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Hi everyone! Nice to see you again.

Were about to start with the last part of the planning of the project. Now, Professor Brown is helping me create the agenda. Join me in this learning adventure.

Anthony: Good morning, Professor Brown. Thank you very much for helping me again in this project.

Prof. Brown: Good morning, Anthony. Its my pleasure. What is the next step we are to follow?

Anthony: According to what we have planned so far, the next step is to create the agenda. But Im not sure what it really means.

Prof. Brown: Oh, creating the agenda. It is not that difficult. The agenda is basically divided into six steps. The first step is search for information. In this step, you will have to look for the sources where you can find any information related to what you are dealing with in your project.

Anthony: But there could be a lot of information out there! How could I use that much information?

Prof. Brown: There is where our second step comes to play! It is: select the information. You need to have certain criteria to know what is relevant for your project and what is not.

Anthony: That is very clever! Ill take it into account.

Prof. Brown: Our next step is: choose the best two or three options. It means that, from the information you consult, you have to make your mind to narrow it down to two or three options to develop in your project.

Anthony: And what is the purpose of choosing these options?

Prof. Brown: We will need to test these options in order to find out what is the one that best fits in the project. This is our fourth step, which is very important in order to define the path to follow during the project course.

Anthony: I see! It will help me to have my project course clear!


Anthony: Exactly! In this point, we start closing up the project course. Our two final steps will help us with that. They are: Evaluate the outcomes of the project and Write down your conclusions, taking into account the objectives you had proposed and the results you obtained.

Prof. Brown: Wow, Professor Brown. Youve been of a great help today. Thank you very much. Now, its my turn to start working. See you next time.

Anthony: Good bye, Anthony! See you next time at the town library.

Prof. Brown: Hi, Anthony! How have you been?

Anthony: Good afternoon, Professor Brown. Im great now that you are helping me this much.

Prof. Brown: Youre welcome! Now, we have to assess what is needed to achieve what we have planned.

Anthony: Perfect! So, the first thing we have is search for information. What is required for that step?

Prof. Brown: First of all, you must know where to find the information we need.

Anthony: Oh, thats why were in a library! Here you have access to a huge amount of information. But, what happens with the internet? Isnt it useful too?

Hi, dear apprentices!

Now that we have agreed on what the activities will be, we must foresee the necessary requirements to execute the activities. Today, Im meeting Professor Brown at the library. Come with me and lets learn how to do it.

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Prof. Brown: Internet is such a useful tool to search for information. But we should be careful with its usage, because not all the information in it is relevant, and much of it is not very reliable. Here, we come to the second step:

Anthony: Do you mean select the information?

Prof. Brown: I certainly do, Anthony! Selecting the information is highly important in order to focus on what is really relevant for your project. There are many ways to select the information.

One example is having the key words for your search clear. This narrows the search field down and helps you focus on what is really important. Another way is to use databases of academic articles. These articles generally contain information much more reliable than some pages in the internet abroad.

Now, to choose the best options, which are the next two steps, we have to take into account the objectives of the project. The best option is the one that fits the best with the objectives. You can evaluate the options suitability by contrasting each one against your project objectives.

Objectives are also important in evaluating the outcomes. Once you have come out with your projects results, you can evaluate them by means of their fittingness with your objectives.

So, lets summarize it! In order to fulfill your projects steps, you should take into account:

where to find the information use of key words and databases your objectives suitability with

your options and your outcomes. These requirements will help you in each of your projects steps.


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Hi, again!

You may have noticed that some words have been highlighted. You already know the meaning of those words, but today we will learn how to pronounce them when in questions and answers.

The modal verbs must, have to and should tend to be pronounced following the same rules for questions with other auxiliary verbs. Lets review them.

In Yes/No Questions, the intonation tends to go higher at the end of the question, while in their answers they tend to go lower in pitch.

Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs within a sentence. As such, they are usually unstressed due to the fact that they work as structure words and not as content words (Roach, 1998). Structure words are those that express a grammatical sense within the sentence, for example the tense of the sentence or the number of the subject. Auxiliary verbs, articles and prepositions are examples of structure words. On the other hand, content words are those that express the meaning or the intention of the sentence, like who did what and when, how or where the action occurred. Nouns, principal verbs and adjectives are examples of content words.

However, in some cases, they can become stressed in order to express emphasis on the obligation, recommendation or lack of obligation. Lets see some examples.

In Wh- Questions, on the other hand, the intonation tends to go lower both at the end of the question and the answers.


Prof. Brown: In these examples, we can see that the speaker stresses consciously the modal verbs to express a certain feeling of obligation or recommendation. In the third sentence, for example, the obligation of the hearer is to take care of his/her brother.

On the other hand, in negative sentences, the modal verbs are always stressed. Lets have a look at some examples.

n these examples, the negative form of the modal verb is stressed because it plays an important role in the meaning of the sentence. In the first sentence, it shows that is forbidden to use cellphones in the bank.

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References

Credits

UsefulEnglish.ru. (2013). Listening for Intonation in Questions and Answers

(AmE). Retrieved on October 21th, 2013 from: http://goo.gl/OUCRQ6

Roach, P. (1998). English Phonetics and Phonology: a practical course. Second

Edition. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

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