The StoryTellers of Moher

Reporter: Welcome back to Travel Guide and the western coast of Ireland. These are the Cliffs of Moher. Scenery like this has long been an inspiration for artists, poets and storytellers. With me now is Eddie Lenihan, who travels the world spreading Irish folklore. Eddie, why is Ireland such a wonderful subject for storytelling.
Lenihan: Ireland was never industrialized, you see, and this was why these stories and folklore and mythology, traditions, and the rest of it, survived longer in Ireland than anywhere else in Europe, except maybe in Iceland.

LET'S TALK ABOUT TIPS

IS SERVICE INCLUDED?

 Introduction
This work aims to familiarize students with the tourism industry in Panama. We will focus on the aspect of giving tips or not. We will research about the services and places in Panama where a tip is expected. We will also present a survey about tipping in other countries.
 Task
Questionnaire
How much should the client give each person in the list below for service in Panama?
Waiter/waitress
Barman/barmaid
Hotel porter
Hotel maid
Taxi driver
 Process
Do this survey with your partners.
In Panama, which of these people would you tip? How much would you give them?
Fill in the chart with the names of the people in your group of 5 students. Use this system:
 = I usually give a tip.
X = I never give a tip
? = I sometimes give a tip
10% = I give ten percent of the bill. (or whatever exact percentage you give)
± 15% = I give about 15% of the bill. (or whatever
50% = I give fifty cents (or whatever)
=

I round the bill up to a slightly higher sum. (e.g. from $19.50 to $20)

Your partner’s name

Barman/barmaid
Bus conductor
Fast food server
Cinema attendant
hairdresser
Hotel potter
Pool attendant
Room attendant
Waiter/waitress
 Resources
Forbes.com
Other web pages referring to the topic
 Evaluation
Answering the quest in http://www.englishskillsandpractice.blogspot.com is 50% of the evaluation. Explaining your presentation is 50%.
 Conclusion
We present our findings. We share and discuss the results of the survey and present a role play about giving tips in the classroom.
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Silent consonants

These modal auxiliaries are pronounced as follows:

would

¹   [wood; unstressed wuhd]

could

   [kood; unstressed kuhd]

should

   [shood]

Don't pronounce the l in the following words

walk  [wawk]

talk  [tawk]

stalk  [stawk]

Be careful with the silent in

Island  [ahy-luhnd]

isle  [ahyl]

aisle  [ahyl]

There are words ending in -ough pronounced as of

tough  [tuhf]

cough  [kawf, kof]

enough  [ih-nuhf]

ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION TIPS

The pronunciation of the past tense of the following verbs is very simple all of them are pronounced as /ot/ at the end.

BASE FORM PAST TENSE

buy bought

catch caught

fight fought

seek sought

teach taught

think thought