GETTING READY FOR THE OSCARS

Who else is excited about the Oscars? Are you making your predictions?

We'll get a chance to talk about them in the next unit, where we will be dealing with films.

In the meanwhile, here's your checklist for next Sunday night

Let me know if you ticked off many items ;) 

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LISTEN TO MUSIC AND YOU'RE HUNGRY

Before you play the videos below, here's a challenge for you:

Pieces of well-known songs appear in these two videos, can you identify any of them playing the video with the sound off?

In this two funny videos the comedian Bec Hill creates humour with a common phenomenon I'm sure you have all experienced at some time when listening to songs in English: MONDEGREEN.

Mondegreen happens when a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but it's in fact entirely incorrect.

When we listen to something we don't clearly understand we try to extract meaning from "the noise". This happens a lot when we listen to songs, even in our own language, as many times songs tend to have lyrics that are a bit unexpected or unusual.

If you enjoyed the videos you might also like the following website, an archive of misheard lyrics:

Enjoy it (but avoid creating your own mondegreens in listening exams!😉)

DEAR BASKETBALL

Dear students,

For those of you who love sport and those who prefer the cinema too.

Kobe Bryant, was not only a 5-time NBA champion and a basketball legend, he was also an Oscar winner. These days, in tribute to this brilliant player, many of his fans are sharing the short animation film that won him the film academy award  in 2018 in the Best Animated Film Category.

The short film, Dear Basketbal, is based on a poem that Kobe himself wrote and describes his love for the game since he was a kid. Really touching. #mambaforever

https://vimeo.com/258552634

READY, STEADY, DRAW!

Do you like drawing? 

I've just found a fun game you might enjoy. Its name is Google Quick,Draw!

Actually, it is a tool from Google that tells you to draw an object and gives you twenty seconds to do it using the mouse or a touchscreen. People around the world have drawn one billion images using it and Google uses them to help researchers learn about "machine learning". You will be asked to draw six items the computer will try to identify. You will get information about what the computer thinks you are drawing and you will be able to compare your creations to other user's.

It's a fun way to improve your vocabulary (and your drawing skills!). I should warn you, though, it's incrediby addictive too...

Give it a try and see how many of your doodles can be recognized.

Enjoy!


Here's my own attempt, I got six out of six!  But you're allowed to laugh! 😁😂