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Transitional phrases
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Work in teams to produce ideas for the speaking exam
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Use a writing template to write draft presentations to share with the class
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Ephriem’s & Inga’s presentations
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Gender equality in the UK & other countries – statistics
Discourse Markers in speech
Transitional phrases videos
Ephriem’s presentation: What is nuclear fusion?
Inga’s presentation: The Strangest “Sports” In The World prezi
Today’s words:
mind you
a phrase introducing something that should be taken into consideration. He’s very well dressed, but mind you, he’s gotplenty of money to buy clothes. Lisa is unfriendly to me, but mind you, she’s never very nice to anyone.
furthermore adverb
UK /ˌfɜː.ðəˈmɔːr/ US /ˈfɝː.ðɚ.mɔːr/ formal
B2 in addition; more importantly:The house is beautiful. Furthermore, it’s in a great location.
as for
› considering or speaking about:As for the money, we’ll talk about that later.
optimistic adjective
UK /ˌɒp.tɪˈmɪs.tɪk/ US /ˌɑːp.tə-/
B2 hoping or believing that good things will happen in the future:She is optimistic about her chances of winning a gold medal.
sequencing noun [U]
UK US /ˈsiː.kwən.sɪŋ/
› the process of combining things in a particular order, or discovering the order in which they are combined:A common sign of dyslexia is that the sequencing of letters when spelling words may be incorrect.
whereas conjunction
UK /weərˈæz/ US /werˈæz/
B2 compared with the fact that; but:He must be about 60, whereas his wife looks about 30.You eat a huge plate of food for lunch, whereas I have just a sandwich.
consequently adverb
UK /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt.li/ US /ˈkɑːn-/
B2 as a result:I spent most of my money in the first week and consequently had very little to eat by the end of the holiday.
moreover adverb
UK /ˌmɔːˈrəʊ.vər/ US /ˌmɔːrˈoʊ.vɚ/ formal
B2 (used to add information) also and more importantly:The whole report is badly written. Moreover, it’s inaccurate.
summarize verb [I or T]
(UK usually summarise) UK /ˈsʌm.ər.aɪz/ US /-ə.raɪz/
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