Chapter 1. I’m Going to Make a Vlog

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If practice makes perfect

Listen and read as fast as you can.

If practice makes perfect and perfect needs practice,
I’m perfectly practised and practically[explanation: practically [ˈpræktɪk(ə)li] – praktiliselt, peaaegu] perfect.​

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Projects

Listen and repeat.

A

A short poem in English

a poem[explanation: poem [ˈpəʊɪm]​ – luuletus]
[ˈpəʊɪm]​

A book with a colourful cover

a story[explanation: story [ˈstɔːri]​ – jutt, lugu]
[ˈstɔːri]​

A newspaper page with a book review on it

a book review[explanation: book review [ˌbʊk rɪˈvjuː]​ – raamatuarvustus]
[ˌbʊk rɪˈvjuː]​

B

A woman giving a speech

a speech[explanation: speech [spiːtʃ]​ – kõne]
[spiːtʃ]​

A presentation slide about climate change

a presentation[explanation: presentation [ˌprez(ə)nˈteɪʃ(ə)n] – esitlus]
[ˌprez(ə)nˈteɪʃ(ə)n]​

A colourful poster about climate change

a poster[explanation: poster [ˈpəʊstə(r)] – plakat]
[ˈpəʊstə(r)]​

C

An actress in a light blue costume

a play[explanation: play [pleɪ]​ – näidend]
[pleɪ]​

A young man playing the guitar and singing a song

a song[explanation: song [sɒŋ]​ – laul]
[sɒŋ]​

A young man performing a rap song

a rap[explanation: rap [ræp]​ – räpplaul]
[ræp]​

D

A screenshot from a vlog about climate change

a vlog[explanation: vlog [vlɒɡ]​ – vlogi]
[vlɒɡ]​

A screenshot of a blog about culture

a blog[explanation: blog [blɒɡ]​ – blogi]
[blɒɡ]​

Match.
  • a rap
  • a play
  • a story
  • räpp­laul
  • näidend
  • lugu
  • a speech
  • a poem
  • a song
  • kõne
  • luule­tus
  • laul
  • a review
  • a presen­tation
  • a poster
  • arvus­tus
  • esitlus
  • plakat
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Let’s practise!

  • a speech
  • a play
  • a story
  • a rap
  • a review
  • a vlog
  1. Actors perform it on stage.
  2. It’s a kind of song in which you speak the words quite fast.
  3. You make this set of videos to talk about or show something.
  4. It’s a talk you give to a large number of people.
  5. You write it to express your opinion about a book, a film, etc.

Exercise 2

Listen and choose the correct picture.
  • A young man playing the guitar and singing a song
  • A woman giving a speech
  • A newspaper page with a book review on it
  • A short poem in English
  • A colourful poster about climate change
  • A screenshot from a vlog about climate change
  • A presentation slide about climate change
  • A book with a colourful cover

The keyword you got is another kind of project. Where can you see it?

  • in a comic book
  • in a vlog
  • in a newspaper
Discuss with your partner.
  1. What project(s) do you enjoy working on the most? Why?
  2. What project(s) did you do last spring? What was/were it/they about?
  3. Do you follow any bloggers or vloggers? If so, what is their content[explanation: content [ˈkɒntent] – sisu] about?
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Do you have any ideas for your project?

Look at the picture. Listen and read.
A boy talking to his classmate about different projects

Do you remember?

We use going to to talk about what we want and plan to do.

Questions

  • Do
  • your
  • ideas
  • have
  • project?
  • you
  • any
  • for
  • it
  • is
  • What
  • about?
  • going
  • be
  • to

Answers

  • I’m
  • write
  • going
  • to
  • .
  • a
  • story
  • superhero
  • .
  • going
  • be
  • about
  • to
  • a
  • It’s
  • a song.
  • design
  • a speech.
  • give
  • write

I’m going to ...

a play.

a poster.

sing

make

a presen­tation.

a blog.

Talk to your partner as shown in the example. Use some of the phrases from Exercise 5 and the ideas from the box, or come up with your own. Switch roles.
A list of ideas for different projects
A sample dialogue with gaps
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