Week 3: October 3rd- Phonetics and cinema!!

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- We revised the passive structure: I was told about/He was/She was told about...
- We revised the pronunciation of:         -diphthong /əʊ/ (as in told, home, mole, Rome or bone)
     -/ð/ as in the.
     -long and short vowels as in sheep/ship, work, car,
     -/ed/ endings as /t/, /d/ or / ɪd/
- We read aloud the text with past verb forms.
- We did a diagnostic listening that I collected.
Homework:
- You have to choose a Hollywood star that made films in Samuel Bronston's film company when it was established in Las Rozas.
- You have to read a little bit online about the star's life and experience in Spain, and pick photos or words to use to tell the story to a classmate at the beginning of next day's class. All the students in the class already chose a star but there are some left unpicked from the list: Debbie Reynolds/ Grace Kelly/ Bing Crosby.
- You can have a look at the place's web and its photos.