Tuesday, November 10, 2015

That's English! - Module 9 - Unit 4: Mind your language

This unit deals with body language and other kinds of communication, how important gestures and attitudes are in communicating.
As usual, here we have some questions to start with:
  • What are the advantages of face-to-face communication? Are there any drawbacks?
  • When do you use messages or whatsapps?
  • Is body language important for communication? Give reasons for your answer.
  • Can you think about an anecdote in which you were misunderstood or a gesture that might cause you some trouble?
We also have here a long but really interesting talk about body language in TED: click here. If you want to know a little bit more about this topic, here you have a shorter video: click here. To know a bit more about gestures, here we are a video: click here; but here you are a good summary about how important gestures are while speaking, using examples from "Friends": click here or even this is nice joke with another series Big Bang Theory: click here

About grammar, we are learning the use of the form it. To have a further explanation it's very useful to go to this link: click here and then do this exercise. But a very difficult grammar point is the use of verbs with particles: use this link and this link for exercises but you can find many others if you search on the internet. Remember that it's easier to learn this type of verbs if you think of the particle rather than the own verb: verbs with BACK, with UP, with OFF, with DOWN and so on. Another good tip is to learn it with examples: put that cigarette off; put it off please.


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