Unit 3.1 Bilingual and Proud

                            Theme: What are cognates?

• Cognates are an important part of learning English. 
• Cognates are words in two languages that have the same or similar meaning, spelling, and pronunciation. 

                             Spanish and English 

                                             doctor/doctor
                                             family/familia                                                         
                                             construction, constucción
                                             electricity/electricidad

What are FALSE COGNATES?   

False cognates are words that are spelled or pronounced similar  in two languages, but do not have the same meaning. 

Examples:

                 Idioma/Idiom in Spanish and English are examples of false cognates. 

                             Idioma in Spanish means language.

                             Idiom in English means a phrase that does not mean what the words say 

                                            (raining cats and dogs).