PIZZA EXPRESS

So you wonder what some students from 5A did?

Imagine you are in a restaurant .... an Italian restaurant, called Pizza Express. The scene takes place in England, actually in London because I do love London!
So a waiter or waitress brings you the menu and you have to read it and make a choice.
Well, that's what they did with a genuine menu in their hands but as they were doing it for the first time they wrote their skit to act it.
As a matter of fact we decided to record it to have fun. Your fellow students heard their voice, hated it to start with and then realized how they spoke and tried to do their best to pronounce things properly and use the right intonation patterns. But....it was really difficult!
Well, you will apologize them of course if it is far from being perfect and listen with forebearance! That's a try!

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ANALYSING A VIDEO CLIP

This document is a video clip advertising for a language school called Berlitz.
We can see two characters in the scene: an old man and a young one. Both of them are German coast guards. It’s the young man’s first day at work and he is learning how to use the radio and how to watch the coast.
The old man leaves the room and the young man remains alone.
He receives a mayday call but he doesn’t understand what the Captain says in English. He looks lost and ill-at-ease.
The Captain says that they are sinking and he understands that they are thinking.
We can notice that the German has problems understanding and pronouncing. The man should work at his accent.
This ad is humorous because the coast guard is not conscious of the danger and continues talking.
It makes us realize that having a good accent is very important in communication.

Billel, Imenne, Chloé, Amélie, Manel, Julie, Sarah et Sabrine