C1 12:30pm
Class
Emphasis: Cleft Sentences & Intonation
Advanced Expert p. 109
Homework
Word formation task sheet
C2 2:00pm
Class
1. Word Formation task sheet
Check spelling: mislaid, overweight, overruled, happiness, shyness
2. The Longest word in the English language. Antidisestablishmentarianism is often cited as the longest word in the English language (excluding coined and technical terms). The longest word found in a major dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, but this is a technical term that was coined specifically to be the longest word.
The word construction is as follows (the numbers succeeding the word refer to the number of letters in the word):
establish (9)
to set up, put in place, or institute (originally from the Latin stare, to stand)
dis-establish (12)
to end the established status of a body, in particular a church, given such status by law, such as the Church of England
disestablish-ment (16)
the separation of church and state (specifically in this context it is the political movement of the 1860s in Britain)
anti-disestablishment (20)
opposition to disestablishment
antidisestablishment-ary (23)
of or pertaining to opposition to disestablishment
antidisestablishmentar(y)i-an (25)
an opponent of disestablishment
antidisestablishmentarian-ism (28)
the movement or ideology that opposes disestablishment
antidisestablishmentarian-ist (28)
a person that opposes disestablishment
antidisestablishmentarian-istically (34)
adverb derived from antidisestablishmentarianism
3. Listening & Discussion - The Memory Palace
http://thememorypalace.us/2018/10/antidisestablishmentarianism/
Homework
Listen to the podcast again - this time noting any new fixed expressions e.g. to have a head for dates/names/facts, to get into a tizzy
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