English Language SS2 First Term Week 5 Contents: Oracy Skills: Consonants Grammar: Sentences Vocabulary Development A. Consonant A consonant is a speech sound made by partly or completely stopping the flow of air through the mouth. Examples are [p] pronounced with the lips; [t], pronounced with the front of the tongue; [k], pronounced with the back of the [...]
English Language SS2 Second Term Week 6 Contents: Structure: Pronouns (Demonstrative, Interrogative and Possessive) Oral English: /s/, /ts/ - Contrasting Consonants Skill Focus: How to approach summary tasks A. Structure: Pronouns (Demonstrative, Interrogative and Possessive) Demonstrative Pronouns A determiner that points to a particular noun or to the noun it replaces. There are four demonstratives in English: the “near” [...]
English Language SS2 Week 1 Contents: Oral English: The Falling and Rising Tones Vocabulary Development: Using Computers A. Oral English: The Falling and Rising Tone Intonation is the music of the voice. As we speak, our voices are constantly changing from one pitch to another. Intonation often tells us more about the feelings and attitude [...]
English Language SS2 First Term Week 9 Contents: Grammar: Nominalization Vocabulary Development: The Human Body Skill Focus: Writing Skills A. Grammar: Nominalization It is useful to expand your vocabulary and one way to do this to know how to use suffixes to form new words. A suffix is something we add to the end of a word [...]
English Language SS2 Third Term Week 8 Contents: Structure: Nouns - Countable and Uncountable/Concrete and Abstract Skill Focus: How to keep up with your English during the Holidays Common errors Structure: Nouns - Countable and Uncountable/Concrete and Abstract Countable nouns are nouns that can be counted (e.g. oranges). So how do we know whether or not a noun is countable [...]
English Language SS2 First Term Week 3 Contents: Oracy Skills: Diphthongs Grammar: Determiners Writing Skills: How to read and listen for gist The Habit of Reading A. Diphthongs A Diphthong is a type of vowel that begins as one sound, then changes into another. (Note that di - is a prefix meaning 'two'.) E.g. in [...]
English Language SS2 Second Term Week 2 Contents: Grammar: Sentence types Oracy: Phonetic symbols (Vowels) Creative Writing A. Sentence Patterns Sentence can be defined as phrase with finite verb & subject and predicate or subordinate & main clause. Sentence Subject - Predicate The patterns include: SV- Subject Verb SVO- Subject Verb Object SVC- Subject Verb Complement SVOO [...]
English Language SS2 Week 4 Contents: Oral English: Formal Speeches Word Structure: Prepositional Phrase Reading and Writing Skills: How to Write and Deliver a Speech A. Oral English: Formal Speeches Sooner or later in life you may be called upon to make a formal speech. It might happen when you are a special guest at [...]
English Language SS2 Second Term Week 3 Contents: Grammar: Reported Speech Oracy: Rhymes Vocabulary Development A. Grammar: Reported Speech Look and compare the following short texts, which have been adapted from the reading passage of this unit. In both cases the person narrating the story is a man whose name we do not know. A. Direct [...]