Okay, boys and girls. I wanted to introduce you to my new friend. And his name is Blap. And Blap is, look at him. What is he doing? >> He's shy. >> He's very shy and he's trembling a little bit because he's a little bit scared. He comes from another planet, from the planet Zoom. Have you heard of the planet Zoom? It's very, very far away from here. So my friend Blap comes from the planet Zoom. Let's say his name all together, Blap. >> Once again, Blap. >> [CROSSTALK] >> So that Blap can feel more at ease, because he's very shy, we are going to find the words which ends the same way as his name. But first of all we are going to count. We are going to look at the little sound that are in his name together with our counters. So what is the first sound that you hear in the name Blap? B, so you take one counter and you put it in front of you. That's the b. And then after b, what do we have in Blap? >> A. >> Blap, L, L. >> L. >> L, so you take a second counter. You put it in front of you. Doesn't matter if it's the same size and shape as the first counter or not. And then we have B, L, A. Okay, you take a third counter. You put it beside the second one. And the final sound that you hear in Blap is Blap. P, P, P, so you take another counter. So you're going to have four counters in front of you. Now, what's the end of the name of Blap? What do you think it is? >> Ap. >> Ap, so we are going to try to find words. They can be real words of English or they can be words that you invent. Non-existing words because Blap doesn't understand English very much. So you are going to say words which end in the same way that as Blap. And if you don't find the words, no worries. We are going to ask your neighbors to help you. Can anyone think of a word ending in ap like in Blap. >> Zap. >> Zap, another word. >> Hap. >> Hap, another word or non-word. >> Lap. >> Lap. >> Blap. >> Blap is his name. So you need to find another word ending in ap. >> Lack. >> Lack, do you hear the same sound in Blap and lack? Not exactly. So what word would you use? Let's look at the counters. B, L, A, P and we have the ap at the end. So you find another beginning and the ending is ap. You can find. >> Lap. >> Lap, who didn't say a word? You? >> Sap >> Sap, can you find a word ending in ap, like in blap? Let's ask someone to help you. >> Nap? >> Nap, a nap. >> Gap >> A gap. Gap, you have the same word as your friend. >> Clap. >> Clap, very good. >> Map? >> Map. >> Tap? >> Tap. >> Nap. >> Nap. >> Flap. >> Flap. >> Fats. >> Fats, do you hear exactly the same thing at the end of fat and blap? >> Fap. >> Fap, yes? You forgot it. Map. >> Cap. >> What is the word you said? >> Cap. >> Cap, well, I can feel that Blap is feeling better because he's not trembling anymore so he feels more at ease. Now, Blap is trying to learn English. But the problem is that, like me, English is not my mother tongue. And Blap is coming from another planet and he speaks another language. So we are going to help him. We are going to correct him because sometimes he makes little mistakes when he pronounces words, okay? So we are going to use our counters again and each in turn I will ask you to correct Blap because he made a mistakes when he pronounce the word. He said to me. Oppet. How many little sounds do you hear in oppet? Let's do it with the counters. What is the first sound? >> O. >> O. >> O, P. >> E. >> E. >> T. >> T, now, that doesn't mean anything in English, does it? We need to take away a little sound I think. It's your turn. And we need to take away a little sound. Which sound would you take away? >> O, o. The O, so if you take away the O, what is left, P? >> Bet. >> Et, which is? >> Bet. >> That's probably the words he wanted to say. Very good, thank you very much. Now, let's try with another one. He told me. Toya, toya. How many little sounds in toya? Let's use the counters. What's the first sound that you hear in toya? The very first- >> T? >> T, T, T, so take a counter, put it in front of you. And then, toya. >> Oyi. >> O, and then toya. you, and then the last little sound of toya is a? That doesn't sound quite right in English, does it? >> No. So we probably say a little sound that should not be there. Which one do you think- >> A. >> Shouldn't be there? >> The a. Take away the a. And what remains? >> Toy. >> Toy, excellent. That's what he wanted to say. Now, he also says, what did he say now? What does he say now? Your turn? Your turn? Do you want to do it or you prefer not to do it, no? Okay, do you want to do it? He's told me flov, flov. >> Let's see the little sound which are in this word. Okay, what's the very first sound of flov. >> F. >> F, so you take a counter, put it in front of you and then fl, L, L. Second counter and then flov. >> Love. >> Before the V, you have flo. You have O, and then you have what you just said V. That doesn't make sense in English. Which little bit would we take away? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> Flo, if you take away the f, what remains? >> Love? >> Love, that's a nice word. You see? He has learned a lot of nice words already. Do you want to participate? >> Alec. >> Alec? Okay. He told me fishay, fishay, fishay. So let's see what little sound we have in fishay. The first sound is? >> Fa. >> F, not fa, fa is a syllable. The sound is ff. So you take a little counter, put it in front of you and then we have the second sound in fishay. >> Aye. >> That's the name of the letter and the sound that the letter makes is i. So that's the second sound. The third sound is fishy, shh, shh so that's the third sound and then he said. The last sound is? >> A. >> A, what is wrong there? What little bit is not right? >> The end. >> The end, so take away the end. What is the end? What sound is that? >> A. >> A, so what remains? >> Fish. Fish, he wanted to say fish. Now, we going to do something slightly more difficult. He told me a word that I think that this time, the little bit in the middle is not right. He told me feks, feks. So what little sound do you have in feks? F, so you take one counter for the f and then the second sound is? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> E, Feks, E. And then? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> Feks, ks, and then, s. Look. We have the sound, F, E, K, S. So this one should not come here. We have four sound in feks. I think in the middle there is a sound that's not right. Can you think of a word with F and ks. >> Flower? >> Flower, but that's quite different. We need to find out a word. You had your turn. You need to find a word which is starting with F and ending with ks. >> Thanks. >> Thanks, thanks. So if we replace the E with another counter that's N. So that makes thanks. Excellent, that was more difficult. Thank you very much. And here again he said a word and I think he is wrong in the middle of the word. Do you want to help me? Okay, he told me gup. Let's see, how many sound do you have in gup? The first sound is? >> G? >> G, G, so let's take one counter and put it in front of you. And then, gup. What is the second sound? >> U. >> U, U, and then gup the last sound is P. >> P. Very good. Can you think of a word that is a little bit like gap but which exist in English? >> Hap. >> Yes, I think you're right, G, and then if you replace, if you replace the little bit in the middle by another one. The U by the A as you said, you have G, A, P. That makes the word? >> Gap. >> And that's a real word in English. I think that's the word he wanted to say. Well, thank you very much, boys and girls. Thanks to you, Blap can speak very much better English now. Thanks a lot.
