F2F Class Notes (Sonia)[S/R]

Do you agree that students should not need to write exams anymore?

No I don’t agree about that. In my view, I think students should write exams by hand because I think its very important for humans. We are different from animals because we use our bodyies or hands to do a lot of things, also we will use our brain to think a lot of things. Right now, we will use a lot of machines to help us do somethings like we will type on laptops or drive a car, but it doesn’t means we don’t need to walk or write by ourselves. Also, we need to do a lot of exercise to train our body so thats why I don’t think students should give up writing exams.

correction: I don’t agree with this opinion/with that

Do you think that it is especially a ‘lost art’ in China?

Yes it must be a lost art in China as well because we always choose some an easy way to do something like between lovers, we wrote some letter to our lover to show our love but right now we just text a message. I can receive a lot of messages from people it very easy way, but I never received a letter, if I received a letter it will would be very special for me and I will remember it forever.

*try to use such as/ for example instead of like

“we wrote some”= we used to write letters

“which is a very easy way” (make it clear what your subject is)

*with hypotheticals use would not will e.g It would be very special for me

Vocabulary

illegible(adj): unreadable, can’t understand the writing (visually)

e.g This sentence is illegible

tutorial(n): a lesson teaching something without two way interaction

e.g an online tutorial

prolonged(adj): extended (synonym)

cherish (v): to love, protect, and care for someone or something that is important to you

e.g it would be a cherished memory for me/ I would cherish this letter

hypothetical(adj):imagined or suggested but not necessarily real or true

Calligraphy(n): the art of letter writing

fountain pen: special ink pen for calligraphy

Read passage go through new vocabulary next lesson

SOURCE: https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1709/170901-pronunciation.html

Radio newsreaders and television presenters at Ireland’s national broadcaster RTE are up in arms at being told to pronounce words according to the Queen’s English. A report in The Irish Sun newspaper claims that RTE’s broadcasters have been issued an A-Z style guide of words which instructs them on how to pronounce certain words in an effort to ensure they are clearly understood. The A-Z comes with audio clips containing elocution lessons of how to “properly” pronounce the “problem” words. An official at RTE told the Irish Sun that producers issued the guide to keep up standards. It said RTE had received complaints from the public over how certain words were supposedly mispronounced.

Irish linguistics expert Professor Raymond Hickey called the RTE’s actions “internalized colonialism“. He expressed his disbelief that Irish speakers were being asked to use words with an English accent. He said: “The basic issue is RTE expects its staff to speak as if they were English. Why? We have our own form of English, which is different but fully legitimate and accepted worldwide.” Professor Hickey highlighted some examples of the words Irish presenters are being asked to pronounce with a British English accent. He said: “The Irish don’t pronounce the TH [in ‘birthday’] as a fricative, but as a stop with no breath….The same is true of ‘news’ – the Irish pronunciation is and always has been ‘nooze’.”