PHONETICS: SHORT & LONG VOWELS

Circle the words you hear in each group

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AMPLIACIÓN 1 · EXAM PREPARATION · 1st TERM: ORAL EXAM (LISTENING + SPEAKING)

LISTENING: Audio text similar to:

-         - “Differences between the UK, Britain and England explained”: See in this blog, in Videos

-          - Relationships: Videos: How to get a boy-/friend; Get any guy you want.

-          - Social networks (Unit 1)

-         - Leaving school. Deciding about your future. (Unit 2).

-          - Phonetics: See vowels in this blog

-          - Job interview.

-          - Study abroad (Unit 3)

-         - Phone calls (pg 18)

-          - Customer rights & Shopping

SPEAKING:

1. Musical reactions: You will hear some kind of music and you will have to talk about the following things:

• would you…a)Turn it off immedaitely? b)Listen carefully? c)Leave it in the background?d)?
• Imagine somebody who loves/hates this music. Describe the person.
• What emotions does it evoke to you?
• What do you see if you close your eyes and listen?
• If this were the background to an advertisement, what sort of product would it be?

2. Talk about somebody special you met. Make a description (both psychological and physical). Talk about when and where you met this person, what were you doing, what was he/she doing, etc.
3. Dialogue between parent & teacher about student.

4.                             Job interview.

5.                             Dialogue customer-shop assistant about faulty product.

6.                             Helena’s Speeches:

a)  University protests in England (compare with situation in Spain).

b)  School system in England (Compare with Spain) (See vocabulary in Unit 2)

c) Halloween in the UK

d) USA Elections system (Compare with Spain)

e) History of pop & rock music in the UK (and how it is related to yhe music you like)

f) Shopping in the UK

CRITERIA FOR SPEAKING EXAM CORRECTION:

Fluency - 25%

Accuracy - 25%

Structures- 25%

Vocabulary- 25%

USA STATE CAPITAL CITIES

The capital cities of the States of the United States are not usually the biggest cities. For instance, the capital of California is not Los Angeles, but Sacramento; or the capital of the state of New York is not New York City, but Albany.

Take a look at the map:

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With these funney videos you'll be able to learn the Capital States with music

FALSE FRIENDS

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FALSE FRIENDS

WORD	DEFINITION/MEANING	SIMILAR  WORD  IN SPANISH	ENGLISH SYNONYM  TO THE SPANISH WORD
Terrific	Fabulous	terrorífico	Frightening, terrifying
Facilities	instalaciones	facilidad
Library
Resume
Conductor
Actually
Constipated
Embarrassed
Record
Sensible
To dispose of	To get rid of
platform			Podium/ oil rig
eventually	In a future		temporarily
Carpet	rug
Exit

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HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: THE ANGLOSAXONS

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Old English was the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons. It is very diffrent to today´s English (Contemporanean English). If a Spanish person reads a text in Old Spanish, he or she could understand most of it, but if an English person reads a text in Old English, very little could be understood.

Why has English changed more than Spanish throughout the centuries? Because of the many invasions England had: Vikings, Danish, Normans...

Barbarians The Saxons Video

Watch the video "BARBARIANS: SAXONS. PART 1 OF 5" and answer these

Questions:

1. Why were the Saxons recruited for the Roman army?
2. What Gods did the Saxons/Germans have?
3. Why were the Saxons forced to emigrate?
4. Why did the Romans abbandon Britain?
5. Why did the Britons call the Saxons to come to Britain?
6. What was the difference between the first and the second Saxon migrations to Britain?

Check this vocabulary before watching the video:

Raid, Raiders

mighty warriors

Merciless brutality,  (mercy)

Treachery (traitor) = betrayal (betrayer)

Conquest, conqueror

380 AD ( Anno Domini)  ; BC: Before Christ

Norse: Nordic, Scandinavian

Wotan= Odin; Thor

Villages were washed away= flooded, flood

The Romans ruled Britain with an iron fist

Ravage

Slaughtered

Famine, to starve

Tyrant= dictator, dictatorship

Lavish feast

He squealed when I sliced him open

Rewards: prize

For good

supplies    

to settle, settler, settlement 

PHONETICS: CONSONANTS

This pictures will help you to learn the phonetic symbols of the consonats.

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The English phonetic system

PHONETICS: VOWELS

This picture will help you to learn the phonetic symbols of the vowels

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The English Phonetic System