Introduction to Unit VIII: We Like To Talk Frequently!

Unit VIII will focus on a favourite pastime – frequent contact with friends and family by telephone or e-mail. The Unit emphasizes vocabulary and grammatical structures commonly used when communicating in spoken or written form.

Цілі навчання
Learning Outcomes

  1. To demonstrate an ability to apply Ukrainian vocabulary and sentence patterns into phone conversations and e-mails.
  2. To participate in activities which reinforce listening, speaking, writing and reading on the topic ‘We Like To Talk Frequently!'.
  3. To review all cases of nouns in their singular form and their use with certain prepositions, and to learn the names of the months of the year in their Nominative form.
  4. To demonstrate an understanding of the function of auxiliary verbs with regular verbs, and the use of personal pronouns in the Instrumental Case.
  5. To demonstrate the ability to use several new adverbs of time with the days of the week.

Діялог 8 – Оленка розмовляє
Dialogue 8– Olenka 's Conversation

Synopsis

When Petryk cannot find his older sister Olenka, his mother informs him that Olenka is on the telephone with her friend Roman. Young Petryk can't understand why his sister speaks with Roman so often, and shows his surprise with the expression “Again?!”.


Dialogue – PowerPoint (PPT) Presentation

Follow the procedure which is outlined below.

Step 1: View Slides --- Listen to Audio Clips

View the PowerPoint (PPT) Slide presentation. Listen to Dialogue 8 – Оленка розмовляє, using either the web link given, or the CD ROM provided. Click on the Audio button to hear the audio clips.

Step 2: View Slides --- Listen to Audio Clips --- Repeat

Listen to the dialogue again, and echo-read (repeat what you hear) after each audio clip. Pay particular attention to the stresses on words and the intonation pattern in the sentences.

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* If you prefer to view the dialogue online from the Saskatchewan Learning Ukrainian Education Portal, Click here.

 

 

   

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