中国学生英语

Learn English Language Grammar and Parts-of-Speech for Chinese Speakers

This course is designed to be simple to learn English for Chinese students.

It includes 10 articles that explain the parts of speech in English such as nouns, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections and determiners.

By the end of this course you will improve your English proficiency.

Dr Seamus Zoom ID: 599 393 1571

Introduce Yourself

Hello my name is ___________
Please call me ___________ (nickname / English name)
I am from _______ and my favorite food is ___________

Hello my name is Wang (王)
Please call me John
I am from Shanghai and my favorite food is mapo tofu

What do you like to do?

The things you like to do in your spare time when not studying or working (or sleeping) are called hobbies. For example:

What hobbies do you have? 你有什么爱好 (listen)

I like singing 我喜欢唱歌 (listen)

Choose the activities that you like to do:
(click on the link to listen to the hobby)

Sing – 唱歌 – sing
Cook – 烹饪 – cook
Play football – 踢足球 – play football
Play basketball – 打篮球 – play basketball
Listen to music – 听音乐 – listen to music
Read – 看书 – read
Watch movies – 看电影 – watch movies
Surf the net – 上网 – surf the net
Travel – 旅行 – travel
Take photographs – 摄影 – take photographs
Ski – 滑雪 – ski
Scuba diving – 潜水 – scuba diving

Jog – 慢跑 – jog
Swim – 游泳 – swim
Fishing – 钓鱼 – fishing
Play badminton – 打羽毛球 – play badminton
Play Tai Chi – 打太极 – play Tai Chi
Paint – 绘画 – paint
Dance – 跳舞 dance
Walk – 散步 – walk
Dining out – 出去吃饭 – dining out
Shopping – 逛街 – shopping
Rock climbing – 攀岩 – rock climbing
Practice yoga – 做瑜伽 – practice yoga

What would you like to learn?

Let me know what you would like to learn

Lessons

TODAY SPECIAL LESSON – speaking exercise

Listening Practice - complete the song lyrics

Weekdays (pdf download)
Jobs – nouns
Subjects – Wonderful World by Sam Cooke
Verb Past Tense – You Needed Me by Anne Murray
Verbs & 3rd person – Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars
Verb Present Perfect – I Still Haven’t Found What I am Looking For by U2
Pronouns – I’m with you by Avril Lavigne
Articles – Sound of Silence
Prepositions – Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles
Adjectives – Silent Night
Adverbs – Lost Boys by Ruth B.

Introduction to Grammar

Do you want to master grammar in order to speak and write in English without errors?

To learn English we need to understand how to form a sentence and what the parts of the sentence mean. These parts are called parts of speech and the course will look at each of these and how they are used in English sentences.

1 – first person single – I 我
2 – second person single – you 你
3 – third person single – he / she / it 他她它
1 – first person plural- we 我们
2 – second person plural – you 你们
3 – third person plural- they 他们

Parts of Speech

nouns
verbs
pronouns
adverbs
adjectives

prepositions
conjunctions
interjections
determiners

Nouns

Proper nouns
Common nouns
Noun vocabulary
- family
- countries
- jobs
Singular and plural nouns
Irregular nouns
countable / incountable nouns

Verbs

Introduction to verbs
Verb agreement
Verb tense – simple, continuous
Linking / Helping Verbs
Irregular verbs
Verb aspect
Verb tense – continuous (progressive)
Verb tense – perfect
Verb tense – perfect continuous / progressive
Modal verbs

Pronouns

Introduction to pronouns
Relative pronouns
Subject, verb & object pronouns

Adverbs

Introduction to adverbs
adverb use and examples
types of adverbs
adverbs vs adjectives

Adjectives

Introduction to adjectives
Opposites
Types of adjectives
Emotions
Comparatives & superlatives
Order of adjectives

Prepositions

prepositions of place
prepositions of movement
prepositions of time
phrasal verbs (with prepositions)

Determiners

A determiner introduces or modifies a noun

role of determiners
articles
definite and indefinite Articles

Conjunctions

Introduction to Conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions
Subordniating Conjunctions

Interjections

Oh no! It’s not interjections!

2023 lessons

Here are the lessons from this course in 2023 in pdf documents for download.

English for Chinese Speakers

This is a guide to learning English designed for Chinese speakers.

If you want to learn English as a second language to Chinese your first language then this course with help you with how to write and speak English, pronunciation, and all things for English learners.

English Language Learning

There are many ways to help you with your learning. Many Chinese students like learning apps on their phone, online English, or even English books.

It is good if you have an interest in something like TV programs, films or social media that has English speaking and English words to improve your skills.

This is useful not only for practice but also to learn how speakers of English rise and lower their voice (intonation), pronunciation and English vocabulary

Teaching English

This website does not include IELTS or TOEFL, English tutors or private lessons. but there are many articles and online courses that you may find useful (see articles).

Chinese and English Languages

There are many differences between Chinese languages like Mandarin and Cantonese and English (not just the alphabets), therefore there are common areas that learners will find difficult.

During this series we will help students with these areas that are challenging for Chinese speakers like the ‘r’, ‘l’, ‘w’, ‘v’ and ‘th’ sounds, consonant clusters and plural forms of words.