Earth Song by Michael Jackson

What do you think Michael Jackson is trying to communicate with this song?

Songs of wars

Watch the video and note down all the dates you can listen to.

Distinction of minimal pairs (2)

We are going to work with two vowel sounds. Click on the links and listen to the difference in pronunciation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_7.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_long_3.shtml

A different vision of history

After watching the video, can you say the meaning of these words?

1. Legions
2. Invaded
3. Casualties
4. Fleet
5. Retreat
6. Hostages
7. Assault
8. Allies
9. Surrender
10. Defeated

Brainstorming

Leave a comment with all the words you can think of related to war.

Distinction of minimal pairs

Now, we are going to work with two vowel sounds. Click on the links to see the difference on pronunciation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_4.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_long_4.shtml

TURNING POINTS

In this unit we are going to work the following concepts:

• The past perfect tense.
• Construction of paragraphs.
• Invasions.
• Distinction of minimal pairs.