Class
Pronunciation - stressed timed intonation, neutral stress, contrastive stress.
Activity - Intonation Directions
Language Training - Multiword verbs and fixed expressions
Speaking - discussion European identity
Corrections
Carbon/coal
Economy/economics
The very reason x
The real reason
The real reason
Homework
Read the article by Marina Prentoulis:http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/eurocrisispress/2016/02/09/has-the-eu-failed-us-or-have-we-failed-to-forge-a-european-identity/
According to the writer, what are the contributing factors to the 'out' vote in the U.K.?
Do you agree that social media may be able to foster a closer knit and engaged European "community"?
Read the article again. What language features do you notice? E.g. Idiomatic expressions such as hang out to dry, word complementation - (little) enthusiasm for doing something.
Going further
Listening - Accents - The Queen http://seansstudypage.blogspot.it/2016/02/accents-all-groups-changing-accent-of.html
Listening - Song of the week E= MC2 by Big Audio Dynamite http://seansstudypage.blogspot.it/2016/02/song-of-week-all-groups-e-mc2-by-big.html
Stress and intonation
"What is it? Muesli."
Why do the audience laugh?
1) For more notes on pronunciation in general and intonation in particular go to:
2) Viewing/listening practice
- Acorn Antiques from The Victoria Wood Show 1982
"What is it? Muesli."
Why do the audience laugh?
- The Conversation (1974)
Although winning the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and being nominated for 3 Academy Awards, Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation was somewhat overshadowed by the director's other release that year - The Godfather Part II. However, The Conversation has endured as a bona fide classic and one of the best American films ever made. What's more, Coppola's slow burning thriller about a surveillance expert (Gene Hackman, giving one of his finest performances) who realises that his recordings may have murderous consequences, is even more relevant today as CCTV surveillance and internet privacy are once again causing considerable concern the world over. For students of English the film of particular interest as it highlights the importance of intonation. The film's mystery hinges on one line of recorded dialogue - and where the stress falls in the sentence.
2 comments:
Is "the very reason" (instead of "real") an actual error? I've heard mother toungue people using it in several occasions, often with an emphatic overtone.
Hi Carlo,
No it's not a mistake. I just wasn't sure it was the best choice in the context, for example it is usually followed by an explanation "the very reason why..., the very reason for..."rather than used on its own as a statement. As you point out it is used emphatically often with a demonstrative like this or that. And Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons does have a song called "The Very Reason".
sean
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