This document provides an overview of key concepts for developing listening and speaking skills, including: 1) Creating a "road map" using pictures, symbols and colors to summarize details from conversations. 2) Understanding idioms, such as "driving you crazy", which cannot be literally interpreted. 3) Using "be going to" to describe future events and practicing pronunciation of "going to" versus "gonna". 4) Learning how prefixes and suffixes can alter word meanings when added before or after a word. 5) Practicing intonation, introducing reasons, and integrating vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and functions from each unit to improve speaking.

1. LISTENING AND SPEAKING I
WORDS IN CONTEXT
MGS. PAOLA A. CABRERA SOLANO
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2. Vocabulary Expansion
After listening to each audio you
can create a road map of the
details of each conversation.
Pictures, symbols, and colors are
used to create a sequential
summary of the detailed
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3. Idioms
An idiom is a phrase that can’t be
understood by understanding its parts. An
example of an idiom is: Driving you crazy.
That means to make or cause someone to
feel frustrated. It does not literally mean to
drive or to go crazy.
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4. The future with: Be Going To
• Be going to is used to describe future
events.
• Practice pronunciation of going to versus
gonna.
Going to
Gonna
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5. Prefixes and Suffixes
• A prefix is a group of letters
added before a word or base to
alter its meaning and form a new
word.
• A suffix is a group of letters
added after a word or base.
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6. Some examples…
Preffixes or Words
Suffixes
ly lonely
ed married
s friends
er teacher
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7. Practicing the speaking skill
• Practice intonation for emphasizing
words; introduce reasons into a
discussion; integrate the
concepts,vocabulary, grammar,
pronunciation and function from each
unit.
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8. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
GOOD LUCK!