- Module 5 test feedback
- Our plans for the summer holidays (speaking activity)
English Language 2014/2015
First Year Students (1ES2)
81. Our plans for summer holidays (Jun 11)
80. Developer Conferences - Discussion (Jun 10)
- Google I/O 2015
- Apple WWDC 2015
- Discussion about the keynotes and ICT news
76. Writing an annotation (May 29)
- Tips for writing an annotation
- Writing the year paper annotations
74. Top Tips for FCE: Listening - Part 3 and 4 (May 27)
- What's in the Listening paper
- Part 3 - Multiple matching
- Part 4 - Multiple choice
- FCE Listening test - Part 3 and 4
73. Top Tips for FCE: Listening - Part 1 and 2 (May 15)
- What's in the Listening paper
- Part 1 - Multiple choice
- Part 2 - Sentence completion
- FCE Listening test - Part 1 and 2
71. Module 5 Revision - Language Knowledge (May 13)
- Key word transformations
- Multiple choice - Vocabulary, Grammar
- Idioms quiz
70. Writing a report - Part 2 (May 7)
- Making a plan for writing a report
- Writing a report online
- Sharing the reports with the teacher
67. Top Tips for FCE: Speaking - Part 2 (Apr 24)
- Tips for FCE Speaking Part 2
- Practising Part 2 in pairs (Candidate A and B)
66. The Passive - presentations, practice (Apr 23)
- Finishing the presentations
- Observing the other presentations
- Practising the passive (exercises)
64.-65. The Passive - making a presentation (Apr 17,22)
- Why we use the passive
- The forms of the passive (explanation, form examples)
- The use of the passive (examples)
- Changing from active to passive (a scheme, explanation, examples)
- The use of BY and WITH (explanation, examples)
63. MOOC: Effective and efficient learning (Apr 10)
- What is MOOC?
- Finding MOOC
- Future Learn online courses by British Council
62. Speaking skills - Advice/Concern (Apr 9)
- Listening to a dialogue with expressing concern, stating a problem, asking for an advice, giving an advice and responding to the advice
- Structuring a dialogue with the parts and phrases from the extract
- Practising similar dialogues on different topics
61. April Fool's Day (Apr 8)
- April Fool's Day (a story by British Council)
- Listening (multiple choice)
- Listening and reading (new vocabulary)
- Phrasal verbs of MAKE - a revision
60. Phrasal verbs of MAKE - a revision (Mar 27)
- A Module 4 test feedback
- Studying phrasal verbs of MAKE online
- Practising with online exercises
59. Crime - Vocabulary (Mar 26)
- Filling gaps and multiple choice exercise
- Making cards of new words and their definitions
- Playing a definition game with the made cards in a small groups
58. Top Tips for FCE: Reading (Mar 20)
- What's in the Reading paper
- Reading Part 1 - 4 Tips and Examples
- FCE Reading Test
57. Work on your vocabulary: Crime and law (Mar 19)
- Vocabulary in a report
- Word Finder - new words with their definitions
- Exercises for practising new vocabulary
55. Module 4 Revision 3 - Listening, Reading (Mar 12)
- Listening (multiple choice)
- Reading (multiple choice)
54. Module 4 Revision 2 - Progress Check (Mar 11)
- Reading - multiple choice (with tips)
- Listening - filling gap (with tips)
- Module 4 Quiz (Use of English)
53. Practising English with Quizlet (Feb 27)
- Signing up and joining a group
- Creating sets and sharing them within the group
52. Module 4 Revision 1 - Language Knowledge (Feb 26)
- Multiple-choice cloze exercises
- Open cloze exercises
- Word formation exercises
- Key word transformation exercises
51. Comparatives & superlatives, Find 8 words (Feb 25)
- Comparatives and superlatives (grammar)
- Find Eight Words (speaking activity)
50. Relative clauses (Feb 20)
- A Half a crossword - finishing the activity
- Defining and non-defining relative clauses (grammar)
49. Use of English Test, Half a crossword (Feb 19)
- FCE Use of English Test check and giving explanations
- A Half a crossword activity to practise defining words
48. Top Tips for FCE: Use of English (Feb 18)
- What's in the Use of English paper
- Use of English Part 1 - 4 Tips and Examples
- FCE Use of English Test
47. Speaking - Invitations, Making decisions (Feb 12)
- Invitations - making and practising dialogues
- Making decisions - creating and rehearsing dialogues
46. English at work (Feb 6)
- Episode 1: The interview - Language for interviews
- Episode 2: The interruption - Structuring answers
- Episode 3: The crisis - Making suggestions
- A song (vocabulary, historical facts)
45. Listening Skills (Feb 5)
- The Day of Dead (Listening with a follow-up discussion)
- A festival in Europe (A multiple choice listening)
44. National holidays and celebrations (Feb 4)
- The Czech public holidays of 2015
- St. Patrick's Day, Independence Day
- Uniquely American holidays
42. Texting Abbreviations (Jan 28)
- John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!! (TED Talk)
- The texting abbreviations we know and use (discussion)
- List of texting abbreviations - online discovering and learning
39. Grammar in Use - Past tenses (Jan 21)
- Past Simple vs Continous vs Perfect vs Perfect Continous
- Used to vs Past Simple vs Would
38. Victoria Falls (Jan 16)
- True/False (scanning/reading)
- Gapped text (reading)
- Answering questions based on the text (discussion)
35. Listening skills (Jan 9)
- Holiday problems (listening 1 and 2)
- Problems on our holiday (speaking)
34. Transport Vocabulary (Jan 8)
- The different means of transport (listening)
- Transport vocabulary using mind maps
- Phasal verbs (COME) in a mind map
33. My favourite app, A look back at 2014 (Jan 7)
- My favourite application - a presentation plan
- A look back at 2014
- CES 2015
30. How quickly can you learn English? (Dec 4)
- Introductory discussion
- BBC Programme (listening, answering questions)
- Follow-up discussion
29. Learning English with StudyBlue (Dec 3)
- Creating Flashcards of vocabulary and phrases from Module 1 and 2
- Sharing the created StudyBlue decks with others
27. Module 2 Pre-test (Nov 27)
- Vocabulary revision (opposites, collocations, phrasal verbs, word formation, prepositions)
- Grammar revision (will/going to/future continuous, future perfect)
- Reading (Multiple choice)
26. Progress Check 2 (Nov 26)
- FCE Use of English
- Language knowledge (vocabulary)
- Reading practice
- Listening practice
25. Language knowledge and language focus (Nov 21)
- Language knowledge - open cloze, word formation, key word transformations
- Language focus - phrasal verbs, word formation - nouns from verbs
24. Your family (Listening, Vocabulary, Phrases) (Nov 20)
- Useful vocabulary and phrases
- Talking about reoccurring events
- Verb CLOSE and its use
- Family relationships
- The usage of "imagine" and "suppose"
22. Speaking skills - FCE Part 3 and 4 (Nov 13)
- FCE Speaking Part 3 - Collaborative task
- FCE Speaking Part 4 - Discussion
21. Grammar in use - modals and future tenses (Nov 12)
- Modals and their use (speaking)
- Future tenses and their use (speaking)
20. Listening skills (Nov 6)
- Listening 1: An interview with a scientist about lions (true/false)
- Aswering questions according to the interview
- Listening 2: A lecture about forests (filling gaps, multiple choice)
19. Vocabulary, Word formation, Phrasal verbs (Nov 5)
- New words from Module 2 and their definitions and examples from LDOCE Online
- Word formation (nouns from verbs) and online exercises
- Phrasal verbs of BRING and online exercises
17. Seahorses (Oct 23)
- Listening to a story about seahorses
- Searching for the key facts about seahorses while reading and listening
- Reading the text to answer multiple choice questions
- Finding synonyms and antonyms in the text
16. Adverbs of frequency and auxiliary verbs (Oct 22)
- Adverbs of frequency - their meaning and use
- Auxiliary verbs and adverbs of frequency
14. Module 1 Revision (Oct 16)
- Module 1 Revision
- Use of English: Vocabulary, Grammar
- Reading
- Listening
- Discussion: Apple vs. Google
13. Language Knowledge (Oct 15)
- Use of English
- Multiple Choice Cloze
- Key Word Transformation
- Word Formation
12. Google Disk: Sharing documents (Oct 10)
- Google Apps for Education Introduction
- Google Apps at GA - information and news
- Google Disk - sharing documents within the course
11. Writing an informal email (Oct 9)
- Structure of an informal email
- Opening/closing remarks
- Paragraphs
- Style of an informal email
10. Speaking skills: Introducing yourself (Oct 8)
- Introducing yourself
- Asking/giving personal information
- Aking/expressing likes and dislikes
9. Grammar in Use - Part 2 (Sep 26)
- Present perfect vs present perfect continuous (practice)
- Listening skills
8. Grammar in Use - Part 1 (Sep 25)
- Phonetic transcription (practice)
- Present simple vs present continuous (practice)
7. Phonetic transcription (Sep 24)
- Phonemic chart
- From phonetic transcription to spelling
- From spelling to phonetic transcription
- Phonetic transcription for the new words
6. People: Clothes, Personality, Jobs (Sep 19)
- Trendy clothes
- Personality - opposites, word formation
- LOOK - phrasal verbs
- Jobs - suffixes
5. Making a personal vocabulary (Sep 18)
- Ways of making a personal vocabulary (brainwriting)
- The structure of a personal vocabulary
- Reading skills: Multiple choice
4. People: Appearance, Clothes, Character (Sep 17)
- Completing the descriptions of people (vocabulary)
- Using the phrases to describe people (speaking, vocabulary)
- Describing a star (speaking, vocabulary, phrases)
3. Words in the News: Kill your phone (Sep 5)
- BBC Learning English - Words in the News: Kill your phone
(A report about current smartphone issues) (listening) - A gap filling exercise with the new words
- A definition game
2. Types of dictionaries (Sep 4)
- Types of dictionaries (brainwriting)
- The best dictionary (discussion)
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