does your family have a pet bird?

Does your family have a pet cat?

Does your family have a pet dog? your question...

My research question: _____________________________________________________________ Part 2: Ask as many classmates as possible your question. Record their answers below. You don’t have to write the students’ names.

Part 3: Now look at your data from part 2. Create a pie chart showing the information you researched.

Then present your research to small groups or to the class.

Pie Chart

I asked ____ classmates the question, “___________”.

Well, first...

*each space = 1%

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extension Draw your family tree in the box below. Then show it to your partner and explain about your family.

r= male = female = passed away

This is my mother. She’s very beautiful. This is my grandfather.

He passed away. This is . . .

Listening

(Student B, go to page 90)

Read these sentences to your partner.

1. How many people are in your family?

2. Do you have any cousins?

3. My father works for a bank.

4. I don’t have a brother, but I have a pet.

5. Do you live with your family?

Write what your partner says.

How do you spell ... ?

1. ____________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________________________________ 5. ____________________________________________________________________

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