1. What do you mean?
Gestures – Unit 2B

2. What do you think gestures are in AMERICA?
Gestures are different all over the world
Gesture – a movement of the hand or other body part that means something
Gestures can be…
Nice
Rude
Give some information

3. Gestures around the world

4. How to get clarification
Making the meaning clear
How can you ask for clarity if something is confusing to you from another culture?
I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you explain?
What did you mean?
Can you explain what __________ means?
You are so weird! Get away from me you freak!

5. Remember the modal… Might, may, could Must Couldn’t, can’t
Adverb
Might, may, could
50%
Must
75%
Couldn’t, can’t
Negative
He must be feeling tired after last night.
Maybe, perhaps
50%
Probably
75%
Definitely
100%
She probably is hungry from working hard.

6. How are Korean and American gestures different?

7. Verb + Infinitive Infinitive = to + verb
Do you want to solve this problem?
Did you manage to solve it?
Examples:
Agree
Choose
Deserve
Fail
Hope
Intend…
Infinitive = to + verb

8. Verb + gerund Gerund = verb + “ing” Do you enjoy solving problems?
Did you finish solving them?
Examples:
Admit
Avoid
Can’t help
Deny
Dislike
Give up…
Gerund = verb + “ing”

9. Some have both! Do you like to solve/solving problems?
Do you prefer to be/being right all the time?
Examples:
Begin
Can’t stand
Continue
Hate
Love
Start…

10. Speaking Differences Dialect Accent
Using different words for the same thing
Accent
Saying things differently in different places

11. Different types of English

12. Which countries speak English?

13. How are the accents and dialects different?
British Accent
Made soft R’s to show that they were sophisticated (cultured and smart)
Is similar to French (example: foyer)
American/Canadian Accent
American spelling was invented as a form of protest (example: center, color, favorite…)
American and Canadian accents have hard R’s
Australian Accent
Similar to British accent
Has heavy diphthongs – two vowels together (example: phone, home)

14. Sophisticated Trump

15. How are dialects (사투리) different in Korea?
How are the dialects of Korea different from all regions (including North Korea)?
In groups, describe the following as if you are talking to a foreigner:
Main differences in the Seoul accent and regional accents
What letters are pronounced differently
What words are different for same things
Is it easy or hard to understand regional dialects?