Class 3

Week 3

1. Why is pronunication important? This is why!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh5xu35bAxA

2.   Practice: pronunciation and word stress

3. Practice: Phone number game

boat – bought

mad – mud

heat – hit

bit – bet

zen – then

live – leave

Native English speech patterns:

 i can take a message right now/ i can’t take a message right now 

4. Vocab:  Telephone English

5. Listening and comprehension:

- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit1telephone/4appointments.shtml

- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit1telephone/1connecting.shtml

- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit1telephone/3wrongnumber.shtml

- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit1telephone/5flights.shtml

- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit1telephone/2messages.shtml

5. Speaking : Roleplays

6. Speaking:  Questions using 'get'
                   

7. Homework: For each expression with the word get, try to find a synonym and replace it in the sentence. Remember to conjugate it correctly so that it fits into the sentence!

For example: What worries you most about getting old? -> What worries you most about ageing / becoming older?