key concepts in english (in 5 wedges !)

KEY CONCEPTS in English (in 5 wedges!)

Developed by Anne Dwyer, APAC, Barcelona 2013

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AskedAnsweredAppealedCommunicatedDecidedDeterminedEncouragedFiguredGeneratedHandledHackedIced

JoggedListenedMovedNamedOpenedPaintedPlayedRestedSearchedTalkedWalkedZoomed

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The final ‘d’ Group the following:

How much money is made out of that exercise?

Is/Was it worth it? Is it efficient? Is it effective? Does it really make a difference? Is it really a valid exercise?

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How long did that take?

They talked about their childhood. They talked together for ages.

They listened to each other. They listened and did not interrupt.

They walked down the street. They walked to the end of the street.

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Same or Different?

Always pronounce the ‘d’

But never the ‘e’Unless it comes after a ‘t’ or a ‘d’

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A simple rule

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1. PRONUNCIATION: Traditional view

LONG SHORT +R +W/L COMMENTS

A ATE /eɪ/ AT /æ/ ART /a:/*PARENTS /eǝ/

ALL, AWFUL /ɔ:/

E WE /i:/ WET /e/ WERE, HER /ɜ:/

NEW /iu:/

I BITE /aɪ/ BIT /ɪ/ BIRD /ɜ:/O NOTE /ǝʊ/

*TOY /ɔɪ/NOT /ɒ/*SON /ʌ/

NOR /ɔ:/*WORD /ɜ:/

Work is the worst word in the world!

U TUNE /iu:/ FUN /ʌ/ TURN /ɜ:/

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PRONUNCIATION (stiff upper lip)

2 syllables (normally, 2nd to last) Mo-dern, Cast-le, An-gle

3+ syllables (normally 3rd to last)

Ìn-terest, Còm-panyPhó-tograph, Photò-grapherPò-licy, Pò-litics, Politì-cian, Polì-tically

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SYLLABLE STRESS: the ‘general rule’

One smile per group of words (3 – 5, normally)

What do we stress? KEY words and ATTENTION words!:

Adjectives: a BLUE car, BLACKberryNumbers: THREE members of the club

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SENTENCE STRESS

Shaped by and in turn shaping our national institutions is our character as a people: stubborn, stoical, indignant at injustice. "The Saxon," wrote Kipling, "never means anything seriously till he talks about justice and right."

Not for the first time, we have been slow - perhaps too slow - to wake up to the threat we face. Now is the time to "talk about justice and right", and to act on our words.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/3618632/Ten-core-values-of-the-British-identity.html

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ACTIVITY: READING ALOUD

Shaped by / and in turn shaping /our national institutions/ is our character as a people//: stubborn ◞, stoical ◞, indignant at injustice. "The Saxon, ◞ " wrote Kipling, ◞ "never means anything seriously/ ◞ till he talks about justice ◞ and right."

Not for the first time ◞, we have been slow - perhaps too slow - to wake up to the threat/ we face. Now is the time /to "talk about justice ◞ and right", and to act ◞ on our words.

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Where are you going to pause?

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2. Word Order: Traditional Syntaxis

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My version:Grammar on the body

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My version: Questions

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My Version: Sentences

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My Version: Predicate/Details

Work in pairsA deliberately makes a mistake in word order,

B uses the body model to correct A

“There are two things young childen rarely get wrong, vowels and word order” Penny Leach

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ACTIVITY: Please correct me

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3. PREPOSITIONS

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Prepositions: conventional approach

There are three types of prepositions

Place Prepositions Time Prepositions Direction Prepositions

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What’s the difference IN v INTO?

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ON? ABOVE? OVER?

• Prepositions = Relationships

• Fixed• Moving• Conceptual

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PREPOSITIONS: My (Anne Dwyer) Approach

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FIXED PREPOSITIONS

Anti Besides Concerning During For Regarding Since With

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CONCEPTUAL PREPOSITIONS

Guess the preposition: Work with your neighbor

Use your hands to illustrate a preposition The other partner needs to guess the

preposition Exchange roles and do the same

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ACTIVITY: Guess the preposition

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Spot the mistake

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4. VERBAL TIMES

This morning A minute ago This year March This evening From 2000 – 2005 Since 2005 The economic crisis C,C,O,C,O,C, O, O

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PAST: Open? Closed?

On Friday On Fridays Today Every day In the evening In the evenings This evening S, G, S, G, B, G, S

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PRESENT: General? Specific?Both?

Maybe I think Perhaps I’m sure ???

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FUTURE

0 = Scientific Fact : Present, PresentWater evaporates when you boil it 1st = Real Possibility: Present/Open

Past, FutureI’ll go/I’m going/I’m going to go to London

IF/WHEN/AS SOON AS/ /PROVIDED ... I find/I have found a cheap ticket

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5. CONDITIONALS

2nd: imaginary (not REAL) PACO/COPA (Past, Conditional)

I would take a long holiday if I had the money.If I lived in Paris I would speak French every day.

3rd: impossible, nostalgic: – for teenagers, football fans, the immature and the British! PAPACO (Past perfect, (Past) Conditional)

If Barça had won the league, would Guardiola have stayed?/would Guardiola still be manager?

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CONDITIONALS

1. READ simple books and texts2. TALK TO YOURSELF 5 minutes a day3. RUNNING dictations4. Practice the ‘English mouth’ /ɜ:/, /ʌ/5. WATCH/LISTEN to original version

material6. Watch the news on TV3 and 3/247. Remember $$$

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IMPROVING FLUENCY

Thanks Thank you Thank you very much

Gràcies

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ANY QUESTIONS?