“So do I” and “neither do I” are a form of response not easily understood by learners of English and they are usually replaced with a shorter, more common, and more informal answer “me too”.
This is a question that comes from one of my YouTube viewers and it is related to ILA school from Vietnam:
Recently I have been asked by so many people the same question “Should I move to Vietnam?”. Well, my answer is “yes, you should ”
but this answer is not really for everybody. Keep reading and you will understand what I mean by that.
Sentence stress refers to the stronger accent on certain words in spoken English within a sentence. It is similar to word stress but the word stress refers to the accent of one syllable within a word.
Schwa sound is the most commonly used sound in English language. It’s phonemic symbol is /ə/ and it is the only one sound in English language that has a name. Schwa sound is unstressed and week and pronouncing it properly makes your English to sound better. Schwa sound can be found only in unstressed syllables and any vowel sound can be pronounced like schwa.
The purpose of the lesson: Talking about your school timetable
Size of the class: 40 students
Age: 11-12 years old
Level: Elementary
If I like something about Saigon is how it is decorated during Lunar New Year. I might say that Saigon is spectacular!
We find a similar situation in the rise-fall tone case as we have seen with the fall-rise tone. If the tonic syllable is followed by a single syllable in the tail, the “rise” part of the tone takes place on the tonic syllable (the first one) and the “fall” part on the second syllable (see the examples below).
| Direct speech | Reported (indirect) speech |
|---|---|
| “I love you.” | He said that he loved her. |
| “I want to see you tomorrow.” | He told her that he wanted to see her again. |
| “I can help you.” | He said that he could help me. |
| “I spoke to him.” | He told me that he had spoken to him. |
| “I will learn the lesson.” | He told me that he would learn the lesson. |
| “I have been at home since 5 o’clock.” | He said that he had been at home since 5 o’clock. |
| “Do you want to eat?” | He asked her if she wanted to eat. |
| “Where do you study?“ | He asked her where she studied. |
The focus of the lesson: Teaching relative clauses
Size of the class: 40 students
Age: 14 years old/grade 8
Level: Beginner/A2
Length of the lesson: 45 minutes