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Join Prof. Isora Enríquez O'Farrill, PhD to enhance cultural awareness of English-speaking countries through oral comprehension and English translation skills. Dive into Australian English nuances and its closeness to British and American English varieties. Evaluate your listening and comprehension abilities to appreciate the diverse cultural landscape.
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Aims • Contribute to raise cultural awareness on English speaking countries. • Demonstrate skills for: - understanding oral information - translating ideas into English
Self evaluation 7.1.- Australian English is closer to… a.- ___American variety of English. b.- ___British variety of English.
7.2. What variety of English is it? - Australian English - British/American English
7.2. What variety of English is it? - Australian English - British/American English
Complete the form Name: Steve Smith Nationality: Australian Profession: Biologist/ Professor Academic/Scientific title: MSc.___ PhD.__X_ Retired Yes X No____ Years of experience. 30
Australia is a huge country. It was founded on January 1st, 1900. It has 6 states. Its population is 22 million, twice the population of Cuba. Australia is a young/friendly country. It is well known for its hospitality.
What characterizes Australian climate • ______ homogeneous climate • X diverse climate
Task 5 1.- According to Smith’s answer, what question did Professor Isora ask? - Are Aboriginals important in Australian culture? 2.- What’s the main topic of the segment? Aboriginal culture
Self-evaluation Task 6 • The national sport in Australia is…cricketX football__ rugby___ • For the Aboriginals in Australia sports is… • X very important. • ___is not very important.
Self evaluation task 7 7.1.- Australian English is closer to… a.- ___American variety of English. b.- X British variety of English.
Express the following ideas in English Nueva Zelandia está situada al Sur de Australia. Su capital es Wellington. Sus lenguas principales son el inglés y el maorí. La tradición cultural Maories muy interesante.