Day 6

 OBJECTIVES

* Reading: Finding main ideas in an article

 * Writing: Learning to write summaries in English

 * Pronunciation: Practicing Intonation in English

 * Grammar: 

a. Reviewing the Simple Present and the Present Progressive

b. Reviewing the order of adjectives before a noun


SPEAKING: Using the Simple Present Tense to describe sequential pictures.


READING COMPREHENSION: How to Spot Fake News 

What is the main idea of a paragraph?


WRITING: How to Write a Summary in English


SINGING: Song: Happy for You  (Singer: Lukas

 Graham)

Lyrics for the song here.


GRAMMAR:

a. Exercising the order of adjectives before a noun

b.  Using the Present Progressive/Continous Tense

c. The Simple Present versus the Present Progrssive


PRONUNCIATION: Intonation and Word Stress

Intonation is the melody of a language; it is how we say things.

Video 1: Intonation and Pitch 

When we talk we raise or lower our voice and this has meaning. So, when you learn English you not only have to learn grammar and vocabulary, you also have to learn how to say things.

Consider the expression: 

 I am happy. (say it with happines)

I am  happy (say it with no emotion)

I am happy (with sarcarsm)

I am happy (say it as a question)

Learning intonation is crucial to become an advanced English learner. 

Intonation Patterns (Pitch)

     Falling intonation: Use it at the end of most regular statements or questions that are not yes-no questions. 

                Today is Thursday.     Water boils at 100 Degrees Celcius

                Where are you going tomorrow afternoon?

     Rising intonation: Use it at the end of yes-no questions or when you went to show surprise, disbelief, or anger.

                 Are you leaving early?

                 You stole money?!

                 She´s comming tomorrow!

Stress is about which sounds we emphasize in words and sentences. 

Sentences have strong beats (stressed words) and weak beats (unstressed words).

We stress, say louder,  Content words because they carry meaning: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, interrogative words, negative auxiliaires.

Function words receive less volume than content words. Function words: pronouns, prepositions, conjuctions, articles, auxiliaty words

Video: Stress, content words, function words

Examples

Video 6: Intonation 


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