Ingles
1.- LEARNING LANGUAGE
a. VOCABULARY
Bilingual Bilingüe
Native Materno (idioma)
Slang Argot/jerga
Accent Acento
Foreign Extranjero
Grammar Gramática Dialect Dialecto
b. PHRASAL VERBS
Let down Fail/Disappoint (fallar, fracasar, decepcionar)
Fall behind Make less progress than other people (quedarse atrás)
Pick up Learn easily(pillar, captar)
Get by Survive (arreglárselas)
Catch on Understand (entender, captar)
Take up Start doing something (iniciar, comenzar, emprender)
Keep up with Make as much progress asother (llevar al día)
c. TEXT: “NOT ONLY ENGLISH SPOKEN HERE!”
The above Los/as anteriores
Confusing Confuso, poco claro
Within (time) Dentro de…
Pretty soon Muy poco
JustPrecisamente
Hold Mantener (conversación)
in mind Tener en cuenta
High flyer Persona con ambición
2.- LANGUAGE AND TEXTING
a. GRAMMAR: FUTURE FORMS
Future simple (will)
o Aprediction about the future (I think that…)
o A decision made at the time of speaking
Going to
o An intention for the future
Present Continuos (be +verb-ing)
o A fixed arregement, plan or programmeb. READING: VOCABULARY
Affected Afectado, fingido
Listening (to listen) Acto de escucha
Increasing (to increase) Aumentar/ creciente
Mean Modo
Literacy Alfabetismo (literacyskills)
Allowed (to allow) Permitir, dejar hacer algo
Improve Mejorar
Undestanding (to undestand) Comprender, entender/ Comprensión
c. VOCABULARY: ALLOW, PERMIT, LET
They all havethe same meaning, but there are different uses:
- Permit
o The most formal
o It’s normally used in passive voice or structures + Object+ TO INF
- Allow + Gerund (No CI)
oLess formal than permit but its meaning is the same
- Let
o The most informal
o It’s usually used in imperative +Objetc+ INFINITIVE without TO
o Not with passive structures
d. TEXT: “IS SMS...
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