martes, 2 de octubre de 2012

Starting with English, starting with classes

Hello everybody!
We are starting classes on October, 15 and we are going to study the basic things in English. Let's start with numbers. This is what I'm going to explain in class.

NUMBERS

There are 3 groups of numbers:

1.  From 1 to 12 : the numbers with "proper names"

NUMBER
NAME
PRONUNCIATION
1
ONE
/wʌn/
2
TWO
/tuː/
3
THREE
/θriː/
4
FOUR
/fɔː(r)/
5
FIVE
/faɪv/
6
SIX
/sɪks/
7
SEVEN
/ˈsevən/
8
EIGHT
/eɪt/
9
NINE
/naɪn/
10
TEN
/ten/
11
ELEVEN
/ɪˈlevən/
12
TWELVE
/twelv/

2.  From 13 to 19 : the -teen numbers

NUMBER
NAME
PRONUNCIATION
13
thirteen
/ˌθɜːˈtiːn/
14
forteen
/ˌfɔːˈtiːn/
15
fifteen
/ˌfɪfˈtiːn/
16
sixteen
/ˌsɪksˈtiːn/
17
seventeen
/ˌsevənˈtiːn/
18
eighteen
/ˌeɪˈtiːn/
19
nineteen
/ˌnaɪnˈtiːn/

3. Numbers from 20 to 90 : the -ty numbers  (in Spanish we say -ta)

NUMBER
NAME
PRONUNCIATION
20
twenty
/ˈtwenti/
30
thirty
/ˈθɜːrti/
40
forty
/ˈfɔːˈti/
50
fifty
/ˈfɪfˈti/
60
sixty
/ˈsɪksˈti/
70
seventy
/ˈsevənˈti/
80
eighty
/ˈeɪˈti/
90
ninety
/ˈnaɪnˈti/


The main difference between the group 2 and 3 are:
  •        The ending : -teen /ˈtiːn/ a long /i:/ (like two ii in Spanish)    -ty /ti/ short /ɪ/
  •         The stress (acento/golpe de voz)       group 2       group 3
How to write numbers:

                Twenty-four      sixty-seven     There is a hyphen (-) between the two parts

Activities:
  • Exercise 1: look at a clock and say the numbers in order and then jumping from one to another
  • Exercise 2: dictation of numbers like telephone numbers or additions: 23+30 ; 47+50
  • Exercise 3: you can practise with this page with listening comprenhension of numbers; click here

Videos with numbers to help you with pronunciation:
·         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM30Ad5nQ24 : pronunciation of mumbers from 1 to 20
·         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7AmBGd4tmU : numbers for kids.

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