Lesson 1

Talk about learning experiences

Vocabulary/ guidelines

• Cookery course: The practice or skill of preparing and cooking food.
• Burn the food
• Chop/ Slice
• Language course
• Driving lessons
• Use the gears
• Dance classes
• Memorize steps

Grammar

The present perfect tense

Grammar

The Present perfect tense (Thì hiện tại hoàn thành)

• Experiences:
• I have studied Spanish, English and
  Japanese, but I have never studied Korean.
• Have you ever studied dancing?
• Changes and accomplishments over time (up until now)
• It’s the second day, and I have already learned how to slice and chop.
• Actually, he hasn’t improved much during this course
• Uncompleted actions
• She hasn’t mastered ballet yet, but I think she will soon.
• Have you studied French cooking yet?

Short conversation

Make a list of questions about the following learning experiences:

Ex: Learning languages

• How many languages ...
• What’s the hardest ...
• Have you improved?
• ...