6B_SLEEP_READING AND VOCABULARY PRACTICE

 We have been dealing with this topic for a couple of weeks.

Let me provide you with a few more ideas for your written and spoken production.

There´s no doubt that our sleep habits and problems have an effect on our health.

Whenever you get the chance, practise using this vocabulary.

I hope you find it useful for your progress.


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4n3l335pz3e0mbv/AACZ3EVzABk579nQvPhQ0zAAa?dl=0

SPEAKING PRACTICE_FILLERS_INDEPENDENT LEARNING

http://www.learnex.in/english-fillers-to-speak-fluently-gap-fillers/

Filler Words

• well
• okay
• so
• like
• basically
• actually
• literally
• seriously
• hopefully

Filler Phrases

• I think that
• you know
• what I’m trying to say is
• I mean/you know what I mean?
• I guess/I suppose
• stuff like that
• kind of​

Why do we use fillers?

More often than not, we use filler words and phrases such as "um" and "like" because we're thinking or we’re uncertain of what to say next.
Perhaps you are searching for the right word, or trying to formulate your next sentence.
Here are some of the most common reasons we use fillers:

• We are searching for the right word. The filler word is the sound of your decision-making process. Using a filler sound allows the speaker to indicate to the audience that there is a delay in the flow of speech.
• We are speaking about a difficult or abstract topic.  If you’re speaking about complex, abstract topics, your filler words will probably increase.
• We’re are lacking confidence in what we’re about to say. Often speakers will use more filler before responding to a question, especially when they’re are not 100% sure about their answer. People have a tendency to use fewer fillers if they are confident that their answer is right.

6A_MUSIC_TONE DEAFNESS_INDEPENDENT LEARNING

 People mistakenly believe they can´t sing because they´re tone deaf.

 http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/definitely-tone-deaf/9180838

Do you think you can sing? Or do you only feel comfortable singing in the privacy of your shower or car?

Many people think they are tone deaf, but, in fact, only a very small percentage of the population are scientifically tone deaf - it's a condition called congenital amusia.

For some people the cure is simply finding out they're not tone deaf at all.

Many people believe they are "tone deaf", but are they really? Can their condition be cured with training?

Are you a good and confident singer, or maybe you only ever feel comfortable singing in the privacy ​​/ˈpraɪ.və.si/ of your shower, or in the car?

 Listening to music has always been a passion for me.

So it reminded me that I was a bad singer and I shouldn't do it in front of other people.

I took up singing lessons.

 Tim Falconer was diagnosed with congenital amusia.

 She said most people just give up after a couple of las, but everyone in my family just kept going

 People often have difficulty discriminating between two pitches.

 It would have been easy for me to say, okay, I'm going to give up. But he kept insisting that I was trainable.

 That would let them know how they are doing.


 I think people with amusia probably can be trained or rehabilitated. Very little has been done in that regard, and I think that research needs to look at that question. It's often a case of motivation as well.

 Was bad childhood experience when it comes to singing a common theme?

  And she told me how when her parents had dinner parties, they used to drag her out of bed to come down and sing to the guests, so that they could all laugh at her.

 I have had people sit down and burst into tears with relief that they had been able to achieve what they always thought was unattainable, and that was that you could imitate a tone played on a piano correctly. It was very moving.

 And the biggest link so far has been between music and language.

 Well, it turns out that people with tone deafness do have a little bit of difficulty reading tone of voice and the emotional meaning.

 But I should say that people with amusia usually develop other strategies to interpret emotional meaning.

  What would you say to them about how to help them feel better about that and perhaps even improve their singing?

  Most people can't sing very well and often just don't care.

 The brain is a very flexible machine and it will adapt to training, if you are interested in pursuing music.

  It's pretty hard to achieve excellence in something.

 So I think it would be fascinating to look at those cultures where music is just part of everyday experience, and singing is what everybody does. I think you'd find a lot fewer cases of congenital amusia.

 . So music has a couple of design features, if you want to call it that, that are unique.

 Tim Falconer was determined to prove that he could go some way to overcoming his tone deafness.

  So how did people respond to your performance, what feedback did you get afterwards?

 Well, I'm a bad singer, but I didn't realise how bad I was.