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The challenge of cognates ...

The challenge of cognates. ... easy to write, hard to pronounce!. Guess the meaning and The challenge of cognates. LinkedUp Project: Creating a Language Learning Skills Continuum. What is a cognate:.

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The challenge of cognates ...

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  1. The challenge of cognates ... ... easy to write, hard to pronounce!

  2. Guess the meaning and The challenge of cognates LinkedUp Project: Creating a Language Learning Skills Continuum

  3. What is a cognate: • Linguistics . descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish. • Romance Family • = French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese • Germanic • =German, English, Dutch

  4. Can you use your language learning skills to work out the meanings of the foreign words below? • geografía (Spanish) • cyclisme (French) • Garten (German) • musica (Italian) • abril (Spanish) • actrice (French) • Fußball (German) • cioccolato (Italian) - geography - cycling -garden -music -April -actress -football -chocolate

  5. Howclosewereyou? • Whichcriteriadidyouusewhendecidinghowtodeducethemeaningofthewords. (semantics) • Filingcabinetofpatterns in otherlanguages. • Context (pragmatics)

  6. Do you know how to pronounce these words correctly? Image from www.pdclipart.org

  7. agent • rugby • prince • télévision • police • chocolat • dragon Image from www.pdclipart.org

  8. Winter • Spanien • Hand • Hause • Februar • Juli • Mathe Image from www.pdclipart.org

  9. inteligente • julio • diccionario • geografía • garaje • ciclismo • tranquila Image from www.pdclipart.org

  10. Howclosewereyou? • Whichcriteriadidyouusewhendecidinghowtopronouncethewords. • = soundinventory = lookingforpatternsofsound in otherlanguages. (phonemes)

  11. Syllables • Whataresyllables? • - soundunits in words • Ifintonationistherythmofmusicwhataresyllables in soundproduction? • - melody

  12. agent • rugby • prince • télévision • police • chocolat • dragon Let‘s break the following words down into syllables. Image from www.pdclipart.org

  13. a.gent • rug.by • pr.ince • tél.é.vi.sion • po.lice • cho.co.lat • dra.gon Let‘s break the following words down into syllables. Image from www.pdclipart.org

  14. Win.ter • Span.i.en • Hand • Hau.se • Feb.ru.ar • Ju.li • Ma.the Image from www.pdclipart.org

  15. in.tel.i.gen.te • jul.io • dic.cion.a.rio • ge.og.ra.fía • g.ar.aje • cic.lis.mo • tran.qui.la Image from www.pdclipart.org

  16. Project • Produce your own pod cast or PPT slide show to illustrate what phonology is: • Phonology = the sound system of a language • Intonation = rythmn • Tone – Chinese 4 tones

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