WEEK 10

Hello, here are my recordings for this week. In first one I first one is TV show called The Simpsons and second one is movie called JAWS. I had to practise little bit because I was quite slow, for example I started some sentence and I can´t finish it because the scene was already gone. But I am glad that I used some "good" words for example instead of happy I used excited, or I came up with words broadcast, widow etc. You can find link for The Simpsons video below.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77X0JZwo1zk

WEEK 9

Hi, this is my first recording of picture description. I think I´ve come up with some good ideas but I sound quite unsure, I make lot of "eee" pauses and whole recording has slow pace. So I listened to my recording about three times and recorded my second try. You can find it below. Also I was repeating few words for example "some" too much. I think I sound more confident and I corrected some grammar mistakes (for example preposition in sentence "at bottom right hand corner"). Also I didn´t make so much pauses. As my individual task I´ve downloaded a picture on the Internet and describe it. You can find this picture below recoding.

week 8

Hi, here is my short excerpt of TV show called Drop Dead Diva. I have never watched this show but the scene seemed to me quite funny and easy to remember. Unfortunatelly, I didn´t know how to upload whole video, so I wrote down whole dialogue. You can find the beggining of it below the recording. -Hey sweetie! Have you seen my...
 Engagement ring? Yes, like a houndred and one times. And it is gorgeous!
-It is, georgeous! But I was going to ask you if you have seen my fiancé?
Owen left about an hour ago. He had an early meeting. So, now that you are awake, I´ve downloaded a to do list from iamengaged.com. Are you ready?
-Oh, I am ready! Number one, have you created your wedding blog?
-Of course! It is personal, interactive and it is linked to the guest book....

I really enjoyied this exercise so I think it sounds quite good, of course not as good as original. On the other hand, I think I still have problem with stress.

As my individual task I have prepared short article which we practised in our KOFA lessons. I  focused on schwa.

WEEK 7

Hi, this is my practise of intonation, speed, pauses etc. So main problem for me was to keep same speed as in original recording. But after few tries I think I solved this problem and that the speed is quite same as in original. Intonation wasn´t big deal for me neither the pauses, I could catch my breat during them.

As my individual task I´ve prepared five sentences with British and American pronunciation because I´ve enjoyed this exercise a lot last time.

Global warming

Hello, here is the recording of my presentation. Enjoy :)

WEEK 6

Hello, this is my recording of British and American pronunciation. Thanks to this exercise I found out that I mix these two together when I speak. I think that I will focus on British pronunciation because I think American pronunciation is quite "exaggerated". I think this was the funniest exersice of all and I really enjoyed it. You can find list of my sentences below. Brother set car on fire on Tuesday morning.
He bought 30 bottles of tomato juice.
Bartender has a nice beard.
NY is a big city.
Hunter chased bird and butterfly.

As my individual task I looked up few words which are different in British and American English. Again, I found out that I am unconsciously using for example American words.              British / American

Put on a jumper / sweater.
He rides a lorry / truck.
The starte was delicious / The Appetizer was delicious.
He is in the garden / yard.
He is on holiday / vacation.

WEEK 6

Hello, this is my recording of strong and weak words. Now I know that strong and weak form depends on meaning of sentence. I was not sure about sentence "His first name´s Jack, but I don´t know his second name." I put strong form on second "his" because I think that is important (he don´t know his second name) so I hope it is correct. I also tried to use my connected speech from previous task. After that task it was more natural and I didn´t have to focus on it so much. Also I am sorry for bad quality of recording, I will fix it till the next task.

 As my individual task I have prepared advice on how to make quick honey pie. I was always saying "I will give you an advice" so thanks to this task I wrote to my mind that word advice is uncountable so I must say "some advice" instead of "an advice".