Lesson 4 term 1.4 2021-2022

• English
• HBO
• Studiejaar 1

Welcome to Term 1.4 -lesson 4

Public speaking: meetings

Programme

- pronunciation practice- glottal stop

- different British accents

- Differences British vs American language + quiz 

-Tongue twisters + practice

- quiz (words gastronomy)

- practice case 3

- introduction case 4

British dialects examples:

-Cockney (London)

-Scouse accent (Liverpool)

- Geordie (Newcastle)

-Welsh (Wales)

- Scots (Scotland)

-North Irish (Nothern Ireland)

American dialects examples:

- Northern

-Northern Midland

- Southern Midland

- Southern

- Western dialects

Differences in British vs American English

-spelling

- pronunciation

-vocabulary

quizizz.com

Pronunciation practice

The glottal stop is most often heard replacing a syllable-final /t/ before another consonant sound:

witness/button/football/ notebook/ wetsuit/ I can’t see./What time?/Eight thirty/ kitten/background

Glottal stop (sounds like the hiccups)

Tongue twisters

Fuzzy Wuzzy

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,

Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,

Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?

Tongue twisters

Woodchuck

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood

As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

Tongue twisters

She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.

The shells she sells are sea-shells, I’m sure.

For if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore

Then I’m sure she sells seashore shells.”

Tongue twisters

Through three cheese trees, three free fleas flew.

While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.

Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.

Freezy trees made these trees’ cheese freeze.

That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze.”

Your destination for case 3?

I love lemon meringue pie because of the contrast between the sugary meringue and the ……lemon curd.

1. sour
2. sweet
3. tangy
4. savoury

I have decided to become a vegetarian, and to forego the ……..steaks and other meats that my mother prepares so well.

1. succulent
2. tangy
3. culinary
4. tender

Many Western Europeans have adopted the ………..of the countries they occupied. The Dutch, for example, love Indonesian dishes.

1. culinary
2. cuisine
3. palate
4. savour

She really cannot cook! She boils everything into oblivion, uses no herbs or spices; everything tastes very ……

1. sour
2. insipid
3. tangy
4. bland

My sister has a sweet tooth, but I like …………dishes better.

1. garnished
2. palatable
3. sour
4. savoury

Do you think our customers would be willing to …………..more for exclusive dishes like fresh oysters?

1. fork out
2. garnish
3. produce
4. enhance

Forget about fancy stuff like champagne, oysters and caviar: I prefer the simple ……..

1. cuisine
2. fare
3. garnish
4. savour

The portions were so small that we even ate all the edible …… off our plates, including the branches of parsley

1. garnish
2. palate
3. savoury
4. cuisine

Where is the stress in the word 'itinerary'?

1. itineRAry
2. iTInerary
3. itiNErary
4. Itinerary

Where is the stress in the noun 'produce' (the food that grows on a farm)

1. PROduce
2. proDUCE

Where is the stress in the word 'gastronomic'?

1. GAStronomic
2. gasTROnomic
3. gastroNOmic
4. gastronoMIC

The verb 'analyse' has the stress in the first syllable: Analyse.
But where is the stress in the noun?

1. Analysis
2. aNAlysis
3. anaLYsis
4. analySIS

Work with your exam group

Discuss  case 3  in class

Plan a gastronomic tour

You have 25 minutes

(also practice each case with your group during the week)

Homework

-prepare case 4 individually

-read the case description and background information

-with your group: divide roles

- decide with your group: what will be agenda items?

Now you're ready for lesson 5!