VIP Class Notes (Lily)

Vocabulary

1. bully (noun)= someone who bullies others, someone who picks on smaller/ weaker people.

ex: A bully always picks on smaller/ weaker people.

2. bully (verb)= to act the bully toward; intimidate

ex: Bullying is very common in middle school, and even in elementary school.

3. verbally= express something with mouth.

ex: verbal communication

4. varies (verb) = to change or alter

ex: I wish my breakfast could vary week to week. / I wish my breakfast would have variations everyday.

5. variety: a number of different types of things, especially ones in the same general category

ex: large variety of fruits

6. take (somebody/ something) for granted

ex: I take her for granted because she is my mom.

Body Language

When we communicate with others, we express our thoughts and feelings not only through the words we choose, but also through our tone of voice, facial expression and body language. In fact, many communications experts believe that far more information is communicated non-verbally (without words) than verbally (with words). “Body language” is an important part of non-verbal communication.

Body language includes many different aspects of our every day physical behaviour: the way we greet one another; how we stand, how we sit or walk; the way we position our arms and legs or use our hands and eyes are some of the most basic.

To learn another language is more than just learning words and grammar, it involves learning about another culture, too. We learn much of our own culture’s body language before we learn to speak, from the time we are children, usually without even being aware of it.  And that body language varies from culture to culture, so it’s something to which second language learners should pay attention.

Pronunciation

beHAviour – *the capitalised word is the stress word

expRESS

word = werd

world= WERE road

grammar= GRA mer

grandma= GRAN ma

single= SING go

twinkle = twin ko

girl= gurl