tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78512769001181777402024-03-13T10:49:04.936-07:00Asesoría Regional de Inglés PuntarenasBlog designed to be a tool for English teachers in general. EFL and ESL students may make use of it, too.Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-27120810926420139932022-03-19T09:07:00.001-07:002022-03-19T09:07:13.251-07:00Importance of communication<p> Now that English teachers and students meet again at school, there is a constant complaint. "Students do not even know what they are doing. It is like going back to the starting point." Students have been away from school for two years. We have to keep in mind that our job is not just to teach them content but to establish a connection that might help them be better people. That is the lesson we learn in the video I am sharing today. It is the moment to ask our students what is it that they want me to know?</p><p>The presenter develops her talk around some powerful concepts such as the importance of listening to our students, giving them a voice, being empathetic and compassioned.</p><p>I love her way to present three principles that we have to consider: </p><p>Connection</p><p>Complexity</p><p>Reflection</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8pcKbf_vpHg" width="320" youtube-src-id="8pcKbf_vpHg"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-13085906786207205202022-02-15T11:38:00.003-08:002022-02-15T11:44:30.235-08:00What kind of teachers do we remember? <p> Probably, the title of this post helps you recall the good experiences from the past when you were little kids or teens. Yes, teachers impact our lives in one or another form.</p><p>This year dear colleagues what is the impact you want to imprint in your students? To me a good teacher must always be prepared, trusty and helpful.</p><p>To begin this year, the call is to diagnose your students in an appropriate way. Regarding this topic a piece of advice:</p><p>1. Identify the areas you want to diagnose. Consider not only linguistic aspects.</p><p>2. Break each aspect into two or three punctual descriptors.</p><p>3. Create an instrument (check list, for example) and use it as you are implementing your diagnose.</p><p>4. Keep in mind that it is a process not a product.</p><p>Now enjoy the following video.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nmwy6r26vQY" width="320" youtube-src-id="nmwy6r26vQY"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-91134455238142864232022-02-14T11:54:00.001-08:002022-02-14T11:54:32.872-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SyTG78JN6WM" width="320" youtube-src-id="SyTG78JN6WM"></iframe></div><br /> This the newest information provided by MEP to indicate how the school process in general would be approached in 2022. <p></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-3221186624999019202021-12-21T10:19:00.000-08:002021-12-21T10:19:01.816-08:00What do we do with our time?<p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We are getting ready for Christmas and New Year's eve. Perhaps, some of us start worrying about our accomplishments. We can even come with vain justifications for those mistakes that did not help us fulfilling our goals. We forget the great potential given to us. Today, I want to share the image below to drive you to think about some of the reasons that do not allow us to fulfill our dreams, despite, we have the same amount of time and talents that many famous or prestigious people got?</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtB07dSJSXgCtdbQnqqBShxmMkzkCeJpsMA0Gg7poL31vveapOJU45KkjN-WNUD4NJzuwBIc62ZNewkL1US4287kRE5GZQQzz-edoWNbwWFcxTAuVicqxeM_jDq5khuqoPwZBHaPJR1mc/"><img alt="" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1885" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtB07dSJSXgCtdbQnqqBShxmMkzkCeJpsMA0Gg7poL31vveapOJU45KkjN-WNUD4NJzuwBIc62ZNewkL1US4287kRE5GZQQzz-edoWNbwWFcxTAuVicqxeM_jDq5khuqoPwZBHaPJR1mc/w640-h382/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Let's consider the first reason, <span style="color: #bf9000;">disciple</span>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We need to discipline to get up every day with the desire and hunger to make our dreams come true.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The second important reason is <span style="color: #bf9000;">motivation</span>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Maintain your motivation. Your desire to foster your dreams must be the fuel to spark the inner stimulus in your life, </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The third reason is to <span style="color: #bf9000;">stay focused</span>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">These days, it is easy to get out of focus. Your job is not to keep your sight away from your dreams.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">What are you going to do with the time given to you?</span></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-80967924223398489282021-12-14T15:00:00.002-08:002021-12-14T15:00:24.717-08:00<p> <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">Phonetics</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Objectives for this entry.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: ES-CR; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">To define phonetics</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">To determine the importance of the phonetic alphabet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: ES-CR; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">To identify organs of speech</span><o:p></o:p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">To learn about phonemes and graphemes correspondence</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #548235; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Defining Phonetics</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ed7d31; mso-themecolor: accent2;">The
study of physical properties of sound.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ed7d31; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Sounds
may not be represented systematically by spelling.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00b050; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Why not just spelling?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Sounds may not be represented systematically by spelling because:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #c55a11;">There is the same spelling for different sounds.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #c55a11;">There is a combination of letters representing one sound</span><span style="color: #c55a11;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Some letters are silent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00b050; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Phonetic Alphabet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: ES-CR; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">One symbol represents one sound</span><span style="color: #c55a11; mso-ansi-language: ES-CR; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Each speech sound has a
distinct symbol<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: ES-CR; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Cross-linguistically applicable</span><span style="color: #c55a11; mso-ansi-language: ES-CR; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00b050; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">IPA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00b050; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iEvoNw8Fgc6R-D80n2SdigiDolcCN6wHDjO-ii-3a6rANLloEw4bOqKV5HdvuohyphenhyphencmAvm2fI3hSpWEG82vSkWWG373LV1WU7sLX7OcpYKiPK2pEQkLlsNOytYLeBVe9gJz8VCZKTAgU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="1601" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iEvoNw8Fgc6R-D80n2SdigiDolcCN6wHDjO-ii-3a6rANLloEw4bOqKV5HdvuohyphenhyphencmAvm2fI3hSpWEG82vSkWWG373LV1WU7sLX7OcpYKiPK2pEQkLlsNOytYLeBVe9gJz8VCZKTAgU/w640-h258/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span class="TextRun SCXW2349877 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW2349877 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: x-large; font-variant-ligatures: normal; white-space: normal;">Video time</span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00b050; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW2349877 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW2349877 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Watch the videos</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW2349877 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> and respond to the questions.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW2349877 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #00b050; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g_SHfoUDj8A" width="402" youtube-src-id="g_SHfoUDj8A"></iframe></div><br /><span class="EOP SCXW2349877 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Questions to answer</span></span><p></p><div class="SCXW155096012 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW155096012 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><ol class="NumberListStyle2 SCXW155096012 BCX0" role="list" start="1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; cursor: text; list-style-type: lower-alpha; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><li aria-setsize="-1" class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW155096012 BCX0" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="" data-leveltext="%1)" data-listid="2" role="listitem" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW155096012 BCX0" paraeid="{6222081b-c480-41b8-8a18-70e1f0c6fd5d}{216}" paraid="1188208539" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">1) What is articulatory phonetics?
2) Why do we need the IPA?
3) What do gray spaces mean in the IPA chart?
4) Repeat the words as you hear the presenter emphasizing vowels and diphthongs. </span></span></p></li></ol></div></div><div class="SCXW155096012 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW155096012 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dfoRdKuPF9I" width="356" youtube-src-id="dfoRdKuPF9I"></iframe></div><br /><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">Questions to answer</span></div><div><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="SCXW8330161 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW8330161 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><ol class="NumberListStyle2 SCXW8330161 BCX0" role="list" start="1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; cursor: text; list-style-type: lower-alpha; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><li aria-setsize="-1" class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW8330161 BCX0" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="" data-leveltext="%1)" data-listid="3" role="listitem" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW8330161 BCX0" paraeid="{46f9449b-8b49-4b41-b1fe-29ae5e1c36e8}{9}" paraid="1088175685" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">1) What is the difference between vowels and consonants?
2) How do we describe consonants?
3) What is voicing?
4) What is a place of articulation?
5) What is the manner of articulation?
6) Give some examples of place or articulation?
7) What are fricative sounds?
8) What are affricate sounds?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Complex because they are
two-part vowels<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">But count as a single sound
because two vowels are articulated together. Examples:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ɑɪ] =bite <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ɔɪ] = boy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[eɪ]= bait<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00b050; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Other important symbols<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[s] = sap<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[z] = zip<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[θ] = think<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ð] = this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ʃ]= shine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ʒ] = vision<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ʧ]= touch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ʤ]= judge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ɹ]= ring<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[l]= leaf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[j] = yes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[w]= with<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[i]=sheep<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ɪ]=ship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ɛ]= end<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[u]= boot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ʊ]=put<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ɔ]= open<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[æ]=ash<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ɑ]= father<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ə]=about<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">[ʌ]= but<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><ol class="NumberListStyle2 SCXW8330161 BCX0" role="list" start="9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; cursor: text; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-type: lower-alpha; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><li aria-setsize="-1" class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW8330161 BCX0" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="9" data-font="" data-leveltext="%1)" data-listid="3" role="listitem" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; display: block; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px 0px 0px 24px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW8330161 BCX0" paraeid="{46f9449b-8b49-4b41-b1fe-29ae5e1c36e8}{65}" paraid="1703637026" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span class="EOP SCXW8330161 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></span></p></li></ol></div></div></div></div></div>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-27261010288872730012021-12-14T12:43:00.003-08:002021-12-14T12:43:56.586-08:00Introduction<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">I</span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">LOVE</span> </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">ENGLISH</span></i></span></h1><div><p> Welcome to the new format of the blog. This blog is intended to help English teachers and students to improve their knowledge and proficiency in the language. Please feel free to leave your commentaries and suggestions.</p><p>If you are interested in improving your language skills, you can contact us through the provided email. </p></div>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-59057938627854765862021-11-23T18:47:00.002-08:002021-12-14T10:35:15.948-08:00Farewel<p> Dear English teachers. </p><p>Today, I want to share with you a significant moment in my life as a professional. This coming November 30th would be my last day working for MEP but not as an English teacher. I retire after 34 years of service. </p><p>I am grateful to the Lord for everything lived during these years. But also to all of you who were kind, respectful, and very professional.</p><p>This blog would not be for the English Regional Advisory though I would keep running it with a different name and information regarding language teaching. I invite you to stay in contact and benefit from future posts. </p><p>May the Lord bless you all!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.gifer.com/Za9T.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="310" height="167" src="https://i.gifer.com/Za9T.gif" width="310" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-81493933473515632202021-10-13T08:34:00.002-07:002021-12-14T09:47:48.686-08:00Motivational capsule for students<p>We all know we have been living hard times. More than ever, our families have been split and affected economically, socially, and psychologically among others. Our students are probably demotivated and have lost interest. But also teachers too. I invite you to watch this video and reflect on it. I hope the following words resonate in your hearts. </p><p>Be disciplined. Success does not come from a life without discipline</p><p>Be motivated. No matter what, keep your motivation high. </p><p>Have vision. A person with a clear vision understands what s/he wants to accomplish in life. </p><p>Be uncomfortable with average. You can go beyond. Prosperous people do not think average. </p><p>Avoid excuses. There is no room for false justifications. Stay focused.</p><p>Be resilient. Adjust yourself to the changes and keep walking. Try to see an opportunity in everything you face.</p><p>Share some of these ideas with your students. Motivate them and connect the material to the STEAM strategy. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="397" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g6BtbIiJ_rc" width="557" youtube-src-id="g6BtbIiJ_rc"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-30136454646195465842021-09-20T10:08:00.002-07:002021-12-14T09:48:10.430-08:00Task Based Approach<div><div>Hello again to everyone!</div><div>This post is an updated version of a previous one published at least a year ago. During the last week, a colleague asked about grammar and GTAs. His query went in the following direction. Can I incorporate grammar exercises in the GTAs? He added grammar is necessary to be skillful in the language. </div><div>To answer this specific question, we need to keep in mind that MEP promotes the Task-based approach. In this sense, grammar plays an important role, but the fulfillment of the task is the most relevant part of the teaching process. We got to be sure that the grammar exercises provided help students to accomplish the task. Grammar out of the context of the task </div><div><br /></div><div>Video tutorial</div><div>The Task-Based Approach to Language Teaching in Costa Rica.</div><div>Keywords: Learning by skills, blended education, mediation, and evaluation of learning.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pzYQirdOIKBfe_C4BiOO5wJ35G03LasK/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pzYQirdOIKBfe_C4BiOO5wJ35G03LasK/view?usp=sharing</a><br /></div>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-41844915785013622492021-09-15T12:04:00.004-07:002021-12-14T09:48:34.610-08:00Video PDL para secundaria<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Estimados colegas hago llegar video sobre la PDL según se
anunció en la Circular DM-DVM-AC-DGEC-0699-2021. Este video es importante que sea
visto por todas las personas funcionarias involucradas en el proceso de
aplicación.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>Si alguno tiene problemas para ver el video puede hacerlo directamente desde YouTube </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3SJvzEQGHg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3SJvzEQGHg</a><br /></p><p><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E3SJvzEQGHg" width="320" youtube-src-id="E3SJvzEQGHg"></iframe></div><p></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-89694041297956919342021-09-06T10:24:00.003-07:002021-12-14T09:48:55.718-08:00PDL actualización de información <p> A partir de la circular DM-DVM-AC-DGEC-0699-2021 esta asesoría presenta un resumen con los aspectos más inmediatos a ser considerados para la prueba de dominio lingüístico en la asignatura de inglés este 2021. </p><p>El material puede ser compartido con los estudiantes pues da instrucción clara sobre la prueba de práctica que liberará la UCR. </p><p><a href="https://www.flipsnack.com/7F7D5BEEFB5/prueba-de-dominio-ling-stico-2021-xuf48lmxu3.html">https://www.flipsnack.com/7F7D5BEEFB5/prueba-de-dominio-ling-stico-2021-xuf48lmxu3.html</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0w71PCMi4am_arMyAKbphDKCEwoH2yAZWvVKfNJpci9EHd-COpjkoi-Gw_atJd-frL5h0BvZOz-_56PfpJUjn9eTDJxcjwPwUzsoJkYGaNzO4nBM6DM29hLgAxm5NQEonYTZLdAMI3Ik/s1600/Captura+de+pantalla+%25286%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0w71PCMi4am_arMyAKbphDKCEwoH2yAZWvVKfNJpci9EHd-COpjkoi-Gw_atJd-frL5h0BvZOz-_56PfpJUjn9eTDJxcjwPwUzsoJkYGaNzO4nBM6DM29hLgAxm5NQEonYTZLdAMI3Ik/s320/Captura+de+pantalla+%25286%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Su consultas las puede hacer llegar por este mismo medio si así lo desea. </p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-80471167244473244482021-09-03T10:15:00.001-07:002021-12-14T09:49:13.179-08:00ACS en la asignatura de inglés<p>Estimados colegas reciban un saludo de paz y bienestar. En el presente post encontrará un video sobre el abordaje de las ACS en la asignatura de inglés. Favor dejar su criterio o consultas sobre el tema. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxqm8E-KslJbQ2E8GETD_Gta-jyGiiw7hPpn6usdQaJVjaRVXuDfmWXgGYbrM_2l5pIsCOLCUmOM39Tb8nvXw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-67486894506383727592021-08-31T18:22:00.005-07:002021-12-14T09:49:36.760-08:00Día Internacional de la Alfabetización <p>Les invito a mirar y promover el siguiente video sobre el Día Internacional de la Alfabetización producido en el 2018. La labor docente no debe por ninguna razón de perderse por razón alguna. Nuestro impacto en la sociedad es sumamente importante. Sigamos adelante construyendo un mundo mejor. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fsucXQUnmMs" width="320" youtube-src-id="fsucXQUnmMs"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-23869724300399237752021-07-19T18:40:00.002-07:002021-12-14T09:49:55.741-08:00Plan de nivelación ingles<p> Estimados compañeros supervisores, directores y docentes de inglés, les hago llegar un video con la explicación básica y datos más importantes del plan de nivelación promovidos por el MEP para este segundo periodo. </p><p>Les insto a ver el material y si tienen consultas gustosamente podemos coordinar para atender sus dudas por medio de Teams a nivel institucional. Para ello generar una solicitud por escrito dirigida a la jefatura del Departamento de Asesorías Pedagógicas y a esta Asesoría.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzdEkMGypxeDjZgmrNT7jcATLftY0XrfYjL9y3zuUho83us0u8dejqhkpTjhfNYPAjEIUKY4q6pDd4Qey-heQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>En caso que el video no sea procesado por razones diversas de igual manera les comparto el link para poder verlo en línea.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LoXIZ2Oi8I32K03absID3Zf4gCBfq1Lc/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LoXIZ2Oi8I32K03absID3Zf4gCBfq1Lc/view?usp=sharing</a><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Comparto también el link para que puedan descargar los materiales respectivos.</p><p><a href="https://ddc.mep.go.cr/estrategia-covid19/ii-semestre-curso-lectivo-2021">https://ddc.mep.go.cr/estrategia-covid19/ii-semestre-curso-lectivo-2021</a><br /></p></div>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-14277991456258130772021-07-12T06:47:00.002-07:002021-12-14T09:50:14.369-08:00Welcome back<p>Welcome again to classes. I hope you come back with a higher and better expectation of what we can accomplish together as professionals.</p><p>I would like to start by mentioning that we need English teachers committed not only to teach English but also enthusiastic in the promotion of values.</p><p>Remember that every single moment of your mediation, no matter if it is face-to-face or distance one, we have to emphasize the development of the different skills and tasks. To get this done, keep in mind that Self-study guides or GTAs should be short, precise, and concise. The core of these guides is that students get more than just content.</p><p>To be successful make sure to initiate your teaching process with a little dose of motivation through a quote that inspires your students.</p><p>Present the objectives of your class to your students in a precise manner. Introduce the language forms they need. Give them a clear example of the expected outcome and guide them to achieve the goals. </p><p>Finally, considering the circular letter DM-0021-2021 the National test would take place on the following dates:</p><p>0ctober 4 to 29, 2021. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-62180092738490889992021-06-21T09:27:00.004-07:002021-12-14T10:37:50.362-08:00Long and Short vowels in English<p><span style="font-size: large;">In this post, we will cover long and short vowels in English.</span></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Long vowels definition</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Long
vowel sounds are pronounced like the letters of the alphabet. </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">So,
if you can pronounce </span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i>a e i o u</i></b><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> (as in abcdefg…) then
you can pronounce long vowel sounds.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">We
see these long vowels in words like <b><span style="color: red;">a</span></b>te, <b><span style="color: red;">e</span></b>at, b<b><span style="color: red;">i</span></b>te,
b<b><span style="color: red;">o</span></b>at, and <b><span style="color: red;">u</span></b>se.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">They
are called long vowel sounds because we hold them for longer than short
sounds.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Short
vowels definition</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Short
vowels do not sound like their letter in the alphabet. </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">They
are more common than long vowel sounds. </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">We
see short vowels in words like b</span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: red;">a</span></b><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">t, r</span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: red;">e</span></b><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">d, f</span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: red;">i</span></b><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">t, h</span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: red;">o</span></b><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">t,
and c</span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: red;">u</span></b><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">t.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Short
vowels in English</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US">/æ/</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> as
in <u>a</u>pple, pan, or mat,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> <b>/ɛ/ </b>as
in <u>el</u>ephant, pen, or met, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US">/ɪ/ </span></b><span lang="EN-US">as
in <u>in</u>sect, pin, or mitt, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> <b>/ɒ/</b> as
in <u>o</u>ctopus, <u>o</u>strich, up<u>o</u>n, or m<u>o</u>tto, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> <b>/ʌ/</b> as
in <u>u</u>mbrella, pun, or mutt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Long vowels
in English</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US">/eɪ/</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> as
in late or mate,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US"> /iː/</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> as
in eat or meat (or meet or mete-- all pronounced the same), <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> <b>/aɪ/</b> as
in mite or might,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> <b>/oʊ/</b> as
in oats, mote or moat, and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b>/uː/</b> as
in <i>blue</i>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Video time</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The following video contains a detailed explanation of the difference between long and short vowels. Please, watch it and practice with the presenter. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N5lu5hTjrfo" width="379" youtube-src-id="N5lu5hTjrfo"></iframe></div><br /><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Silent ‘E’
Rule</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">When
a vowel and consonant are followed by an ‘e’, the ‘e’ is almost always silent,
but it causes the preceding vowel to be a long one. </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Examples:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: ES-CR; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br clear="all" style="break-before: auto; mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: auto;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Ate<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Plane<span> </span><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Pete<span> </span><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Bite<span> </span><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Nine</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Wingdings 2"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Wingdings 2";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Rope<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Note<span> </span><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Cube<span> </span><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Wingdings 2"; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Flute</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Other Long
Vowels</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A vowel at
the end of a syllable is almost always long. Examples: I, we, he, she, go, try,
potato and tomato. (Some English speakers use a short ‘a’ in the 2nd syllable,
while others use a long ‘a,’ but both ‘o’s are long for everyone.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">-igh and
-ight are usually long I (and silent gh): bright, fight, high, light,
might, night, right, sigh, sight, tight.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Often the first letter of the vowel combinations, especially ‘ai’, ‘ay’, ‘ea’, ‘ee’,
& ‘oa,’ will be long & the second will be silent. (An old rhyme for
children says “when 2 vowels go walking, the first does the talking.”) So
’plain’ sounds exactly like ‘plane,' ‘meat’ and ‘meet’ like ‘mete,’ etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Say aloud the given words to note the difference between long and short vowels.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">A: short<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> <span> </span> </span></span>A: long<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> <span> </span></span></span>A: short<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span></span>A: long</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">back<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> <span> </span><span> </span></span></span>bake<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span></span></span>can<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span></span></span>cane</p><p class="MsoNormal">snack<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> <span> </span><span> </span></span></span>snake<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span></span></span>plan<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span></span></span>plain/plane</p><p class="MsoNormal">fad<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span></span></span>fade<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span></span></span>tap<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span></span></span>tape</p><p class="MsoNormal">mad<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span></span></span>made/maid<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> <span> </span></span></span>cat<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span></span></span>Kate /keɪt/</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sam<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span></span></span>same<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span></span></span>rat<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span></span></span>rate</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">E: short<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span></span>E: long<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span></span>E: short<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span></span>E: long</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bed<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>bead<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>bet<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>beat/beet</p><p class="MsoNormal">Ben<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>bean<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>met<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>mete/meat/meet</p><p class="MsoNormal">men<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>mean<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>pet<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>Pete</p><p class="MsoNormal">ten<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>teen<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>set<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>seat</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Common
Examples: Short and Long Vowels</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_GgqlG99I_GHJv8K3vqE5HL6W8YlcZ5aDt2GM24lbky6MC9rQCmMugaj1q28oxGNjwA9z-al3DnLHABtcI2FdARPYnWcrLJFMnBKN7uJU6Eux_inJ_JbEmYcsKdHU2YDOuhh7jSSJB4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="589" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_GgqlG99I_GHJv8K3vqE5HL6W8YlcZ5aDt2GM24lbky6MC9rQCmMugaj1q28oxGNjwA9z-al3DnLHABtcI2FdARPYnWcrLJFMnBKN7uJU6Eux_inJ_JbEmYcsKdHU2YDOuhh7jSSJB4/w454-h268/image.png" width="454" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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(ER, IR, and UR are often -- though not always--the same sound.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Examples with phonetic symbols:</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>/ɑr/ -- arm, car, charge, dark, farm, start</li><li>/ɛər/-- air, aware, bare/bear, hair, spare, tear (pull apart paper or fabric), there, very, where</li><li>/ɪər/-- beer, ear, hear/here, near, tear (from crying)</li><li>/ɜr/ -- bird, burn, first, fur, herd, earth, service, sir, third, thirty, turn, urgent, worse</li><li>/ər/ -- baker, better, bigger, doctor, letter, smaller, summer</li><li>/ɔr/ -- for, important, more, north, or</li></ol></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Practice time</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Say aloud the coming words. Make sure to identify the difference between long and short vowels.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Tin – teen</li><li>Sin – seen</li><li>Kip – keep</li><li>Twit – tweet</li><li>Shit – sheet</li><li>Bitch – beach</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div>Now, keep practicing with the following video.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="324" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pNomXdUOne0" width="497" youtube-src-id="pNomXdUOne0"></iframe></div><br /><div>Please do not forget to leave your commentaries.</div></div><div><br /></div><p></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-50002606881808735322021-06-16T08:09:00.003-07:002021-06-16T08:09:55.394-07:00Relevant information <p> My dear colleagues, welcome again. This time, I am sharing in the link provided below an important profesional growth opportunity that you cannot miss if you have less than 5 years working at MEP.</p><p>This activity is sponsored my the USA Embassy.</p><p> <a href="https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/E73EA1718C98FCA52540EF23F30FEDED">https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/E73EA1718C98FCA52540EF23F30FEDED</a></p><p>Blessings!! </p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-71057531779341862062021-06-14T07:29:00.001-07:002021-12-14T09:50:53.843-08:00Front vowels<p>This is the second post of a series to help teachers practice phonetics. In this entry, the topic is front vowels.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">Front vowels</span></p>The front vowels of present-day English are those that are articulated near the front of the oral cavity.<p>Here is a list of these vowels.</p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">1. <b>/i:/</b> (the
phoneme spelled <i>ee</i> in <i>beet</i>):</span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;"> high front vowel.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">2. <b>/I/</b> (the phoneme spelled <i>i</i> in <i>bit</i>): </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> high</span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;"> front vowel. This vowel is articulated
slightly further back and slightly lower than the preceding vowel /i/.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">3. <b>/ei/</b> (the phoneme spelled <i>ai</i> in <i>bait</i>): </span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">mid-front vowel.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">4. <b>/</b></span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;">e</b><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><b> /</b> (the phoneme spelled <i>e</i> in <i>bet</i>): mid-front</span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;"> vowel. This vowel is articulated
slightly further back and slightly lower than the preceding vowel /e/.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">5. <b>/æ/</b> (the phoneme spelled <i>a</i> in <i>bat</i>): low </span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">front vowel.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Video time</span></span></p>In the coming video, you can review the front vowels. Please listen carefully and repeat when necessary after the presenter. For this material, the phonemes /e/ and /3/are used interchangeably.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIw6UUpdvis" width="320" youtube-src-id="KIw6UUpdvis"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Minimal Pair</span><div><br /></div><div>This is another important concept to remind at this moment as we contrast some of these front vowels.</div><div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">A minimal pair is a pair of words that vary by only a single sound, usually meaning sounds that may confuse English learners, like the /f/ and /v/ in </span><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">f</em></strong><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">an</em><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> and </span><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">v</em></strong><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">an</em><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">, or the /e/ and /ɪ/ in </span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">d</em><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">e</em></strong><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">sk</em><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> and </span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">d</em><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">i</em></strong><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">sk.</em></p></div><span style="color: #0e101a; text-align: center;">Let's see some minimal pairs. </span><span style="color: #0e101a; text-align: center;">Say the words aloud and find the difference not only in pronunciation but also in meaning. </span><br /><blockquote style="border: none; 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Say these words aloud make sure to produce the correct vowel sound identified in each minimal pair.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <b>Minimal
Pairs </b></span><b>/I/ and /i:/ </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> <span style="color: red;"> /I/ <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> /i:/</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->did
deed<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->fill
feel<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->fit
feet<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">grin
green<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">bid
bead<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">bitch
beech<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">biz
bees<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">chick
cheek<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">chit
cheat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Minimal
Pairs /e/ and /I/<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">/e/ <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> /I/</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> <b>
</b></span></span><!--[endif]-->Dead
did<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Desk <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>disk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Check <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>chick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Gem <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></span>gym<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Hell <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>hill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Hem <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>him<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Leapt <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>lipped<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Led <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>lid<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Minimal
Pairs /e/ and /ei/<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">/e/ <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> /ei/</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Bed bade<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Bread <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> <span> </span>braid<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Fell <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>fail<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Get <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>gate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Led <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>laid<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Lens <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>lanes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Men <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>main<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Met <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>mate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Pent paint<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Minimal
Pairs /æ/ and /e/<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 35.4pt; text-indent: .6pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">/æ/ <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> /e/</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Bland
/ <span> </span><span> </span>blend<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">cattle
/ <span> </span><span> </span>kettle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">dab
/ <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>deb<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">flax
/ <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>flecks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">frat
/ <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>fret<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">rabble
/ <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>rebel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Tongue twisters</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tongue twisters are a great teaching and learning strategy to practice your English. Here you find some examples. Say them aloud, pay attention to those words in italics.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><i>E</i></b><i>ddie <b>e</b>dited <b>Ea</b>rl’s <b>ea</b>sy
music.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><i>G<b>oo</b>ey
g<b>o</b>pher g<b>u</b>ts.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><i><span lang="EN-US">E</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US">xcited <b>e</b>x<b>e</b>cutioner <b>e</b>x<b>e</b>rcising
his <b>e</b>xcising powers <b>e</b>xc<b>e</b>ssively.</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><i>A</i></b><i>nnie <b>a</b>te <b>ei</b>ght <b>A</b>rctic <b>a</b>pples.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US">An <b>o</b>range <b>o</b>val sp<b>oo</b>ks the <b>o</b>dd <b>o</b>perative.</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US">An <b>aw</b>ful <b>aa</b>rdvark and an <b>a</b>ching <b>a</b>pe <b>a</b>te
an <b>a</b>ntelope.</span></i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Practice online</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;">Access the link provided below and work online with the exercises.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Watch the videos. listen to the words and repeat when necessary.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><a href="https://www.espressoenglish.net/minimal-pairs-english-pronunciation-exercises-vowels/">https://www.espressoenglish.net/minimal-pairs-english-pronunciation-exercises-vowels/</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p></div>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-87175960943727251722021-06-02T09:01:00.003-07:002021-12-14T10:21:58.389-08:00English Vowels<p> Hello to everyone. In a previous post, I referred to English vowels. To give continuity I offer this new post. </p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)</span></p><p>The International Phonetic Alphabet is the tool we use to identify the different sounds or phonemes in a given language. In one or another way mastering the IPA chart is a must for an English teacher. The video below is an introduction to the phonetic alphabet that I am sure would help you. <span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Watch the video and respond to the questions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">a)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">What is articulatory phonetics?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">b)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Why do we need the IPA?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">c)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">What do gray spaces mean in the IPA
chart?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">d)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Repeat the words as you hear the
presenter emphasizing the vowels and diphthongs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="389" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g_SHfoUDj8A" width="468" youtube-src-id="g_SHfoUDj8A"></iframe></div><br /><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">English consonants general review</span></p><p>Here is a general review of English consonants. Keep in mind that there are many different sounds in English that do not have a counter part in Spanish. The following link gives you more information in detail. Watch the video and answer the questions provided.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">a)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">What is the difference between
vowels and consonants?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">b)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">How do we describe consonants?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">c)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">What is voicing?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">d)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">What is place of articulation?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">e)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">What is manner of articulation?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">f)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Give some examples of place or
articulation?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">g)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">What are fricative sounds?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">h)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">What are affricate sounds?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">i)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Repeat
after the presenter the many sounds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dfoRdKuPF9I" width="412" youtube-src-id="dfoRdKuPF9I"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">English vowels</span></p><p>English vowels are an important topic to teach for both primary school and high school students. One of the first main problems faced is that actually there is no full correspondence between Spanish vowels and English ones. Whereas in Spanish we have only five vowels, in English there are at least twelve vowels. Do you remember them? Being able to produce them in an accurate form would help anyone to improve his or her English. The video below introduces English vowels and their classification. I invite you to watch the video and practice.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">a.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">How are vowels described by
linguists?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">b.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">How many types of vowels do we have
in American English?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">c.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">What do Height, backness and
roundedness refer about?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">d.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Practice the different sounds
presented in the video.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="312" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u7jQ8FELbIo" width="406" youtube-src-id="u7jQ8FELbIo"></iframe></div><br /><p>To classify English vowels and produce them better consider:</p><p>Height</p><p>Backness</p><p>Roundedness</p><p>Tensesness</p><p>I recommend you to use the English Vowels chart to help you understand it better. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://docplayer.net/docs-images/63/50285148/images/5-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="800" height="505" src="https://docplayer.net/docs-images/63/50285148/images/5-1.jpg" width="566" /></a></div><br /><p>I invite you to leave your comentaries. </p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-34602649917661703552021-05-05T08:10:00.001-07:002021-12-14T09:51:10.873-08:00DUA Information<p> Dear colleagues, here is a link to check information regarding the DUA. Hope you find it meaningful. </p><p><a href="https://udlguidelines.cast.org/">https://udlguidelines.cast.org/</a><br /></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-23091612852439405282021-04-13T10:21:00.001-07:002021-04-13T10:21:41.412-07:00Prueba de Dominio Lingüístico <p> Para todo el público en general se brinda enlace a una publicación digital realizada por esta asesoría con información relevante sobre la PDL que aplicará el MEP este 2021.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvkKQ5P-fQUGtvjwJxYjcZfPjx4eImvFsqQqW6EHZe2872J37MlrSXSl0WSXAmwCBNgPue_A6pcVyvYgLQx-z7zcMrjm8-TI9TgQsm2U4NC-sUOym9qEHkWGYRwO3HmfLyKzcvnZq8EQ/s618/Captura2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvkKQ5P-fQUGtvjwJxYjcZfPjx4eImvFsqQqW6EHZe2872J37MlrSXSl0WSXAmwCBNgPue_A6pcVyvYgLQx-z7zcMrjm8-TI9TgQsm2U4NC-sUOym9qEHkWGYRwO3HmfLyKzcvnZq8EQ/s320/Captura2.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIMPQNJFWNdxG8GNAIelunhLKjl6npdFL5rblqVdDyLjnhNJtd_J3cHiDgWSTkIYQxz_hPlN7KsNgF2cG3qwgRq7h-qMzcpqNx1nHzK4uQSO-ae1F5gvmb2TgvfB6g6Oeky11iZYUU3c/s618/Captura+1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIMPQNJFWNdxG8GNAIelunhLKjl6npdFL5rblqVdDyLjnhNJtd_J3cHiDgWSTkIYQxz_hPlN7KsNgF2cG3qwgRq7h-qMzcpqNx1nHzK4uQSO-ae1F5gvmb2TgvfB6g6Oeky11iZYUU3c/s320/Captura+1.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><a href="https://www.flipsnack.com/asesoriaingles/prueba-de-dominio-ling-stico-pdl.html">https://www.flipsnack.com/asesoriaingles/prueba-de-dominio-ling-stico-pdl.html</a><br /></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-12923798291253282922021-03-16T13:16:00.002-07:002021-03-16T13:16:32.580-07:00Diagnóstico Docentes de inglés<p> Dear friends!</p><p>Enclosed you would find a link to a google form aimed to assess your understanding regarding combined education. </p><p>Please make sure to fill in and share the information with other English teachers from the region. </p><p><a href="https://forms.gle/P9ezeyATQDJ2mWoE7">https://forms.gle/P9ezeyATQDJ2mWoE7</a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Best regards!</p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-72913540341159404392021-03-02T05:56:00.001-08:002021-12-14T09:51:38.087-08:00Guidelines on how to write indicators of learning for the suggested pedagogical mediation of the English Curriculum<p>The coming material is aimed to help English teachers at high school This is the last product produced by national advisors and deals with the construction of indicators of learning for the different levels. </p><p>Material for seventh grade</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K-IRChbCaNJUXVGkENh4-6YFZh6UZzzv/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K-IRChbCaNJUXVGkENh4-6YFZh6UZzzv/view?usp=sharing</a><br /></p><p>Eighth grade</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/13hOw1whr51Vn0KydN2VaNDYauBQ509sC/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/13hOw1whr51Vn0KydN2VaNDYauBQ509sC/view?usp=sharing</a><br /></p><p>Ninth grade</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_sMh_g115ql-qTwzlsykr3xbNJ1OHygl/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_sMh_g115ql-qTwzlsykr3xbNJ1OHygl/view?usp=sharing</a><br /></p><p>Tenth grade</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z8aVFMTqW4FxfjCHz_MmK7Ln7Mb8WPzR/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z8aVFMTqW4FxfjCHz_MmK7Ln7Mb8WPzR/view?usp=sharing</a><br /></p><p>Eleventh grade</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-1rQbCHfx9IeRgsnWaW9LBgH0snRHyxC/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-1rQbCHfx9IeRgsnWaW9LBgH0snRHyxC/view?usp=sharing</a><br /></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-9993387167507492502021-02-25T06:46:00.001-08:002021-12-14T09:51:58.538-08:00Teaching Aspects<p> Hello dear colleagues!</p><p>Welcome again. In this post, I am sharing with you some technical aspects to consider for the school year 2021. Hope you find it useful.</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/16hw64kZeUwoDSYEgARJXn9Uzqmyui8e6/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/16hw64kZeUwoDSYEgARJXn9Uzqmyui8e6/view?usp=sharing</a><br /></p><p>Blessings</p><p><br /></p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851276900118177740.post-22631747481112874522021-02-01T06:09:00.004-08:002021-12-14T09:52:13.818-08:00Links to watch in detail the changes to come <p> Morning!!</p><p>I this post, I share a series of links to watch in detail the changes to come in 2021.</p><p>Link to access: Mediación pedagógica para la educación</p><p>combinada 2021</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt2Qlh-gT3JsWRJ3el_BclQ/videos">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt2Qlh-gT3JsWRJ3el_BclQ/videos</a><br /></p><p>This activity would take place today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Link for Lineamientos técnicos para el proceso de </p><p>evaluación,curso lectivo 2021</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt2Qlh-gT3JsWRJ3el_BclQ/videos">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt2Qlh-gT3JsWRJ3el_BclQ/videos</a><br /></p><p>This activity would take place tomorrow. </p><p><br /></p><p>Link for Orientaciones para la implementación de Office 365</p><p> y Teams, curso lectivo 2021</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt2Qlh-gT3JsWRJ3el_BclQ/videos">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt2Qlh-gT3JsWRJ3el_BclQ/videos</a><br /></p><p>This final one would be developed Wednesday 3rd.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you find information relevant for your job. </p>Asesoría Regional de Inglés Puntarenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271915815513921074noreply@blogger.com0