Conv. B2 Mon. /Tues. Pronunciation Documents

Hi groups,

For Monday, we'll finish the unfinshed exercises from Facebook, review a little vocabulary, and do a short mixer about reacting to an anecdote. If you didn't print it before, or don't still have it:  Click here.

Then we will do a series of exercises connected with Pronunciation. I don't know if we will have time for  the 3rd one or we will leave it for the next class, but here are the 3 links. The first two have an audio part of me pronuncing the sounds and words.

Vowel sounds with pictures:

and click here to listen  (You have to "descargar" for icon to appear at bottom left.)

2.  Vowel Pairs Pronunciation Chart Click here:

and  Click here  to listen.

3. Chart # 3

AND GREAT SUMMARY OF LAST THURSDAY'S CLASS by Susana (Also valid for Wed.)

Hello all, here is the summary of November 7th, ConvB2.

Last Thursday class was very interesting, it has been centered on Facebook and othersocial networks. First of all we have talked about the problems of their use (or their abuse) with a role playing: a girl bothered by the change of behavior of  her boyfriend, a mother upset by the attitude of her daughter, etc. The consultation of a psychologist is required: what can I do to compete against a smartphone?! People who became dependent on the social networks often seem  to live in a virtual world, they don’t talk very much, except with their electronic devices. We have talkED about other problems that can worry the users: identity theft, ciber-bullying…  

In the second part of the class, we watched a funny parody about the same thing: the dangers of Facebook. The clip is about the relationship between a girl and her boyfriend and their problems due to Facebook. She is angry because her boyfriend has changed his relationship status to “single” and as result of her false and nasty accusations the poor guy is imprisoned for communism! The clip was set in the 1950’s probably because at that time the senator McCarthy presided over the “House Un-American Activities Committee” that promoted people to snitch ON whoever had suspicious ideas. It was called the “witch-hunt” and some of its most famous and sad episodes take place in Hollywood.