VOCABULARY
Vocabulary is one of the most important aspects to learn a language. The purpose of this sectiosis that students know about false cognates and could identify them in daily life use.
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False cognate is a word in one language that has a different meaning from a similar-sounding word in another language. (Taken from http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/false-cognate).
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For example when a spanish speaker hear the word "actually" thinks that the meaning is "actualmente" (currently in English) but the sense is "de hecho".
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The aim of this activity is to improve your vocabulary and learn false cognates in a funny way.
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Activity: (aprox. 10- 15 min). Listen to the following songs and explain in your own words the meaning of the false cognates without looking up the expressions in the dictionary, and compare them with the correct meaning.
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Just the way you are by Brunos Mars Umbrella by Rihanna
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What do you understand by Compliment? What do you understand by arms?
What is the correct meaning? What is the correct meaning?
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What do you understand by stares? What do you understand by pour?
What is the correct meaning? What is the correct meaning?
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Rolling in the deep by Adele Chandelier by Sia
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What do you understand by bare? What do you understand by mess?
What is the correct meaning? What is the correct meaning?
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What do you understand by sorrow? What do you understand by shame?
What is the correct meaning? What is the correct meaning?
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Video taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoI9AUCQCco&ab_channel=elyas98
Video taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN3gNuRdVmg&ab_channel=OMEGA
Video taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBRUkdQa6Is&ab_channel=LyricMaker101