Expressions; vowels and consonants Day 2: Flights and Airfares Appropriate questions; rising-falling information; /i/ and /iy/ sounds Day 3: Dead Air Expressions; /ey/ and /e/ sounds; yes/no questions Day 4: Vacation packages & discounts / / and /ow/ sounds; circumflex pattern; tag questions Day 5: Car Rentals Customer Care; /ae/ and /a/ sounds; intonation patterns; 13-day-Course Outline
Day 6: Small Talk
/ / and /a/ sounds; subject-verb agreement Day 7: Suggestions Expressions; /u/ and /uw/ sounds Day 8: Assistance and Instructions /p/ and /f/ sounds; sentence stress / emphasis Day 9: Handling direct flight /b/ and /v/ sounds; intonations Day 10:: Special Offers and Discounts /p/ and /b/ sounds; stress and intonations 13-day-Course Outline
Day 11: Options and Verb tenses
/k/ and /g/ sounds; rhythm of speech Day 12: Cancelling and Rescheduling Flights Paraphrasing; /t/ and /d/ sounds Day 13: Handling Complaints /s/ and /z/ sounds; word or sentence stress 13-day-Course Schedule
February 6: Day 1 & 2
February 8: Day 3 & 4 February 13: Day 5 & 6 February 15: Day 7 & 8 February 20: Day 9 & 10 February 22: Day 11 & 12 February 27: Day 13 & Assessment
*”Day” will cover two hours each; Four hours daily
What to expect
Participation: no participation will be release out of the class
Absence: Only one excused absence is allowed Missed days must be covered with assigned work according to schedule Otherwise, you must retake the class or no certificate will be received Day 1: Making Introductions & Greetings
How to introduce yourself
Formal & Informal /e/, /i/, /iy/
Fell Fill Feel
Red Rid Read Ben Been Bean Etch Itch Each Ten Tin Teen Pet Pit Peat /e/, /i/, /iy/
Tell Till Teal
Speck Spick Speak Bed Bid Bead Wretch Rich Reach Bet Bit Beat Fell Fill Feel /ae/, /o/, /u/
Hat Hot Hut
Cap Cop Cup Back Bock Buck Rat Rot Rut Mad Mod Mud /ae/, /o/, /u/