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Have you ever thought about why so many words sound or look the same? Well today we
will talk about why that is and what do we call those words.
Brenda Henriquez 1
Using Cognates to Understand the General 4/10/2019
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These are the learning objectives for today
Brenda Henriquez 2
Using Cognates to Understand the General 4/10/2019
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Lets start with this question in order to start understanding what this topic is about and
also to see if we know about this topic based on our own experience and knowledge. Talk
to your neighbor about this question and come up with some example. *examples fade in
after giving students time to talk to one another* Some of the words that I have come up
with are …
Brenda Henriquez 3
Using Cognates to Understand the General 4/10/2019
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These words are called cognates and it basically refers to any two words that look and
mean the same but they are in different languages. Here are some examples…
Brenda Henriquez 4
Using Cognates to Understand the General 4/10/2019
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Cognates are often inherited from a shared parent language, but they may also involve
borrowings from some other language.
Cognates may have evolved similar, different or even opposite meanings, but in most cases
there are some similar sounds or letters in the words. Some words sound similar, but don't
come from the same root; we will talk about these later on.
Brenda Henriquez 5
Using Cognates to Understand the General 4/10/2019
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Now its your turn to show what you have learn so far about cogantes!
Brenda Henriquez 6
Using Cognates to Understand the General 4/10/2019
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Do you think this is possible? Its really hard to learn a new language, let alone read and try
to undersatand.
Brenda Henriquez 7
Using Cognates to Understand the General 4/10/2019
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It is possible and cognates help us do it faster by….
Brenda Henriquez 8
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These are some simple steps that we can follow in order to understand a foreign text using
cognates
Brenda Henriquez 9
Using Cognates to Understand the General 4/10/2019
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We can see that the highlighted words or phrases are easier to understand or translate to
English because they have the same roots that their correspondent English word has.
Brenda Henriquez 10
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These are the cognates that we found in the text together with their English partner. By
making a list we are able to better understand and memorize these words
Brenda Henriquez 11
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Using the cognates that we found we can make a rough draft of what we think the idea of
the text is, after we can polish it by adding our own opinion and expanding our ideas.
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It really is tricky to know which cognates are false or not, but first what are false cognates?
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We have to be careful with these false cognates because we can be saying things we
probably do not mean. Imagine a guy saying “I'm pregnant”, awkward right? That is why its
important to be aware of these false cognates
Brenda Henriquez 14
Using Cognates to Understand the General 4/10/2019
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After this lecture lets put you to the test! Identify whether these cognates are false or not
and if they are wrong then right their correct meaning.
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