Talking the talk

Talking the talk

Lesson 2 - Grade 11

​What does 'talking the talk' mean?

​To speak knowledgeably about something

​Watch the video...

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Arabic

• cotton

• unique

• gazelle

• hamburger

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Japanese

• avant-garde

• tsunami

• judo

• gazelle

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German

• unique

• gazelle

• hamburger

• kindergarten

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French

• unique

• kindergarten

• gazelle

• avant-garde

​Reading text: Where do words come from?

​The article is about how new words originate, giving some examples and terms.

​What is the main idea in the first paragraph?

​the inspiration of a word can come from its function.

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What is intriguing about Sirotta and Kasner's story?

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Who was the youngest person to coin a word?

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What spelling mistake did some scientists make?

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Did Sirotta and Kasner enjoy the internet age?

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What 1960s invention is named after its function?

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What is the definition of googolplex?

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What are the terms for words based on places or people?

​VOCABULARY

Let's discuss and guess the words

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Which A means a lot of something?

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Which U is not typical?

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Which A is obvious and clear?

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Which C is the verb to make a new word?

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Which B is good to generate new ideas?

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Which T can be medical?

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Which I is fascinating?

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Which P died?

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Which F is limited?

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Which O is appeared for the first time?

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Which I is creativeness or inventiveness?

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Which C is enormous?

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Which I is the source of a new idea?

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Which D is to be recorded in writing?

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Which I is original and new?

​COLLOCATION

​the combination of words that is very common

WRITE / MAKE / DO --> AN ESSAY

​Which word doesn’t collocate with essay?