ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

How good are you a geography? Let's see!
Identify all the English speaking countries in the world map in a record time.
Good luck!

WORDSHAKE

How many words can you build up in the WORDSHAKE? Have a try and get the highest score. Good luck!

SAY IT RIGHT!

Here you will find a number of exercises to practise pronunciation and learn vocabulary at the same time.

  1. Choose one topic from the list.

  2. Move on the words and expressions with the mouse to listen to their   

  pronunciation and then repeat.

TOPICS:

• WRITING AND READING.   
•   KNOWLEDGE.

• ROMANCE. 

• MEDICINE. 

ADVERTISING

What makes an ad or a commercial effective?

What elements are included in ads in order to make a product attractive to consumers?

Watch the following TV commercials carefully paying special attention to the following aspects:

• Who are the products addressed to? (gender, age, etc.)
• Background music / jingle (if any)
• Visual impact (colours, background, movement, balance...)
• Information of the product.
• Special effects (sound, visual, etc).
• Metaphors, similes (any figures of speech)
• Motto / slogan
• Type of appeals: informational, emotional, humourous, positive, negative...

Then, discuss the effectiveness of the three ads in the class.

VOLKSWAGEN - Darth Vader

COCA COLA: Hello Happiness

HEINEKEN

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:

A) Find a commercial you consider attractive.

• Analyse all the features and do a class presentation explaining its content, the type of appeals it uses to be catchy and the degree of effectiveness in the consumer. 

B) Create an ad. Think about the product you're advertising, the type of consumers it's directed to, the slogan, the jingle and the images you're going to include to make it appealing. You can work in small groups and use a video camera to film it.

PRONUNCIATION

• Watch the videos and learn how to pronounce the vowel sounds in English. Have a try!

1. Single vowel sounds.
2. Double vowel sounds (dipthongs).

LEARNING VOCAB

• Ending a relationship.
• Animal idioms
• Where to next?

LOST

Watch these two videos taken from the popular series LOST carefully.
Click on the links for viewing the episodes.

LOST (Episode 1, Part 1)

LOST (Episode 1, Part 2)

OBSERVATION GAME.

Now that you've seen the videos, decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Justify your answers.

1. The man who appears first has a tattoo on his right arm.

2. The girl who helps him is wearing black trousers.

3. The scissors are red.

4. There are three fires on the island.

5. The man with the goatee beard is called Charlie.

6. A woman is talking on her mobile phone.

7. Someone counts to five.

8. The blonde girl accepts a bar of chocolate.

9. There is a pregnant woman on the island.

10. There are people of two different races.

11. The man in the last scene knows the woman's name.

Meet up some friends from BIG CITY SMALL WORD soapie and improve your listening and vocabulary skills .
Follow the instructions suggested to do the activities: preparation (vocab), listening, tasks.

Good luck and have fun!

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