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Quem é você e o que você faz?
Welcome to English Teachers' Portfolio.
Section A of every unit is a monologue about a teacher's life.
In Unit 1A you listen to a Brazilian teacher introduce herself. You practise:
 1 Listen and note your answers. All exercise answers are in the Key for you to check when necessary. Escute e anote sua resposta. Todas as respostas estão no gabarito de respostas para você conferir quando necessário. 1. What's her name? 2. Where's she from? 3. What does she do? 4. Where does she work? 5. What doesn't she like about her job? |
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2 Pronunciation.
Listen and repeat the answers quickly, as full sentences with the correct stress.
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Example: Her name's Fernanda Teles.
Study Tip
. A primary aim of English Teachers' Portfolio is to help you with listening and pronunciation. That's why the recordings are at natural speed.
. Some exercises may look very easy but are more challenging if you concentrate on copying the pronunciation models.
. The models you hear are Brazilian speakers of English. There are some non-Brazilian accents in the dialogues in Section D. Your own accent may be different. We aren't asking you to change your accent but to try to copy the stress, reductions, rhythm and intonation models, which are virtually the same whatever English you speak.
. To really improve your pronunciation, record yourself saying the sentences and then listen and compare your models with ours to identify areas of difference.
. Some exercises may look very easy but are more challenging if you concentrate on copying the pronunciation models.
. The models you hear are Brazilian speakers of English. There are some non-Brazilian accents in the dialogues in Section D. Your own accent may be different. We aren't asking you to change your accent but to try to copy the stress, reductions, rhythm and intonation models, which are virtually the same whatever English you speak.
. To really improve your pronunciation, record yourself saying the sentences and then listen and compare your models with ours to identify areas of difference.
3 Listen, read and cross out the wrong form. Escute, leia e risque a forma incorreta.
Hello and welcome to English Teachers' Portfolio. My name's / is Fernanda Teles and I'm / am Brazilian. I'm / 'm not from Rio de Janeiro and my grandparents were / weren't all 'Carioca' too. I am / was born in Meier in the North Zone. My parents called me Fernanda because it is / was my grandmother / grandmother's name. I 'm / have 28 years old. My birthday 's / are on the twelfth of January. I love having my birthday in the summer because we're / aren't always on holiday at that time. I am / 'm an English teacher and I work at Nossa Senhora Secondary School in Rio. I've been there for about 5 years. I really like teaching but the salary 's not / isn't very good, so I teach extra classes at a language school in the evenings. I hope you enjoy doing this course.
4 Study the text. Which apostrophe s (´s) isn't the verb be?
Analise o texto. Qual apóstrofe s ('s) não se refere ao verbo to be?
Study Tip
Try to use contractions
. when you speak
. when you teach
so the models that your students hear have natural stress and pronunciation. Encourage students to do the same.
. when you speak
. when you teach
so the models that your students hear have natural stress and pronunciation. Encourage students to do the same.
5 Complete the table. Listen and repeat. Complete o quadro. Escute e repita.
| VERB BE | PRESENT SIMPLE | PAST SIMPLE | |||
| Positive | Contraction | Negative | Positive | Negative | |
| I | am | 'm not | wasn't | ||
| He/she/it | 's/ is | ||||
| You/we/they | were | ||||
6 Change these sentences: Past à Present or Present à Past. Use contractions. Listen and check.
Modifique as sentenças seguintes: passado à presente ou presente à passado. Use a forma de contração.
Escute e confira.
Examples: He isn't well today. He wasn't well yesterday.
They were tired last night. They're tired tonight.
1. I'm happy because it's my birthday today.
I __________________________________
2. They're on holiday this month. They're in Bahia.
They__________________________________
3. It was cold yesterday. The weather was horrible.
It__________________________________
4. We weren't teachers last year. We were students.
We__________________________________
7 Complete the examples and rules, a to d.
Complete os exemplos e as regras, de a até d.
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VERB BE a Questions Are you a teacher? Yes, (I ____). / No, (I ______). _____ you at school yesterday? Yes, (I ____). / No, (I _______). Rule: Put the verb ___________ the subject. b Negatives and questions. He's not a doctor. = He ____ a doctor. Is (n't) he a doctor? Yes, (he ___). / No, (he ____). Rule: Put 'not' ________ the verb. With question words (what, when, how, etc.) the word order is the same. Are(n't) you a teacher? Why are(n't) you a teacher? |
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OTHER VERBS (Present tense) Use the auxiliary do/does for questions and negatives c Questions Do you work at a local school? Yes, (I ___). / No, (I ____). ____ Fernanda work on Fridays? Yes, (she _____)./ No, she (______) Which school ____ you work at? Rule: Put the auxiliary verb ______ the subject. d Negatives I _____ work at night. She ________ work in Sao Paulo. Rule: Put the auxiliary verb ______ the subject. With question words (what, when, how, etc.) word order is the same. What do you teach? When don't you teach? |
8 Listen and check the sentences in 7 above. Escute e confira as sentenças no exercício 7 acima.
1. Are the forms of the verb be strong or weak?
2. In the negative forms, can you hear the final 't'?
3. How many different pronunciations can you hear for do and does?
9 Listen again and repeat the sentences as fast as you can. Use the correct weak or strong forms and copy the sentence stress. Escute novamente e repita as sentenças o mais rápido que puder. Use corretamente as formas acentuadas ou átonas e copie a sentença tônica.
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Sentence stress Notice that: 1 Pronouns (I, you, etc.) are usually unstressed. 2 The verbs be and do - aren't usually stressed in statements or questions - are usually stressed in short answers and negatives |
10 Question formation. Write the questions. Listen and check. Formação de perguntas. Escreva as perguntas. Escute e confira.
| Be careful! Each slash (/) = missing word or words |
1. What/nationality?
2. Where in Brazil/from?
3. Where/your grandparents born?
4. Where/you born?
5. How old/?
6. What/do?
7. What subject/teach?
8. Where/work?
9. How long/at that school?
10. /like your job?
11. /salary good?
12. /teach extra classes?
11 Write Fernanda´s answers to questions 1-12. Listen and check. Escreva as respostas da Fernanda para as questões de 1 a 12. Escute e confira.
Example: What's your name? (My name's) Fernanda Teles.
12 Listen and answer the questions from #10 about yourself. Try to do exercises like this without looking at the Key, as if you were in a language laboratory. Escreva e responda as questões do #10 sobre você mesmo. Tente fazer exercícios como estes sem olhar as Respostas-chave, como se você estivesse em um laboratório de línguas.
13 Update your Portfolio cassette. Who are you and what do you do? Record your answers to the questions from #10 onto your Portfolio cassette.
Atualize a fita do seu Portfolio. Quem é você e o que você faz? Grave suas respostas das questões do #10 na fita de seu Portfolio.
Example: My name's .
Study Tip
. When you record your Portfolio cassette, begin each recording by saying the unit and exercise numbers, e.g. This is Unit 1A, exercise 13. My name's .
. If you aren't happy with your recording, do it again. Nobody will know!
. If you aren't happy with your recording, do it again. Nobody will know!
Time for a break!
à go to Unit 1 B