THIS WEEK

hi guyz

2morrow Tuesday 24 we´ll start working with the shadow industry, and we´re having the assignment on Thursday
c u soon!
Laura

TUESDAY 24

hi sts
I m not delivering classes this coming Tuesday on account of IF1/2 final examination boards
Pls do exercises 1 and 2 from the new booklet and lesson 30 from Pronunciation in  Use
Thank u, Laura

download

hi guyzzzz
pls download the following interview to Julia Roberts, although i believe the wi-fi connection is good now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czjL7BH5QIQ

thanxxxxx
c u 2morrow
:))
laura

THIS WEEK

hi guyzzzzzzzz
remember we´ll b working with the cinderella vid on tuesday and the get rid of your accent sound files and book on thursday
take care ppl!!!
laura

NEW STUFF CODE: 2223, BEST! :))

HEY THERE

hey ppl
we´re meeting again theis THURSDAY
best, laura

HEY THEREEEEEEEE

hi ppl!!!
we´re meeting again this Thursday
I´m looking 4ward 2 seeing u again!
:))

HEY THEREEE

hey sts!!!!
we´re meeting again on Thursday at 1pm
look 4ward 2 seeing u again!!
:))

Enjoy your holidays!!

hi again!

analia, thanx so much for playing such a fantastic version of the raven for all of us...
have u ever seen Homer Simpson´s version of EAP´s poem? This is the link, pls watch it as we shall b working with it too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q32y-0zNUtM

I wish u the best holidays ever, take good care!!!
Laura

"The raven"

hey sts!!!!!!
how r u doing 2nite????
I´ve found some awesome versions of Poe´s poem on u-tube like the ones read by Christopher Walken, Christopher Lee and Edgar Allan Poe...
Make your pick and back up your choice, keep in mind sentence stress and intonation, spec the use of falling and rising tones...
Pls let me no when your ntbk r ready...
Enjoy!!
Laura

THURSDAY 4

hello!!
just 2 remind u that we´re getting started at 1.20 this coming Thursday
take care!!
laura

FEEDBACK SESSIONS

hello sts!!
remember that feedbck sessions really count, dont 4get to take your feedback sheets to class..
thanxxxx
laura

TENTATIVE DATES

hello sts!!!
tentative dates for assignments and MTE below:

tp 3: third week of Aug (explain rules for sentence stress and exceptions and apply them on a piece of discourse)
tp 4: third week of Sept (listen to a dialogue and identify tones and /or complete grammatical words)
tp 5: third week of Oct (debate)
tp 6: third week of Nov (make up assignment at home)

MTE 2: first week of Nov
c u soooooooooooooon!!!
b-safeee
laura

answering a comment

hello analia!!
sry, i just have the paper version right now...
take caaare
:)

NEW MATERIAL

hi sts!!!
2morrow well start working w new material
pls get it at the xerox room asap
thanxxxxxx
:))

FEEDBACK SHEET AND TOPIC

hey students!!!
pls hand in a feedback sheet 2morrow so that i can write comments down (i uploaded a copy to the fbk group)
You can choose a topic for getting started with the exam if thats ok with u.....
take care ppl!!
best, laura

TOPIX FOR MTE 1

hellooooooooo

topix b-low:
Reading and re-telling of:

"A cautionary tale" and cautionary tale created in pairs
"The story of Tilly"
"The storyteller" (plus characters, symbols and setting)

English Pronunciation in Use: units 39-40
Rules for sentence stress

"Cross-modal reinforcements in phonetics teaching and learning: an overview of innovative trends in pronunciation pedagogy" (Magdalena Wrembel)  questions about content and examples

Take care, Laura

LONG WKD

dear sts,
hi theeeeeeeeeeere!!!
a couple of assignments for the long wkd: pls read the notes in chapter 41(Pron in Use) and also do the exercises, so that we can check them in class
Also read the article "phonetics teaching and learning: an overview of recent trends and directions" by Mompenan, Ashby and Freser
Tuesday will b the last class b4 the mte, so it will probably b a revision lesson..
enjoy and take care!!
c u sooooooooon
laura

HEADPHONES/EARPHONES

hello sts!!!
pls take headphones or earphones to class if possible as we may use the lab but im not so sure about the headphones..
thanxxxxxx!!
laura

SYMBOLS IN "THE STORYTELLER"

hello analia,
sry i havent been able to access the "comments" session, once more...
yeah, the symbols u mention make sense to me...
best, laura

FBK GROUP

hi sts!!

ive just created a fbk group coz it allows uploading word files, pix and vids
the name of the group is LEO III ISFD 19, i created the group by the name of "maria capmany", i guess u have to request friendship first
take care!!!
laura

SYMBOLS IN THE STORYTELLER

hey sttttttts

here´s the link for the site featuring the symbols in the storyteller:

http://www.ehow.com/info_8414289_symbols-found-storyteller-saki.html

have an awesome wkd!!!!
:))

ONLINE INTONATION

hello sts!
pls visit the site "Online Intonation", a page started by phonetician John Maidment from UCL which provides exercised featuring the basic intonation tones.
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/johnm/oi/oiin.htm
Do exerdices 1-4 and print them pls
enjoy!!
laura

TASKS

hello sts!
pls print your re-tellings and submit them in class as my printer does not work
thanxx
laura

NEW MATERIAL

hey sts
how r u doing???!!!
i shall b leaving new material at the xerox room tomorrow:"the storyteller" by saki http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmaW70A1rD4 (u-tube vid) and some units from pronunciation in use (advanced) (units 39-45)
c u soon guyssssssss!!!
:))

IMPORTANT DATES REVISITED...

hey sts!!

some important dates below:

assignment #2: June 13
mid-term exam: June 27
make-up exam: July 4
no classes on July 11-12

c u 2day, laura

2morrow

sure, no problem analia..
:)

THURSDAY 30

hi there
we´re having our first assignment as scheduled 2morrow
pls dont 4get your feedback sheet
best, laura

FRIDAY AND TUESDAY

hi again!!

2morrow Friday 24 we´re not having classes as i´ll b travelling
make sure u have prepared a draught of your talk by Tuesday so that u can discuss in pairs in class
be safe!
laura

FIRST ASSIGNMENT REVISITED

hi guyz
i´ve pasted the assignment b-low so that u can start working it out
take good care!
laura

ISFD 19

PROFESORADO DE INGLÉS

Espacio de la Orientación

“LEO III”

Prof Esp Laura Sordelli

2013                    

                          STUDENT´S NAME----------

ASSIGNMENT # 1: FIVE-MINUTE TALK (1)(May 30)

Procedure:

§  You have about five minutes to talk about something you choose.  Set a subject which you feel will focus the teachers´ minds and prepare it at home (See the BOX).

§  Practise your talk and monitor your strengths and weaknesses. Work carefully on pronunciation, and indeed on language as a whole.

§  A mirror will be useful so that you can observe your own lips and jaw position when articulating particular sounds.

§  Speak out loudly and clearly.

§  I will not interrupt your talking; however I may mark any pronunciation or language mistakes and I will make general comments afterwards.

§  On the day of the exam, bring this guideline with you.

BOX: THEMES

The best thing to happen to me today

A jealous moment

A generous act

A sad/frightening/funny/strange/great moment

A dilemma

A memory from my childhood

A memory from my (first) school

A place/person I know

Something I hate/love doing

My favourite possession

An unexpected meeting

Something which is not fair

Others

COMMENTS: LANGUAGE PRONUNCIATION STRESS AND INTONATION OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS GENERAL COMMENTS

Adapted from “Five-minute talk” in Chiatti, Susana- Romanelli, Sofia- Sordelli, Laura Advanced pronunciation activities, Biblioteca Central UNMdP (en edición)

FIRST ASSIGNMENT

hey guyz
i´ve just sent the file with your first assignment to the xerox room
we´ll discuss it 2day in class
best, laura

CODE NUMBER

huy guyz
code number for the conversational skills handout is 2034
b safe, laura

CONVERSATIONAL ISSUES

dear sts
i sent a file with material for 2morrow´s lesson to the guy at the xerox room
take care, laura

HEY THEREEEE

morning ppl!!
4 some reason i cannot answer comments on the "comments" section, sry about that....
we will probably b starting the cautionary tale assignment on Tuesday or Thursday as a listening passage is needed in order 2 complete it..
take care guys
:))

TUESDAY

hi ppl!!

pls finish all the exercises from the BBC handouts at home so that we can correct them on Tuesday. I shall b leaving dicition material at the xerox room 4 u to photocopy and we may start the new assignment too on Tue
enjoy, Laura

WEEKEND READING

hi guyssssss

Pls follow this link and read the article by Polish researcher Magdalena Wrembel about innovative trends in pronunciation pedagogy. She presented it at the International Conference of Phonetic Sciences held in Hong Kong last August

http://www.icphs2011.hk/resources/OnlineProceedings/SpecialSession/Session3/Wrembel/Wrembel.pdf

i shall b posting questions about the article soon

enjoy!!!
laura

e-mails

hello ppl!
ive sent u the files to your e-mail addresses, i wonder if you´ve got them
regards, laura

2MORROW´S ASSIGNMENT

hi girlzzzzzzzzzz

ive uploaded 2morrow´s assignment to my Tumbler as i was not able to upload it here

pls follow this link:

http://fonoinstructor.tumblr.com/

if u have any problems pls email me

b-saaaaaaafe!!

laura

WELCOME!!

hello students!

remember to check the blog every day as i may b posting news quite often
c u in a while!
take care, laura