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Sometimes, English students speak English as if it were a telegram! Connectors are words that are used to connect our ideas, also when talking.
Here you have some useful ones:
Now let’s practise!
For 2 minutes, talk about a topic, using these connectors:
Talk about…MUSIC
SPORTS
TV
IBI
YOUR HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
…
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You can download this exercise: Fill in the blanks with the lyrics.
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Vocabulary from the video:
factory: fábrica
business: mgeocio
supplies: suministro
to manufacture: fabricar
employment: empleo
century: siglo
transformation:
considered:
toy centre: considerado
development: desarrollo
market: mercado
safety: seguridad
quality meausures: medidas de calidad
design: diseño
Asian countries: países asiáticos
toy manufacturers: fabricantes de juguetes
production process: proceso de producción
parts: piezas
diversified industry: industria diversificada
moulding: moldeo
packaging: empaquetado
transport: transporte
entrepreneurs: empresarios
message: mensaje
to export: exportar
inhabitants: habitantes
industrial estates: polígonos industriales
rubber: goma, caucho
turnover:volumen de negocios
square metres: metros cuadrados
innovation: innovación
aerospace: aeroespacial
food: comida
chemicals: químicos
recycling: reciclaje
machinery: mecanizado
automobiles: automóviles
toy: juguete
cosmetics: cosmética
companies: empresas
construction: construcción
environment: medio ambiente
graphic arts: artes gráficas
hospitality: sector hospitalario
metallurgy: metalurgia
plastics: plásticos health: salud steel: acero furniture: muebles paper: papel
assembling: montaje
motorway: autovía
railway station
airport: aeropuerto
port: puerto
investment: inversión
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Let’s learn the conditional sentences with songs.
First conditional
Second Conditidional
Third Conditional:
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Listening carefully to English songs and repeat or sing the lyrics will help you to improve your pronunciation. Besides, it will increase your knowledge of vocabulary and grammar structures. You will start using thos structures in your speaking. On the other hand, you will improve your listening comprehension.
Here are some videos with lyrics:
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You can practice the pronunciation of -ed ending.
Task: find an English song that you can understand and work with lyrics. Here you have the instructions for the task.
Also, check this post
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Very often my students are not aware of the importance of pronouncing English words correctly. The sounds of a language change the meaning of a word. For example, if you want to make the difference between the present simple and the past simple of a regular verb, you need to pronounce the -ed ending correctly.
I want- I wanted
We practised with the picture taken from https://www.woodwardenglish.com/
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The film V for Vendetta deals with the historic fact of the gunpowder plot.
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Working with rhymes is a good exercise for our students. They learn pronunciation and intonation.
There are many versions of the rhyme that have survived in different parts of England since the 17th century.
Most begin with the same or very similar words. This is the basic form:
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Bonfire Night is celebrated in Britain every year on the fifth of November.
The next videos present the origin of this celebration:
Who was Guy Fawkes?
Here you can read about Guy Fawkes:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd8fv9q/articles/zdrrcj6
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