Thursday, June 21, 2012

Level 5 Unit 4 - Today's trends


Topic: Modern Trends and fashions 

According to Wikipedia.............. Trend may refer to:
  • Fads and trends, including fashion trend
    • Trendsetter (or early adopter), person who starts (or follows early on) a fashion or technology trend before most other people
  • Market trend, prolonged period of time when prices in a financial market are rising or falling faster than their historical average, also known as "bull" and "bear" markets, respectively

Trendy topics
                     http://statigr.am/p/219026091689325047_46733019



Vocabulary: Family 


Video: That's a family!


What kind of family do you have?




- Nuclear Family: It is a family group consisting of a father and mother and their children,who share living quarters.
Blended Family: Family who is divorced and re-grouped.

- Extended Family: Family who has grandparents and children living together.
- Traditional: Normal families 
- Non traditional:  no classical families.

Family vocabulary

- Step mother or father
Mother or father who is not your biological father or mother but is married with your biological father or mother.
- Half Brother or sister: Sister / brother who is not your biological sister/brother.


- Single parents
- Married parents
- Divorced parents
- Foster parents
- Step parents
- Adopting parents
- Working parents.
- Stay-at-home parents




Read about families in the USA:

Statistics on US Families
http://groundspark.org/our-films-and-campaigns/thatfamily/taf_statistics 

Nontraditional Families Becoming More Traditional
http://www.parentdish.com/2009/07/15/nontraditional-families-becoming-more-traditional/



Family Statistics


Grammar: Quantity expressions; 




Expressions for Agreeing and Disagreeing



Expressing agreement
  • I agree with you 100 percent.
  • I couldn't agree with you more.
  • That's so true.
  • That's for sure.
  • (slang)
  •  Tell me about it!
  • You're absolutely right.
  • Absolutely.
  • That's exactly how I feel.
  • Exactly.
  • I'm afraid I agree with James.
  • I have to side with Dad on this one.
  • No doubt about it.
  • (agree with negative statement)
  •  Me neither.
  • (weak)
  •  I suppose so./I guess so.
  • You have a point there.
  • I was just going to say that.
Expressing disagreement
  • I don't think so.
  • (strong)
  •  No way.
  • I'm afraid I disagree.
  • (strong)
  •  I totally disagree.
  • I beg to differ.
  • (strong)
  •  I'd say the exact opposite.
  • Not necessarily.
  • That's not always true.
  • That's not always the case.
  • No, I'm not so sure about that.


Exercise on disagreeing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1756_how_to_discuss/page4.shtml

Fashion and Style


What is your opinion about fashion and style? what's your style? what kind of clothes do you wear?
Take the quiz: http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourstyletypequiz/
                         http://www.quizrocket.com/fashion-style-quiz






for more fashion vocabulary:

Clothes /Accessories/Fashion
http://inglessoto.wikispaces.com/file/view/FASHION+VOCABULARY.pdf
Fashion Talk: http://busyteacher.org/8366-fashion-talk-speaking-cards.html
Teen Styles: http://busyteacher.org/6131-teen-styles.html

Video: What's your style?

giving advice with could, should, ought to and had better. 






Homework



1. Write a paragraph to describe families in our country  and your family.  Use the vocabulary discussed in class.
2. Ask your friends about trends in your university. Write a composition with photos, and statics of what you found out. How many people id you talk to? what are URBE's trends in fashion, music, discos, movies, ...?

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