F2F Class Notes (Sonia)

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COMPARISONS

-er -est more than less than

i like lift weight more than cardio. Both are equally healthy, but cardio is tiring than lift weight.

to lift weights (verb)weight lifting (noun)

when you cannot add an er at the end (tiring is not tireder, more tired) need to add more in front and than

more tiring than…

if supermarket nearby my apartment its will be more convenient.

correction: If a supermarket was near my apartment it would be more convenient

near …(subject), nearby no subject needed

I like to buy shoes more than clothes because my shoes are always broke easily.  I prefer to buy clothes than jewellery because jewellery is expensive.

my shoes always break easily

Pronunciation

jewellery: JUL-LA-REE

shoes –SHOOZ

SOURCE: https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1710/171015-baby-talk.html

A new study has found that mothers all over the world speak to their babies in the same way. The research is from the Baby Lab at Princeton University in the USA. The researchers who did the study said “motherese” is a universal language. They said baby talk is not just lots of cute noises and coochy-coos. The words and sounds that mothers say to their babies are quite complex. They form a special form of communication that mothers use in the same way across the world. These sounds are very important in helping the language development in infants. Dr Elise Piazza, co-author of the research, said baby talk is a lot more important than we thought. She said: “It is not something to be embarrassed about at all.”

The researchers recorded 24 different mothers talking to their babies. The babies were aged between seven months and one year. The mothers spoke to their children in 10 different native languages, including English, Spanish, Mandarin, Russian and Hebrew. Dr Piazza said: “We basically brought mothers into the lab and had them play with and read to their own babies, just like they would at home.” She added: “We found that mothers [change the] basic quality of their voices when speaking to infants, and they do so in a [very similar] way across many diverse languages.” The study didn’t look at fathers’ talk, but Piazza said that it is likely fathers would also speak in a similar way across the world.

Vocabulary

laboratory (lab): a place where scientific research or test is done

research: to find information

e.g in the laboratory they researched baby talk

universal:普遍的

e.g english is a universal language

complex: difficult to understand or find an answer to because of having many different parts