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Communication—July 2016

  • Class Notes
  • Course Plan
  • Review Questions

Course Plan

# Date Main Topic Other Topics Projects/Pronunciation Review Questions
1 4 Jul Introductions Kit
2 6 Jul Life Map Kit
3 11 Jul Daily Activities Feelings’ vocab, Essential Phrases Linking
4 13 Jul Starting a conversation Videotelling Pronunciation Review
5 25 Jul Tag questions Essential Phrases Quiz Consonants ending syllables
6 27 Jul Saying ‘no’ in a friendly way f and v (voiced/voiceless)
7 1 Aug Health Unstressed Vowels
8 3 Aug Encouraging people to talk Pronunciation Review
9 8 Aug The word ‘Get’ -ed endings
10 10 Aug ‘Vague’ Expressions Pronunciation Review
11 15 Aug Dating -s endings
12 17 Aug Correcting things you say Pronunciation Review
13 22 Aug Honesty Word & Sentence Stress
14 24 Aug Checking information Pronunciation Review
15 29 Aug Appearances r and l
16 31 Aug Responding to suggestions Pronunciation Review
17 5 Sep Music Sentence Stress Phrasebook
18 7 Sep Asking politely Pronunciation: Full Review
19 12 Sep Looking Forwards Course Evaluation Pronunciation Quiz
20 14 Sep Next Steps Pronunciation Practice

Week 10 (Champ & P)

  1. What are the characteristics of rural tourism?
  2. Is a ski resort rural tourism? Why?
  3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of rural tourism?
  4. What is the difference between caravan and motorhome?
  5. What does the word “pitch” mean?
  6. Which words are stressed in this conversation? Why do you have to stress those words?Receptionist: Are they small tents?

    Tourist: No, they are family tents.

    Receptionist: Oh. I’ll just change it. There you are. Two pitches for family tents.

    Tourist: Thank you

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  1. Characteristics of rural tourism?
    • activities that take place in the countryside
    • tourism on a small scale
    • employment and income for local people, but without becoming the dominant economic area
    • the recovery of local traditions, arts, crafts, architectural, and farming practice
    • services and activities that are based principally on local products and resources
    • the sustainable use of natural resources such as forests river, or the landscape
  2. No, it isn’t. It is large-scale, has a significant environmental impact, and is often the dominant economic activity. It may not employ local people.
    • Advantages:
      • recover all aspects of an area’s local culture such as crafts, architectural styles, food and drink, tradition, dress, and festival
      • provide employment for local people
      • introduce nature and culture to other people (or other parts of country and nations)Disadvantages:
    • Disadvantage
      • If it becomes popular, so many people will go to the place and damage the natural and cultural resources.
  3. A motorhome includes a working engine, but a caravan does not include one. It requires a car so that it can be mobile.
    • Caravan n. [C] a wheeled vehicle for living or travelling in, especially for holidays, that contains beds and cooking equipment and can be pulled by a car

      (Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/caravan)

    • Motorhome n. [C] a large motor vehicle that is designed to be lived in while travelling. It contains cooking equipment, one or more beds, and sometimes a toilet.

      (Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/motor-home)

  4. Pitch n. [C] the piece of ground on which you can put up a tent, park a caravan, etc.

    Pitch v. [T] to put up a tent and make it ready to use

    (Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pitch)

  5. Receptionist: Are they small tents? (to confirm information)

    Tourist: No, they are family tents. ( to correct information)

    Receptionist: Oh. I’ll just change it. There you are. Two pitches for small tents. (to confirm information)

    Tourist: Thank you.

Week 11 (Cil, Pooh, Petch)

1. Which one is the correct use for "according to"?

A: According to the company wants to produce more products, all workers are not allowed to have a lunch.

B: According to the company's plan, all workers are not allowed to have a lunch.

2. John stops working and has an argument with his employer because he thinks that his salary is too low. We can say that John is ___.

3. What is the meaning of "according to" in the sentence below?

"We grade students according to their ability and work."

4. How should we fix this sentence?
"I love to visit the Mount rainier National park."

5. Charlie wants to work and make money to build a perfect house with his girlfriend, so what's your plan if you get money from your job?

6. "ด้วยมหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒมีนโยบายใหม่ที่จะให้นิสิตสวมใส่ลำลองในห้องเรียนได้", how do you translate the sentence to English with "according to"?

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1. B

2. on strike

3. depends on / agrees with

4. I love to visit Mount Rainier National Park/ or Mount Rainier national park.

5. For us:
Travel around the world, buy fashionable clothes, and buy houses!

6. For us:
According to Srinakharinwirot University's new policy, the students are allowed to wear casual clothes in the classroom.

Week 11 (Bell, Pleng)

1. What is the difference between "distill" and "brew"?

2. Match each word with its dictionary definition
2.1 meadow
2.2 orchard
2.3 pottery
2.4 craft
2.5 trekking
2.6 weave
2.7 carving

     (a) to make cloth by repeatedly crossing a single thread through two sets of long threads on a loom (= special frame)
     (b) a field with grass and often wild flowers in it
     (c) the activity or skill of making clay objects by hand
     (d) a shape or pattern cut into wood or stone or the skill of doing this
     (e) something produced using skill and experience
     (f) an area of land where fruit trees are grown
     (g) the activity of walking long distances on foot for pleasure

3. How do you pronounce "silkworm"?

4. What is the difference between
4.1 rain and shower?
4.2 cloudy and overcast?

5. Which sentence is more certain?
5.1
a. It’ll rain tomorrow morning.
b. It’ll probably rain tomorrow morning.

5.2
a. It’ll rain tomorrow morning.
b. It’s going to rain tomorrow morning.

6. With your partner, can you give at least one example of rural tourism in your province?

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1.
distill [verb]​ /dɪˈstɪl/
to heat a liquid until it changes to a gas and then make it liquid again by cooling
examples: distilled water/whiskey
(Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/distill)

brew [verb] /bruː/
(1) to make beer
(2) If you brew tea or coffee, you add boiling water to it to make a hot drink, and if it brews, it gradually develops flavour in the container in which it was made
(Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/brew)

2.
2.1 meadow = (b) a field with grass and often wild flowers in it
(Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/meadow)

2.2 orchard = (f) an area of land where fruit trees are grown
(Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/orchard)

2.3 pottery = (c) the activity or skill of making clay objects by hand
(Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pottery)

2.4 craft = (e) something produced using skill and experience
(Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/craft)

2.5 trekking = (g) the activity of walking long distances on foot for pleasure
(Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/trekking)

2.6 weave = (a) to make cloth by repeatedly crossing a single thread through two sets of long threads on a loom (= special frame)
(Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/weave)

2.7 carving = (d) a shape or pattern cut into wood or stone or the skill of doing this
(Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/weaving)

3. /ˈsɪlk.wɜːm/

4.
4.1 In terms of coverage, rain usually covers a much wider area compared to showers. In terms of duration, rain usually lasts longer than showers. In terms of occurrence, showers often start and end more sudden compared to rains.(Retrieved from http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-rain-and-showers/)

4.2 Cloudy conditions mean at least 50 percent of the sky will be covered by clouds – there will be more clouds than sunshine. Mostly cloudy means from 80 to 90 percent of the sky will be covered by clouds. An overcast sky is usually a dull and gray-looking sky when clouds are expected to cover all of the surrounding area. Almost entire sky is cloudy.                                                                                        (Retrieved from https://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2011/03/is-there-a-difference-between-the-terms-cloudy-and-overcast/)

5.
5.1     a. It’ll rain tomorrow morning.
5.2     b. It’s going to rain tomorrow morning.

6. Example: In my neighbourhood, Surat Thani, there is a rural tourism area named Klong Roy Sai. There are so many activities to do if you visit the place. The visitors can cruise around the mangrove forests to watch the ancient houses that are well preserved. The visitors can also enjoy the traditional fishing routes and many activities that will make tourists realize the simple happiness of the Klong Roy Sai, the community lives in ordinary but not ordinary. People in this area still use boat as a main vehicle for transportation. In addition, visitors will see demonstrations of coconut shell handicrafts and batik wristwatches.

Week 11 (They,Ploy,Husna)

 

  • What does “seeing someone on the side” mean?
  • How do you pronounce “Ratatouille"
  • What’s the difference between correct and collect
  • How come happiness is the key to success in life?
  • Have you ever felt that you were jinxed by someone or something? If you were, how did you solve the problem?
  • In this generation, is the internet dangerous for kids? Why?
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  1. Having a secret romantic relationship in addition to a main one.
  2. /ˌræt.əˈtuː.i/
  3. With /r/, the tongue is curved back, and does not touch the roof of the mouth. With /l/, the tongue touches the tooth ridge (not the teeth).
  4. Because happiness is you are happy with what you do. You will be interested in what you want to success incessantly and always ready for fulfilling energy, knowledge and attitude to be successful.
  5. I have never felt that I were jinxed because everything happens for a reason that leads us to the better steps of life.
  6. Yes, because now the internet is easily to reach. For the kids if you let them use while they're too young. It'll have a problem about their eyes. Some parents use their kids for social media such as post the baby on Instagram, take a video in every moment of them. It's not good for their privacy.

Week 12 (Toey,Husna,Ploy)

  1. What does “seeing someone on the side” mean?
  2. How do you pronounce “Ratatouille”
  3. What’s the difference between correct and collect
  4. How come happiness is the key to success in life?
  5. Have you ever felt that you were jinxed by someone or something? If you were, how did you solve the problem?
  6. In this generation, Is the internet dangerous for kids and why?
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  1. Having a secret romantic relationship in addition to a main one.
  2. /ˌræt.əˈtuː.i/
  3. With /r/, the tongue is curved back, and does not touch the roof of the mouth. With /l/, the tongue touches the tooth ridge (not the teeth).
  4. Because happiness is you are happy with what you do. You will be interested in what you want to success incessantly and always ready for fulfilling energy, knowledge and attitude to be successful.
  5. I have never felt that I were jinxed because everything happens for a reason that leads us to the better steps of life.
  6. Yes, because now the internet is easily to reach. For the kids if you let them use while they're too young. It'll have a problem about their eyes. Some parents use their kids for social media such as post the baby on Instagram, take a video in every moment of them. It's not good for their privacy.

Week 12 (Nook,Jane,Cartoon,Nymph)

1.What does the word “cutting edge”mean?

2.How many syllable of “enthusiastic “?

3.How do you pronounce the word “afternoon”?

4.Why should you pronounce words and sentences stress correctly ?

5. What would happen if there were no social media in your life ?

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1.very modern and with all the newest features.

2. 4

3. /ˌɑːftəˈnuːn/

4. Because...............

5.

Week 13 (Ann,Kik,Aom,Praewproud)

  1. How do you pronounce "I can order it, but I can't read it."?
  2. What does the word "housewarming" mean?
  3. How do you make a sentence from "listening in"?
  4. What would happen if people followed majority more than the truth?
  5. What would you do if you found the unfairness in your exam score?
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1. aɪ kən ˈɔrdər ɪt, bət aɪ 'kænt 'rid ɪt.

2. A party that you give when you move into a new house.

3. (Example) Who are you listening in on?

4. Up to them

5. Up to them

Week 13 (Peara, Pe)

1. Match each situation with the most appropriate option of hotels.

a. A bed for the night

b. A place to hide away

c. Home from home

d. The office when away from the office

e. A bit of luxury once in a while

f. A place where you can let your hair down

1) Mr. Phuchit is a famous actor. His work is very stressful, so in this weekend, he wants to be relaxed as much as he can.

2) Tangmo is a 17-year-old girl who likes peace. She has got a voucher from a famous hotel, and she plans to stay there for one night. She says she needs no disturbance.

3) Kratai has been saving money for months. She is finding a very nice hotel to spend her vacation. She says, “Five-star hotel is best.”

4) Chanon is a foreign traveler. He spends a day and a night worthily. He does not stay for long in one city. “Just one day is enough,” he says.

5) Fhun is a hard-working woman. On vacation, she plans to relax herself in countryside. Unfortunately, she has an urgent work to finish.

6) Christopher is a backpacker. When he finds a place to stay, he considers the place good with its friendly staff and amiable surroundings.

2. In your own opinions, which of the following options is the most essential for you in traveling? Why?                                     a. feeling comfortable

b. feeling secure

c. feeling very much relaxed

3. What does ‘Plagiarism’ mean?

4. What do we need to do in order to avoid plagiarism?

5. The following items are all plagiarized. Fix them

a. Copy one sentence from Withkit.com and paste it in your writing. (No reference)

b. Read some information and use its ideas in your presentation. (No reference)

c. Copy a few sentences and use them as a part of the script for presentation. (No reference)

d. Read a sentence, paraphrase it, and use it in your essay. (No reference)

6. Paraphrase the following sentence.

Unlike dogs, who have been working and living with humans far longer, cats do not look to people for their daily needs.

- Author: Michael Blake

- Title: “Do Cats Really Love You Less Than Dogs?”

- Publish date: October 13, 2015

 

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    1. f
    2. b
    3. e
    4. a
    5. d
    6. c
  1. Example : In my opinion, I think feeling comfortable is very important when traveling as I appreciate luxury and convenience. When I find a nice hotel to stay, I usually seek for entire facilities, swimming pool, and also Wi-Fi connection. Staying in the hotel must be more comfortable than staying at home, for me.
  2. (n.) the process or practice of using another person's ideas or work and  pretending that it is your own - online Cambridge Dictionary
  3. There are four rules to avoid Plagiarism:                                                                       1) Every time you use other people's words or ideas, reference it.                       2) Every time you use exact words, use quotation marks.                                     3) If you do not use quotation marks, paraphrase.                                                 4) Give a list of citations at the end of your text.
  4. a. use quotation marks and reference it                                                                    b. reference them                                                                                                            c. use quotation marks and reference them                                                              d. reference it
  5.   Example : According to Blake (2015), compared to dogs, the animal that has been staying with its owner longer, cats are different as they do not rely on their owners for basic needs.

Week 13 (Dew, Best, Somlim)

1.How do you stress “do that again”?

2. According to rules on page 83, how do you pronounce “We don’t want to go to work at night.” ?

3. You have already prepared for today’s quiz, haven’t you?

4. You didn’t went to Prasanmitr last week, did you ?

5. How do you pronounce “Sterile” ?

6. What is the purpose for taking barbiturates?

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1.This can be pronounced in different ways.
- do that a.GAIN
-I won’t do THAT a.gain (for negative way)

2.We don’t want to go to work at night.

3.The question is POSITIVE, so the answer would be …
1) For agreement: Yes, (I have). I’ve prepared for a month.
2) For disagreement: No/Actually, …

4.The question is NEGATIVE, so the answer would be …
1) For agreement: No, ...
2) For disagreement: Actually, …

5.ster.aɪl

6.Barbiturates are used primarily for mild sedation, general anesthesia, and as a treatment for some types of epilepsy. Or some of the barbiturates may be used before surgery to relieve anxiety or tension.

Week 14 (Kratai and Goke)

    1. What do these words mean?

allocate
room rack

    1. Give examples of preferences
    2. Choose 2 welcoming rules that you think are the most important and explain the reasons
    3. Give 2 questions for asking the guests' name appropriately
    4. Which words are stressed in these sentences? and practice with your partner

And if you could just sign here on the registration card?
And will you be using the garage?

    1. Read the conversation and identify what type the guest is

Receptionist: Good evening, how can I help you, Miss Watkins?
Miss Watkins: Good evening. It's nice to be back here.
Receptionist: Let me check your usual room.
Miss Watkins: Can I change to double room? I come with my friend today.
Receptionist: Sure, Ma'am.

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  1. allocate (v) to give a guest a specific room
    room rack (n) the computer screen or the board that shows which rooms are free
  2. smoking or non-smoking, inside or outside room, high or low floor
  3. -We choose Keep the reasonable distance and Smile when you greet the customer because if you get too close to the guests, they might feel uncomfortable. At the same time, if you are too far from them, it might be hard to communicate with each other. We also think that we should smile because first impression is important and smile can relax the guests.
  4. -What your name, please?
    -Could I just have your name please?
  5. -just, sign, here, registration
    -will, using,garage
  6. regular guest

Week 14 (Phob, Pim, Ploy)

1. How do you pronounce "Can I have a bit of egg."?
2. What does "Decisive" mean?
3. What is the difference between menu and dish?
4. Have you ever been bullied by someone, what would you do?
5. Where do you want to go study abroad, why?

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1. ooOoOoO, Can_I have_a bit_of_egg
2. Able to make a decisions quickly
3. Menu - a list of food and beverage offered to the customer.
Dish - a specific food preparation which ready to eat, or be served.
4.
5.

Week 14 (Praewa,Nick,Minkmink)

1. How do you pronounce “excavator”?
2. What is the pattern of “Excuse me”?
3. What does “pedal” mean?
4. Do you think is it a good idea that in the movie the parents took a car without asking and drove away?
5. What is the difference between excavator and bobcat?
6. How do you stress “ Do you want to come”?

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1. /ˈek.skə.veɪ.tər/ (UK) and /ˈek.skə.veɪ.t̬ɚ/ (US)

2. oOo (small big small)

3. Pedal /ˈped.əl/ (UK) and /ˈped.əl/ (US)
It means a small part of a machine or object that is pushed down with the foot to operate or move the machine or object:

4. It's an essential question but I think it's not a good idea for using other people's cars without asking.

5. Excavetor is a large, powerful machine with a container connected to a long arm, used for digging up the ground.
Bobcats is a heavy equipment machine used in construction to move aside or load materials.

6. It could be 'do you WANT to COME' or 'do you WANna COME'.

Week 15 (Oat, Mhee)

  1. Match these following words to their collocations.
    1.1 to deal with ___________

    1. bookings                         b. requests for foreign exchange        c. FAQs

    1.2  to take___________

    1. final payment                b. guest histories                                    c. messages for guests

    1.3 to answer___________

    1. messages for guests     b. incoming phone calls                        c. FAQs

    1.4 to update____________

    1. cancellations                  b. guest histories                                     c. guests in

  2. According to the answer to question 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4, which of the duties does a receptionist carry out
    2.1 before guests arrive?
    2.2 during a guest’s stay?2.3 when guests leave?
  3. From the eight simple rules for welcoming guests, why are “Make eye contact, but don’t stare” and “Address the customer by name” necessary?

  4. What are the differences of a new guest with a reservation, a regular guest and a chance guest?

  5. What are the adjectives for  5.1 mist 5.2 showers

     5.3 fog

     5.4 storms

  6. Talk to your partner about your favourite rural tourism activity.
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1. Match these following words to their collocations.

Answers:  

1.1 b. requests for foreign exchange

1.2 a. final payment

1.3 c. FAQs

1.4 b. guest histories

 

2. According to the answer to question 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4, which of the duties does a receptionist carry out     

Answers:  

2.1 to answer  FAQs

2.2 to deal with requests for foreign exchange, to answer FAQs

2.3 to take final payment, to update guest histories

 

3. From the eight simple rules for welcoming guests, why are “Make eye contact, but don’t stare” and “Address the customer by name” necessary?

Answer:

Establishing eye contact during conversations with our guests makes them know that we are paying attention to them. Addressing our customers by name shows that we do recognise them. Both make them feel that they are important.

 

4. What are the differences of a new guest with a reservation, a regular guest and a chance guest?

Answer:

A new guest with a reservation refers to a new guest who booked a room in advance, whereas a chance guest is a walk-in guest who has not booked a room yet. As for regular guests, they are guests who have stayed at the hotel before and usually stay there.

 

5. What are the adjectives for

Answers:

5.1 misty

5.2 showery

5.3 foggy

5.4 stormy

 

6. Talk to your partner about your favourite rural tourism activity.

Answer: 

My favourite rural tourism activity is cycling because when I ride a bike, I can go and stop wherever I want to admire breathtaking scenery such as on the top of a hill and spend time photographing the rural landscape.

Week 15 (Ing, Cheer)

  1. What word means “it’s already good but you act something that makes it even worst”?
  2. What does xenophobic mean?
  3. Why do you need to read your writing aloud?
  4. How do you fix these clutter sentences?
    1. “I’m so exasperated by the inclement weather.”
    2. “My beloved old room is very messy which contain a lot of stuff.”
  5. What do you think of your own writing?
  6. Do you have any ways to improve your writing?
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  1. Adulterants
  2. Extreme dislike or fear of foreigners, their customs, their religions, etc. (Cambridge Dictionary)
  3. Because when you hear yourself reading it, you will find errors in sentences and you will see how your writing is not going well together.
  4. I’m so annoyed by the bad weather. / My room is cluttered.
  5. Opinion
  6. Read more (to improve your sense of grammar and vocabulary) and write more (getting feedback whenever you can).

Week 15 (Tai,Leo,knight)

1. What is the purpose of a concluding sentence?
2. Why is a concluding sentence important to essays?
3. Give some examples of transitional words which show that the writers are going to conclude.
4. How can you write this sentence most vividly ? “The waves came into the shore”.

  • A. The waves came into the shore with a great whooshing sounds.
  • B. All day long, blue waves crashed into the sand.
  • C. The waves crashed and danced along the shore, moving up and down in a grateful and gentle rhythm like they were dancing.

5. Choose the correct concluding sentence for the paragraph.

Diary writing is a good way of keeping track of what we do. Some people write their diary regularly and some do it occasionally during their spare time. Writing a diary is also useful to improve free expression of thoughts and ideas which would otherwise be unstructured and suppressed in the mind. It also helps us plan things for future and review our progress. It also helps us in sharing our memory as we recall the events of the day.

  • A. Diary improves our ability of organizing and introspection.
  • B. Diary writing improve creative.

6. Choose the correct concluding sentence for the paragraph.

Old age, the last stage of life, is solid and at the same time fragile. It is solid because the old people carry a treasure of knowledge and experience. They are firm in their ideas and opinions. It is fragile because of the declining physical capacities. Typically, the old people are more affected by a feeling of being old than being physically old.

  • A.  The old people need our attention, love and care.
  • B. The old people demand protection.
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1. A concluding sentence indicates that you are bringing closure to a paragraph, the reader should be able to identify what your key points are based on the concluding sentence.
2. Because it helps readers recall what the writer want to say, and also helps readers to get the main point of every essay clearly.
3. To wrap up. To conclude To summarize. In conclusion. In summary. To sum up
4. C. The waves crashed and danced along the shore, moving up and down in a grateful and gentle rhythm like they were dancing.
5. A. Diary improves our ability of organizing and introspection.
6. A.The old people need our attention, love and care.

Week 2 (Non, Preaw)

  1. What does "encounter" mean?
  2. What word means "a rectangular case with a handle that you use for carrying clothes when you are travelling"?
  3. Give three examples of encounter rules.
  4. What is the difference between hospitality and welcome?
  5. Give five examples of fillers that you normally use in your daily life conversation.
  6. How do you pronounce "silhouette"?

 

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  1. a meeting, especially one that is sudden and unexpected.
  2. Suitcase
  3. Be prepared, Look the part, Smile, Be interested, Be helpful and Be yourself.
  4. Hospitality is a friendly and generous behavior towards guests while welcome is a greeting that is given to somebody when they arrive, especially a friendly one.
  5. Like, Kinda, Well, Umm, You know, Right?, So and I mean.
  6. /ˌsɪl.uˈet/

Week 2 (Kit)

  1. Is 'again please' standard English?
  2. Correct any errors in this sentence:
    "I'm Kit and I like to listening to music, but I'm not into clothes shopping."
  3. What does 'latest' mean?
  4. What word means the opposite of 'latest'?
  5. One conversation strategy is called 'reflecting'. Can you give me an example of that?
  6. What's your happiest memory?
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  1. No! You should say "Sorry", "Excuse me", or "Pardon".
  2. I like to listening to music / I like to listening to music
  3. the most recent or newest
  4. earliest
  5. A: The person I admired when I was young was my P5 teacher.
    B: Your P5 teacher?
  6. Your answers

Week 2 (Kit)

  1. Plagiarism means to copy someone else's words or _____ and ______ that they are your own.
  2. Every time you use exact words, what do you need to do?
  3. With MLA referencing style, what information do you need to give for an in-text citation?
  4. Where do you put other information (such as the name of the book)?
  5. Which was your favourite scene in the Truman Show, and why?
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  1. Plagiarism means to copy someone else's words or ideas and pretend that they are your own.
  2. Use quotation marks.
  3. Author's last name + page number.
  4. At the end of your essay, with the heading "works cited".
  5. Your answer.

Week 2 (Kit)

  1. How do you pronounce 'Work in pairs, please'?
  2. Is 'again please' standard English?
  3. Correct any errors in this sentence:
    "I'm Kit and I like to listening to music, but I'm not into clothes shopping."
  4. What does 'latest' mean?
  5. What word means the opposite of 'latest'?
  6. What's the difference between 'fizzy' and 'sparkling'?
  7. What's your happiest memory?
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  1. Work_in pairs, please
  2. No! You should say "Sorry", "Excuse me", or "Pardon".
  3. I like to listening to music / I like to listening to music
  4. the most recent or newest
  5. earliest
  6. They mean the same thing, but 'sparkling' is only used with water or wine.
  7. Your answers

Week 3 (Zone,Bow,Best)

  1. What is paraphrasing?
  2. What is the differences between summary and paraphrase?
  3. Which one is a bad paraphrasing?Original sentence: Giraffes like Acacia leaves and hay, and they can consume 75 pounds of food a day.

    a) A giraffe can eat up to 75 pounds of Acacia leaves and hay every day.
    b) A giraffe like Acacia leaves and hay, and it can take in them 75 pounds of food a day.

  4. Which one is a good paraphrasingOriginal text: ‘A business firm’s obligation, beyond that required by the law and economics, is to pursue long-term goals that are good for society. (Robbins et al 2003, p.138)’.

    a) A business enterprise’s contract, beyond that needed by the law and economics, is to search after long-term goals that are good for society. (Robbins et al 2003. P.138).

    b) Business should focus on objectives that are not only legal and financially appropriate, but are of long range benefit to society. (Robbins et al 2003).

  5. What do you think about this quote said by Meryl from The Truman Show, "For me, there is no difference between a private life and a public life." ?
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  1. Re-write the text into your own words and change the sentence structure ,not just change some words
  2. A summary is shorter than paraphrase, but covers all main points.
  3. B
  4. B
  5. Your answer.

Week 3 (Earth (632) & June (639))

  1. How do you pronounce "It is a cake not an ice-cream"?
  2. Is "Sugary" positive or negative?
  3. What does "Diabetes" mean?
  4. Do you think social media has become one of the important things in our life nowadays?
  5. What is the strangest memory you ever have?
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  1. It tis sa cake not tan nice-cream.
  2. Negative
  3. A disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood andurine.
  4. Up to them
  5. Up to them

Week 3 (Ammy, Noon, Miku)

1. Can you give at least three examples of the ways of greeting and explain which situation people use them?
2. What is the difference between Wai for friends and Wai for people who are older than us?
3. Can you give examples of how to introduce someone?
4. When you met someone for the first time, how should you close a conversation?
5. What is the difference between “It’s nice to meet you” and “It was nice to meet you”?
6. From the speaking activity at Thailand Tourism Expo, what can you improve to make the conversation to be smooth and impressive?

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  1. - Handshake: when they are acquainted with new people in a formal situation
    - Bow: Japanese, Chinese and Korean do it to greet a person who they respect
    - High five: when people do something successfully or have a same idea
    - Embrace/ Hug : When they meet people who they have not seen for a long time
    - Kiss : When they meet their boyfriends/ girlfriends. Parents kiss their children
    - Backslap: People do it to encourage someone
  2. When we wai our friends, the thumbs will go below our chin while wai for older people, the thumbs will touch our nose and the forefingers will touch the forehead.

  3. This is….. /Have you met….? /I would like to introduce….
  4. - Well, it was really nice to meet you.
    - Well, it was very nice to talk with you.
    - Well, I hope you really enjoy your (explore/trip/day/ect.)

  5. We use “It is nice to meet you.” when we start a conversation while we use “It’ was nice to meet you.” when we want to end a conversation.

  6. - Don't forget to smile
    - Prepare topics and sentences
    - Recommend some nice places and foods

Week 3 (Poomy)

1.what does 'incapacitate' mean?

2.why is linking so important for speaking

3.why is the essential questions important to ask people

4.what words means "somebody would be happier or more satisfied if they were in the particular position or did a particular thing"?

5.what would you be if you don't get asked by essential questions?

6.Pronunciation: how do you pronounce 'tourniquet'?

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1.to make somebody/something unable to live or work normally

2.linking is so important because most of  native speakers use it while they are speaking English. you will easily and quickly understand to what they say if you use linking.

3.because essential questions make people to think wildly and differently following to their aspects about the questions

4. be better off

5.you will not have your own opinion about anything becaus

6./ˈtʊə.nɪ.keɪ/  or  /ˈtɝː.nɪ.kɪt/

Week 4 (Prigpon , Su)

  1. How many /f/ and /v/ sounds are there when you say this sentence "Vivian lives in Finland and she loves eating vegetables and fruits."
  2. While we are doing chat show if you want to ask any of the guests, what do you have to say?
  3. How do your pronounce fit and visit?
  4. What is yous favorite hobby and what are good or bad things about it?
  5. Why you should pronounce /f/ and /v/ correctly?
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  1. 7
  2. I have a question for / My question is for anyone that wants to answer.
  3. *pronounce fit and visit *
  4. ...........................................
  5. ...........................................

Week 4 (Pak&Tangmo)

  1. What does “2dr / a/c” mean?
  2. If you don’t want to pay when you injure somebody or damage someone’s car, what insurance should you purchase?
  3. How can you ask to check for any other requests?
  4. What does “waiver” mean?
  5. What does collision damage waiver cover?
  6. What’s the difference between “How will you pay?” and “How will you be paying?”?
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  1. Two doors with air-conditioning
  2. Third-party liability
  3. - Is there anything else you require?
    - Is there anything I can help you with?
  4. noun [ C ] /ˈweɪ.vər/ an agreement that you do not have to pay or obey something
    (Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/waiver)
  5. It covers the damages of your hire car which means that you don’t have to pay for the car repair.
  6. “How will you pay?” (Future Simple) shows that you have to decide at that time, but “How will you be paying” (Future Continuous) shows about an action that takes place as part of a routine. (Decided before = "going to" future. Arranged before = present continuous.)

Week 4 (Praw, Mae, Sara)

  1. What word means "the ability to understand what something is really like, or an example of this" ?
  2. What is the ratio of concrete detail(CD) and commentary part(CM)
  3. Answer the vocabularies to complete each of these sentences.

1) Matrix 2) Prophecy 3) Oracle

A. Agent Smith: Did you know that the first_____was designed to be a perfect human world?
B. Trinity: Neo, I'm not afraid anymore. The _____ told me that I would fall in love.

4. Do you think you can control your dream?

5. Make a concrete detail from this topic
Topic: BTS is the most convenience travel

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  1. Insight /ˈɪnsaɪt/
  2. 1:2
  3. Matrix, oracle
  4. Your answer
  5. Your answer

Week 4 (Benz, Mink, Fresh)

  1. What did the student get from accommodation office?
  2. What's the difference between /ə/ and /ɪ/?
  3. What word means "the language that a person has grown up speaking from early childhood"?
  4. How do you pronounce "lettuce"?
  5. Why we should pronounce correctly?
  6. If you can't use your tongue to pronounce the words clearly, what will you do?
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  1. He got a map and bus requirements.
  2. /ə/ and /ɪ/
  3. mother tongue
  4. /ˈletɪs/
  5. Pronouncing correctly can prevent the misunderstanding and also make us feel more confident when speaking English.
  6. Using teeth and lip to pronounce the similar sound instead or we may use our physical language as an additional explanation for the word.

Week 5 (Mild, Proud)

  1. What does "Blatant" mean?
  2. How do you pronounce "A woman wanted to plant banana, orange, cabbage, and lettuce in her garden.
  3. What’s the difference between hop in and hop on?
  4. Do you think Bangkok should have an open top double deck tour bus or not? Why?
  5. What do you think about a people who anti LGBT?
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  1. Very obvious and offensive.
  2. ə ˈwʊm.ən ˈwɒn.tɪd tuː plɑːnt bəˈnɑː.nə ˈɒr.ɪndʒ ˈkæb.ɪdʒ ənd ˈlet.ɪs ɪn hər ˈɡɑː.dən
  3. "Hop in" uses for car, "Hop on" uses for bus, train.

Week 5 (Mild, Proud)

  1. What does "Blatant" mean?
  2. How do you pronounce "A woman wanted to plants banana, orange, cabbage, and lettuce in her garden.
  3. What’s the difference between hop in and hop on?
  4. Do you think Bangkok should have an open top double deck tour bus or not? Why?
  5. What do you think about a people who anti LGBT?
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  1. Very obvious and offensive.
  2. ə ˈwʊm.ən ˈwɒn.tɪd tuː plɑːnts bəˈnɑː.nə ˈɒr.ɪndʒ ˈkæb.ɪdʒ ənd ˈlet.ɪs ɪn hər ˈɡɑː.dən
  3. "Hop in" uses for car, "Hop on" uses for bus, train, boat etc.

Week 5 (Fhun Mink)

1. Read the following text and answer what the features Sam presents while working in the tourism industry.

“Before meeting the guest, Sam always does his research to know who he is meeting or where he is going. He never fails to give a warm welcoming smile, and he always offers his assistance before the guest asks for it.”

2. Read the conversation and answer the questions.

“Hello, Mr Smith - it’s great to see you again. Welcome to Thailand. How was your flight?”

2.1 Where does the conversation take place?

2.2 Have the speakers met before?

2.3 Is another person introduced?

3. What is a third party liability in car rental?

4. How do you pronounce “Opel”?

5. Give at least three examples of the characteristics of a good presentation.

6. You are a passenger flying from Houston to London. Where will you be waiting in the Keflavík International Airport during your connecting flight?

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1. The features Sam has are being prepared, helpful and his smile.

2.   2.1 The conversation takes place at the airport.

      2.2 Yes, they have.

      2.3 No, it isn’t.

3. Third party liability is insurance against money which an insured may have to pay to third parties if they accidentally cause them injury, loss, or damage.

(Retrieved from https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/third-party-liability)

4. /ˈəʊpəl/

5.   5.1 Know your audience before the presentation.

      5.2 Greet your audience at the start of the presentation and thank them for their attendance at the end.

      5.3 Face your audience, make an eye contact and don’t forget to smile.

      5.4 Engage the audience, getting them interested.

      5.5 Use gestures properly.

      5.6 Speak smoothly, clearly and confidently.

      5.7 Don't read your script during the presentation.

      5.8 Practice makes perfect.

(For more useful information, you can access this website https://www.otago.ac.nz/humanresources/otago063295.pdf)

6. The transit lounge.

Week 5 (Mild, Dream, Sup)

1. What does ‘Pulchritudinous’ mean?
2.What’s the difference between ‘A forced marriage’ and ‘An arranged marriage’?
3. What word means ‘you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good’?
4. What will you do if your parents don’t like your partner?
5. What is the good point of reading both sides of ‘Love Story’?
6. How do you pronounce ‘woman’ and ‘women’?

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1. A way to describe great physical beauty. For example ‘A person who is very beautiful would be described as pulchritudinous.’
2.A forced marriage: a marriage that happens without the agreement of one or either of the people getting married.
An arrange marriage : a marriage planned and agreed to by the families or guardians of the bride and groom
3. Awful
4. Talk to your parents and prove that both of you love each other very much.
5. You will get to know both sides of the story. And can get the point which one is right or wrong.
6. /ˈwʊm.ən/ and /ˈwɪm.ɪn/

Week 6 (Fai, Gloy)

  1. What's the difference between 'An extra syllable' and 'No extra syllable'?
  2. How do you pronounce 'needed' and 'rested'?
  3. Why is it important to pronounce '-ed' at the end of words in English?
  4. Have you ever given up on yourself and why?
  5. How do you improve your English listening skills?
  6. Do you think Thailand should have 'A hop-on, hop-off bus tour' and why do you think so?
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  1. If verbs are an extra syllable, we will pronounce /dɪd/ or /tɪd/. If verbs are no extra syllable, we will pronounce /t/ or /d/.
  2. /ˈniː.dɪd/ and /ˈres.tɪd/
  3. Because pronounciation '-ed' can make you know that the events happened in the past or present.
  4. Your answer.
  5. You may start with listening English news, music, or radio everyday, watching English movies and do any activities by listening English as much as you can.
  6. Your answer.

Week 6 (Kaimook, Film)

1.Humphrey Burton is one of Britain’s most distinguished television directors.

1.1 What part of speech is the word ‘distinguished’?

1.2 What does ‘distinguished’ mean?

 

2. What does ‘heart’ in the context “in the heart of St.Petersburg” mean?

 

3.Which continents are Libya, Ecuador and Russia in?

 

4. Which tourism professionals will you employ on your tour to Amazon jungle?

 

5. What is the difference between ‘Past Simple Tense’ and ‘Present Perfect Tense’?

 

6.What if you have an opportunity to work in Thailand's tourism industry.

6.1 Where would you like to work?

6.2 Which job would you like to do and why?

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1.

1.1 The word ‘distinguished’ is an adjective.

1.2 Distinguished means very successful, authoritative, and commanding great respect. Synonym: famous, eminent, famed, renowned, prominent, well know (Retrieved from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/distinguished)

 

2. ‘Heart’ means city centre.

 

3. Libya is in South Africa.

   Ecuador is in South America.

   Russia is in Asia and Europe.

 

4. Example

I will employ local guide, interpreter, local driver, and biologist on my tour.

(interpreter (n.) is a person who interprets, especially one who translates speech orally or into sign language. - Retrieved from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/interpreter.)

 

5. We use past simple tense ‘to express actions happening in a finished period of time’, while we use present perfect tense ‘to express actions happening in an unfinished period of time’.

 

6. Example

6.1 I would like to work on Phi Phi Don island in Krabi.

6.2 I would like to be a guide because this job is challenging and fascinating at the same time. Since I have to deal with different people each and every day, it gives me a chance to meet new friends from around the world and to improve my working skills.

Week 7 (Review Question by Eve and Pookie)

  1. What's the difference between independent clause and dependent clause?
  2. How to join two independent clauses together?
  3. Underline dependent clause
  • After my clock alarm, I get up to cancel it and sleep again.
  • She will always happy to meet her family when she goes home.
  1. Justin pays attention to listen to an instructor in class _____ he doesn’t understand everything that his instructor said.
  2. What do you think a person who always uses sugary words is a bad person? And why?
  3. What do you think about people who talk about their personal life?

 

 

 

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  1. Independent clause can stand alone and dependent clause cannot stand alone.
  2. There are three ways to join them.
  • Join with a coordinator
  • Join with a conjunctive adverb
  • Join with a semicolon
  1. After my clock alarm, I get up to cancel it and sleep again.

She will always happy to meet her family when she goes home.

  1. Justin pays attention to listen to an instructor in class, but he doesn’t understand everything that his instructor said.
  2. your opinion
  3. your opinion

 

Week 7 (Nampetch, Bell, Fanta)

 

  1. What does ‘brag about’ mean?
  2. How do you pronounce ‘cooked’ and ‘counted’?
  3. What word means ‘coverd with or full of  fat or oil’?
  4. What’s the difference between starting a conversation with strangers and people you’re already known?
  5. When do you use the word ‘actually’ in a sentence?
  6. What would you do, if somebody try to mislead the conversation in the language that you already know?
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  1. To talk proudly about someone or something.
  2. /kʊkt/ and /kaʊntɪd/
  3. Greasy
  4. - For strangers the topics will start with the weather, things you see around you, where you live etc.                                         - For people you’re already known the topics will start with your problems, your health, your family etc.
  5. - To give new/surprising information.      - To gently correct someone.
  6. - Disscuss with person who translated why you try to mislead the conversation. - Just ignore it.

Week 8 (Pulse, My, Poyfon)

  1. What does 'ulterior motive' mean?
  2. What’s the difference between compound and complex sentences?
  3. What’s the difference between 'but' and 'yet'?
  4. Label each of these sentences in order according to the Schaffer formant paragraph.
    1. A.For instance, there are many tourist attractions, such as shopping market and sidewalk.
      B. In addition, you can travel around the city by the public transport.
      C. In Bangkok, you will never get hungry because there are a lot of sidewalk foods which are very tasty.
      D. Bangkok is convenient, express and hilarious city, so you should visit once in your life.
      E. If you want to save you money, I think, the bus is a good choice, because the bus are convenient and cheaper, but it is also transport everywhere as those trains.
      F. You can buy a good quality and prices are affordable clothing from shopping market that located around the city, such as Jatujak, Pratunam and Siam Square.
      G. In addition, you can travel around the city by the public transport.
      H. Bangkok is the best place to visit.
      I. The fast convenient sky train and metro are everywhere, so you can go anywhere you want and never get lost in Bangkok.
  5. Combine these sentences below.
    5.1 Combine these sentences using coordinating conjunction.

    A. I have never been to Europe. I have never visited South America.
    B. I am on diet. I still eat a lot.
    5.2 Combine these sentences using conjunctive adverb.
    A. I have many outgoings. I have to save my money.
    B. You can't park here. There is a parking lot just around the corner.
  6. Make one compound sentence and one complex sentence from this independent clause.

- The weather is good today ……………………

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  1. A secret purpose or reason for doing something
  2. Compound sentence is sentences with more than one independent clause. Complex sentence is sentences containing a subordinate clause or clauses.
  3. 'But' is used when the two clause express equal contrasting, but 'yet' is used when the second clause is surprising contrast to the first clause.
  4. H,A,F,C,B,I,E,D
  5. 5.1  A. I have never been to Europe, nor have I visited South America.
    B. I am on diet, but I still eat a lot.
    5.2    A. I have many outgoings; therefore, I have to save my money.
    B. You can't park here; however, there is a parking lot just around the corner
  6. Example Compound Sentence – The weather is good today, so I want to go picnic.Complex Sentence - The weather is good today even though the sky is not clear.

Week 8 (Boss & Karn)

  1. What does “rapport” mean and what are its collocations?
  2. Give at least three examples of the technical abbreviations on page 71 and describe their meanings in tourism terms.
  3. You are a guide on a coach, and you want to check the passengers can hear you and introduce your driver. What would you say?
  4. When do we use ‘future continuous’ tense?
  5. Fill in the blank with appropriate responses.
    • A: I have a midterm exam today, but I am not ready. I want to cry now.
    • B: ________________. There’s nothing to worry about. Just do your best.
  6. What’s the difference between “I’m sorry” and “I’m really sorry”?
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  1. Rapport means a good understanding of someone and ability to communicate with them. Its collocations are with and between, for example:
    • She has a good rapport with her staff,
    • There seems to be a better rapport between players and officials now than in the past.    (Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/rapport, and https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/rapport)
  2. The technical abbreviations on page 71 are:
    1. comfort break (n.) a short break (often to use the toilet)
    2. grats (n.) gratuities or tips (a small amount of money for someone who has provided you with a service, in addition to the official amount and for their personal use)
    3. Must Tells (n.) an important information (e.g.story) that the guide must remember to tell the tourists
    4. panoramic (adj.) with a view of a wide area ( e.g. a panoramic tour = a sightseeing tour)
    5. pax (n.) passengers
    6. rooming list (n.) the list detailing which rooms guests are staying in at the hotel
    7. Top Visual Priorities (n.) the most important sights to point out
  3. To check the passengers can hear you: Can you all hear me OK?/To introduce your driver: Your driver today is (name).
  4. We use the Future Continuous when we want to talk about what will be happening at a certain point in the future, for example:
    • Next week they will be flying to Australia from Saudi Arabia,
    • The first train will be departing at 5.30 a.m.
    • We also use future continuous to talk about things that will happen in the future 'as a matter of course', which means it is routine.
  5. Keep calm./Calm down./Don’t worry./Try to relax./Look at me.
  6. The phase “I’m sorry” used to show politeness when refusing something or disagreeing. It can be made stronger and more sincere by adding ‘so‘ or ‘really‘: I’m so sorry we’re late./I’m really sorry about last night.   (Retrieved from https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/2015/04/08/im-so-sorry-the-language-of-apologizing/) 
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