Words 1

HI, FELLOWS ! Welcome to our new lesson ! Let’s begin first with an interesting quote.

Today’s Quote: The most beautiful fig can contain a worm.

Today’s Lesson:

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WORDS

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Our Basic Objective:

See words as units of language for communication.

What are WORDS Well, Well,words wordsare are

Single Single units units

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WORDS ..... Can give language:

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Color Color And so on…..

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lliivvees s

in in

d d n n e i e r i ffr

Here Here are are some some words words we we can can arrange arrange and and make make aa

sentence. sentence. Try Try !! d d n a n l a l g g n EEn

my my

bbeesstt

Which of these arrangements is CORRECT

•Best my in England friend lives. •My England lives in best friend. •My best friend lives in England. •My friend best lives in England

Heavens, we have a problem here !

•How can you

arrange words in correct order ? •What can help you do this ? •How can you make sentences with

sense ?

Well, there are Tips Tipsfor for you you

two helpful tools: A dictionary and Grammar !

AAdictionary dictionaryisis an anexcellent excellenttool. tool. ItIthelps helpstotoclassify classify words. words. run run

for for

rabbit rabbit

Marker Adjective Noun Verb Preposition Adverb conjunction

two two

...and GRAMMAR tells us the ORDER words must follow…

MARKER

+

ADJECTIVE

+

NOUN

For instance, in making a phrase.

At the same time, Grammar tells us the order phrases must follow in making a sentence. PHRASE 1

+

VERB

+

PHRASE 2

Making a simple sentence.

Now let us return to our previous practice. Do you have your dictionary handy ? Let us classify these words. WORD

Classification

•England

noun

•in

preposition

•friend

noun

•best

adjective

•my

marker

•lives

verb

Now let us put words and phrases together: Phrase 1

Phrase 2

Marker

adjective

noun

my

best

friend

preposition

noun

in

London

And let us join these phrases with a VERB Phrase 1

My best friend

VERB

Phrase 2

lives

in London

Fascinating, Isn’t it ? Dictionary You can classify words You can put words in correct order And express yourself .....

Grammar

It is quite clear that we must build a strong and meaningful

VOCABULARY. However, a word is like a little unit with life and personality, did you know ?

For instance, a word can convey different meanings !

play some rock

rock

a big rock

rock the baby

Other words represents emotions and situations…sounds that you understand !

Oh…. Ouch ! Shhhh !

mmmmmm

zzzzzzzz !

As may see, WORDS are essential for COMMUNICATION !

Meditate on this report. (www.wordinfo.info/words www.wordinfo.info/words) •Communication can not be achieved without words except for a few superficial methods; such as, a twitch, a wink, a nudge, a kiss, a hug, a caress, or with some kind of physical violence. •Real communication, creative communication, communication that can sustain and uplift and inspire, is only possible with words. •The richest of the world's languages, which number over two thousand, is English in its various modes of expression. •The English language is rich because it is not pure.

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•It is a vast ocean that has received global contributions from just about every language. •Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82, U.S. essayist, lecturer, and poet) described English as, "the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven." It has taken just about two thousand years to evolve. •Over the centuries, major contributions came from the Celts, Jutes, Angles, Saxons, Greeks, Romans, Danes, Normans, Dutch, Germans, Spaniards, Arabs, and the French.

Have a nice day ! Remember, Your country NEEDS YOU Learn English well !

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JAANROD´S STUDIO  June 2005 Panama