Hi my dear students! How are you? still enjoying of this wonderful holyweek? I hope so. As you noticed, I didn't set anything for homework last week, because everybody was really tired and was eager to have a long break. And you know what? You all deserved it since you have worked very hard.
I know that we have to face the reality, so just as a warm up activity and in order to help you remember what we have been working with, please do the exercises 1, 2 and 3 on pages 24 and 25 of your workbook, they all are about vocabulary on sports and pastimes. Remember, you can scan them or just send me the answers to my email by this Tuesday before 6:00 pm
And as I realized that most of you need to have extra practice on listening, below you will find links to websites that will help you improve this skill.
First, here you have a brief piece of information about pronunciation and intonation. Check it out.
Then, in the following link you will find information and listening examples on how to pronounce and stress sentences in English according to some rules.
And finally, check the information in the following link about "English is a stress-timed language", on this website you will find listening and speaking activities, in addition to a comprenhensive piece of information on this interesting topic, pay attention to the speaking activities and check how the meaning changes depending on where you stress each word, they are very helpful.
When you have checked these pages, the only thing you have to do is record your voice with at least four pairs of words of the examples of the first link "expressions of two words" so that you realise if you can or not, pronounce them differently according to what you have read. Record your voice using your cell phone, or a camera or whatever you want, and take it to class to check it.
See you and take care! I'm eager to see you all!.
See you and take care! I'm eager to see you all!.
