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Directions 목표 Direcciones Instruções

READ the VOCABULARY + BACKGROUND
It is important to read the vocabulary and background before you watch the video. This will improve your ability to understand the video. It will also help you understand how the new vocabulary is used naturally.
WATCH the VIDEO
The first time you watch the video, just try to understand the overall situation.
ANSWER the QUESTIONS
First, try to answer all the questions from memory. Then rewatch the video and try to answer the questions that you missed.
WATCH and READ the SCRIPT
Watch the video again while you read the script. Reading and listening at the same time will help you hear each individual word and improve your listening accuracy.
DO the ACTIVITIES
There are several different activities that focus on listening accuracy, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure.

LEA el VOCABULARIO y ANTECEDENTES.
Es importante leer el vocabulario y los antecedentes antes de ver el video. Esto mejorará su capacidad para comprender el video. También le ayudará a comprender cómo se usa el nuevo vocabulario de forma natural.
VER el VIDEO
La primera vez que vea el video, intente comprender la situación general.
RESPONDE a las PREGUNTAS
Primero intente responder todas las preguntas de memoria. Luego, vuelva a ver el video e intente responder las preguntas que se perdió.
MIRAR Y LEER
Mire el video nuevamente mientras lee el guión. Leer y escuchar al mismo tiempo lo ayudará a escuchar cada palabra individual y mejorará su precisión auditiva.
HACER LAS ACTIVIDADES
Hay una serie de actividades diferentes que se centran en la precisión auditiva, la pronunciación, el vocabulario, la gramática y la estructura de las oraciones.

어휘와 배경 읽기
비디오를 보기 전에 어휘와 배경을 읽는 것이 중요합니다. 이렇게 하면 비디오를 이해하는 능력이 향상됩니다. 또한 새로운 어휘가 어떻게 자연스럽게 사용되는지 이해하는데 도움이됩니다.
비디오 보기
비디오를 처음 볼 때 전체 상황을 이해하려고 노력하세요.
문제에 답하기
먼저 모든 질문에 답을 해보세요. 그런 다음 비디오를 다시보고 놓친 질문에 답해보세요.
비디오 보면서 대본 읽기
대본을 읽는 동안 비디오를 다시 보세요. 읽기와 듣기를 동시에 하면 각각의 단어를 듣고, 듣기 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있습니다.
액티비티 하기
듣기 정확도, 발음, 어휘, 문법 및 문장 구조에 초점을 맞춘 다양한 액티비티가 있습니다.

LER o VOCABULÁRIO + FUNDO
É importante ler o vocabulário e o histórico antes de assistir ao vídeo. Isso melhorará sua capacidade de entender o vídeo. Também ajudará você a entender como o novo vocabulário é usado naturalmente.
ASSISTA ao VÍDEO
Na primeira vez que assistir ao vídeo, tente entender a situação geral.
RESPONDA às PERGUNTAS
Primeiro, tente responder todas as perguntas de memória. Em seguida, assista novamente ao vídeo e tente responder às perguntas que você errou.
ASSISTA e LEIA o SCRIPT
Assista ao vídeo novamente enquanto lê o roteiro. Ler e ouvir ao mesmo tempo ajudará você a ouvir cada palavra individualmente e a melhorar sua precisão auditiva.
FAÇA as ATIVIDADES
Existem várias atividades diferentes que se concentram na precisão auditiva, pronúncia, vocabulário, gramática e estrutura da frase.

Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario

Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas

Edinburgh has a population of six million.
True
False
There is a festival in Edinburgh every August.
True
False
The Royal Mile is about 1.6 km long.
True
False
Edinburgh Castle was first built in 1130.
True
False
The chapel in Edinburgh Castle was named after King David the First.
True
False
The castle became the home of the King of England in the 15th century.
True
False
King James the 4th built the Great Hall.
True
False
Scotland became part of the United Kingdom in the 16th century.
True
False
Prince Charles Edward Stewart tried to capture Edinburgh Castle.
True
False
Edinburgh Castle is used as a prison today.
True
False
About 1 250 000 people visit the castle every year.
True
False
The soldiers at Edinburgh Castle fire a gun every day at 11 o'clock.
True
False

Grammar 문법 Gramática Gramática (present/past verbs)

Directions: Choose the verb that best completes each sentence. Every verb is in either present (simple) or past (simple) tense.

Edinburgh (is) the capital city of Scotland.
About four hundred thousand people (live) in the city.
Six million people (visit) Edinburgh every year.
The Royal Mile (starts) at Holyrood Palace and (finishes) at Edinburgh Castle.
The castle (is) nearly a thousand years old.
King David the First (built) this chapel and (named) it Queen Mary's Chapel after his mother.
In the 15th century, the castle (became) the home of the King of Scotland.
In 1511, James the Fourth (built) the Great Hall.
In the 18th century, Scotland officially (became) part of the United Kingdom.
In the early 19th century, the castle (was) a prison, but it (is) now a tourist attraction.
About one and a quarter million people (visit) the castle every year.
They (come) to see the buildings and to hear the stories.
They also (come) to see and hear the one o'clock gun.
Soldiers (fire) this gun every day at exactly one o'clock.

Sentence Building 문장 만들기 Construção de sentença Construcción de oraciones [ ? ]
Summary

This activity is designed to improve sentence accuracy and complexity. Most students can produce the key content words in a sentence. However, they have difficulty with accuracy because the functional words are difficult or can seem unimportant. This activity will help learners eliminate problems with these functional words by giving them immediate feedback on the mistakes they are making. It will also help students develop their use of more natural, varied and complex sentence structures.

TIP: Say the sentence out loud. Notice the types of mistake you make often. Focus on those types of errors. (singular/plural, subject-verb agreement, article use, prepositions, gerunds and infinitives, noun clauses, adjective clauses, word order, and word forms.)

Resumen

Esta actividad está diseñada para mejorar la precisión y complejidad de las oraciones. La mayoría de los estudiantes pueden producir las palabras clave del contenido en una oración. Sin embargo, tienen dificultades con la precisión porque las palabras funcionales son difíciles o pueden parecer poco importantes. Esta actividad ayudará a los alumnos a eliminar problemas con estas palabras funcionales al brindarles retroalimentación inmediata sobre los errores que están cometiendo. También ayudará a los estudiantes a desarrollar su uso de estructuras de oraciones más naturales, variadas y complejas.

CONSEJO: Diga la oración en voz alta. Observe los tipos de errores que comete con frecuencia. Concéntrese en ese tipo de errores. (singular / plural, concordancia entre sujeto y verbo, uso del artículo, preposiciones, gerundios e infinitivos, cláusulas sustantivas, cláusulas adjetivas, orden de las palabras y formas de las palabras).

요약

이 액티비티는 문장의 정확성과 복잡성을 개선하기 위해 고안되었습니다. 대부분의 학생들은 문장에서 핵심 내용 단어를 생성 할 수 있습니다. 그러나 기능적 단어가 어렵거나 중요하지 않은 것처럼 보일 수 있기 때문에 정확성에 어려움이 있습니다. 이 액티비티는 학습자가 실수에 대한 즉각적인 피드백을 제공함으로써 이러한 기능적 단어의 문제를 제거하는 데 도움이 됩니다. 또한 학생들이 보다 자연스럽고 다양하며 복잡한 문장 구조를 사용하는 데 도움이 됩니다.

팁 : 문장을 크게 말하세요. 자주 저지르는 실수 유형과, 이러한 유형의 오류에 집중하세요. (단수 / 복수, 주어-동사 일치, 관사 사용, 전치사, 동명사 및 부정사, 명사절, 형용사절, 어순 및 단어 형태)

Resumo

Esta atividade foi desenvolvida para melhorar a precisão e a complexidade das frases. A maioria dos alunos pode produzir as palavras-chave do conteúdo em uma frase. No entanto, eles têm dificuldade com precisão porque as palavras funcionais são difíceis ou podem parecer sem importância. Esta atividade ajudará os alunos a eliminar problemas com essas palavras funcionais, dando-lhes feedback imediato sobre os erros que estão cometendo. Também ajudará os alunos a desenvolver o uso de estruturas de sentenças mais naturais, variadas e complexas.

DICA: Diga a frase em voz alta. Observe os tipos de erro que você comete com frequência. Concentre-se nesses tipos de erros. (singular/plural, concordância sujeito-verbo, uso de artigos, preposições, gerúndios e infinitivos, cláusulas substantivas, cláusulas adjetivas, ordem das palavras e formas das palavras.)

Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order. Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.

Instrucciones: Escribe oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de las palabras o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa tiempo presente.

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.

Sentence 1

Edinburgh / capital / city / Scotland

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland.

Sentence 2

Edinburgh / population / about / four / hundred / thousand

Edinburgh has a population of about four hundred thousand (people).
Edinburgh's population is about four hundred thousand (people).

Sentence 3

there / big / festival / Edinburgh / every / August

There is a big festival in Edinburgh every August.

Sentence 4a

royal / mile / connect / Edinburgh / castle / Holyrood / palace

The Royal Mile connects Edinburgh Castle [to/and] Holyrood Palace.

Sentence 4b

royal / mile / run / Edinburgh / castle / Holyrood / palace

The Royal Mile runs between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace.
The Royal Mile runs from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace.

Sentence 5

castle / stand / enormous / piece / volcano / rock

The castle stands on an enormous piece of volcanic rock.

Sentence 6

king / David / the First / start / build / rock / near / thousand / year / ago

King David the First started [building/to build] on the rock nearly [a/one] thousand years ago.

Sentence 7

he / build / chapel / and / name / it / mother

He built a chapel and named it after his mother.

Sentence 8

in / 15 / century / Edinburgh / castle / become / home / king / Scotland

In the 15th century, Edinburgh Castle became the home of the King of Scotland.
In the 15th century, Edinburgh Castle became home to the King of Scotland.

Sentence 9

Scotland / official / become / part / united / kingdom / 18 / century

Scotland officially became part of the United Kingdom in the 18th century.

Sentence 10

in / early / 19 / century / castle / prison

In the early 19th century, the castle [was/became] a prison.

Sentence 11

more / than / million / person / visit / Edinburgh / castle / every / year

More than [a/one] million people visit Edinburgh Castle every year.

Sentence 12

soldier / at / castle / fire / gun / every / day / exact / one / o'clock

(The) Soldiers at the castle fire a gun every day at exactly one o'clock.

Listen & Repeat 듣고 따라하기 Ouça e repita Escuchar y repetir [ ? ]
Listen & Repeat

This activity has two purposes.

The first purpose is to improve listening accuracy. Learners can often understand the general meaning of a video but still not hear and understand many of the words that are said. This is because native speakers tend to say the functional words unclearly. (eg. don’t know, going to, want to, can’t, must have) This activity is designed to help learners improve their ability to hear these words.

TIP: Learners should listen, and then try to repeat exactly what they hear. Then they should click “Show” and read the sentence. After reading the sentence, learners should listen again and try to hear each word.

The second purpose is to improve pronunciation.

TIP: Learners should listen to and read the sentences at the same time. Then learners should try to copy the pronunciation and intonation of the speaker exactly.

TIP: Exaggerating the intonation and feeling of the speaker is useful. It may feel awkward or funny, but it will help you sound more natural.

Escuchar y Repetir

Esta actividad tiene dos propósitos separados.

El primer propósito es mejorar la precisión auditiva. Los estudiantes a menudo pueden comprender el significado general de un video, pero aún no escuchan ni comprenden muchas de las palabras que se dicen. En particular, los hablantes nativos tienden a decir las palabras funcionales (p. Ej., No sé, voy a, quiero, no puedo, debe haberlo hecho) de manera poco clara. Esta actividad está diseñada para ayudar a los alumnos a mejorar su capacidad para escuchar estas palabras.

CONSEJO: Los alumnos deben escuchar y luego intentar repetir exactamente lo que se dijo. Luego deben hacer clic en "Show" y leer la oración. Después de leer la oración, los alumnos deben volver a escuchar e intentar escuchar cada palabra.

El segundo propósito es mejorar la pronunciación.

CONSEJO: Los alumnos deben escuchar y leer las oraciones al mismo tiempo. Luego, los alumnos deben intentar copiar la pronunciación y la entonación del hablante.

CONSEJO: Es útil exagerar la entonación y el sentimiento del hablante. Puede parecer incómodo o divertido, pero te ayudará a sonar más natural.

듣고 따라하기

이 액티비티에는 두 가지 목적이 있습니다.

첫 번째 목적은 청취 정확도를 높이는 것입니다. 학생들은 종종 비디오의 일반적인 의미를 이해할 수 있지만 여전히 많은 단어를 듣고 이해하지 못합니다. 특히 원어민은 기능적 단어 (예 : 모르겠다, 갈 것, 갖고 싶어, 가질 수 없어야 한다)를 불분명하게 말하는 경향이 있습니다. 이 액티비티는 학습자가 이러한 단어를 듣는 능력을 향상시킬 수 있도록 고안되었습니다.

팁 : 학습자는 듣고 나서 말한 내용을 정확하게 반복해야 합니다. 그들은“Show”를 클릭하고 문장을 읽어야 합니다. 문장을 읽은 후 학습자는 다시 듣고 각 단어를 들어야 합니다.

두 번째 목적은 발음을 향상시키는 것입니다.

팁 : 학습자는 동시에 문장을 듣고 읽어야 합니다. 그런 다음 학습자는 화자의 발음과 억양을 따라 해 보아야 합니다.

팁 : 화자의 억양과 느낌을 과장하는 것이 유용합니다. 어색하거나 재미있게 느껴질 수 있지만 더 자연스럽게 들리는 데 도움이 됩니다.

Ouvir e repetir

Esta atividade tem dois propósitos.

O primeiro objetivo é melhorar a precisão auditiva. Os alunos geralmente podem entender o significado geral de um vídeo, mas ainda não ouvem e entendem muitas das palavras que são ditas. Isso ocorre porque os falantes nativos tendem a dizer as palavras funcionais de forma pouco clara. (por exemplo, não sei, vou, quero, não posso, devo ter) Esta atividade é projetada para ajudar os alunos a melhorar sua capacidade de ouvir essas palavras.

DICA: os alunos devem ouvir e tentar repetir exatamente o que ouviram. Em seguida, deveriam clicar em “Mostrar” e ler a frase. Depois de ler a frase, os alunos devem ouvir novamente e tentar ouvir cada palavra.

O segundo objetivo é melhorar a pronúncia.

DICA: os alunos devem ouvir e ler as frases ao mesmo tempo. Em seguida, os alunos devem tentar copiar exatamente a pronúncia e a entonação do falante.

DICA: É útil exagerar na entonação e no sentimento do falante. Pode parecer estranho ou engraçado, mas ajudará você a soar mais natural.

Directions: Play the audio clip and try to repeat what you hear. Click "Show" to see the text.

Instrucciones: Reproduce el clip de audio e intenta repetir lo que escuchas. Haga clic en "Show" para ver el texto.

Instrucciones: Reproduzca el clip de audio e intente repetir lo que escucha. Haga clic en "Mostrar" para ver el texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

Clip 1

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is a very beautiful old city.

Clip 2

About four hundred thousand people live in the city, and six million people visit every year.

Clip 3

The original city was built on the Royal Mile.

Clip 4

The Royal Mile is about 1.6 km long.

Clip 5

It starts at Holyrood Palace and finishes at Edinburgh Castle.

Clip 6

It stands on an enormous piece of volcanic rock, and it looks down on the rest of the city.

Clip 7

King David the First of Scotland was the first king who built on the rock in about 1130.

Clip 8

He built this chapel and named it Queen Mary's Chapel after his mother.

Clip 9

For the next three hundred years, the castle was at the center of wars between England and Scotland.

Clip 10

In the 15th century, the castle became the home of the King of Scotland.

Clip 11

In 1511, James the Fourth built the Great Hall.

Clip 12

In the 16th century, James the Sixth added extra defenses to the castle entrance.

Clip 13

In the 18th century, Scotland officially became part of the United Kingdom.

Clip 14

The last battle at the castle was in 1745 when Prince Charles Edward Stewart, who was nicknamed Bonny Prince Charley, tried to capture the castle.

Clip 15

About one and a quarter million people visit the castle every year.

Clip 16

Soldiers fire this every day at exactly one o'clock.

Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión

What are some of the features mentioned in the video that make Edinburgh Castle unique?
What are some historical events or people that you can remember that contributed to Edinburgh Castle?
What has the castle been used for? Can you remember four things?
Edinburgh Castle has the one o'clock gun. Does your city (or country) have anything similar? (a canon? a clock? a bell?)
Have you ever visited Edinburgh Castle? What do you remember about it?
What castles have you visited? How do these castles seem similar to or different from Edinburgh Castle?
What is the best or most memorable tourist attraction you have ever visited? Why was it so impressive?
What is the most disappointing tourist attraction you have ever visited? Why was it disappointing?
What famous tourist attraction in your country would you recommend? (You can only recommend one!)
The man is speaking with a Scottish accent. Can you hear the difference between how he speaks and other British accents? If so, how is it different?

Script 대본 Roteiro Texto

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is a very beautiful old city. About four hundred thousand people live in the city, and six million people visit every year.

Every year in August, there's a festival in the city with a lot of theater, music, dance, and comedy.

The original city was built on the Royal Mile. This is a street in Edinburgh's Old Town. The Royal Mile is about 1.6 km long. It starts at Holyrood Palace and finishes at Edinburgh Castle. It is called the Royal Mile because it connects two royal homes.

The castle is nearly a thousand years old. It stands on an enormous piece of volcanic rock, and it looks down on the rest of the city.

King David the First of Scotland was the first king who built on the rock in about 1130.

He built this chapel and named it Queen Mary's Chapel after his mother.

For the next three hundred years, the castle was at the center of wars between England and Scotland.

In the 15th century, the castle became the home of the King of Scotland. Each new king added to the castle.

In 1511, James the Fourth built the Great Hall.

In the 16th century, James the Sixth added extra defenses to the castle entrance.

In the 18th century, Scotland officially became part of the United Kingdom.

The last battle at the castle was in 1745 when Prince Charles Edward Stewart, who was nicknamed Bonny Prince Charley, tried to capture the castle.

In the early 19th century, the castle was a prison, but it is now a tourist attraction.

About one and a quarter million people visit the castle every year. They come to see the buildings and to hear the stories.

They also come to see and hear the one o'clock gun. Soldiers fire this every day at exactly one o'clock.

But they really come for the views of the city of Edinburgh.

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