WHAT DO YOU MEAN GESTURES UNIT 2 B

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? GESTURES – UNIT 2 B

WHAT DO YOU THINK GESTURES ARE IN AMERICA? • Gestures are different all over the world • Gesture – a movement of the hand or other body part that means something • Gestures can be… – Nice – Rude – Give some information

GESTURES AROUND THE WORLD

HOW TO GET CLARIFICATION • Clarification – Making the meaning clear • How can you ask for clarity if something is confusing to you from another culture? • I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you explain? • What did you mean? • Can you explain what _____ means? • You are so weird! Get away from me you freak!

REMEMBER THE MODAL… MODAL ADVERB • Might, may, could • Maybe, perhaps – 50% • Must – 75% • Couldn’t, can’t – Negative • He must be feeling tired after last night. – 50% • Probably – 75% • Definitely – 100% • She probably is hungry from working hard.

HOW ARE KOREAN AND AMERICAN GESTURES DIFFERENT?

VERB + INFINITIVE • Do you want to solve this problem? • Did you manage to solve it? • Examples: – Agree – Choose – Deserve – Fail – Hope – Intend… Infi niti ve = to + ver b

VERB + GERUND • Do you enjoy solving problems? • Did you finish solving them? • Examples: – Admit – Avoid – Can’t help – Deny – Dislike – Give up… Ge run d= ver b+ “ing ”

SOME HAVE BOTH! • Do you like to solve/solving problems? • Do you prefer to be/being right all the time? • Examples: – Begin – Can’t stand – Continue – Hate – Love – Start…

SPEAKING DIFFERENCES • Dialect – Using different words for the same thing • Accent – Saying things differently in different places

DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENGLISH

WHICH COUNTRIES SPEAK ENGLISH?

HOW ARE THE ACCENTS AND DIALECTS DIFFERENT? • British Accent – Made soft R’s to show that they were sophisticated (cultured and smart) – Is similar to French (example: foyer) • American/Canadian Accent – American spelling was invented as a form of protest (example: center, color, favorite…) – American and Canadian accents have hard R’s • Australian Accent – Similar to British accent – Has heavy diphthongs – two vowels together (example: phone, home)

SOPHISTICATED TRUMP

HOW ARE DIALECTS (사투 리) DIFFERENT IN KOREA? • How are the dialects of Korea different from all regions (including North Korea)? • In groups, describe the following as if you are talking to a foreigner: – Main differences in the Seoul accent and regional accents – What letters are pronounced differently – What words are different for same things – Is it easy or hard to understand regional dialects?