Class update 25/04/16

Speaking	Which is your favouite restaurant/bar?
Listening
Reading
Writing
Grammar	THE vs A/AN
Vocabulary	ripe, bitter, mild, tough, dairy, rotten, rich, tin
Other
Homework	PAGE 115  A5

ONLINE GAME TO PRACTICE A, AN, THE.

Hello, everyone.
Here's an easy & enjoyable way to practice articles. I hope you enjoy it.

http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/New_Snakes_%20Ladders/Articles.html

Regards.
Tom.

Class update 20/04/16

Speaking	Meals
Listening	Exam Folder 8 multiple choice listening
Reading
Writing
Grammar	a few/few a little/little
Vocabulary	raw, roll-out
Other
Homework	Read examen techniques "GAPPED READING"

Exam techniques.

Exam techniques.

Word Formation:

First predict the form of the missing Word. Is it a verb, an adjective, a noun perhaps? This may seem like a waste of time under exam pressure, but it will get you better marks. Answer everything! You don't lose points for a wrong answer.

Gapped reading:

1.      Read missing phrases.

2.      Skim text, underlining anything that seems connected to the missing phrases

3.      Now complete the gaps which seem clearest.

4.      Finally, read the paragraphs you haven’t completed, paying special attention to the sentences immediately before and after the gaps.

5.      Remember to answer everything. Even if you’re guessing, you may be right.

Reading: (See suggestions in SB p.58-60)

1.      Read the questions carefully, they test detailed understanding.

2.      Skim the text, underlining anything that seems connected to the questions.

3.      Now answer the questions that seem clearest to you.

4.      Look for the sentences specifically related to the questions you haven’t answered yet. (They are asked in the same order as the paragraphs in the text.)

.      Remember to answer everything. Even if you’re guessing, you may be right.

Listening – Sentence completion:

1.      Before listening, read the questions, and underline the key points.

2.      During the first listening, take notes.

3.      During the second listening, confirm.

4.      Answer everything: you don’t lose points for a wrong answer.

Listening – Multiple choice:

1– 4. Follow the same recommendations as above.

5.      You may hear each of the possible answers referred to in the listening, but only one will be correct. Note them in the first listening, and try to confirm your choice in the second.

Remember to answer everything. Even if you’re guessing, you may be right.

Writing:

Refer to all the notes + an idea of your own.

Take time to plan. You’ll write a more coherent essay.

Use linking words and phrases. You’ll sound much more fluent.

Compare and contrast ideas.

Remember structure: include an introduction, separate your ideas into paragraphs, and come to a conclusion, (of more than a single sentence!)

Class update 18/04/2016

Speaking	Page 107 number 6 ( d, e, f)
Listening
Reading
Writing
Grammar	page 108 number 2 and 3 page 108 corpus spot and the use of determiners un/ countables  Determiners (Lots of)
Vocabulary	page 106 number 3, environment
Other	we corrected page 108 number 1
Homework	Have a look at Grammar extra page 109 and check rules on page 194 look at the blog

HW SOME / ANY ACTIVITIES

Hello everyone.
Here's a link which includes tips on how to use some / any, then two little activities to practice. The second game appears when you have completed the first one.
I should tell you that I got "partially correct" in the first one.

http://www.engames.eu/some%20and%20any/Some%20and%20Any_games%20(Web)/index.html

Class Update 13/4/2016

Speaking	Enviroment -Pg 107 ex 6 (only a, b and c)
Listening	Grand Canyon -Pg 106 ex 2
Reading
Writing
Grammar	Word Formation
Vocabulary
Other	We played a game in class called: Job Interviews
Homework	Unit 15.2 -Pg 108 ex 1

Class Update 11/04/2016

Speaking	Famous places -Pg 106 ex 1
Listening	Skills and work experience -Pg 102 ex 2
Reading
Writing
Grammar	Perfect Tense: -DVD unit 13-14  -Pg 103 ex 6
Vocabulary
Other
Homework	Unit 15.1 -Pg 107 ex 5

Class Update 6/4/2016

Class Update 6/4/2016

Speaking	Career: What do you want to be? And why? What qualities do you need?
Listening
Reading	Review: page 100, Ex 3
Writing
Grammar	Perfect Tense: Page 102, Ex. 1,2 and 3
Vocabulary	Spare wheel A physicist Career break
Other
Homework	Page 102, Corpus Spot

Class update 04/04/16

Class update 04/04/16

Speaking	Educational system TAlk about jobs and personallity
Listening	listening matching ideas
Reading
Writing
Grammar	adverbs, adjetives and nouns
Vocabulary	manners, well-mannered freer to cope money
Other
Homework	HW for 06/04/16 page ex.3  100-101 read exam spot max. 10 minutes