Communication Skills Lesson 4

The song in the video above is by Aimee Mann from her album Whatever and uses the 4th July holiday as a time to reflect on a failed relationship. Things to note: "gotten" a U.S. variant of got, To sell someone down the river = to betray someone, to quell = to suppress.

Class:

• Question Tags - form and intonation p. 12  n.b. variations:  eh? (New Zealand) innit? (Multicultural London English - an all purpose form of "isn't it" used with falling intonation)
• Agreeing/Disagreeing p. 13
• Vocabulary Strategies http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/Vocabulary
• Introduction to Unit 5 - Film genres p. 26

When intonation goes wrong: "What was it, Museli?"