Saturday 25 September, 2010: A3 Class

In this class we reviewed the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make. We also reviewed numbers 1-100, and practiced giving our phone numbers. We did partner work together practicing asking and answering the question "What is your (phone) number?".

Numbers:
One --> 1 Six --> 6 Eleven --> 11 Sixteen --> 16
Two --> 2 Seven --> 7 Twelve --> 12 Seventeen --> 17
Three --> 3 Eight --> 8 Thirteen --> 13 Eighteen --> 18
Four --> 4 Nine --> 9 Fourteen --> 14 Nineteen --> 19
Five --> 5 Ten --> 10 Fifteen --> 15 Twenty --> 20

Thirty --> 30 Eighty --> 80
Forty --> 40 Ninety --> 90
Fifty --> 50 (one) Hundred --> 100
Sixty --> 60 Zero --> 0
Seventy --> 70

NB1. Because the -teen numbers sound so similar to the -ty numbers ("thirteen" sounds quite similar to "thirty"), native speakers of English (unconsciously) pronounce the endings of these numbers differently. For the numbers 13-19, we pronounce the /t/ as a /t/, so "thirteen" sounds like "thirteen", "fourteen" sounds like "fourteen", and so on. For the numbers, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90, we pronounce the /t/ like it's actually a /d/, so "thirty" sounds like "thirdy", "forty" sounds like "fordy", and so on.

NB2. Because the number zero looks a lot like the letter 'o', often when giving phone numbers, if the number contains a zero, we will say "oh" instead of "zero" and our interlocutor understands that by "oh", we mean "zero". So, for example, if my phone number were 875-1408, I would give my phone number as "eight seven five fourteen oh eight".

Asking and answering about phone numbers:
When we ask for a person's phone number, we do not need to put the word "phone" in the question, but when we hear someone ask, "what's your number?", we understand it to mean "What's your phone number?".
Example: What's your number? = What's your phone number?