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Phần 2. Chuyên đề 2. Afternoon. text for activity

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 Group 3
LEVEL3 - B1
1.     What is the show about?
A.   Modern Music
B.    Australian Cooking
C.   *Classical Songs
D.   Novel Reviews

Answer is A ―
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What will be included in the show? ―

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Which program will be included in the show? ―

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A & C are opposites --> they negate each other

Phần 2. Chuyên đề 2. Handout 5. Hướng dẫn cách thức viết ―
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Group 1
LVL 3

Question:  (Nghe và nhận biết thông tin chi tiết)

Text 1 - Level 4 What is shown at three o’clock?
A. A weather forecast (false information)
B. A cooking program (partially correct information)
Group 5 C. A great music show (chi tiet speaker ko decap)
D. *A talk show with novelist (paraphrase) 
Q: What is the speaker trying to do? 

 A. Reporting a football match.   

 B. Introducing the interview.    

 *C. Announcing the programs .   

*Actual* question
 D. Describing the cooking steps.
What program will take place at 3pm?

(Level 4-B2) A. A cooking demonstration

*B. A literary theme

C. An Italian focus

Group 4 D. A news broadcast

1. When will the news be showing today?

level 4 ―
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A. At 3 PM

B. At 5 PM 

*C. After 5 PM

D. After a special hour of song

Text 2 - Level 3
(Level 2 -A2)

incorrect key ―
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Q: What is the interview about?

options are not parallel (D is much lengthier) ―

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A. Talking about a memory about the countryside.

B. Talking about a graduation ceremony.

C. Discussing an experience about travel.

Group 2 *D. Discusing with a job applicant.

Text 1  (Level 3, B1)

How many shows that the speaker mentions? à Level B1, easy  
A.    2
B.     3 Group 4
*C.   4
2. When did the woman work as a waitress?

D.    5
A. After graduating from university

B. After travelling

How many shows does the speaker mention? ―

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C. Before working as a secretary

listening? memory test? ―

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(Level 2 -A2)
 C correct? ―
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A. The need of the secret cooking recipe
B. The duration of language learning 
Group 2 C. The interest in learning new languages
*D. The advantages of learning new languages

Text 2 --> Level A2

2. What does the speaker mean by saying multilingual?

Which sentence is NOT TRUE?

A.    *To help learners remember longer

A.      The woman finished the university

B.    To make learners get dementia 
B.       The woman liked a communicative job
C.     To meet time requirement 
*C.     After graduating, she worked in the coffee shop
D.     To delay the learning progress 
D.      The woman is in the job interview

cognitively straining? ―
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C --> needs to be similar to the other options ―

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Group 3
LEVEL 3- B1
1.     What did the woman say about her working experience? Group 3
A.   *She worked as a clerk.
B.    She worked as a bartender. Level 4- B2

C.    She used to be an actress. 1.   How do the speakers describe about language learning?
D.   She had experience in making café. A.   Having a particular formula to raise new language acquisition
B.    Being beneficial to physical and mental health
1. The woman worked as..... ―
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D.   *Postponing the dementia disorder
A. a clerk ―
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A.     Monolinguals enjoy an extra nine years of good mental
B. a bartender ―
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B.      Bilinguals delay dementia diagnosis by nine years.
C. an actress; D. a barista ―
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C.      *Trilinguals enjoy six and a half years of good mental
health.
D.     Quadrilinguals delay dementia diagnosis by an extra five
Group 1 years.
LVL 3
Question : (Nghe ý chính)
What is the main topic of the conversation? Group 5
What is the conversation about?
Q 1:  What is Clive's opinion about the techniques for language
A. Daily activities ( irrelevant information)
acquisition?

B. Chemical experiment (Echoing text)

 A. It is advisable to follow a sample form.

C. Restaurant management (incorrect information)

 B. He always follows a format for language teaching.

D. * Job experience (paraphrase 50% Voc)

C. A technique like this is easy to find.

*D. It's hard to get the right ways for language achievement.

Q 2:  According to Clive, what is the benefit of being able to

* speak many languages?

The woman's most recent place of work was .....

A. You are able to receive more job promotions. 

*A. a bar
*B. Your mental health is better in old age stages.

B. an office
C. You can avoid enormous injuries to your brain. 

C. a cafe
D. Your aging process can be delayed in at least 3 years. 

D. a restaurant

(Level 5 - C1)

Text 3 - Level 5
Group 4
Group 2 4. What did immigrants think about multilingual ability?

*A. stay good mental health longer

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B. be fluent at other languages
1
C. prevent dementia diagnosis

D. prevent diseases
According to Clive, the major benefits of language learning is
Level 4-B2 related to ___.

A. delays in the onset of aging

*B. improvements in brain function

C. increases in life expectancy

Group 4
D. diagnosis of brain diseases
4. What did immigrants think about multilingual ability?

 *A. stay good mental health longer

 B. be fluent at other languages
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 C. prevent dementia diagnosis

 D. prevent diseases

Clive's research proves that people who are fluent in foreign
 Level 4-B2 languages ___.

*A. have added protection against dementia

B. have better employment prospects

Why does the woman mention many studies? C. are unaffected by problems such as memory loss

A.    *To prove the benefit of learning a language D. have an extra nine years of good mental health
B.    To show the diseases many people can get
C.   To give an example of span and memory
D.   To diagnose the problems with people’s brain

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