1P4L1 Making conversation

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Speaking and making conversation

15 April

18 April

1906

Major earthquake in San Francisco 7.9 at the Richter Schale. At 5 AM a noise "like the roar of 10,000 lions". 

Followed by a fire that levelled 500 blocks in the inner city.

18 April

Over 3,000 died, more that 250,000 people were left homeless.

San Andreas Fault between the North American plate and the Pacific plate

18 April

Independence Day in Zimbabwe

Rhodesia was a British colony until 1980

Today's programme

• Attendance
  
• Warm-up
• Pronunciation
• Numbers, measurements
• Assignments speaking and making conversation

Warm-up

• Write down a short speech (key words) about why we should visit your hometown (it can be imaginary).
• Preparation time: 5 minutes
• Duration: 1 minute
• Everyone has a turn, you can do this by yourselves or in pairs (2 students)
• And we listen to each others speech.

Today's goals

At the end of this lesson you will know:

numbers and measurements, British vs American pronunciation and have practised speaking English

In which countries is English an official language?

Around 60 sovereign countries have English as an official language, such as

the obvious UK, USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

But also South-Africa, Singapore, Philipines, Barbados, Sint Maarten, Kenya, several Caribbean islands.

Do you pronounce the words with an American or English accent?

Different pronunciation?

British:

r - when followed by a vowel sound (klinker) - (at beginning of word) 

   - ring / marry

t - hard t - better (no pronunciation of r)

American:

r - every r in a word - butter

t - sound like d - butter sounds like budder

There are also differences between American and British English in the areas of spelling and vocabulary 

how do you pronounce...

bath 

tomatoes

laugh

ask

ear

better

mobile

british vs american

Numbers and measurements

Measurements

1 inch

1 foot (12 inches)

1 mile

Hoeveelheden

2,54 cm

30,48 cm

1,6 km

Assignment: meeting

Planning a meeting

• Per groep bereid je een vergadering voor.
• Verdeel alle taken en maak een rapportage met alle informatie .
• In week 22/23 zijn de vergaderingen tijdens de les. 
• Elke groep krijgt een eigen opdracht.

Homework

Making conversation A1 vocab

Speaking A1 vocab

See you next week!!!