Day 8

 OBJECTIVES

* Describing Honduran traditional dishes

* Continue studying pronunciation: intonation and stress

* Writing a summary

* Review the Present Perfect Tense

I. REMINDER

Oral Presentation 1: Talking about a Topic of your Choice is due October 18, 19, 20 and 21

For further details, see Blogspot for Day 4.

There is one change in the presentation of schedule:

October 18th: Alvaro, Ana Karenina, Charlie

October 19th: Cristian, Diana, Felix

October 20th: Lesdy,  Grace, Marcia

October 21st: Maria, Noelia, Hada, Rony

Aspects to be evaluated: Content: 20%, Fluency: 25%, Pronunciation: 20%, Grammar: 25%, Individual questions made: 10%

Instructions for the presentation:

All cameras should be turned on.

Every speaker will talk for a minimum of 6 minutes and a maximum of 8 minutes.

A Power-Poin presentation is required.

Don´t read! You may use your notes to guide you through the presentation, but I encourage you to present without reading your not the entire time. 

At the end of each presentation, the rest of the class should be ready to ask at least one questions to the speaker. Questions will be evaluated for grammar and pronunciation.

Failing to present on the day you have been assigned implies a loss of 20 % of your grade. 

II. SPEAKING

TASK: Describe a Honduran Traditional Dish 

You will tell the class the following information:

a) The name of the dish in English 

b) A general description

c) Ingredients

Noelia: Baleada

Maria Fernanda: Catrachas

Diana: Sopa de Caracol

Rony: Tapado Olanchano

Charlie: Mondongo 

Grace: Sopa de frijoles

Lesdy: Alcitrones

Ana Karenina: Torrejas 

Alvaro: Orchata and Guiffity

Cristian: Nacatamales

Marcia: Pollo Chuco

Hada: Yuca con Chicharrón

Felix: Pescado frito con Tajadas

III. PRONUNCIATION: Intonation and Stress

Intonation

Intonation is the rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

These rise/fall communicates meaning.

Ex. She speaks English with a German intonation.

Intonation is responsible for 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 sadness)

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!

Video 1: Intonation and Pitch  

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

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

We stress, or we say louder and longer:  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

Stress and de-stress (or unstressed) words

In the sentences below, which are the CONTENT words and which are the FUNCTION words.

The little baby wanted to be with his mother

We have to study from Monday to Friday.

Our country is located in Central America.

Pronunciation Exercises

1. Video: Pronuncing statements, yes no questions, and wh questions

2. Pronounce the following words/Where is the primary stress

Climate

knowledge

spacious

require

decide

ecstatic

geographic

extension

retribution

democracy

uncertainty

geography

radiology

exceptional

critical

IV. WRITING: Summaries

What is a summary?

It is a brief statement or account of the main points of something (a reading, a lecture, a presentation, etc.)

*A good summary condenses the original text.

*A good summary includes only the most important information, the main ideas in the original text.

*A good summary includes only what is in the original text. I does not include opinions or other information.

*A good summary is written in the writer´s own words.

*A good sumary is well-written (complete sentences, punctuation, connectors, etc.)

Avoid:

*Avoid the use of first person: I, we.

*Avoid giving your opinion.

*Avoid begining with: "The reading is about...", "I read..."  Begin with information from the text.

>>> Let´s write a summary of the Article: How to spot fake news

V. GRAMMAR: Review the Present Perfect Tense

Here it is a list of verbs with their past participles forms.

Exercise