Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1.0 LISTENING
Listening for information
Listening for details
Listening for instructions
Listening for comprehension
2.0 SPEAKING
Asking and elaborating information
Describing future plans
Explain point of view
Express and respond to common
emotions
3.0 READING
Short Text MCQ
Error Identification
Information Transfer
Comprehension
Matching Gapped Text
4.0 WRITING
5.0 LITERATURE IN
ACTION
Short Novel - Moby Dick
Poems - Poisoned Talk/When The
Bulldozers Came
You do not want to end up fighting your family because you did not listen.
So, what can we do to be a better listener?
Spot any differences and be ready to find similar words from the audio with
the notes you wrote down. This is what we call Pre-Listening!
3. Listen Again
You can listen to an audio twice! Check your answers and
concentrate on any particular information you are uncertain of
(e.g. phrases and/or spelling).
I have something
interesting to tell
you. Please listen to
what I have to say.
In a discussion
Openings: Shall we begin with…/First of all…/ Let’s start by looking at…
Agreeing: I agree./Yes, I (totally/quite) agree…/I think you are
(absolutely/quite) correct…
Disagreeing: Actually, I don’t agree./I’m afraid I disagree./ I don’t think
that’s a good idea because…
Making a suggestion: How about…? /What about…?
Stating an opinion
I think…
In my opinion…
I strongly believe…
Giving advice
If I were him…/If I were her...
I think it would be better to… because…
Perhaps he/she should…
To be honest, I’d…
Paraphrasing
It’s a sort of… / It’s a kind of…
It’s an activity that… / a place where… / a person who…
It’s similar to…
You need … to do it.
Deciding
OK, let’s decide…/Right, let’s make a decision…
Do we think the best one is…?
So, do we agree that… is the best one?
So, to sum it up…
In the end we think… because…
1. What is an e-reader?
a) A book which is installed onto a computer
b) A gadget which helps people to read paper books
c) A device on which electronic books are read
PRACTICE 6: SPEAKING
Based on the poem you just listened to, discuss about the best way to fight
against bullying.
Stay in a group
Focus on leaving, not fighting
Getting help from an adult
Learn self-defence
The summer school was different from my normal school in France. The classes were
a lot smaller. We only had sixteen pupils in the class in Oxford, but at my school in
France there are over thirty five. (2) ____ It was also easier for the teacher to control
the class, which meant that we wasted less time.
The lessons were a lot different to the kind of lessons I’m used to. In my normal
school, we have a course book and we spend our lessons doing exercises from it.
(3)____ At summer school, though, we did lots of different activities, such as games,
songs and role plays. Because of the variety, I rarely got bored.
Overnight, we all stayed with different families in the city. I stayed with a couple and
their teenage daughter.(4) ____ I was forced to speak English! I had to learn the words
for things, or to go without them!
At the time, I didn’t think I learned very much in England. But when I returned to my
normal school, I noticed the improvement. (5) ____ I had got better by having fun and
communicating with English people. All in all, summer school was a useful experience
and I recommend it to all teenagers!
Articles wanted!
How do you learn?
Write an article telling us about how you learned to do something.
Why was this a good way to learn?
Do you need a teacher to learn something well?
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NOTES
1. CLOSE-UP STUDENT’S BOOK B1
2. https://www.verywellfamily.com/how-kids-can-defend-themselves-a
gainst-bullies-460789
3. https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator-english/esl-listening-skills/
AUDIO:
1. https://www.eltcloseup.com/b1-student-zone/workbook-audio
YOUTUBE:
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDNhBt0Dwjg&t=3s
PRACTICES
1. CLOSE-UP WORKBOOK B1
2. https://www.examenglish.com/PET/b1_preliminary_schools_writing
2_article.htm
3. https://www.examenglish.com/PET/preliminary_for_schools_reading
4.html