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Listen to me saying some words you found difficult in Log 1.
Practice saying them till you feel more comfortable (notice which syllable is stressed in the longer words)

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Lots of useful stuff here.
I recommend the sections on "linking" and "sentence stress" especially though,

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Pronunciation | Learn English | EnglishClub

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Learn to pronounce English with audio, video, tests and basic rules. EnglishClub helps ESL learners study pronunciation to improve speaking and listening.

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All the files you need are at the bottom of the page-scroll down!

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5 minute mini lectures

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Positive economic impact of UK immigration from the EU

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Practice listening to different accents but NB not academic!

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This English listening exercise is based on an interview with Steve. He speaks with an accent typical of the southern parts of the United States and talks about how he felt when returning to the US after living in Spain, the differences, good and bad, and maybe how things could improve.

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Answers for migration listening activity on p31-32

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Answers for migration listening activity on p31-32

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Recording 3 Migration:   Answers

1.       people of working age leave reducing size of country’s potential workforce

2.       decreases pressure on jobs and resources

3.       skilled workers leave leading to ‘brain drain’

4.       richer and more diverse culture

5.       overcrowding

6.       disagreement between different religions and cultures

7.       unemployment

8.       racism

9.       barriers

10.   opportunities

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Session 2 DL_ANALYSING WORLD CLASS CITY DISCUSSION.docx

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When writing English we use the 26 letters of the alphabet.

Spoken English has more than 26 sounds though. There are roughly 44 different sounds. therefore it's not very easy only to use the letters of the alphabet to show the pronunciation of English.

There is a system which uses a group of symbols. Some of these symbols look the same as letters and some are very different.

You can use these symbols to write out the pronunciation of words and in many dictionaries for English learners you will see the pronunciation written out.

To show that what is written are sounds and not letters the transcriptions are written between slashes, / /.

For example, the pronunciation of the word 'pet' is written:/pet/.

In this example the sound symbols look exactly the same as the letters. You can only tell we are talking about pronunciation rather than spelling because of the/ /.

However, some words look very different when you see their pronunciation.

is the word 'church'.

This is why it is very useful to learn the symbols. You can't usually match the letters in a word to the sounds of the word. Also, because most dictionaries for English learners use these symbols you can work out the pronunciation of any word in the dictionary without a teacher!

Sorry, you can't see the video for this topic :-(

However, you can download it to play on your computer.

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BBC Learning English | Pronunciation Tips

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Follow this Flash and audio based course to improve your pronunciation of key contrasting sounds in English.

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Presentations session 1 homework answers

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Presentations session 1 homework answers

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HOMEWORK – ANSWERS TO ASSESSMENT BRIEF QUIZ

1. 2

2. Group research and planning. Weeks 1-4

3. answers will vary

4. on a group padlet

5. Wednesday June 15th

6. about 30 mins plus 8-10 Q&A. Each person should speak 5-7mins.

7. in groups

8. 20%

9. 70%

10. yes

11. yes

12. yes

13. Overall coherence and teamwork, Scope, structure and argumentation within section, Language and delivery

14. Overall coherence and teamwork

15. Language and delivery

16. Scope, structure and argumentation within section

17. Overall coherence and team-work answers will vary

18. Yes

19. Answers will vary

20. Suggested answers: coherence = the way the presentation forms a unified whole (rather than 3 or 4 individual presentations loosely connected). scope=what the presentation (or the individual section) actually covers (they should avoid too wide a scope- hence the importance of narrowing and focussing.

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Confidence, energy and intonation in presentations

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioZW58bOBFE
generally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ivgc-bHJw
more for listening

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You will need to use your NTU log in details to access.
This is a bank of topic based documentaries. A lot of them have transcripts.

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Independent Cinema World Cinema Classic Cinema Drama Comedy War & Action Romance Horror & Thriller Science Fiction & Fantasy LGBTQ Cinema Early Film Short Film TV Series

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Not academic topics but good because
1. Short clips!
2. Range of accents
3. They have little quizzes you can do after listening

This links to level 5-try it and if too easy/difficult you can switch level in top left corner

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ESL students and teachers can access free listening lessons that come with audio, script, quiz and vocabulary support.