B2.2 Classes A/B, Week 4-7 May

Hello once more guys! How are you keeping? This week we will be focusing on the topic of SHOPPING, CONSUMERISM and FASHION, which we began to see last week in Unit 6 and in the Real English section on Milan.

And these are the RESOURCES I would like you to work with.

• Vocabulary

Vocabulary bank: Shopping and Fashion   A vocabulary list of expressions and examples related to the topic. Learn and revise some of the key vocabulary. You will be familar with part of it, already seen in B1 and B2.1, for sure. Go through it in depth and think about how to use the words and expressions to convey your own ideas.

• Listening comprehension

– A shopping trip This is a short and fairly simple activity. A dialogue between two friends who chat about shopping habits and use some of the vocabulary recently learnt. Identify speakers and gap-filling exercise.

exercise + key and script      audio

– ‘Buy Nothing’ Day This is a bit more challenging listening activity! An anti-consumerist is interviewed on a local radio station about Buy Nothing Day. Multiple choice.

exercise + key and script      audio

• More vocabulary work on Shopping

Do now this last and far more complex vocabulary activity to work a little more in depth on the topic:

Vocabulary exercises + key

• Pronunciation: -ed regular past and participle

– Videos: Watch these three online videos which clearly explain the rules of pronunciation and give examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh_DM7qJGWo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0nF-xNWd2A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWuS7rfZlDQ

– Exercise: 

rules of -ed pronunciation      exercise      key

That’s all for now. I’ll get in touch in one week at the longest!