19 OCTOBER 2016 - 16 - 18
Italian and English are two very different languages, so is a good idea to recognise phrases that mother tongue people use in certain situations and copy them, just like children do. This is the best way to sound natural and avoid translation. To start we looked at some expressions that you can learn by heart to use automatically when we meet for our lessons
Try to match the questions to the answers
1. Good afternoon
2. Sorry I'm late
3. I'm...
4. Come in
5..Have seat
6. Thank you
7. How are you?
8. Goodbye
9. See you later
10. Have a good evening
A. See you
B. Don't worry
C. Thank you
D. You're welcome
E. You too
F. Nice to meet you
G. I'm fine thanks
H. Thank you
I. Good afternoon
J. Bye
Because English and Italian are very different languages, it can be useful to create a phrase book of useful phrases and words to use in everyday situations.
On this website there is also the translation in Italian and audio.
For more phrases to use in Social situations, see here
http://yasemintasbasi.jimdo.com/english-resources/social-expressions/
To introduce yourself, use 'I'm ....' and 'Nice to meet you'.
You can also learn these phrases by watching TV in English. Look at these clips. How do they introduce others?
https://youtu.be/NeEJhW0_gqA
To learn more phrases to use when you meet someone for the first time see here
Greetings power point - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_B2HZ_bIslamZwNkx2MGhoVDA/edit?usp=sharing
Greetings worksheet - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_B2HZ_bIslR0d4WDd4TW1JZlk/edit?usp=sharing
A good way to continue a conversation is to ask questions.
We practised asking questions and added more questions.
Answering familiar questions are the part of the Cambridge speaking tests.
Revise the grammar in this grammar book, Units 2 + 7
Listening is very difficult. On English club you can find many dictation exercises that start from short phrases and questions. These can help you to understand the difference between how words are pronounced and how they are written.
https://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictations-short.htm
https://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictations-short.htm
Englishclub also has some excellent information on pronunciation
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