UNIT 2a
VOCABULARYLearn different nationalities and to tell where people are from
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grammarLearn verb to be in negative and interrogative
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pronunciationPractice different sounds in English
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1. VOCABULARY
Nationalities
Remember the question:
Nationalities
Remember the question:
Where are you from?
I'm from Spain / I'm Spanish
I'm from Spain / I'm Spanish
COUNTRY |
NATIONALITY |
LANGUAGE |
Austria |
Austrian |
German |
Belgium |
Belgian |
Dutch, French, German |
Denmark |
Danish |
Danish |
France |
French |
French |
Germany |
German |
German |
Holland/ The Netherlands (Los Países Bajos) |
Dutch |
Dutch, French, German |
Italy |
Italian |
Italian |
Portugal |
Portuguese |
Portuguese |
Russia |
Russian |
Russian |
Sweden (Suecia) |
Swedish (sueco) |
Swedish |
Switzerland (Suiza) |
Swiss (suizo) |
French, German, Italian |
COUNTRY |
NATIONALITY |
LANGUAGE |
America/ The United States of America (The USA) |
American |
English |
Brazil |
Brazilian |
Portuguese |
Canada |
Canadian |
English / French |
Chile |
Chilean |
Spanish |
Colombia |
Colombian |
Spanish |
Cuba |
Cuban |
Spanish |
Dominican Republic |
Dominican |
Spanish |
Mexico |
Mexican |
Spanish |
Paraguay |
Paraguayan |
Spanish |
Venezuela |
Venezuelan |
Spanish |
COUNTRY |
NATIONALITY |
LANGUAGE |
Afganistan |
Afghan |
Pashto /Dari |
China |
Chinese |
Chinese |
Japan |
Japanese |
Japanese |
India |
Indian |
Hindi / English/ Bengali/ Nepali |
Indonesia |
Indonesian |
Bahasa Indonesia |
Iraq |
Iraqui |
Arabic / Kurdish |
Israel |
Israeli |
Hebrew / Arabic |
Palestine |
Palestinian |
Arabic |
South Korea |
Korean |
Korean |
Taiwan |
Taiwanese |
Chinese |
Turkey |
Turkish |
Turkish |
Thailand |
Thai |
Thai |
The Philippines |
Filipine |
Filipino / Tagalog / English / Spanish |
Some cultural Information
Remember this exception: I'm Arab and I speak Arabic.
Foreigner- extranjero (noun, the person)
foreign- extranjero (adj.)
- Arab: relates to the people, places and culture of the Arab world. Examples include: Arab cuisine, the Arab League, Arab Music, etc.
- Arabic: specifically relates to the written and spoken language of the Arab world. Examples:Arabic literature, Arabic influences in English, dialects of Arabic, etc.
Foreigner- extranjero (noun, the person)
foreign- extranjero (adj.)
Do the quiz
Now test yourself identifying the following flags with their nationalities
3. GRAMMAR
Verb 'to be' in ? and -
3. PRONUNCIATION
REMEMBER:
- /i/ The letter 'i' between two consonants is usually pronounced /i/. E.g. fish/ Englang (irregular).
- /au/ In English, the sound of the letter 'o' in 'phone' is a diphtong, a combination of two sounds /a/ + /u/. It is usually spelt by the letters 'o', or 'o'+ consonant + 'e'.
- /s/ The letter 's' at the beginning of a word is nearly always pronounced /s/. E.g. sit, stand.
- The letter 'c' (before i) at the beginning of a word and before a consonant+ e is usually 's', eg, cinema, city, but the letter 'c' is often /k/, e.g. cat.
- /ʃ/ The consonants 'sh' are always pronounced /ʃ/, e.g. she. The letters 'ti' also produces this sound in words that include the syllable -tion, eg. nationality. The letters 'ss' in Russia is an exception.
/d3/
/tʃ/
/ʃ/
Within a sentence, some words are stressed more strongly than others. Stressed words are usually "information" words, i.e. nouns, adjectives, verbs.
Unstressed words are usually shorter such as pronouns, articles, prepositions, and auxiliary verbs.
4. SPEAKING
Where is he from? / Where is she from?
Is he British?
No, he isn't. He's... Is he Brazilian?
No, he isn't. He's... Is he Japanese?
No, he's not. He's... Is he American?
No, he's not. He's... |
Is she Spanish?
No, she isn't. She's from... Is she German?
No, she isn't. She's... Is she Russian?
No, she's not. She's... Is she Italian?
No, she isn't. She's... |