81. Our plans for summer holidays (Jun 11)

  1. Module 5 test feedback
  2. Our plans for the summer holidays (speaking activity)

79. Vocabulary games and activities (Jun 5)

  1. A minute talk
  2. Guess the drawing
  3. Ambiguous headlines

78. My favourite TED talks (Jun 4)

  • Choosing favourite TED talks
  • Sharing them with others here 

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)

  1. What's in the Listening paper
  2. Part 3 - Multiple matching
  3. Part 4 - Multiple choice
  4. FCE Listening test - Part 3 and 4

73. Top Tips for FCE: Listening - Part 1 and 2 (May 15)

  1. What's in the Listening paper
  2. Part 1 - Multiple choice
  3. Part 2 - Sentence completion 
  4. FCE Listening test - Part 1 and 2

71. Module 5 Revision - Language Knowledge (May 13)

  1. Key word transformations
  2. Multiple choice - Vocabulary, Grammar
  3. Idioms quiz

70. Writing a report - Part 2 (May 7)

  1. Making a plan for writing a report
  2. Writing a report online
  3. Sharing the reports with the teacher

69. Writing a report - Part 1 (May 6)

  1. Exercises about a report
  2. The structure of a report

68. Listening skills (Apr 29)

  1. Sentence ordering
  2. Sentence completion
  3. Multiple choice

67. Top Tips for FCE: Speaking - Part 2 (Apr 24)

  1. Tips for FCE Speaking Part 2
  2. Practising Part 2 in pairs (Candidate A and B)

66. The Passive - presentations, practice (Apr 23)

  1. Finishing the presentations
  2. Observing the other presentations
  3. Practising the passive (exercises) 

64.-65. The Passive - making a presentation (Apr 17,22)

  1. Why we use the passive
  2. The forms of the passive (explanation, form examples)
  3. The use of the passive (examples)
  4. Changing from active to passive (a scheme, explanation, examples)
  5. The use of BY and WITH (explanation, examples)

63. MOOC: Effective and efficient learning (Apr 10)

  1. What is MOOC?
  2. Finding MOOC
  3. Future Learn online courses by British Council

62. Speaking skills - Advice/Concern (Apr 9)

  1. Listening to a dialogue with expressing concern, stating a problem, asking for an advice, giving an advice and responding to the advice
  2. Structuring a dialogue with the parts and phrases from the extract
  3. Practising similar dialogues on different topics

61. April Fool's Day (Apr 8)

  1. April Fool's Day (a story by British Council) 
    1. Listening (multiple choice)
    2. Listening and reading (new vocabulary)
  2. Phrasal verbs of MAKE - a revision 

60. Phrasal verbs of MAKE - a revision (Mar 27)

  1. A Module 4 test feedback
  2. Studying phrasal verbs of MAKE online
  3. Practising with online exercises

59. Crime - Vocabulary (Mar 26)

  1. Filling gaps and multiple choice exercise
  2. Making cards of new words and their definitions 
  3. Playing a definition game with the made cards in a small groups

58. Top Tips for FCE: Reading (Mar 20)

  1. What's in the Reading paper
  2. Reading Part 1 - 4 Tips and Examples
  3. FCE Reading Test

57. Work on your vocabulary: Crime and law (Mar 19)

  1. Vocabulary in a report
  2. Word Finder - new words with their definitions
  3. Exercises for practising new vocabulary

55. Module 4 Revision 3 - Listening, Reading (Mar 12)

  1. Listening (multiple choice)
  2. Reading (multiple choice)

54. Module 4 Revision 2 - Progress Check (Mar 11)

  1. Reading - multiple choice (with tips)
  2. Listening - filling gap (with tips)
  3. Module 4 Quiz (Use of English)

53. Practising English with Quizlet (Feb 27)

  1. Signing up and joining a group
  2. Creating sets and sharing them within the group

52. Module 4 Revision 1 - Language Knowledge (Feb 26)

  1. Multiple-choice cloze exercises
  2. Open cloze exercises
  3. Word formation exercises
  4. Key word transformation exercises

51. Comparatives & superlatives, Find 8 words (Feb 25)

  1. Comparatives and superlatives (grammar)
  2. Find Eight Words (speaking activity)

50. Relative clauses (Feb 20)

  1. A Half a crossword - finishing the activity
  2. Defining and non-defining relative clauses (grammar)

49. Use of English Test, Half a crossword (Feb 19)

  1. FCE Use of English Test check and giving explanations
  2. A Half a crossword activity to practise defining words

48. Top Tips for FCE: Use of English (Feb 18)

  1. What's in the Use of English paper
  2. Use of English Part 1 - 4 Tips and Examples
  3. FCE Use of English Test

47. Speaking - Invitations, Making decisions (Feb 12)

  1. Invitations - making and practising dialogues
  2. Making decisions - creating and rehearsing dialogues

46. English at work (Feb 6)

  1. Episode 1: The interview - Language for interviews
  2. Episode 2: The interruption - Structuring answers
  3. Episode 3: The crisis - Making suggestions
  4. A song (vocabulary, historical facts) 

45. Listening Skills (Feb 5)

  1. The Day of Dead (Listening with a follow-up discussion)
  2. A festival in Europe (A multiple choice listening)

44. National holidays and celebrations (Feb 4)

  1. The Czech public holidays of 2015
  2. St. Patrick's Day, Independence Day
  3. Uniquely American holidays

43. Vocabulary Games (Jan 29)

  1. Find someone who...
  2. Explain the words

42. Texting Abbreviations (Jan 28)

  1. John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!! (TED Talk)
  2. The texting abbreviations we know and use (discussion)
  3. List of texting abbreviations - online discovering and learning

41. Module 3 Revision 2 (Jan 23)

  1. Reading
  2. Listening
  3. Phrasal verb maze

39. Grammar in Use - Past tenses (Jan 21)

  1. Past Simple vs Continous vs Perfect vs Perfect Continous
  2. Used to vs Past Simple vs Would

38. Victoria Falls (Jan 16)

  1. True/False (scanning/reading)
  2. Gapped text (reading)
  3. Answering questions based on the text (discussion)

35. Listening skills (Jan 9)

  1. Holiday problems (listening 1 and 2)
  2. Problems on our holiday (speaking)

34. Transport Vocabulary (Jan 8)

  1. The different means of transport (listening)
  2. Transport vocabulary using mind maps
  3. Phasal verbs (COME) in a mind map

33. My favourite app, A look back at 2014 (Jan 7)

  1. My favourite application - a presentation plan
  2. A look back at 2014
  3. CES 2015

30. How quickly can you learn English? (Dec 4)

  1. Introductory discussion
  2. BBC Programme (listening, answering questions)
  3. Follow-up discussion

29. Learning English with StudyBlue (Dec 3)

  1. Creating Flashcards of vocabulary and phrases from Module 1 and 2
  2. Sharing the created StudyBlue decks with others

28. Module 2 Test (Nov 28)

  1. Vocabulary
  2. Grammar
  3. Reading
  4. Listening

27. Module 2 Pre-test (Nov 27)

  1. Vocabulary revision (opposites, collocations, phrasal verbs, word formation, prepositions)
  2. Grammar revision (will/going to/future continuous, future perfect)
  3. Reading (Multiple choice)

26. Progress Check 2 (Nov 26)

  1. FCE Use of English 
  2. Language knowledge (vocabulary)
  3. Reading practice
  4. Listening practice

25. Language knowledge and language focus (Nov 21)

  1. Language knowledge - open cloze, word formation, key word transformations
  2. Language focus - phrasal verbs, word formation - nouns from verbs

24. Your family (Listening, Vocabulary, Phrases) (Nov 20)

  1. Useful vocabulary and phrases
  2. Talking about reoccurring events
  3. Verb CLOSE and its use
  4. Family relationships
  5. The usage of "imagine" and "suppose"

22. Speaking skills - FCE Part 3 and 4 (Nov 13)

  1. FCE Speaking Part 3 - Collaborative task
  2. FCE Speaking Part 4 - Discussion

21. Grammar in use - modals and future tenses (Nov 12)

  1. Modals and their use (speaking)
  2. Future tenses and their use (speaking)

20. Listening skills (Nov 6)

  1. Listening 1: An interview with a scientist about lions (true/false)
  2. Aswering questions according to the interview
  3. Listening 2: A lecture about forests (filling gaps, multiple choice)

19. Vocabulary, Word formation, Phrasal verbs (Nov 5)

  1. New words from Module 2 and their definitions and examples from LDOCE Online
  2. Word formation (nouns from verbs) and online exercises
  3. Phrasal verbs of BRING and online exercises

18. English Online (Oct 24)

  1. Online resources for learning English

17. Seahorses (Oct 23)

  1. Listening to a story about seahorses
  2. Searching for the key facts about seahorses while reading and listening
  3. Reading the text to answer multiple choice questions
  4. Finding synonyms and antonyms in the text

16. Adverbs of frequency and auxiliary verbs (Oct 22)

  1. Adverbs of frequency - their meaning and use
  2. Auxiliary verbs and adverbs of frequency

14. Module 1 Revision (Oct 16)

  1. Module 1 Revision
    1. Use of English: Vocabulary, Grammar
    2. Reading
    3. Listening
  2. Discussion: Apple vs. Google

13. Language Knowledge (Oct 15)

  1. Use of English
    1. Multiple Choice Cloze
    2. Key Word Transformation
    3. Word Formation

12. Google Disk: Sharing documents (Oct 10)

  1. Google Apps for Education Introduction
  2. Google Apps at GA - information and news
  3. Google Disk - sharing documents within the course

11. Writing an informal email (Oct 9)

  1. Structure of an informal email
  2. Opening/closing remarks
  3. Paragraphs
  4. Style of an informal email

10. Speaking skills: Introducing yourself (Oct 8)

  1. Introducing yourself
  2. Asking/giving personal information
  3. Aking/expressing likes and dislikes

9. Grammar in Use - Part 2 (Sep 26)

  1. Present perfect vs present perfect continuous (practice) 
  2. Listening skills

8. Grammar in Use - Part 1 (Sep 25)

  1. Phonetic transcription (practice)
  2. Present simple vs present continuous (practice)

7. Phonetic transcription (Sep 24)

  1. Phonemic chart
  2. From phonetic transcription to spelling
  3. From spelling to phonetic transcription
  4. Phonetic transcription for the new words

6. People: Clothes, Personality, Jobs (Sep 19)

  1. Trendy clothes
  2. Personality - opposites, word formation
  3. LOOK - phrasal verbs
  4. Jobs - suffixes

5. Making a personal vocabulary (Sep 18)

  1. Ways of making a personal vocabulary (brainwriting)
  2. The structure of a personal vocabulary
  3. Reading skills: Multiple choice

4. People: Appearance, Clothes, Character (Sep 17)

  1. Completing the descriptions of people (vocabulary)
  2. Using the phrases to describe people (speaking, vocabulary)
  3. Describing a star (speaking, vocabulary, phrases)

3. Words in the News: Kill your phone (Sep 5)

  1. BBC Learning English - Words in the News: Kill your phone
    (A report about current smartphone issues) (listening)
  2. A gap filling exercise with the new words
  3. A definition game

2. Types of dictionaries (Sep 4)

  1. Types of dictionaries (brainwriting)
  2. The best dictionary (discussion)

1. Introduction (Sep 3)

  1. Introduction - the subject information
  2. Talking about summer holidays
  3. A song