Here are the corrections: 1. Which university do you go to? 2. How long have you been playing tennis? 3. Because Nanzan has good computer and English programs.

1. 名前（ローマ字）:______________________________ 学籍番号：2012SE_______
English Conversation Boot Camp
by Sharif Mebed
Lesson 1: Getting to know you
Nice to meet you! __________________________________________
What’s your name? __________________________________________
Is that your first name or your last name? _________________________________
How do you spell that? __________________________________________
What should I call you? __________________________________________
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1. Where are you from? Long:____________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________
2. What do you do? Long:_____________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________
3. Which university do you go to?
Long: ____________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________

2. 4. Where is that? Long:_____________________________________________
Short:_____________________________________________
5. What is your major? Long:_____________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________
6. Are you in a club? Long:_____________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________
7. What do you want to do after you graduate?
Long:_____________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________
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8. What do you do in your free time?
Long:_____________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________
9. Do you play any sports?
Long:_____________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________
10. What kind of music do you like?
sports
food
movies
TV programs
Long: ________________________________________
Short:________________________________________
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Short: ____________________________________________
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3. Questions: Look at the answer, and write the question.
1. ________________________________________ Bill Smith.
2. ________________________________________ Just call me Bill.
3. ________________________________________ Chicago.
4. ________________________________________ It’s in the center of the US.
5. ________________________________________ I’m a student.
6. ________________________________________ Northwestern University.
7. ________________________________________ It’s near Chicago.
8. ________________________________________ Computer science.
9. ________________________________________ A computer engineer.
10. _______________________________________ Yes, the tennis club.
11. ______________________________________ I want to work in a bank in the future.
12. _______________________________________ The Harry Potter series.
Pronunication: Katakana vs. Standard English
Count the number of syllables in the following sentences, check with the
teacher and say the sentences correctly.
① ② ③ ④ ⑤
Example: I work at Jusco (count: 5 )
1. I’m a student at Nanzan University. (count: )
2. My major’s Math. (count: )
3. I like to play sports. My favorite sport’s baseball. (count: )
4. My favorite video game’s Super Mario Brothers. (count: )
5. I like to watch television dramas in my free time. (count: )
6. In summer, I love to eat ice cream. (count: )
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4. Question Practice: Write questions sentences to extend these topics.
1. I go to Central Japan University.
Where ________________________________________________?
When _________________________________________________?
How __________________________________________________?
Why __________________________________________________?
Do you ________________________________________________?
Are you _______________________________________________?
2. I often go to see movies in my free time.
Where ________________________________________________?
What _________________________________________________?
When _________________________________________________?
How __________________________________________________?
Why __________________________________________________?
Who __________________________________________________?
3. I am a member of the tennis club.
Where ________________________________________________?
When _________________________________________________?
How __________________________________________________?
Why __________________________________________________?
Who __________________________________________________?
What __________________________________________________?
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5. Fix the Mistakes: Rewrite the sentences correctly.
WRONG: *I have five families.
RIGHT: 1. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *My sister is go to high school.
RIGHT: 2. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *I am a universal student.
RIGHT: 3. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *My major in Computer.
RIGHT: 4. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *My free time is watching TV.
RIGHT: 5. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *My part time job is waiter.
RIGHT: 6. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *Future is bank worker.
RIGHT: 7. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *I study is Central University in Hachioji.
RIGHT: 8. ________________________________________________________
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6. Listening dictation: The teacher’s introduction
NOTES:
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7. Unit 2: My Family
Pronunciation point: sentence stress
Pronounce the following sentences. Be careful of which words are stressed!
Jun: You think we can go skiing this weekend?
Ken: You’d better ask Mom.
Jun: You think Dad will want to go too?
Ken: Dad’s going to be in Hokkaido for work.
Jun: When’s he coming back?
Ken: On Monday.
Jun: Why don’t we all go next weekend?
Question: Which types of words get stressed? (どんな言葉は強調される？)
Answers: 1. _____________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________
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8. Listening: Listen to your teacher say the following and circle the stressed word.
A: Last night I saw Tomoko. Vocabulary
B: Your ex-girlfriend? Where? ex-girlfriend = 元恋人
A: At a party. She was with Mike. going out = 付き合っている
B: Really? pretty= ちょっと
A: Yeah I think they’re going out now.
B: I can’t believe it. I guess she’s forgotten about you.
A: I was pretty sad.
B: Did she see you?
A: Yeah we said “hello”.
B: I guess you were in shock.
A: I sure was.
Intonation: Circle the stressed words.
1. Are you a university student?
2. I work at a convenience store.
3. I want to be a systems engineer.
4. Do you live in Aichi Prefecture?
5. Yes, I do.
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9. Questions and Answers: Write the long then the short answers.
1. How many people are there in your family?
Long: ________________________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________________
2. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Long: ________________________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________________
3. How many brothers and sisters do you have?
Long: ________________________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________________
4. Do you get along well with your (brother / mother / sister / father)?
Long: ________________________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________________
5. Do you hang out with your (brother /mother / sister / father)?
Long: ________________________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________________
6. What do you do with your (brother /mother / sister / father)?
Long: ________________________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________________
7. What does your (brother / mother / sister / father) do?
Long: ________________________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________________
8. Where does your (brother / mother / sister / father) live?
Long: ________________________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________________
9. Tell me about your (brother / mother / sister / father).
Long: ________________________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________________
10. Who do you live with?
Long: ________________________________________________________
Short: ____________________________________________________
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10. What is “+α”?: Read the following two conversations.
Conversation A (no +α) Conversation A (with +α)
Bob: Hi Manuel. Bob: Hi Manuel.
Manuel: Hello. Manuel: Hello.
Bob: Did you have a nice weekend? Bob: Did you have a nice weekend?
Manuel: Yes. Manuel: Yeah.
Bob: What did you do? Bob: What’ d you do?
Manuel: Played basketball. Manuel: Played basketball with John and
Bob: That’s nice. Who with? Mark.
Manuel: With John and his Mark. Bob: Where’d you play?
Bob: Where’d you play? Manuel: In the park near my house.
Manuel: At the park? There are a lot of courts there. We
Bob: What park? had a great time.
Manuel: Near my house. Bob: What did you do after that?
Bob: Did you have fun? Manuel: We went for pizza. There is a
Manuel: Sure. new restaurant in town.
Bob: What did you do after that? Bob: I see. How was it?
Manuel: Ate lunch. Manuel: Pretty good. I had a great
peperoni pizza.
+αPractice:
1. Question: Where are you from?
Example: Nagoya. I was actually born in Hokkaido, and moved here in
2005.
Example: Miyoshi. I live with my mother, father and grandmother.
YOU:_____________________________________________________________
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2. Question: What does your mother / father / sister / brother do?
Example: He’s an office worker. He works for Tohshiba in Saitama.
Example: He’s a fireman. He works in Kyushu, and he has two children.
YOU:_____________________________________________________________
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11. 3. Question: Do you get along with your mother / father / sister / brother?
Example: Yeah. We often go to see a movie or to a concert.
Example: No. We don’t talk very much, but I still like her.
YOU:_____________________________________________________________
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4. Question: Do you ever hang out with your sister / brother?
Example: Sure. Sometimes we go to a movie or play ping-pong.
Example: Yeah, we play video games together a lot.
YOU:_____________________________________________________________
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Listening Dictation: The teacher’s family
NOTES:
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12. Lesson 3: Where are you from?
Basic Questions:
1. Where are you from? Short +α:_________________________________
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2. Where’s that? Short +α:_________________________________
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3. What kind of place is that? Short +α:_________________________________
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4. Are you from _____ originally? Short +α:_______________________________
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5. Do you live there now? Short +α:_________________________________
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6. Do you live with your parents? Short +α:_______________________________
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7. When did you move to ____? Short +α:_______________________________
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13. 8. What’s [town’s name] like? Short +α:______________________________
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9. Do you like living in [ town’s name ]?
Short + α: _________________________________________________________
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10. What is famous about your hometown?
Short + α: _________________________________________________________
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11. Do you like your hometown? Why? (Why not?)
Short + α: _________________________________________________________
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12. Are there any famous people from your hometown?
Short + α: _________________________________________________________
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13. Do you want to live there in the future? Why? (Why not?)
Short + α: _________________________________________________________
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14. You write the questions:
1. __________________________________? From San Diego.
2. __________________________________? It’s south of Los Angeles.
3. ______________________________? It’s very beautiful. The weather’s great.
4. __________________________________? No. I was born in New York,
but I moved to San Diego when I was 5.
5. __________________________________? No, now I live in Tokyo.
6. __________________________________? No, my family lives in the US.
7. _________________________________? It’s a great city. There’s always
something fun to do!
8. __________________________________? Yes, I love my hometown. All my
friends live there, and there’s a world-famous zoo.
9. __________________________________? Sure. Cameron Diaz is from there.
Example Conversation:
A: Nice to meet you! B: No, Takayama. It’s a small town.
B: Hello. A: Do you live in Takayama now?
A: I’m Tom. B: No, Nagoya. I go to school here.
B: My name is Junko. A: What are you studying?
A: Where’re you from? B: Computers. I want to work for
B: Gifu. It’s near Nagoya. Sony after I graduate.
A: Gifu City?
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15. Dictation / Dictagloss: The teacher’s hometown
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16. Unit 4: My University
I’m a student.
Questions: I’m a university student.
1. What do you do? I’m a student at Nanzan University.
I study computer engineering at Nanzan University.
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2. What university do you go to? Short + α: ____________________________
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3. What are you studying? Short + α: ____________________________
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4. What is your favorite class? Short + α: ____________________________
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5. How do you get to school? Short + α: ____________________________
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6. Why did you choose Nanzan? Short + α: ____________________________
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17. 7. Why did you choose Computer engineering? Short + α: _________________
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8. What do you want to do after graduation? Short + α: ________________
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9. Are you in a club? Short + α: ____________________________
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10. What club are you in? Short + α: ________________________
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11. How often do you have club activities? Short + α: _______________
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12. How long have you been playing tennis?
playing basketball?
skiing?
playing the guitar?
practicing judo?
Short + α: _________________________________________________________
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13. What kind of movies / TV programs / videos do you watch?
Short + α: a) _______________________________________________________
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Short + α: b) _______________________________________________________
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18. Practice Questions:
Question: ___________________________________________
Answer: By train and school bus. It takes about one hour.
Question: ___________________________________________
Answer: At Meijo University. I am studying architecture.
Question: ___________________________________________
Answer: Because I want to be a math teacher. It has been my dream since 3rd grade.
Question: ___________________________________________
Answer: English class. My teacher is really cool.
Question: ___________________________________________
Answer: The badminton club. We play every Wednesday afternoon.
Question: ___________________________________________
Answer: Because it has a good reputation (評判) and it’s near my house.
Fix the Mistakes:
WRONG: *Where university do you go?
RIGHT: 1. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *How long play tennis.
RIGHT: 2. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *Because Nanzan has a good Computer program and English
program.
RIGHT: 3. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *I am joining the light music club.
RIGHT: 4. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *My club does practice on Wednesday afternoons.
RIGHT: 5. ________________________________________________________
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19. WRONG: *I am not in any club.
RIGHT: 6. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *Future is bank worker.
RIGHT: 7. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *I study is Central University in Hachioji.
RIGHT: 8. ________________________________________________________
Follow-up Questions:
Write two follow-up questions for each statement. The questions can be
from the textbook or your own original questions. If you write original
questions, ask the teacher to check that they are correct.
1. I go to Chukyo University.
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2. I am in the badminton club.
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3. I want to be a doctor in the future.
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4. I want to study more about computers at graduate school.
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5. I play soccer on the school team.
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20. Speech and Summary: Listen to your teacher talk about his or her university
life and then summarize what he said in a few sentences.
NOTES:
SUMMARY:
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21. Lesson 5: Future Dreams
Questions:
1. What is your major? Short +α: ________________________________
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2. What do you want to do after you finish university? Short +α: _______
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NOTES:
「今日の放課後は何をしますか」は英語で何と言うのでしょうか。
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3. What kind of work do you want to do in the future?
Short +α:_________________________________________________________
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22. QUESTION: What are the three ways to describe「やりたいこと」?
I _____________________________________________________________________
I _____________________________________________________________________
I _____________________________________________________________________
4. Where do you want to work (in the future)? Short +α: ______________
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5. What is important to you in a job? Short +α: _____________________
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6. Why do you want to do that job? Short +α: ______________________
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7. What is a good point about that job? Short +α: ___________________
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8. What is a negative point about that job? Short +α: ________________
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9. Where do you want to live in the future? Short +α: ______________
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10. What do you want to do in your free time? Short +α: _____________
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11. What kind of interests do you want to have after you graduate?
Short +α:________________________________________________________
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12. When you get some money, what do you want to buy?
Short +α:________________________________________________________
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23. 13. What kind of family do you want? Short +α: ____________________
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14. Where do you want to live? Short +α: __________________________
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15. Do you want to live in a house or an apartment?
Short +α:________________________________________________________
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16. Who will you live with after college? Short +α: __________________
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17. Where will you live after college? Short +α: _____________________
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18. Where will you live in 10 years? Short +α: ______________________
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19. Do you want to live abroad in the future?
Why? / Why not? Short +α: ________________________________
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24. Speech and Summary: Listen to your partner talk about his or her future and
then summarize what he or she said in a few sentences.
NOTES:
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25. Question Practice:
1. ______________________________________________________________?
I study art. I hope to be an artist in the future.
2. ______________________________________________________________?
I want to design web pages. I’ve already designed more than twenty!
3. ______________________________________________________________?
I like working with computers. In fact, I’m addicted to them!
4. ______________________________________________________________?
I want to work for a car manufacturer (製造). I love cars.
5. ______________________________________________________________?
One good point is that I can work on a team with many smart people.
6. ______________________________________________________________?
I’ll have to do a lot of overtime (残業). That’s okay, if I can earn extra money!
7. ______________________________________________________________?
I want to live in Tokyo, or maybe even New York. I love museums and cafes.
8. ______________________________________________________________?
I want to live in an apartment by myself. I think I’m rather selfish!
9. ______________________________________________________________?
Ten years from now? I want to live in the city with my friend and have a dog.
10. _____________________________________________________________?
In Nagoya. My friends and I are going to get an apartment in Sakae.
11. _____________________________________________________________?
A new computer. I want a powerful one, but I don’t have enough money.
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26. Fix the Mistakes:
WRONG: *What is bad point that job?
RIGHT: 1. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *I want web-page designer.
RIGHT: 2. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *What want to do in future.
RIGHT: 3. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *My major in Computer.
RIGHT: 4. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *After I graduation I want to be a computer programmer.
RIGHT: 5. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *Where live 10 years from now?
RIGHT: 6. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *Because I like to work children and I like math.
RIGHT: 7. ________________________________________________________
WRONG: *I am planning to live in Hachioji or maybe Chiba.
RIGHT: 8. ________________________________________________________
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