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Friday, May 13, 2011

Week 8: Linking and Reading Practice



Juan Rios: Magic Juan DJ

A Lifetime behind the Turntables


Read the text below, paying close attention to how the words are pronounced. Don't forget to link the words properly.



How much do you like music? Do you like it enough to become a DJ? Well, this is the case of Juan Ríos, a digital electronics technician and a professional DJ living in Santiago de Chile and whose life is surrounded by music.


Juan’s taste for music started at age 8 when his father bought a radio / tape recorder and player. At age 14, he started with his vinyl or record collection that has not stopped yet. The very first song he recorded on tape for himself was Another One Bites the Dust by the British rock band, Queen. The very first record he bought for his collection was Hit a Run Lover by Carol Jiany.


As a DJ, Juan loves to mix music at home, in parties, or discos. He says that he started mixing at the age of 15 with cassette tapes. He’s now been in this business for almost 25 years. His favorite music genres, he says, are hop and progressive. However, his music collection is not just related to hop and progressive; it also includes rock, disco, electronic, etc.


Juan has definitely a vast selection of music that he shares with his friends and fellow DJs. A way in which he shares his music collection is by broadcasting music on an online radio based in Chile.


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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Week 8: Linking Practice


The Mississippi River



The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States. It is more than 3700 kilometers long.


The Mississippi begins as a small creek, and at the Gulf of Mexico it is nearly two kilometers wide. In some places it is very deep, and in other places it is shallow.


The river gets water from rain, snow, hail, and ice. Many small rivers run into the Mississippi. Half of the rain falling in the United States flows into the Mississippi.


Boats can go from the Gulf of Mexico up the Mississippi for 1600 kilometers. Many of the boats are barges. Barges carry freight of many kinds up the river and down the river.


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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Review for Mid-Term Examination

Review for Mid-Term Examination



Sample Words with the Vowel Sounds Studied in Class

Sample Words with /iy/

knee

/niy/

reek

/riyk/

be

/biy/

sea

/siy/

beat

/biyt/

leak

/liyk/

eat

/iyt/

steal

/stiyl/

Sample Words with /ı/

it

/ıt/

is

/ız/

ill

/ıl/

Tim

/tım/

him

/hım/

pick

/pık/

big

/bıg/

lip

/lıp/

Sample Words with /ey/

eight

/eyt/

base

/beys/

say

/sey/

chase

/tʃeys/

hate

/heyt/

wait

/weyt/

waste

/weyst/

blade

/bleyd/

Sample Words with /ɛ/

chess

/tʃɛs/

neck

/nɛk/

wet

/wɛt/

red

/rɛd/

egg

/ɛg/

fed

/fɛd/

guess

/gɛs/

sell

/sɛl/

Sample Words with /æ/

bath

/bæϴ/

man

/mæn/

land

/lænd/

add

/æd/

ask

/æsk/

had

/hæd/

sad

/sæd/

black

/blæk/

Sample Words with /a/

arm

/arm/

clock

/klak/

car

/kar/

mop

/map/

box

/baks/

calm

/kam/

arch

/ark/

palm

/pam/

Sample Words with /ʌ/

cut

/kʌt/

some

/sʌm/

gum

/gʌm/

son

/sʌn/

lunch

/lʌntʃ/

dumb

/dʌm/

stuck

/stʌk/

of

/ʌv/

Sample Words with /ɔ/

law

/lɔ/

boss

/bɔs/

raw

/rɔ/

cross

/krɔs/

all

/ɔl/

port

/pɔrt/

mall

/mɔl/

pork

/pɔrk/


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Minimal Pairs Practice



Minimal Pairs Practice

Read the following words. Try to make a clear difference between the two words.


sock

sack

/a/ vs. /æ/

rack

wreck

/æ/ vs. /ɛ/

mess

miss

/ɛ/ vs. /ı/

pot

pat

/a/ vs. /æ/

debt

date

/ɛ/ vs. /ey/

cop

cap

/a/ vs. /æ/

err

or

/ɛ/ vs. /ɔ/

lace

less

/ey/ vs. /ɛ/

cot

cut

/a/ vs. /ʌ/

four

far

/ɔ/ vs. /a/

tar

tore

/a/ vs. /ɔ/

as

us

/æ/ vs. /ʌ/

nut

not

/ʌ/ vs. /a/

caught

cut

/ɔ/ vs. /ʌ/

come

calm

/ʌ/ vs. /a/

duck

deck

/ʌ/ vs. /ɛ/

been

bean

/ı/ vs. /iy/

bag

bug

/a/ vs. /ʌ/

stop

step

/a/ vs. /ɛ/

bat

but

/a/ vs. /ʌ/

cheap

chip

/iy/ vs. /ı/

aught

at

/ɔ/ vs. /æ/

each

itch

/iy/ vs. /ı/

fun

fan

/ʌ/ vs. /æ/

hill

hell

/ı/ vs. /ɛ/

peak

pick

/iy/ vs. /ı/

dead

dad

/ɛ/ vs. /æ/

debt

dot

/ɛ/ vs. /a/


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