Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Varieties of English - or How to Speak Australian



Basically - just abbreviate everything.

Watch:

How to Speak Australian

What is 

Straya
footy
tenno
a chocky bicky
Maccas
a lappy
Acadaca
devo
defo!
mornos
S'arvo
din dins
brecky
servo
a bottle-o
tomorra
bowlo
a garbo
a postie
smoko
rego
agro
preggas
mozzie
trackie dacks
Choosdee
Fry-dee
a muso
a uey
a westie
a veggo
a cabbie
lippy
sunnies
crissy prezzie
a cuppa
avanavo
spag bol
undies
a bevvy
a toastie
a fella
a hubby
gimme
tryna
a ciggy
a tinny
an ambo
a coppa
a tradie
a brolly
a sicky
a roo
champers
cab sav
kindy


Wednesday, June 19, 2024

One syllable, two syllable




1. Have dialogue with a partner using only one-syllable words.




2. Have dialogue with a partner using only two-syllable words.




3. Write some sentences using only three-syllable words.




4. Have dialogue with a partner using only four word sentences.



Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Beyond Meat




Beyond Meat Founder Ethan Brown says their meatless products taste and feel like the real thing and they believe they can revolutionize the way we eat.

Watch:

Beyond Meat


Activities:

Pre-learn vocab:

Nouns

Founde_
_ission
Plant king_om
Predecess_r
Key
Innovation
_enetration
A _all order
_acsimile
Ni_he
_pidemic
Con_umption
_ivestock
G_etto
Ve_anism


Adjectives

Abund_nt
F_brous
St_ingy
Main_tream


Verbs

Assemble
To have an e_ge
Consuming
Correlate
Convert (sb) to

  
Watch the video:

Beyond Meat


Kahoot Quiz: (best in pairs)

True or False?


Or do it here...

Beyond Meat wants to create meat only from plants.

Imitation meat has not been convincing in the past.

Some of the ingredients of meat can only be found in animals.

Beyond Meat doesn’t use Tofu.

Flavor is the most important thing to get right.

They create the meaty texture by heating, cooling and pressurizing the ingredients.

Beyond Meat has three products on the market.

Ethan believes in a meatless future.

Beyond hopes to recreate an entire steak.


Language focus – phrasal verbs / verbs + preposition


Wring o__
Extract f___
Pass (sth) o__
Figure o__
Turn o__
Aim a_
Look a_
Change o__
Break o__
Nudge (sb) t__
Tell be_______
Bet o__

Expressions with “MAKE”

Make imitation meat ___ ___ plants
What makes Beyond Meat different (than / from) its predecessors…
It’s figuring out what makes chicken chicken
You can do more than just make facsimile of it – you can actually make it b______
I can make an im____ in each of those areas

Sentence chains


In this activity the last word of your partner's sentence must be the first word of your sentence. You are allowed to change the form of the word if you need to. 


Dialogue demonstration:



I love this hotel.

Hotel staff are usually very hard workers.

Workers get a rough deal sometimes.

Sometimes they get paid lousy money.

Money isn't everything.

Everything is expensive.

Expensive things are not always worth paying for.

For many people, life is very difficult.

Difficult days are sometimes rewarding.





Monday, June 17, 2024

Alphabet madness


Image result for letter M

Focus: parts of speech and sentence structure. 

Teams of four or five. 
Each team needs a piece of paper for writing. 

Race to make sentences using only words that begin with a certain letter. 

My mother makes my morning meal. (6 points) 

The longer the (correct) sentence the more points.


Just as a warmer - try to think of examples of the following that start with 'D'...







More letters below...






















Image result for Letter A







































Saturday, June 15, 2024

Conversation class - Food (2)

 Finish the sentences

1. When he goes on vacation he takes along everything but the k_______   s____.

2. I'm disappointed that I didn't get the job but that's the way the c_______ c_______s.

3. I'm not going to put my h____ on the c_____g block (= risk my job or position)!

4. The republic is a huge m______ pot of different nationalities.

5. I'm so sorry I forgot your birthday – I've got a m______ like a s_____!

6. I'm applying for several jobs because I don't really want to put all my e_____ in one b______.

7. My brother wants to help, but  I need to solve this problem myself; sometimes too many c_____ spoil the s____.

8. He's put his singing career on the b____ b______ to pursue his dream of being a full-time dad.



Words we use to describe the taste, aroma, sensation, texture, appearance - and even sounds - of food and drink:


Choose which foods and drink you could use these adjectives with...

tangy    orange juice / milkshake

delicate     tea   /  coffee

moist    soup  /  cake  

crumbly    pasta   /  biscuit

doughy   bread  /  banana   /    rice   /   pizza

frothy       salad  /  milkshake   /   beer  /    curry   

gooey    dessert  /  lunch  /   syrup   /    wasabi  

piping hot   soup  /  soft drink    /    dumplings   /    ice cream

juicy     lemon  /  crackers  /   apple   /   tomato juice

crunchy     doughnut  /  peanut butter    /   pancakes  

refreshing     beer  /   onions   /   cheese   /    coconut water

crispy    apple juice  /   apple   /    potatoes

greasy    burger  /   ice cream   /   fries   

spicy    ramen  /   sausage   /   yogurt

brown    bread   /   rice  /   salad

dark   wine    /  beer 






True or false?

1. Wine experts can't even tell the difference between some red and white wines if they can't see them.

2. The study of wine experts was carried out in an academically rigorous way.

3. Wine is purely psychology - there's nothing actually physically pleasant about the way any wine tastes.


Pronunciation focus - word stress

Which stress pattern is more likely?


WINE list / wine LIST

HOW am i supPOSED to CHOOSE? / how AM i SUPposed TO choose

DEfer / deFER

FIT to drink / FIT to DRINK

a BOTtle of KETCHup / a BOTle of ketchUP

SUPerNATural POWers  / superNATural powers

PREGnant / pregNANT

i BEG to DIFfer  / I beg to difFER

Listen and check




Continue listening and just NOTICE how these phrases are stressed:


INcredibly REfined  /  inCREDibly reFINED

UNsuSPECTing  /  unSUSpecting

CHEAP TAble wine / cheap table WINE

 i SHALL be REturning  /  i shall be reTURNing 

pretty much WHAT you'd exPECT  / PRETy MUCH what YOU'D expect

ALL wine is TERrible / all WINE is TERrible

TOTally subJECTive  / totALly SUBjective

peaNUTbutter and SARDines / PEAnutbutter and sarDINES

it DOESn't MATter  /  IT doesn't MATter

OBjective TRUTH / obJECTive TRUTH

acCESSible / ACcesible

TASTy FERmented GRAPES /  TASTy ferMENTed GRAPES




Some people find this activity very helpful in attuning their ear and for reinforcing their active vocabulary. Listen over again and try to hear these stress patterns:

WINE list
HOW am i supPOSED to CHOOSE?
ARE you SURE?
deFER
SO-called
FIT to DRINK
CHEAP SWILL
a BOTtle of KETCHup
SUPerNATural POWers of WINE disCERNment
NINEteen THIRTy-FOUR
PREGnant
CAN"T tell the DIFference EITHer
i BEG to DIFfer
inCREDibly reFINED
OTHerwise
UNsuSPECTing
JUICy and roBUST
vaNILla and OAK
the SAME WINE
NONE of the parTIcipants could TELL
exPENSive GRAND CRU
CHEAP TAble wine
i shall be reTURNing
pretty much WHAT you'd exPECT
Even NOticed
YOU'VE conVINCED me
ALL wine is TERrible
TOTally subJECTive
PEAnutbutter and sarDINES
it DOESn't MATter
obJECTive TRUTH
HIGH CLASS ITem
acCESSible
TASTy ferMENTed GRAPES

Monday, June 10, 2024

What 'Back to the Future' predicted for 2015 - and what it missed






Some vocab:


Vocabulary used

12 Collocations


Watch

Back to the future predictions

Make notes on the following:



Got right                                /                                  what it missed






































Language used:

 

BenchMRKA

 

Technological PRORGSSE

Way YNODEB anything we could have imagined

Got GHTIR / what it missed

MSRAT home

Voice NCOROT

SVIOIN of the future

Putting the sum of human knowledge at our finger PITS

Not even a NIHT of email

The primary DHOTEM of communication

Steadily ELVINVOG

Proves remarkably PESCIERNT

Has MOCE a long way

All NNERMA of apps

Modern NENPHEOOMN

LIDSOL predictions

Sequels and FNCHISRAES

LMOOINGon the horizon

Rapidly gaining ACTRTION

Offering humanity a RINGLITTEG vision of what to aim for

 

 

 

Matching 1

 

A benchmark

Traction

Chalk one up (for)

Looming on the horizon

Playing Nostradamus

 

Popularity

Standard

One point to

Predicting the future

Coming soon

 

Matching 2

 

Technological

Way beyond anything

Smart

Voice

Vision

The primary method

Steadily

Modern

Social

Solid

 

networks

predictions

of communication

home

evolving

phenomenon

progress

we could have imagined

of the future

control

 

sum    hint    remarkably   Sequels     finger     gaining     have    up     long

 

Putting the ____ of human knowledge at our _____ tips

Not even a _____ of email

Proves _____________ prescient

Has come a ______ way

All _________ of apps

Hooked _____ to

He could _______ just checked his Instagram

___________ and franchises

Rapidly __________ traction