Hi everyone! Here is the homework Santa (coworking with the Three Wise Men) has left in your stocking for this holiday period. Try to find some time and make the most of it! You cannot disappoint them! 😉
◇ From Open World:
- READING: We all need ‘frolleagues’ p.36
- LISTENING: Radio interview with Dr Leonora Stockley (track 016)
- MAKING FRIENDS IN SEOUL, pp.38-39.
– Do all the exercises and check the answers and listening scripts. There is very useful conversational language in this section that you need to practise for oral exchanges. We’ll come back to these informal expressions in class when practising dialogues, so try to learn and remember as much as possible of what appears in exercise 1 to 8.
– Watch the video about Seoul afterwards and, with the help of the script, answer the questions about the city, famous districts and landmarks and places to socialise.
Seoul videoscript - PROGRESS CHECK 1, pp.40-41: do all the exercises to revise units 1 and 2.
◇ GRAMMAR PRACTICE:
◇ LISTENING PRACTICE: go on working on listening if this is one of your weaknesses. We plan to do more listening tests in our next lessons, in order to give you an assessment in the skill for this first term.
- FOUR BURGLARS. By doing this gap-filling activity you can practise passive structures too.
exercise +key & script audio file
◇ WRITING TASK For & Against: remember to hand it in before 3rd January via Teams. This will be good practice for the Writing Exam we will be doing in class from Monday 11 to Thursday 14 January: (Opinion/ For & Against formats, based on topics seen in units 1 & 2)
Please attend your half-group lessons to to do the writing test. If you wish to do so, but for any justified reason you find it impossible to come to school in the classtime slot assigned to your half-group, please let me know to check if you could attend any of the other groups throughout the week.
◇ MEDIATION and CONVERSATION: in our next classes we plan to do some speaking activities similar in content to the ones below. They will be taken into account for your marks in those skills, together with your participation in other oral activities in class during this first term.
- MEDIATION: study the language in this infographic IN DETAIL. In class we’ll be doing a mediation exercise based on it: How to wear a mask safely: Do’s and Dont’s
- CONVERSATION: the following links are examples of conversations similar to those you may be asked to do in class with one or two classmates. They are based on the language and topics seen in units 1 and 2. By yourself, try to figure out what you could say in order to practise for the actual dialogues with your partners.
sample conversation 1 sample conversation 2 sample conversation 3
And …
◇ LISTENING (done in class Mo 21 to Wed 23): for further work and for THURSDAY HALF-GROUPS:
- BIRTH ORDER. Multiple choice test. You can check answers and script.
exercise key and script audio file
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See you all back on January 11th to 14th!
I will let you know if there is any news concerning our EOI you need to know.
Best of luck for the New Year!
