ANIA 2018: B2 & C1 (Monday) Lesson 7

B2 12:30 pm 

Lesson 7

Class

Pronunciation workshop

• Using the phonemic chart
• Hidden Names Exercise
• Assimilation, Elison and Insertion

Homework

1. Practice using the chart - which sounds do you find hard to make/distinguish? Why do you think that is?

2. Listening practice - try to find some examples of asimilation, elision and insertion in your practice this week.

Going further

This chart compares Standard English (RP) and Italian vowels. What does it tell you about the difference in pronunciation?

2 pm C1
Class

Regulating Autonomous Cars
Jigsaw Reading & Discussion

• 'Uber should be shut down': friends of self-driving car crash victim seek justice. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/20/uber-self-driving-car-crash-death-arizona-elaine-herzberg
• Tesla defends Autopilot after fatal Model X crash. Source: https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/28/17172178/tesla-model-x-crash-autopilot-fire-investigation
• Who's driving? Autonomous cars may be entering the most dangerous phase. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/24/self-driving-cars-dangerous-period-false-security

Vocabulary
to run over  The cyclist was run over by a car.
to catch fire The engine caught fire.

Corrections
put pay attention
They took the argument dispute to court.

Homework
Check any new words from today's reading, using a monolingual dictionary.