Accent Training Module 160

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ACCENT TRAININGACCENT TRAINING

No.of Days : 8


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Day 1Day 1


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AMERICANAMERICAN

CULTURECULTUREKnowing More About

America


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Salient Points On AmericaSalient Points On America

The United States is a varied land offorests, deserts, mountains, high flat landsand fertile plains.

A jet plane crosses the continental UnitedStates from east to west in about five to sixhours.


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Salient Points On America Salient Points On America

The US has long been known as a meltingpot

because many of its people are descendentsof settlers who came from all over the world.

The American people are always on the move from one part of the country to another,from one city to another.

Today three out of four Americans live intowns, cities or suburbs : over 57 million livein rural areas.


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New York City is Americas largest city.

Each city has a downtown and suburbs.

Downtown is where the largely affluent andyuppie crowd stays. It is more expensive thanliving in the suburbs though the suburbshave large bungalows.


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New York City is Americas largest city.

Chicago is the second largest city, LosAngeles is third, and Philadelphia is thefourth largest.


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The nations capital, Washington D.C isseventeenth in population. Specially

planned and built as a national capital,Washington was laid out by a Frencharchitect in the 18th century.

A city of great beauty and a center of

world affairs, it is becoming a leadingcultural center.


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Living Standards :

Americans spend money freely and makepurchases on credit when necessary to buythings they want. Most pay off these debts on

a regular monthly basis.The buying habits of Americans havechanged in recent years. Since World War II,the demand for household goods has sloweddown. More money is being spent on

education, medical care, services, travel andrecreation while a smaller percentage ofincome goes for food, clothing andautomobiles.


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Living Standards :

The majority of Americans live in apartmentsor individual houses that have electric lights,central heating, hot and cold running water

and inside toilets.

Because of the general rise in familyincomes, factory workers, owners of smallbusinesses, school teachers and sales

personnel can be found in the samesuburban communities, in homes very muchalike.


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Education :Americans take great pride in their schools

and want their children to have the bestpossible education.

Only one percent of the population cannot

read or write.New methods of instruction that encouragechildren to develop their creative abilities arebeing devised and tested in schools.

Today, there is a strong emphasis on

science, mathematics and foreign languagesand an effort is being made to broaden thestudents knowledge of other people andcultures.


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Education :

Today, about half of the young people whograduate from secondary school go tocolleges or universities.

The Americans popularly refer to evencolleges as Schools. And instead of class ordivision they call it Level or Grade.


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Salient Points On AmericaSalient Points On AmericaYouth :

Young people in America have a wide varietyof interests apart from their schoolcurriculum.

Schools offer a wide range of activities. Apartfrom that most houses at least have a basketball court.

Also, most parks have tennis/squash/golffacilites and taking-up a sport in US is veryeasy.

Many young people hold part-time jobs afterschool hours. Thousands earn money

delivering newspapers or being baby sitters.


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Salient Points on America Salient Points on America

Youth :

Majority of young Americans at the age of 18get a car to drive which could be second

hand.

The loan systems are very comfortable forpeople to buy homes and cars at an earlyage.


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National CelebrationsNational Celebrations

Americans share three national holidays with manycountries: EasterSunday, Christmas Day, and New YearsDay.

Easter, which falls on a spring Sunday that varies from yearto year, celebrates the Christian belief in the resurrection ofJesus Christ. For Christians, Easter is a day of religiousservices and a family gathering. Many Americans follow oldtraditions of coloring hard-boiled eggs and giving children

baskets of candy. On the next day, Easter Monday, thepresident of United States holds an annual Easter egg hunton the White House lawn for young children.


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National Celebrations National Celebrations

Christmas Day, December 25, is another christian holiday; itmarks the birth of Christ. Decorating houses and yards withlights, putting up Christmas trees, giving gifts, and sending

greeting cards have become traditions even for many non-Christian Americans.

New Years Day, of course, is January 1. The celebration of

this holiday begins the night before when Americans gatherto wish each other a happy and prosperous new year.


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Political Parties And Elections Political Parties And Elections

Americans regularly exercise their democratic rights byvoting in elections and by participation in political parties andelection campaigns. Today, there are two major politicalparties in the United States, the Democratic and the

Republican. The Democratic Party evolved from the party ofThomas Jefferson, formed before 1800. The Republican Partywas established in the 1850s by Abraham Lincoln and otherswho opposed the expansion of salary into new states thenbeing admitted to the Union.


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The Democratic Party is considered to be the moreconservative of the two. Democrats generally believe

that government has an obligation to provide social and

economic programs for those who need them.

Republicans are not necessarily opposed to suchprograms but

believe they are too costly to taxpayers. Republicansput more

emphasis in the belief that a strong private sectormakes citizens less dependent on government.


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The American Economic SystemThe American Economic System

The United States declared its independence in the year 1776,the same year that Scottish economist Adam Smith wrote TheWealth Of Nations, a book that has had an enormousinfluence on American economic development. Like many

other thinkers,S

mith believed that in a capitalist systempeople are naturally selfish and are moved to engage inmanufacturing and trade in order to gain wealth and power.Smiths originality was to argue that such activity isbeneficial because it leads to increased production andsharpens competition.


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As a result, goods circulate more widely and at lower prices,jobs are created, and wealth is spread. Though people mayact from the narrow desire to enrich themselves, Smith

argued, an invisible hand guides them to enrich andimprove whole of society.

Most Americans believe that the rise of their nation as a greateconomic power could not have occurred under any other

system except capitalism, also known as free enterprise aftera corollary to Smiths thinking: that government shouldinterfere in commerce as little as possible.


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The Stock MarketThe Stock Market

Very early in American history, people saw that theycould make money by lending it to those who wanted to startor expand a business. To this day, small Americanentrepreneurs usually borrow the money they need fromfriends, relatives, or banks.

Larger businesses, however, are more likely to acquirecash by selling stocks or bonds to unrelated parties. Thesetransactions usually take place through a stock exchange, orstock market.

Europeans established the first stock exchange in

Antwerp, Belgium, in 1531. Brought to the United States in1792, the institution of the stock market flourished, especiallyat the New York Stock Exchange, located in the Wall Streetarea of New York City, the nations financial hub.


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NewspapersNewspapers

The top five daily newspapers by circulation in 1995 werethe Wall Street Journal(1,823,207), USA Today (1,570,624),the New York Times(1,170,869), the Los Angeles Times

(1,053,498), and the Washington Post (840,232). Theyoungest of the top five, USA Today, was launched as anational newspaper in 1982 after exhaustive research bythe Gannett chain. It relies on bold graphic design, colorphotos, and brief articles to capture an audience of urban

readers interested in newsbites rather than traditional,long stories.


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MagazinesMagazines

Magazines on virtually any topic imaginable have appeared,including Tennis, Trailer Life, and Model Railroading, Other

magazines have targeted segments within their audience forspecial attention. TV Guide, Time , and Newsweek, forexample, publish regional editions. Several magazines areattempting to personalize the contents of each issueaccording to an individual readers interests.


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Television: Beyond The Big ThreeTelevision: Beyond The Big Three

Three privately owned networks that offered freeprogramming financed by commercials - NBC, CBS, and ABC- controlled 90 percent of the TV market from the 1950s tothe 1970s. In the 1980s the rapid spread of pay cable TV

transmitted by satellite undermined that privileged position.By 1994, almost 60 percent of American households hadsubscribed to cable TV, and non-network programming wasdrawing more than 30 percent of viewers. Among the newcable channels were several that show movies 24 hours a

day; Cable News Network, the creation of Ted Turner, whichbroadcasts news around the clock, and MTV, which showsmusic videos.


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Television: Beyond The Big Three Television: Beyond The Big Three

In the meantime, a fourth major commercial network, Fox,has come into being and challenged the big three networks;several local TV stations have switched their affiliation fromone of the big three to the newcomer. Two more nationalnetwork - WB and UPN - have also come along, and the

number of cable television channels continues to expand.

There are 335 public television stations across the UnitedStates, each of which is independent and serves itscommunitys interests. But the stations are united by such

national entities as the Public Broadcasting Service, whichsupplies programming.


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STATE CAPITALS .STATE CAPITALS .Alabama - Montgomery

Alaska - Juneau

Arizona - Phoenix

Arkansas - Little Rock

California - Sacramento

Colorado - Denver

Florida - Tallahassee

Georgia - AtlantaHawaii - Honolulu

Idaho - Boise

Illinois - Springfield

Indiana - Indianapolis

Lowa - Des Moines

Kansas - Topeka

Kentucky - Frankfort

Louisiana - Baton Rouge

Maine - AugustaMaryland - Annapolis

Massachusetts - Boston

Michigan - Lansing

Minnesota - St. Paul

Mississippi - JacksonMissouri - Jefferson City

Montana - Helena

Nebraska - Lincoln

Nevada - Carson City

New Hampshire - ConcordNew Jersey - Trenton

New Mexico - Santa Fe

New York - Albany


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STATE CAPITALSSTATE CAPITALS

New Carolina - Raleigh

North Dakota - Bismarck

Ohio - Columbus

Oklahoma - OklahomaCity

Oregon - SalemPennsylvania - Harrisburg

Rhode Island -Providence

South Carolina -

ColumbiaSouth Dakota - Pierre

Tennessee - Nashville

Texas - Austin

Utah - Salt Lake City

Vermont - Montpelier

Virginia - Richmond

Washington - Olympia

West Virginia -Charleston

Wisconsin - Madison

Wyoming - Cheyenne


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PRONUNCIATIONS

PRONUNCIATIONS


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ACCENTS

ACCENTS


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Learning Accents Learning Accents

What is Accent ?

Accent is a combination of three maincomponents : intonation (speech music

how it sounds), liaisons (word connections)and pronunciation (the spoken sounds ofvowels, consonants and combinations)


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Difference between Grammar and Accent

Grammar and vocabulary are systematic andstructured.

Accent on the other hand is free form,intuitive and creative.


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So thinking of music, feeling andSo thinking of music, feeling and

flow, let your mouth relax into yourflow, let your mouth relax into your

American Accent.American Accent.


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Many people equate accent withpronunciation.

This is not true at all.

America is a big country and while thepronunciation varies from the East Coast tothe West Coast, from the southern to thenorthern states, two components that areuniquely American stay basically the same

the speech music or intonation and the wordconnections or liaisons.


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In the next eight days, you will be given thefollowing tools to learn accents better :

-- Audio tape/CD as a support

-- Video cassettes / VCD : Relevant Englishmovies

to watch to recognize accents and getfamiliar

with the most commonly spoken wordsand

phrases.


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The main objective is to get familiarwith accents and recognize key words, sentences and conversations.


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FOR THE TRAINERS

Audio :

--after each Audio Piece, please make eachstudent repeat the audio exactly the way itssaid.

Video :

-- after watching every movie : each team will

fill-up the questionnaire for that day in theworkbook.


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FOR THE TRAINERS

Video :

--Except 1American movie & 1 British movie

which will be watched in full in the first twodays, on all the other days, the group willwatch only a part of the movie (say the firsthalf hour)

-- Collect all the words and phrases from

each team and make a comprehensive list atthe end of the Accent Training module.


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Brief for the Trainers ..Brief for the Trainers ..

Audio Guidein the Faculty Workbook

Audio Tape 1

- Side A and B

Audio Tape 2

- Side A

Audio Tapes

-2

When to watch schedulein the Power Point slides

7 American Accent

based movies

3 British Accent

based movies

Video Cassettes

-10

Program Guidein the Students Workbook

and Faculty Workbook

Students to watch

programs on TV

on a regular basis

Details in thePower Point slides

and Assessment Sheet

in the Students Workbook

2 Home Assignments

to be

discussed in class

Home Assignments

Accent Training Module

Consists of :


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VideoVideo ------ Watching a MovieWatching a Movie

One Movie - American

- in full


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Each team will be informed at theEach team will be informed at the

outset that they will need tooutset that they will need to

choose a part of the movie of theirchoose a part of the movie of their

choice for a skit that will take placechoice for a skit that will take place

on Day 8on Day 8


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PRONUNCIATIONS

PRONUNCIATIONS


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NOUNS ANDNOUNS AND

PRONOUNSPRONOUNS


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RoleRole--PlayPlay ------ AudioAudio

LISTEN AND REPEAT

Present in the Workbook


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SYLLABLE PATTERN

SSYLLABLE PATTERN

S


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LISTEN AND REPEAT



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One Movie - British

- in full


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Home AssignmentHome Assignment

DO IT YOURSELF

Going through the program guide :

1.1 Following a list of all the programs thatneed to be watched

1.2 Getting familiar with words used in the

programs


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Day 3Day 3


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OpenOpen--house Discussionhouse Discussion

The programs the students have watched

Few basic words and phrases the studentshave identified

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PRONUNCIATIONS

PRONUNCIATIONS

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STAIRCASESTAIRCASE

INTONATIONINTONATION

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LISTEN AND REPEAT

Not present in the Workbook

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STAIRCASESTAIRCASE

Vs QUES

TIONVs QUES

TIONINTONATIONINTONATION

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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Parts of two Movies

-1 American Movie

-1 British Movie

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FillingFilling--up The Questionnaireup The Questionnaire

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Watching CNN and noting down key words

on two levels :1.1 the most commonly used words

1.2 differently pronounced words

Each student must write at least 5 wordsof each type and watch CNN for aminimum of one hour

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Day 4Day 4

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Discussion of HomeDiscussion of Home

AssignmentAssignment

Completed on Day 3

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SPEAKING

SKILL

SSPEAKING

SKILL

S

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PRONUNCIATIONS

PRONUNCIATIONS

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IntonationIntonation

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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Nouns and VerbsNouns and Verbs

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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Adjectives and VerbsAdjectives and Verbs

Words

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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Adjectives and VerbsAdjectives and Verbs

Sentences

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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Reduced SoundsReduced Sounds

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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TensesTenses

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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IntonationsIntonations

Paragraphs

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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Parts of two Movies

- 2 American Movies

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1.1 Tape your voice with a few key

words discussed in class using theAmerican Accent

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Day 5Day 5

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CONTINUING WITHCONTINUING WITH

PRONUNCIATIONSPRONUNCIATIONS

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The SoundsThe Sounds

Sounds of A and E

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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The American T

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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The American EL

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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The American R

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Four consecutive pieces

LISTEN AND REPEAT


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The American and BritishThe American and British

Pronunciation of the mostPronunciation of the most

commonly used words andcommonly used words andphrasesphrases

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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Understanding the differenceUnderstanding the difference

between American and Britishbetween American and British

spoken Englishspoken English

In terms of recognition

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Parts of two Movies

-1 American Movie

-1 British Movie

Compare the British Film to the Americanfilm

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RoleRole--PlayPlay ------ VideoVideo

After watching the movie, each teamshould note down at least ten differencesin words and phrases noticed between the

two movies and the two accents

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Discussion and Collation of AllDiscussion and Collation of All

Words and Phrases From AllWords and Phrases From All

TeamsTeams

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CONTINUING WITHCONTINUING WITH

PRONUNCIATIONSPRONUNCIATIONSRole-Play --- Audio


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Some more on the American T

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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The Middle I

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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Intonation and AttitudeIntonation and Attitude

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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Sounds of V

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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Sounds of S or Z

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LISTEN AND REPEAT

Words


Paragraphs


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PronunciationsPronunciations -- GeneralGeneral

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LISTEN AND REPEAT


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RoleRole--PlayPlay ------ LiveLive

Details in the Faculty Work Book

- Practice through conversations

MockS

ession

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Parts of two Movies

-2 American Movies

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Watching BBC and noting down key wordson two levels :

1.1 The most commonly used words1.2 Differently pronounced words

Each student must write at least 5 wordsof each type and watch CNN for a

minimum of one hour.

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Reminder on the Skit: home assignment

A Question and AnswerSession

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LEARNING TO PRONOUNCELEARNING TO PRONOUNCETHE STATES OF AMERICATHE STATES OF AMERICA

Role-Play - Audio

Listen and Repeat

Present in the Workbook- Please refer to the map of America while

doing this role-play

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RoleRole--PlayPlay -- LiveLive

The Trainer asks 5 -8 students at randomto tell any 3 States of America

- Practicing pronunciation through mocks

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Getting Better at Written Skills!!!!Getting Better at Written Skills!!!!

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Written Skills Written Skills


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On the e-mail :

--- Important to be crisp and short

--- The message and content should not

change

--- Presentation should be simple

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On the e-mail :

Steps involved :

1. Subject : should be very clear, and concise

2. Name of the person : as Dear Patrick

3. Introduction : one sentence, should beappealing

4. Message/Content : this should not be morethan

4-5 sentences with

appropriate paragraph

changes

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On the e-mail :

Steps involved :

5. Closing : should be positive, with a

reconfirmation of the next steps

and anice verbiage.

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On the e-mail :

There should be an effort to include a few ofthe most commonly used words.

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Discussion of Home AssignmentDiscussion of Home Assignment

Given on Day 6

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Parts of two Movies

-2 American Movies

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Preparation Time for Two RolePreparation Time for Two Role--

PlaysPlays

Role-Play 1 : To write an e-mail to a friendin the US

Role-Play 2 : Preparing for a skit

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RoleRole--Play 1Play 1 ------ LiveLive

An e-mail should contain the kind ofwords a friend from the US wouldunderstand right from the greeting toclosing.

-- Each team can select their own topic forthe e-mail

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Time TakenTime Taken

Total : 1 HourTotal : 1 Hour

To write : 25 minutesTo evaluate each : 25 minutes

team (this will be

done verbally)

Each team will choose one personfrom the team to speak

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RoleRole--Play 2Play 2 ------ LiveLive

Each team will choose a part of any moviewatched by them during the course of the

week.

They will spend one hour preparing for theskit.

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Time TakenTime Taken

Total : 2 HoursTotal : 2 Hours

To write : 25 minutes

To perform : 50 minutes

(for each team)

To evaluate each : 25 minutesteam (this will be (5 minutes each team)

done verbally)

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