Online Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Practical (adj): 1-   relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas or imagination.
E.g.: Qualifications are important but practical experience is always a plus.
E.g.: The service offers young people practical advice on finding a job.
E.g.: What’s the use of theoretical knowledge that has no practical application?

Academic (adj): 1- relating to schools, colleges, and universities, or connected with studying and thinking, not with practical skills.
E.g.: academic subjects/qualifications/books
E.g.: an academic institution (= universities, schools, etc.)
E.g.: the academic year (= the time during which students go to school or college)

Grammar

We must have know our mission, who we are and why we do that. – We must know our mission, who we are and why we do what we do.

That’s why decision to improve my speak English. – That why I decide to improve my spoken English.

I spend more time to play with my son. – I spend a lot of time playing with my son.

My speak skills. – My speaking skills.

My mean is… – What I mean is…

One years – One year

He don’t like to go to school. – He doesn’t like to go to school

Pronunciation

Temperature: /ˈtem.pɚ.ə.tʃɚ/

Grapes: /ɡreɪps/

Furniture: /ˈfɝː.nɪ.tʃɚ/

Practical: /ˈpræk.tɪ.k^əl/

Academic: /ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/

Society: /səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/