Cuối tuần này bạn có kế hoạch gì không? It's Thursday, and the weekend is almost here! 🙌 Last class we learned the Monday question about the past: ✅ How was your weekend? → "It was great! I went to…" Today we learned the Thursday / Friday question about the future: ⭐ Any plans for the weekend? 📅 Mon–Tue: How was your weekend? 📅 Thu–Fri: Any plans for the weekend? 😀 How to answer: 🏖️ I'm going to the beach! 👨‍👩‍👧 I'm seeing my family. 😌 Not much. Just relaxing. 🤷 Nothing special. 🤔 I'm not sure yet. 🌦️ It depends on the weather. 🏓 Then ask back: "How about you?" or just "Any plans?" ↗ 💡 The secret: "Not much" = an opportunity! Invite them: 👉 "Do you want to get coffee Saturday?" 👉 "That sounds fun! What time?" / "I'm not sure. I'll let you know!" 🔊 Sound focus: finish your words! plans → planZ 🐝 · friends → frenZ · just → jusT · works → workS "Any" = EH-nee (not "AN-nee") 🎥 YOUR VIDEO CHALLENGE | THỬ THÁCH VIDEO Record a short video (30–60 seconds) and post it in the comments below 👇 ⏰ Post it before Saturday, while your plans are still in the future! 😉 Imagine a friend asks you: "Hey! Any plans for the weekend?" In your video: ☑️ Answer honestly: "I'm going to… / I'm seeing… / Not much. Just relaxing." ☑️ Ask back: "How about you? Any plans?" ☑️ Invite your friend: "Do you want to ___ Saturday? What do you think?" ☑️ Finish your words: planZ · frenZ · jusT 🐝 💬 Then watch 2 classmates' videos and reply: ✅ "Oh, nice! That sounds fun!" or "Me too!" ✅ + one question: "What time?" / "Where are you going?" 🔁 BONUS for next Thursday: after your weekend, reply to your OWN video: "How was my weekend? It was ___! I went to…" 😄 📱 Keep practicing this week's phrases and ending sounds in the app! 💙 Speak Now. Fix Later. — Cứ nói trước. Sửa sau. 🔄 Bring it back. Connect it. Use it again.

Cuối tuần của bạn thế nào? Every Monday in America starts with ONE question: ⭐ How was your weekend? Use it any day of the week! 👉 How was your day / trip / class / lunch? 😀 How to answer: It was great! · It was good. · It was okay. · It was busy. · It was relaxing. ➕ Add ONE detail: I went to the beach. · I stayed home. · I saw my family. · I worked a lot. 🏓 Then ask back: How about you? · What did you do? ❌ Never just "Fine." 😶 ✅ Answer + detail + ask back = the conversation keeps going! 🔊 Sound focus: weak words Small words are quick and soft: How was your weekend? → "howz-yer WEEK-end?" ↘ It was great! → "i(t)-wuz GREAT!" What did you do? → "whadja DO?" ✍️ We write the long form. 🗣️ We say the short sound. 🎥 YOUR VIDEO CHALLENGE | THỬ THÁCH VIDEO Record a short video (30–60 seconds) and post it in the comments below 👇 Imagine a friend asks you: "Hey! How was your weekend?" In your video: ☑️ Answer with "It was ___!" (tell the TRUTH about your weekend 😄) ☑️ Add one detail: "I went to… / I stayed home… / I saw…" ☑️ Ask back: "How about you? What did you do?" ☑️ Make a plan: "Let's ___ next weekend. What do you think?" ☑️ BONUS: say "howz-yer WEEK-end?" with weak words 😎 💬 Then watch 2 classmates' videos and reply: ✅ "Oh, nice!" or "Me too!" or "That sounds fun!" ✅ + one question: "How was the weather?" / "What did you eat?" 📱 Keep practicing this week's phrases and weak words in the app! 💙 Speak Now. Fix Later. — Cứ nói trước. Sửa sau. 🔄 Bring it back. Connect it. Use it again.

People connect over things they have in common. 💙 Today we learned two tiny phrases that do exactly that: ⭐ Me too! — Tôi cũng vậy! 👉 "I love pho!" → "Me too!" ⭐ Me neither. — Tôi cũng không. 👉 "I don't like rain." → "Me neither." 📌 The rule: ➕ Positive sentence → Me too! ➖ Negative (don't / not / can't) → Me neither. 🙂 Not the same? → "Oh, really? I don't!" (voice goes UP ↗) 🔊 Sound focus: TH Put your tongue between your teeth 👅 🌬️ Quiet TH: think · thanks · Thursday 🐝 Buzzy TH: that · this · neither ❌ "tink" / "dat" ✅ think / that 🎥 YOUR VIDEO CHALLENGE | THỬ THÁCH VIDEO Record a short video (30–60 seconds) and post it in the comments below 👇 Tell us about YOU! In your video: ☑️ Say 2 things you love: "I love ___." ☑️ Say 1 thing you don't like: "I don't like ___." ☑️ Say: "I think Thursday works for me!" (tongue out for TH! 👅) ☑️ BONUS tongue twister: "I think the three of us are free Thursday." 😎 💬 Then watch 2 classmates' videos and reply: ✅ "Me too!" or "Me neither." or "Oh, really? I don't!" ✅ + one question or plan: "Let's get pho Thursday. What do you think?" Let's find out what we have in common! 🤝 📱 Keep practicing TH words and this week's phrases in the app! 💙 Speak Now. Fix Later. — Cứ nói trước. Sửa sau. 🔄 Bring it back. Connect it. Use it again.

This week we're going deeper with "Me too!" and "Me neither." 💪 Before our next class, do this quick 4-minute challenge so we can warm up together! Trước buổi học tới, hãy làm thử thách nhanh 4 phút này nhé! 🎥 PRE-CLASS VIDEO | VIDEO TRƯỚC BUỔI HỌC Record a short conversation (about 1 minute) and post it in the comments below 👇 👥 Practice with a friend, family member or classmate… 🎭 …or play both people yourself! (Turn your head left/right when you switch 😄) Your conversation: 1️⃣ Say hello A: "Hey! How have you been?" B: "Good! Tired, but good." 2️⃣ Find something in common A: "I love ___!" → B: "Me too!" A: "I don't like ___." → B: "Me neither." 3️⃣ Make a plan B: "Let's ___ Thursday. What do you think?" A: "I'm not sure. I'll let you know." …later… "Hi! I checked. Thursday works for me!" ⏱️ Your 4 minutes: 🕐 1 min: practice it out loud (no writing!) 🕑 2 min: record (try again if you want) 🕒 1 min: post it in the comments ✅ Sound checklist: ☑️ Strong T in "too" (a little puff of air 💨) ☑️ Tongue out for TH: think · Thursday · neither 👅 ☑️ Voice up ↗ then down ↘ on "Me too!" Don't worry about mistakes. Just press record! 🎬 We'll watch some videos together in class. 👀 💙 Speak Now. Fix Later. — Cứ nói trước. Sửa sau. 🔄 Bring it back. Connect it. Use it again.

Nói như người Mỹ You already KNOW these phrases: ✅ I'm not sure. ✅ That works for me! ✅ I'll let you know. ✅ What do you think? This week we make them SOUND natural. Same words, American sound! 🎧 Cùng một câu — nhưng nói tự nhiên như người Mỹ. 🔊 Our 5 sound tools: 1️⃣ Short forms: I will → I'll · I am → I'm · did not → didn't 2️⃣ Linking: Let me check → "lemme check" · What do you think? → "whaddaya think?" 3️⃣ Stress: I'll LET you KNOW. · That WORKS for ME. 4️⃣ Melody: Are you free? ↗ · What time? ↘ 5️⃣ The American T: What if…? → "wha-dif?" · Saturday → "Sa-der-day" ✍️ We write "Let me check." 🗣️ We say "lemme check." ⭐ New this week: react with feeling! Oh, nice! — Ồ, hay quá! That sounds fun! — Nghe vui đó! Then ask a question 👉 "Oh, nice! What time?" 🎥 YOUR VIDEO CHALLENGE | THỬ THÁCH VIDEO Record a short video (30–60 seconds) and post it in the comments below 👇 Your friend says: "Guess what? I'm having a party Saturday!" In your video: ☑️ React: "Oh, nice! That sounds fun!" (voice UP… then DOWN!) ☑️ Ask a question: "What time?" ☑️ Say "I'm not sure. I'll let you know" using short forms and linking ☑️ Later: "Hi! I checked. Saturday works for me!" ☑️ BONUS: say Saturday with the American T 😎 Don't try to be perfect. Exaggerate first, then relax! 💙 Then watch 2 classmates' videos and react: "Oh, nice!" + one question. 🏓 📱 Keep practicing the phrases in the app all week! 💙 Speak Now. Fix Later. — Cứ nói trước. Sửa sau. 🔄 Bring it back. Connect it. Use it again.