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JacksonFive's
Free "Path2English" Newsletter
Issue: 45 "Sounds that Bring English to Life!"
June 3, 2001
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Dear Reader,
Do you anyone who enjoys working with foreigners and children?
Someone who likes to be valued as a team player? Someone who
likes to grow in one of the top English educational environments
in Taichung? Someone who likes to be a "teacher/administrative
assistant" for JacksonFive? If you know someone like this in
Taichung, please contact me at (04) 2473-7578. We have a new
career opportunity in June. Thanks.
What is a JacksonFive Summer Camp? It isn't two months of high
intensity, high pressure in-class English lessons. With all the
pressure of schooling in Taiwan, kids need to relax and have fun
sometimes. Don't you think so? We owe it to them to give them
some fun childhood memories. They need to have fun while still
learning in a western style environment.
At JacksonFive Summer Camp, kids learn through hands-on activities
that encourage their creativity, promote curiosity, and create
self-confidence. All our activities are designed and lead by
experienced foreign educators so the learning is continuous yet
fun. My Summer Camp is designed for parents who need another
great option besides sending their children abroad for English.
If you want to give children fun summer-time memories, please
contact Angel at (04) 2473-7578.
http://www.jacksonfive.com.tw/Classes/SummerCamp.htm
(889K MP3 recording,
http://www.path2english.com/Reference/MP3-045-01.mp3
or
http://home.pchome.com.tw/education/path2english/MP3-045-01.mp3)
Recently, I have gotten some emails from readers. The content of
some of these emails have been, "Who are you and how did you get
my information?" These readers either have registered for our
newsletter and have forgotten or their friends have registered for
them and they forgot to tell them. I think a big reason for me
getting these emails is because my "software" can automatically
put your first name after the "Dear" salutation at the top. This
"personal touch" can scare readers when they receive our
newsletter for the first time. Therefore, don't forget to tell
your friends when you register on their behalf. I don't want to
get more "Who are you and why did you send this to me?" after
this issue goes out ^_^
We officially passed the 10,000-member milestone in our
JacksonFive family. This means that we have more people in our
family than most small towns in Taiwan. Another way to look at
this is that .05% of all the people in Taiwan are readers.
"Hooray! Break out the champagnes!"
(622K MP3 recording,
http://www.path2english.com/Reference/MP3-045-02.mp3
or
http://home.pchome.com.tw/education/path2english/MP3-045-02.mp3)
See you in the next issue!
JacksonFive
P.S. On the down side, it now takes more than 7 hours to send our
newsletter out to all the readers ^_^ Please don't compound
the problem by leaving me with an outdated email address ^_^
So many bounced emails!
THIS ISSUES's FEATURED TOPIC:
"Sounds that bring English to life!
During my many years of teaching English, I noticed that Taiwanese
students don't know about interjection. For example, my use of
"hooray" above is an interjection.
What is an interjection? Interjections are "sound-like" words that
express strong emotions. They're used to make someone notice them
and to show excitement.
Interjections in real-life conversations are spoken almost by
reflex. There is no need for native speakers to add it to their
conversation "consciously" because they are used to express natural
emotions (def: with thought).
Before, I thought interjections were the same sounds in different
languages because they were essentially sounds that express
emotions. I was wrong. For example, once I accidentally dropped
my AC remote control during a class and I said, "Oops!" without
even thinking. I asked my students if they understood what "Oops"
meant. To my surprise, they didn't. This brought to my attention
the importance of teaching about these very common words, which are
used to express emotion.
The following are some common interjections, but there are also
many others. Try sounding them out. You can also listen to these
interjections at the end:
Aha! ("understood")
Alas! (relieved)
Boo! (trying to scare someone)
Brrrr! (feeling cold)
Gee! (excited because of discovering something)
Gosh! (excited because of discovering something)
Help!
Hey! (calling attention)
Hurrah! (cheering)
Mmm (thinking)
Oops! (made a mistake)
Ouch! (something painful)
Ow! (painful)
Shh! ("be quiet")
Stop!
Ugh! (something stressful)
Uh-huh (that's it, now I understand)
Umm (thinking)
Well! (discover something)
Wow! (excited!)
Yay!
YES!
Yikes! (something bad just happened)
Yippee! (excited from something exciting)
Yoo-hoo! (calling something or cheering something)
YOW! (something painful)
Yuk! (taste bad)
Yummy! (taste good)
(816K MP3 recording,
http://www.path2english.com/Reference/MP3-045-03.mp3
or
http://home.pchome.com.tw/education/path2english/MP3-045-03.mp3)
Interjections In Action:
Interjections are usually followed by and exclamation point (!) or
sometimes a comma.
Ouch! Stop pinching me.
Yes, she did win the game.
Wow! That's a surprise.
Ouch, that hurt!
Oh no, I forgot that the exam was today.
Hey! Put that down!
Oops! I spilt my glass of milk.
Brrrr! It's freezing in here!
Online Interjection Quizzes:
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/9807/mn-interjections.html
Hey! Add emotion and life to all your future English conversations
and writings with interjections.
Do you know any other fun interjections?
NEXT ISSUES's FEATURED TOPIC:
"Ships afloat"