KEY CONCEPTS in English (in 5 wedges !)

1. KEY CONCEPTS in English(in 5 wedges!) Developed by Anne Dwyer, APAC, Barcelona 2013 (c) AnneDwyer 2013

2. The final ‘d’ Groupthefollowing: Asked Answered Appealed Communicated Decided Determined Encouraged Figured Generated Handled Hacked Iced Jogged Listened Moved Named Opened Painted Played Rested Searched Talked Walked Zoomed (c) AnneDwyer 2013

3. How long didthattake? • How muchmoney is made out of thatexercise? • Is/Wasitworthit? • Is itefficient? • Is iteffective? • Doesitreallymake a difference? • Is itreally a validexercise? (c) AnneDwyer 2013

4. SameorDifferent? • Theytalkedabouttheirchildhood. • Theytalkedtogetherforages. • Theylistenedtoeachother. • Theylistened and didnotinterrupt. • Theywalkeddownthestreet. • Theywalkedtotheend of thestreet. (c) AnneDwyer 2013

5. A simple rule Alwayspronouncethe ‘d’ Butneverthe ‘e’ Unlessit comes after a ‘t’ or a ‘d’ (c) AnneDwyer 2013

6. 1. PRONUNCIATION: Traditional view (c) AnneDwyer 2013

7. PRONUNCIATION (stiff upper lip) (c) AnneDwyer 2013

8. SYLLABLE STRESS: the ‘general rule’ 2 syllables (normally, 2nd to last) • Mo-dern, Cast-le, An-gle 3+ syllables (normally 3rd to last) Ìn-terest, Còm-pany Phó-tograph, Photò-grapher Pò-licy, Pò-litics, Politì-cian, Polì-tically (c) AnneDwyer 2013

9. SENTENCE STRESS • Onesmile per group of words (3 – 5, normally) • What do westress? KEY words and ATTENTION words!: Adjectives: a BLUE car, BLACKberry Numbers: THREE members of the club (c) AnneDwyer 2013

10. ACTIVITY: READING ALOUD Shaped by and in turn shaping our national institutions is our character as a people: stubborn, stoical, indignant at injustice. "The Saxon," wrote Kipling, "never means anything seriously till he talks about justice and right." Not for the first time, we have been slow - perhaps too slow - to wake up to the threat we face. Now is the time to "talk about justice and right", and to act on our words. • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/3618632/Ten-core-values-of-the-British-identity.html (c) AnneDwyer 2013

11. Whereareyougoing to pause? Shaped by /and in turn shaping /our national institutions/is our character as a people//: stubborn ◞, stoical ◞, indignant at injustice. "The Saxon, ◞ " wrote Kipling, ◞"never means anything seriously/ ◞till he talks about justice ◞and right." Not for the first time ◞, we have been slow - perhaps too slow - to wake up to the threat/ we face. Now is the time /to "talk about justice ◞and right", and to act ◞on our words. (c) AnneDwyer 2013

12. 2. Word Order: Traditional Syntaxis (c) AnneDwyer 2013

13. My version:Grammar on the body (c) AnneDwyer 2013

14. My version: Questions (c) AnneDwyer 2013

15. My Version: Sentences (c) AnneDwyer 2013

16. My Version: Predicate/Details (c) AnneDwyer 2013

17. ACTIVITY: Please correct me • Work in pairs A deliberately makes a mistake in word order, B uses the body model to correct A “There are two things young childen rarely get wrong, vowels and word order” Penny Leach (c) AnneDwyer 2013

18. 3. PREPOSITIONS (c) AnneDwyer 2013

19. Prepositions: conventional approach • There are three types of prepositions • Place Prepositions • Time Prepositions • Direction Prepositions (c) AnneDwyer 2013

20. What’s the difference IN v INTO? (c) AnneDwyer 2013

21. ON? ABOVE? OVER? (c) AnneDwyer 2013

22. PREPOSITIONS: My(Anne Dwyer) Approach • Prepositions=Relationships • Fixed • Moving • Conceptual (c) AnneDwyer 2013

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24. FIXED PREPOSITIONS (c) AnneDwyer 2013

25. CONCEPTUAL PREPOSITIONS • Anti • Besides • Concerning • During • For • Regarding • Since • With (c) AnneDwyer 2013

26. ACTIVITY: Guess the preposition • Guess the preposition: Workwithyour neighbor • Useyour hands to illustrate a preposition • The other partner needs to guess thepreposition • Exchange roles and do thesame (c) AnneDwyer 2013

27. Spot the mistake (c) AnneDwyer 2013

28. 4. VERBAL TIMES (c) AnneDwyer 2013

29. PAST: Open?Closed? • This morning • A minute ago • This year • March • This evening • From 2000 – 2005 • Since 2005 • The economic crisis • C,C,O,C,O,C, O, O (c) AnneDwyer 2013

30. PRESENT: General? Specific?Both? • On Friday • On Fridays • Today • Every day • In the evening • In the evenings • This evening S, G, S, G, B, G, S (c) AnneDwyer 2013

31. FUTURE • Maybe • I think • Perhaps • I’m sure • ??? (c) AnneDwyer 2013

32. 5. CONDITIONALS • 0 = Scientific Fact : Present, Present Water evaporates when you boil it • 1st = Real Possibility: Present/Open Past, Future I’ll go/I’m going/I’m going to go to London IF/WHEN/AS SOON AS/ /PROVIDED ... I find/I have found a cheap ticket (c) AnneDwyer 2013

33. CONDITIONALS 2nd: imaginary (not REAL) PACO/COPA (Past, Conditional) I would take a long holiday if I had the money. If I lived in Paris I would speak French every day. 3rd: impossible, nostalgic: – for teenagers, football fans, the immature and the British! PAPACO(Past perfect, (Past) Conditional) If Barça had won the league, would Guardiola have stayed?/would Guardiola still be manager? (c) AnneDwyer 2013

34. IMPROVING FLUENCY • READ simple books and texts • TALK TO YOURSELF 5 minutes a day • RUNNING dictations • Practicethe ‘English mouth’ /ɜ:/, /ʌ/ • WATCH/LISTEN to original version material • Watch the news on TV3 and 3/24 • Remember $$$ (c) AnneDwyer 2013

35. ANY QUESTIONS? • Thanks • Thank you • Thank you very much • Gràcies  (c) AnneDwyer 2013