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Showing posts with label Topic 12 Language and Communication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Topic 12 Language and Communication. Show all posts
Monday, 9 December 2013
Sunday, 19 May 2013
The media - extra listenings
When we saw The Media I gave you some photocopies in class, but we couldn't work on the listenings. Here they are so can do them at home.
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Newspaper language
This is Emmi's presentation on News and The Media, covering a good number of phrasal verbs and types of TV programs, together with a few discussion questions.
These are the main characteristics of the language in headlines
Guess what they're advertising
These are some adverts that have been selected at some point in different contests in the last few years. Can you guess what they're advertising?
Listening exam practice - The world of work
So far we've worked on la lot of vocabulary, a few listenings and some grammar. Let's now test it all with a few exam-type listenings. We'll work on the first two in class.
The first listening is about a male model talking about his career.
The second listening is about creativity in business and how to enhance it.
Decide
whether these statements are true or false.
The first listening is about a male model talking about his career.
The second listening is about creativity in business and how to enhance it.
Listen
to an excerpt from a local radio programme. The presenter is
interviewing passers-by in the city centre about the nomination of
Liverpool as European Capital of Culture 2008.
Decide
whether these statements are true or false.- The first speaker is going to open a hotel to take advantage of the increase in tourism in 2008.
- The cost of buying a house has increased since Liverpool was named Capital of Culture.
- The second speaker is looking forward to the opportunity to party.
- Hollywood film companies are going to move to the city.
- There is already a lot of construction work in the streets.
- The last speaker thinks that people are much more positive since Liverpool was chosen as Capital of Culture.
- Listeners will shortly be able to hear one of the people in charge of the cultural programme for 2008.
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
The power of nature - An ice tsunami
Breaking news
Wall of Ice Rises Out of Lake, Destroys Homes
A tsunami-like wave of ice called an ice heave destroyed a dozen two-story homes in Minnesota.
blast............ explosion
heap............ pile
shard........... a piece of broken glass
A real time home-made video showing the breathtaking view of this vast mass of ice moving towards their homes, running over everything on its way and crawling up the walls. Absolutely amazing.
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Writing SMS
This is how we express ourselves in text messages when we talk to our friends. Try and use them from now on, more than one will be just puzzled!
Here's what these abbreviations stand for:
- RU OK? - Are you OK?
- Y NY? - Yes and you?
- OK CU2DAY? - OK. See you today?
- NO 2MORO WER? - No. Tomorrow. Where?
- @J'S. CUL8TR - At John's. See you later.
- LUV B - Love Bob.
- F2T? - Free to talk?
- N. WER RU? - No. Where are you?
- @ WK. NU? - At work. And you?
- @ HM. CU L8TR? - At home. See you later?
- Y. WEN? - Yes. When?
- @7. TA4N. CU - At 7 o'clock. That's all for now. See you.
- OK. B4N. - OK. Bye for now.
These emoticons are a way of adding
emotion to your emails! This shorthand can express emotions in your
text and also save on typing time!
Other phrases - for email or phone:
- LOL - laughed out loud
- BTW - by the way
- IMO - in my opinion
- IMHO - in my humble opinion
- TTFN - ta ta for now [bye for now]
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