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English in 5 pages!. KEY CONCEPTS developed by Anne Dwyer Presented to families and friends of IES Jaume Balmes, 29/05/12. 1. Prepositions.
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English in 5 pages! KEY CONCEPTS developedby Anne Dwyer Presented to families and friends of IES Jaume Balmes, 29/05/12 (c) AnneDwyer 2012
1. Prepositions on, through, behind, for, beneath, against, beside, over, during, without, abroad, across, among, against, around ,at the end, at the bottom, between, behind, below, by , inside , corner, into, via, after , to , about ,in, on, at, since ,while, under, over, right, left (c) AnneDwyer 2012
Prepositions: conventional approach • There are three types in prepositions • Place of Prepositions • Time of Prepositions • Direction of Prepositions (c) AnneDwyer 2012
PREPOSITIONS: My(Anne Dwyer) Approach • Prepositions=Relationships • Fixed • Moving • Conceptual (c) AnneDwyer 2012
What’s the difference IN v INTO? (c) AnneDwyer 2012
ON? ABOVE? OVER? (c) AnneDwyer 2012
FIXED PREPOSITIONS (c) AnneDwyer 2012
PREPOSITIONS (c) AnneDwyer 2012
2. PRONUNCIATION: Traditional view (c) AnneDwyer 2012
PRONUNCIATION (stiff upper lip) (c) AnneDwyer 2012
SYLLABLE STRESS 2-syllable (normally, 2nd to last) • Mo-dern, Cast-le, An-gle 3+-syllable (normally 3rd to last) Ìn-terest, Còm-pany Phó-tograph, Photò-grapher Pò-licy, Pò-litics, Politì-cian, Polì-tically (c) AnneDwyer 2012
SENTENCE STRESS • One smile per group of words (3 – 5, normally) • Stress: Adjectives: a BLUE car, BLACKberry Numbers: THREE members of the club (c) AnneDwyer 2012
3. Word Order: Traditional Syntaxis (c) AnneDwyer 2012
My version:Grammar on the body (c) AnneDwyer 2012
My version: Questions (c) AnneDwyer 2012
My Version: Sentences (c) AnneDwyer 2012
My Version: Predicate/Details (c) AnneDwyer 2012
4. VERBAL TIMES (c) AnneDwyer 2012
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 2012
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 2012
FUTURE • Maybe • I think • Perhaps • I’m sure • ??? (c) AnneDwyer 2012
4. VERBAL TIMES (c) AnneDwyer 2012
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 2012
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 2012
IMPROVE your FLUENCY • READ simple books and texts • TALK TO YOURSELF 5 minutes a day • RUNNING dictations • WATCH/LISTEN to original version material • The ‘English mouth’ /ɜ:/, /ʌ/ (c) AnneDwyer 2012
ANY QUESTIONS? • Thanks • Thank you • Thank you very much • Gràcies (c) AnneDwyer 2012