Are you in 2º de Nivel Básico and need to revise the Alphabet? Can you remember well how to distinguish between "A", "E" & "I"? If the answer to these questions is YES and NO, this is your site, and this is your video:
These are the letters of the English alphabet. As you can see, they are the same as in the Spanish alphabet. But how do you pronounce them correctly? Would you like some help? You'll find the pronunciation between brackets. But be careful, that's not a phonetic transcription!!!!
Now watch the video, listen and repeat:
This is another video about the alphabet in English. But there is a small difference. Can you tell me which one it is?
Have you notice that the letters of the alphabet rhyme? You can group them into letters that are pronounced with the same sound:
Thanks to Maite García-Saavedra, from the EOI Guadix (Granada, and our colleague and friend!
Here you have some famous acronyms that we talked about in class last week:
EU = European Union
CIA = Central Intelligence Agency
UFO = Unidentified Flying Object
L = Learner
B.C. = Before Christ
A.D. = Anno Domini
NHS = National Health Service
Ph.D.: = Doctor of Philosophy
SOS = Save Our Souls
IQ = Intelligence Quotient
NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization
PC = Personal Computer
MTV = Music Television
OK = Okay (other version: zero killed)
USA = United States of America
UK = United Kingdom
CD = Compact Disc
VIP = Very Important Person/People
BMW = Bavarian Motor Works
DVD = Digital Versatile Disc
FBI = Federal Bureau of Investigation
BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation
GMT = Greenwich Mean Time
MPH = Miles per hour
DIY = Do it yourself
VAT = Value Added Tax
NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration
HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome
IRA = Irish Republican Army
MP = Member of Parliament
PM = Prime Minister
And to finish, let's rock with Jackson 5!!!
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