BBC LEARNING ( HARD COURSE UNIT 1 )
In the first session, we learned 6 top tips for revising - Summary.
1. Don't revise at the last minute
2. Rewrite your notes
3. Make a timetable
4. Revise different areas of language each day
5. Revise with classmates
6. Don't try to memorize everything
In the first session there were 4 quizzes
In the second session, we learned news review related Beckham's email hacked.
The story : Compared with his playing days as a footballer, David Beckham is generally not tabloid fodder very often these days. Over the weekend, that abruptly changed. Hacked emails on the website Football Leaks appear to show both his anger at being denied a knighthood and his irritation that other celebrities had received honours.
Key words and phrases
leak
the act of making private information known to the public
blackmail
get money from someone by threatening to reveal their secrets
fury
extreme anger
In the second session there were 3 quizzes
Reinstate : Judges in the US are deciding whether to reinstate President Trump's travel ban. How do we pronounce the word reinstate?
How do you say 'reinstate'?
- There are three syllables: re-in-state
- The stress is on the third syllable: reinSTATE
- For some speakers, there's a soft /j/ sound between re and in
- In phonemic script, the word is written like this: /ri:ɪn'steɪt/
In the third session there were 3 quizzes
In fourth session, we learned word stress.
Mark word stress
Apart from word stress focussed
lessons, it’s always a good idea to mark word stress when teaching new
vocabulary. It's particularly important to focus on the items where
mispronunciation will cause an issue. Use a visually clear and
consistent style. Circles, squares, lines… red, blue, green – but
whatever it is, stick to it!
Learner independence
Help learners become more
independent by getting them to make a written record of word stress, as
well as showing them how to identify word stress in a dictionary. That
way, when the apocalypse comes and mobile communication finally fails,
they will still be able to cope.
Major and minor stress
More capable learners will
be familiar with and have a better understanding of word stress, so
consider teaching them about minor and major stress in more complicated
words.
Make it memorable and fun
Use physical techniques
to make learning and practising word stress memorable and fun. Clap,
tap, hum, whistle, sing, whisper, shout, use the rubber band method, and
bounce!
Teach the rules
Teach and/or encourage noticing
of word stress rules where possible. This reduces the workload for both
you and the students and allows them to use the rules outside the
classroom in future.
In the fourth session there were 3 quizzes
Summary
As…as expressions are used to compare things of a similar nature. In
between the as...as we put an adjective,adverb or adjective noun
combination:
I am as cold as ice.
He ran as quickly as he could.
She is as clever a person as Albert Einstein.
Adverb and Preposition
The first as is an
adverb, modifying the following adverb or adjective. The second as is
either a preposition when connecting to noun or pronoun: He was as big
as a mountain, or a conjunction when connecting to a clause: He was as
tall as he would ever grow.
Using nouns
When using a noun between as…as, it is important to remember the article a or an:
It was as bright a day as I have seen in a long time.
It was as provoking an exhibition as the one before it.
Negatives
To make as…as expressions negative, use 'not' before them. When using a negative, the first as can be substituted with so:
I am not as clever as you.
I am not so clever as you.
There are many common idiomatic expressions in English using this structure:
She was as brave as a lion.
They were as tall as trees.
I'm as cool as a cucumber.
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