Speak out – Day 11

INSTRUCTOR: NGUYEN THU NGUYET

Revision

 to decide not to do something you agreed to do Back out

 to learn a new skill or start a habit without intending to Pick up
 becomes much less noisy, powerful, or active Die down
 to become friendly with someone again after an argument Make up with
 to fix up an old building, car, boat, etc. Do up
 Start Kick off
 to accept an offer or a challenge Take up
 to give someone little or no punishment for something that they did wrong Let off
 to not come to meet someone who you have arranged to meet Stand sb up/ bail on sb
Pronunciation practice

 Self-correction (listen and read the scripts/ subtitles at the same time)
 Shadowing: you listen to a model (i.e. a video or audio of someone
speaking) and you repeat what they say in real time
 Sing-song manner (watch a video)
Useful expressions

 Guarantor
 Oversight (F)
 Accountability
 Propaganda
 Surveillance
Grammatical structures

 Grammatical range
 Grammatical accuracy
 Sentence length and complexity
 Communicative ability
Grammar range
Grammar range
Grammar range
Grammar accuracy
Grammar accuracy
Grammar accuracy

 The active and passive tenses

 Articles
 Countable and uncountable nouns
 Agreement
 Infinitive or gerund
 Adjectives ending in –ed and –ing
Sentence length and complexity
Sentence length and complexity
Reference

 Sahanaya, W., & Lindeck, J. (2008). IELTS preparation and practice: Listening
and speaking. Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press.