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The cuisines of cultures have greatly influenced the way we refer to food. Some of the terms that we commonly use to refer to food are related to new ways of cooking and organization of food preparation.
Languages are always evolving and dictionaries keep adding new terms each year. This year, the Merriam-Webster dictionary has added a list of new food terms and new uses for some of the existing terms.
Here you have a set of flashcards with the new words about food that includes the pronunciation:
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Review the flashcards
Click on the red button to do the online crossword.
What units do people use in your country to measure the temperature?
Listen to the following song. Find the following phrase “200°F, that’s why they call me mister Fahrenheit” Type in the comments the second or the minute you hear it.
A consonant cluster is a group of consonants without any vowel. They can appear at the beginning, in the middle of at the end of words.
For example:
initial st : stop
middle st: faster
final st: tallest
Spanish and Portuguese speakers have difficulties pronouncing s-cluster words, especially when the cluster is located at the beginning of a word.
In this mini lesson I’ll teach you how to pronounce words that start with S consonant clusters.
‘SP’, ‘ST’, ‘SM’, ‘SK’, ‘SL’ ‘SN’ and ‘SW’ are consonant clusters that are not present at the beginning of words in Spanish, Portuguese and other languages. To improve your pronunciation it is important that you recognize them and learn how to pronounce each sound of the cluster correctly.
Watch this video and practice to improve your pronunciation
Lately most of us have been attending virtual meetings. Zoom has become one of the preferred platforms for working and learning remotely. In one hand virtual meetings have become an effective way to communicate with colleagues, teachers and classmates. On the other they have become a source of stress and anxiety especially for non-English speakers.
This quick guide will offer useful vocabulary and phrases to improve your communication skills online.
First of all you need to become familiar with the icons and their functions. It’s important that you learn how to pronounce their names in English. Some words are universally used around the world but the pronunciation varies according to the language.
USEFUL WORDS
Here is a list of words that can help you for your next virtual meeting/ class.
video conference
host
participants
camera on
camera off
adjust volume
microphone on
microphone off (mute)
share screen
poll
turn up the volume
turn down the volume
chat
record the session
USEFUL PHRASES
Here are some common phrases used during virtual meetings. How many of them have you heard before?
Can you hear me?
Can you see me?
Can you see the presentation?
Can you hear the audio?
I can’t hear you / I’m having trouble hearing you.
Your mic is off
Please turn your mic off
I can see you but I can’t hear you
I’ll share my screen
Can you share your screen?
I’ll stop sharing my screen
Can you stop sharing your screen?
Are you on mute? / I think your microphone is off
I have a problem with the connection
Sorry, I got kicked out
The connection is slow
I’m lagging / You’re lagging
My/ your video is freezing
Did you receive the link?
I’m waiting for it to load
It’s not loading
Scroll up please
Scroll down please
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Do you want to practice pronunciation? Download a worksheet with pictures and audio
Watch the following video to hear the sounds
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