Reminder: Save Saturday, June 23, for the World Beat Festival at Salem's Riverfront Park; tell Professor Post NOW if you cannot volunteer all day that day, as this is a required activity.

Classroom phrases:

• Excuse me, could you please repeat that.
• Professor Post, I couldn't quite understand. Would you please explain that again?
• May I ask a question, please?
• Could you please give us an example? Could you please give us another example?
• Could you please speak more slowly?
• What does ___________ mean?
• How do you spell ________________ ?
• How do you pronounce this/that?

Pronunciation and grammar:

(verb: the action) to volunteer

• Simple present: I volunteer each summer, and she volunteers each summer, too.
• Present progressive: I am volunteering this term.
• Present perfect: I have volunteered many times in Japan.
• Present perfect progressive: I have been volunteering with the elderly for four years. He has . . .
• Simple past: I volunteered last year.
• Past progressive: I was volunteering last Saturday when I received a call from my roommate.
• Past perfect: I had volunteered at the elementary school before I began to learn Spanish.
• Past perfect progressive: I had been volunteering for three days when I was asked to increase my hours.
• Simple future: I will volunteer tomorrow at the hospital.
• Future progressive: I will be volunteering tomorrow while the other students are playing tennis.
• Future perfect: I will have volunteered 100 hours before I return to Japan.
• Future perfect progressive: I will have been volunteering for four hours by the time I have a lunch break.

(adjective) volunteer (example: volunteer activities = adjective + noun)

(noun: the concept, the idea) volunteerism

(noun: being a volunteer; the act of volunteering) volunteering

(noun: a person) a/the volunteer / volunteers (more than one)

Vocabulary:

non-profit organization = NPO / non-profit organizations = NPOs

A small or large non-governmental organization or business that does not make extra money beyond expenses and provides services for people or for worthy causes.

worthy cause = something worthwhile = a valuable reason = an important act

without payment = without receiving money

volunteerism

• Helping other people
• Helping without receiving payment
• Contribution your time for a worth cause
• Making a positive difference = making the world a better place = helping us understand each other
• Doing more than what is necessary

soup kitchens = places that serve meals to the homeless

food banks = places where hungry or poor people can go to get food to cook at home

domestic violence = violence inside a family; often men hurting their wives or children

shelters for women = places where women who are victims of domestic violence can stay with their children

youth centers = places for children and teenagers to go and do a variety of activities, games and sports

litter = garbage or trash in public places: on sidewalks, streets, etc.

vandalism = damage of public property

SOLV = Stop Oregon Litter and Vandalism; a non-profit organization in Oregon that reduces litter and vandalism

the elderly = older people = people older than approximately 65 or 70 (note: "old people" is impolite; we say "older people" or "the elderly"

caregiving = caring for children, for older people, for the disabled, and so forth

respite care = temporary care of someone who is ill or disabled, so that a family member who is a caregiver can have some time away from home to relax, shop, visit family or friends, etc.

natural disasters = floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc. = events over which we have no control

Additional concepts mentioned in class

Volunteerism changes through time

• For example, energy shortages and changes in the environment changes what people volunteer to do
• For example, as homelessness increases, volunteering changes
• For example, as the percenage of older people grows, volunteering changes