Planning your vocabulary learning
Learning vocabulary is not learning long lists of words by heart!! Although this technique can help remember words, how can you learn vocabulary so that you can use the words you learn?
Read the following text and asnwer the questions.
"We have some words for weather here. All the phrases mean the same thing: It's raining cats and dogs; it's pouring with rain; it's raining stair rods; there is torrential rain; the rain is terrible. Now which ones are best for you to remember? Well "it's raining cats 'and dogs" is a nice expression - it's very funny and so it is easy to remember- but many people wouldn't understand you if you said this. Even in England, where this idiom comes from, people don't usually say this. If you're thinking of talking to different people- and not just people fron England- perhaps it's better to say "torrential rain" or "the rain is terrible" because they are easier for other people to understand".
1.- How many ways of saying "It's raining very hard" can you find in the text?
2.- Find two reasons why "It's raining cats and dogs" isn't the most useful expression to learn.
3.- What criterion does this person suggest for making decisions about which new vocabulary you learn?
English has too many words for you to learn all of them, so you need to decide which words you want or need to learn. Try to avoid simply memorising lists. Instead, think about the context or the sentence in which you heard the word or phrase. This will help you remember how to use it accurately.
TASK
Look at your book, and search for words or phrases which you feel meet your criteria for "useful vocabulary". Think about how you could use these words to talk about something you are interested in.
1.- How many ways of saying "It's raining very hard" can you find in the text?
ResponderEliminar= It's raining cats and dogs; it's pouring with rain; it's raining stair rods; there is torrential rain; the rain is terrible.
2.- Find two reasons why "It's raining cats and dogs" isn't the most useful expression to learn.
= many people wouldn't understand you if you said this.
= Even in England, where this idiom comes from, people don't usually say this.
3.- What criterion does this person suggest for making decisions about which new vocabulary you learn?
= If you're thinking of talking to different people- and not just people fron England- perhaps it's better to say "torrential rain" or "the rain is terrible" because they are easier for other people to understand".
1.-8 sentences.
ResponderEliminar2.-becouse many people dont understand that
and people dont says this usually.
3.-its better to says simple words becouse is more easier for other people to understand that.
P.S.
Leo
1.- 5 ways...
ResponderEliminar*it's raining cats and dogs
*it's pouring with rain
*it's raining stair rods
*there is torrential rain
*the rain is terrible
2.- Because some people would not understand and it is unusual to say it this way
3.- I agree with Leo that this should use simple words so as not to impede understanding what others say
1.- How many ways of saying "It's raining very hard" can you find in the text?
ResponderEliminarIt's raining cats and dogs; it's pouring with rain; it's raining stair rods; there is torrential rain; the rain is terrible.
2.- Find two reasons why "It's raining cats and dogs" isn't the most useful expression to learn.
because many people wouldn't understand you if you said this.
3.- What criterion does this person suggest for making decisions about which new vocabulary you learn?
If you're thinking of talking to different people- and not just people fron England- perhaps it's better to say "torrential rain" or "the rain is terrible" because they are easier for other people to understand".
1.- How many ways of saying "It's raining very hard" can you find in the text?
ResponderEliminarR:
-It's raining cats and dogs
-it's pouring with rain
-it's raining stair rods
-there is torrential rain
-the rain is terrible
2.- Find two reasons why "It's raining cats and dogs" isn't the most useful expression to learn.
R:
-many people wouldn't understand you if you said this
3.- What criterion does this person suggest for making decisions about which new vocabulary you learn?
R:
- I should use simple words because if you use different words the people will not understand
1.- How many ways of saying "It's raining very hard" can you find in the text?
ResponderEliminarit's raining cats and dogs.
it's pouring with rain.
it's raining stair rods.
there is torrential rain.
the rain is terrible.
2.- Find two reasons why "It's raining cats and dogs" isn't the most useful expression to learn.
-because not everyone knows it
-because it's an idiom for America
3.- What criterion does this person suggest for making decisions about which new vocabulary you learn?
that if I'm thinking of talking to different people, and not just people fron England, perhaps it's better to say "torrential rain" or "the rain is terrible" because they are easier for other people to understand".