Apuntes, resúmenes, trabajos, exámenes y ejercicios de Inglés de Universidad

Fonética Inglesa: Glosario de Términos Clave

Conceptos Fundamentales

• Alveolar: Describe sonidos con un punto de articulación detrás de los dientes frontales superiores, contra la cresta alveolar. Ejemplos: [t, d, s].
• Bilabial: Describe articulaciones en las que intervienen ambos labios (oclusivas y fricativas).
• Grupo Consonántico (Cluster): Dos o más fonemas consonánticos en una secuencia, sin sonido vocálico entre ellos.
• Consonante: Un sonido del habla que obstruye el flujo de aire a través del tracto vocal. Algunas consonantes lo hacen mucho, otras no tanto, por eso las separamos por grupos.
• Oclusiva Glotal (Glottal Stop): Una consonante producida por el cierre de las cuerdas vocales. [?] Hay una obstrucción completa al paso del aire,

movimientos del buque:/Quebranto-hogging/Arrufo-sagging/Defor. Por balance-racking/Machetazos-panting/Pantocazos-pounding/slamming/Defor. En dique seco-docking strains/Resistencia-strenght/ner/ener/Reforzar-stiffen/Remachar-to rivet/Soldar-to Weld/Balances-rolling/Cabezadas-pitching/Mov. Lineal de pro a popa-surging/Mov. Transversal del buque-swaying/Oscilación vertical-heaving//calados:Poco calado:light draught//Mucho calado-deep draught/Calado de carga-load//Calado de proa-fore//Calado de popa-aft //Calado en medio-draught in the middle//Linea de carga de verano-summer load line//Para las demás cosas cambiar summer//posiciones:/Extremo de proa (popa)-fore end (after end)//Lo mas a proa (popa)-foremost (after end)//Proa (Popa)-bow (stern)... Continuar leyendo "Vocabulario maritimo" »

The user/learners competences

The general competences comprise declarative knowledge, the skills and know how, the existential competence and the ability to know.

·Declarative knowledge has to do with the knowledge about the world, the sociocultural knowledge and the intercultural knowledge.
·Skills and know how can be practical and intercultural.
·Existential competence is the sum individual factors related to the personality.
·The ability to learn; to be always receptive to knowledge.
The communicative language competences include the linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences. These allow a person to act using specifically linguistic means.

·Linguistic competence includes the development of lexical, phonological, grammatical, semantic,... Continuar leyendo "Orthoepic competence" »

Preguntas con "How" y Respuestas Cortas

¿Con qué frecuencia? (How often?)

• How often do you work out?
  • Every day.
  • Twice a week.
  • Not very often.

¿Cuánto tiempo? (How long?)

• How long do you spend at the gym?
  • Thirty minutes a day.
  • Two hours a week.
  • About an hour on weekends.

¿Qué tan bien? (How well?)

• How well do you play tennis?
  • Pretty well.
  • About average.
  • Not very well.

¿Qué tan bueno/a? (How good?)

• How good are you at sports?
  • Pretty good.
  • Okay.
  • Not so good.

El Pasado Simple (Simple Past)

• Did you work on Saturday?
  • Yes, I did. I worked all day.
  • No, I didn’t. I didn’t work at all.
• Did you go anywhere last weekend?
  • Yes, I did. I went to the movies.
  • No, I didn’t. I didn’t go anywhere.

Preguntas con "Wh-" en Pasado Simple

• What did Rick do on Saturday?
  • He stayed

Multi-word VERBOS: frases verbales, los verbos de preparación, con partícula-PREP múltiples verbo otras construcciones verbales palabra. Multi-word verbos dividen en cuatro clases: PHRASAL VERBS: verbos seguidos de las partículas adverbiales. Verbos compuestos más comunes: intransitivo: ¡Anímate! Estás de vacaciones. Muy común en la conversación y la ficción. PhrV intransitivo más comunes son los de actividad utilizados como comandos y que a menudo se presentan como imperativos. Eclaratives D cláusulas, + común verbos intransitivos phrasal normalmente sujeto humano. Por ejemplo, él sólo se sentó y se quejó todo el tiempo. + combinación intransitivo común en la conversación se come on: 3 funciones principales: 1-de exclamación

Escenario: Entrevista de Trabajo

A: Good morning, sir. My name is Alex Soto. How are you?

S: Fine, thanks. My name is Sergio, the company’s manager and owner. How can I help you?

A: I am looking for a new job because I want to change my current job.

S: Really? Why?

A: Because my boss is always putting me down.

S: Oh! I can work it out! That's so bad!

A: Yes, and I have been working there so hard, and I haven’t been able to get away for several months.

S: Don’t try to lie to me because I can see right through you.

A: No, that’s true. That’s why I look so tired.

S: What are you getting at? I don’t really understand.

A: I mean that I am being honest, completely honest.

S: Ok, I got it, but don’t expect me to fall for your excuse. I wasn’t... Continuar leyendo "Dominando Phrasal Verbs en Inglés: Conversación Práctica" »

THE TRAGEDIES

Most of Shakespeares great tragedies were written in the years between 1598 and 1607, sometimes called his black period. Shakespeare had a son, called Hamnet, who died at the age of ten in 1596. This may have influenced Shakespeares black period, when many of his plays concern fathers and children. Romeo and Juliet, the most famous tragedy of love in all literature, was one of Shakespeares earliest tragedies and it is less complex and philosophical than most of the later tragedies. The major tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. They are tragedies of revenge, jealousy, family and ambition.
Many of the tragedies have pessimistic endings, where life has lost its meaning, but usually there is some hope for the future.... Continuar leyendo "Two Shakespearean Tragedies" »

An action-oriented approach  The approach adopted by the Common European Framework is an action-oriented one in so far as it views users and learners of a language primarily as social agents, i.E. Members of society.
Language use comprises the actions performed by persons who as individuals and as social agents develop a range of competences. Competences can be subdivided in general competences, and communicative language competences.

The general competences of an individual The general competences of language learners or users consist in particular of their knowledge, skills and existential competence and also their ability to learn:
·Declarative knowledge (savoir), is understood as knowledge resulting from experience and from more formal learning:... Continuar leyendo "Orthoepic competences" »

Preposiciones de Lugar en Inglés: Tu Guía Completa

Aprende a usar correctamente las preposiciones de lugar en inglés con esta práctica guía. Mejora tu vocabulario y comprensión del idioma.

Preposiciones Comunes de Lugar