Lesson 11A First impressions

People's first impressions of a new city provide the context for learning common adverbs of manner and modifiers. This lesson starts with Sts reading two blogs based on real interviews with people who went to a new city abroad (Atlanta and Malmo) where they talk about what surprised them when they first arrived. This leads into the grammar focus on formation of adverbs. In Pronunciation, the focus is on word stress in adjectives and adverbs. Sts then listen to someone who talks about her first impressions of a new city (Valencia), and they in turn discuss habits and behavior in their own country / city, and their impressions of other cities / regions. Finally, Sts write a short blog about their country or somewhere they have visited