English in 5 pages!

English in 5 pages!

KEY CONCEPTS developed by Anne Dwyer

Presented to families and friends of IES Jaume Balmes, 29/05/12

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1. Prepositions

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Prepositions: conventional approach

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PREPOSITIONS: My (Anne Dwyer) Approach

• Prepositions = Relationships

• Fixed• Moving• Conceptual

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What’s the difference IN v INTO?

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ON? ABOVE? OVER?

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FIXED PREPOSITIONS

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PREPOSITIONS

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2. PRONUNCIATION: Traditional view

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PRONUNCIATION (stiff upper lip)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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SYLLABLE STRESS

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

3+-syllable (normally 3rd to last)

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

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SENTENCE STRESS

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

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

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3. 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

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4. VERBAL TIMES

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PAST: Open? Closed?

• 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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PRESENT: General? Specific?Both?

• 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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FUTURE

• Maybe• I think• Perhaps• I’m sure• ???

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4. VERBAL TIMES

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5. CONDITIONALS

• 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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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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IMPROVE your FLUENCY

1. READ simple books and texts2. TALK TO YOURSELF 5 minutes a day3. RUNNING dictations4. WATCH/LISTEN to original version material5. The ‘English mouth’ /ɜ:/, /ʌ/

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ANY QUESTIONS?

• Thanks• Thank you• Thank you very much

• Gràcies

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