EF34 11:00am Feb16

 

Good morning, everybody.

We will get started at 11:00.

Our virtual sightseeing spot in Canada:

Adams Lake, Saskatchewan

Difficult pronunciation sounds for different languages:

Spanish speaker – y j yellow jello

Japanese speaker – r l little red rooster

Chinese speaker (Mandarin? Cantonese?) – th this three, free, shree

- r l RV R- might be not quite perfect

- owl – vowel , ow ‘l’- hard part

After you are older than a small child, it’s hard to lose an accent or take on the accent of another language.

To help reduce accent, to help improve trouble sounds

minimal pairs – two words with only one sound difference

e.g. l & r

lay ray – repeat these over and over and over, differentiate them, 

record yourself on your phone, teaching your mouth and tongue muscles the difference

pal pair – repeat repeat repeat

Can you hear the difference? Hearing it is step 1.

would / good / wood / should -same vowel sound

Indian languages - V W

Out of context it can be hard to decipher an accent.

You probable have only one of two sounds that you have trouble with.

Focus on those.

Vietnamese speakers – do not pronounce last consonant of a word.

wood – woo

cat – ca

wheel – whea

As adults, we learn a new language through the our understanding of our first language.

Vancouver – my mother-in-law – Chinese , English place names sound like Chinese.

Arbutus Street – ar bu te

Victoria – vic to li a

translate the sound 

We don’t want to do that so much. We want to continue to push ourselves to refine our pronunciation. We will never lose our accent, but we don’t have to. An accent sounds wonderful. We can improve our trouble spots.

Canada, especially Vancouver, is a mix of many languages, cultures, accents, etc.

My wife, Ling, learned English in Vancouver by playing volleyball.

-meeting people, talking with people, daily usage

-going for coffee, making friends

Hobbies are a great way to meet people in a new city.

-photography

-sports

-music

-hiking

Meetup groups  meetup.com

-meet some new people who like to do your activity in group

Today’s agenda:

1. Go over Quiz 1

2. Begin compound sentences

Quiz1

Write a simple sentence for each.

Doublespace.

14-16 point font.

Email to me as an attachment by 11:55

The quizzes went very well. You did a great job.

1. SV phone

Marie has a new phone.

2. SVV park

The kids run and play in the park.

3. Imperative window

command – tell someone to do something

Close the window.

Close the window, please.

Please close the window.

4. Interrogative vacation

question

Do you want to go on vacation with me?

Where did you go for your vacation last month?

5. SSV mountain

The mountain and lake are beautiful.

I like hiking and camping. hiking and camping – not verbs, nouns gerunds

6. SV bicycle

You ride your bicycle to the market.

Tomorrow we can look at your examples from the quiz. We will share them in Chat.