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1 The challenge of cognates...... easy to write, hard to pronounce!

2 Guess the meaning and The challenge of cognates LinkedUp Project: Creating a Language Learning Skills Continuum

3 What is a cognate:  Linguistics. descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish. language  Romance Family  = French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese  Germanic  =German, English, Dutch

4 1.geografía(Spanish) 2.cyclisme (French) 3.Garten (German) 4.musica (Italian) 5.abril (Spanish) 6.actrice (French) 7.Fußball (German) 8.cioccolato (Italian) Can you use your language learning skills to work out the meanings of the foreign words below? - geography - cycling -garden -music -April -actress -football -chocolate

5 How close were you?  Which criteria did you use when deciding how to deduce the meaning of the words. (semantics)  Filing cabinet of patterns in other languages.  Context (pragmatics)

6 Image from www.pdclipart.org

7 agent rugby prince télévision police chocolat dragon Image from www.pdclipart.org

8 Winter Spanien Hand Hause Februar Juli Mathe Image from www.pdclipart.org

9 inteligente julio diccionario geografía garaje ciclismo tranquila Image from www.pdclipart.org

10 How close were you?  Which criteria did you use when deciding how to pronounce the words.  = sound inventory = looking for patterns of sound in other languages. (phonemes)

11 Syllables  What are syllables?  - sound units in words  If intonation is the rythm of music what are syllables in sound production?  - melody

12 agent rugby prince télévision police chocolat dragon Image from www.pdclipart.org Let‘s break the following words down into syllables.

13 a.gent rug.by pr.ince tél.é.vi.sion po.lice cho.co.lat dra.gon Image from www.pdclipart.org Let‘s break the following words down into syllables.

14 Win.ter Span.i.en Hand Hau.se Feb.ru.ar Ju.li Ma.the Image from www.pdclipart.org

15 in.tel.i.gen.te jul.io dic.cion.a.rio ge.og.ra.fía g.ar.aje cic.lis.mo tran.qui.la Image from www.pdclipart.org

16 Project  Produce your own pod cast or PPT slide show to illustrate what phonology is:  Phonology = the sound system of a language  Intonation = rythmn  Tone – Chinese 4 tones

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