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English - Students' Corner - Guest Speakers - Trinidad & Tobago

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On December the 21st, Alan Cooper (Guest Speaker) and M. Rocío López (Avanzado 2) gave an Oral Presentation in the format of a TV show interview on Alan's country, "Trinidad and Tobago." Watch the videos and learn about Trinidad and Tobago. Alan's explanations were absolutely interesting and entertaining -- even funny! And then Alan and Rocío sang a Calypso song. Don't miss it!

After his experience learning Spanish in his country and over here, Alan's advice to you all, lifelong language learners is, Listen to all kinds of accents - you want to be able to communicate with all kinds of people!

If you use this address, you'll be able to watch the 8 videos we uploaded, one after the other: Lista de reproducción: In Class - EOI Students Speaking English external link

Here are the links to each video:
Love ya! / Loved it! Trinidad & Tobago 1 - Geography, Climate external link
Love ya! / Loved it! Trinidad & Tobago 2 - History, Economy external link
Love ya! / Loved it! Trinidad & Tobago 3 - Pirates in Tobago, Life in both islands today external link
Love ya! / Loved it! Trinidad & Tobago 4 - More on Carnival and Music external link
Love ya! / Loved it! Trinidad & Tobago 5 - Singing a Calypso song (1) external link
Love ya! / Loved it! Trinidad & Tobago 6 - Singing a song (2) external link
Love ya! / Loved it! Trinidad & Tobago 7 - Questions 1: Languages, Sports, Beauty Contests external link
Love ya! / Loved it! Trinidad & Tobago 8 - Questions 2: Why Spain? external link

Here is a map from WorldAtlas external link

Trinidad and Tobago

  

2 handouts were given out in class:

Useful Language: Coconut palms trees, Gulf of Paria, Caribbean Sea ('Caribbean' has two different ways of pronouncing it external link), Port of Spain, Scarborough, Hurricane Belt, Caribs and Arawaks, British colony, indentured workers, sugar plantations, to raid ships, to covet, Brea Pitch Lake, Mud Volcano, nesting season, to wear trunks, soca, Calypso, Steelpan, Carnival (pronunciation external link - in British English it sounds like "cannival"!).

Song: Portrait of Trinidad worddoc (1 page)

You can listen to the music here (notice the lyrics are unabridged by Allan!):

 
Atención Página creada por el Proyecto Web para la EOI Getafe (2008-2010) para ofrecer a la comunidad escolar de la EOI Getafe un recurso pedagógico que sirva para alentar el aprendizaje de idiomas. Más información: Sobre este sitio web y agradecimientos