C1 Exam practice 14th February

Exam practice. Reading, listening 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Dear students,
I´m just writing to wish you all  Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 I hope all your dreams come true soon. See you after Christmas. 

Health for everybody!

Mónica

C1 IMMIGRATION

 💬 Immigration Discussion

1. What are some of the different reasons people move to other countries?

2. Do you know anyone who has moved to a different country? Why did they move and where did they move to? Do they like living there?

3. What problems do immigrants face in their new countries? How would you deal with these problems if you were an immigrant?

4. What rights should new immigrants have? Should they be able to work or vote, for example?

5. Are there many immigrants in your country? Where do they usually come from? Why do you think they moved from their country? Have these immigrants integrated into society, or do they tend to segregate themselves? Do you know any of these immigrants personally?

6. Would you say your country and its people are open and welcoming to immigrants?

7. How can society help immigrants settle?

8. Does immigration threaten local culture in any way?

2. Immigration Vocabulary

• to immigrate (to) / migrate (to) (verb), immigration/migration (nouns) – to move to another country (immigration) or simply to move (migration).

• to emigrate (from) (verb) – to move from a country.

• to deport (verb), deportation (noun) – to expel a foreign person from a country.

• Brain drain / human capital flight (noun) – the emigration of highly skilled workers from a country creating a skills shortage.

• economic migrant / migrant worker (noun) – someone who moves to another country in search of better living standards.

• undocumented migrant (AmE) / illegal immigrant (BrE) / irregular migrant (UN term) (nouns) – a foreign person whose presence in a country is in violation of the immigration laws of that country.

3. VIDEO LISTENING. ACROSS CULTURES. NEW HEADWAY TOPIC 5.

4. WRITING AN ARTICLE.

You are going to write a magazine ARTICLE about how immigration affects a country. Decide if you are going to write from a positive or negative influence. 

 Try to use some of the vocabulary you learned earlier in this lesson. In your answer, you could include some of the following topics:

• The benefits of immigration.

• Any problems caused by immigration.

• What policies are needed to control immigration.

B1 3B MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN

A fixed idea or image that many people have of a particular type of person or thing, which is often not true in reality. 

What word is being defined? 

"In heaven, all the policemen are British, all of the lovers are Italian, all of the chefs are French, all of the cars are German, and the whole thing is run by the Swiss.

In hell, all of the policemen are German, all of the lovers are Swiss, all of the chefs are British, all of the cars are French, and the whole thing is run by the Italians."

— Traditional Joke

     

 

https://quizizz_articles

B1.1 That´s English. Unit 7. Leisure. Question formation

WARM-UP: Game. Guess what´s their hobby.

Hobbies conversation questions

1.     What hobbies do you have? Why have you chosen these hobbies?

2.     What hobbies did you have as a child?

3.     Do you think people should have hobbies? Why?

4.     Have you ever heard of any weird hobbies? Give examples.

5.     Is it easier to have hobbies in the summer than in winter? Explain.

6.     Can extreme sports be a hobby? Would you ever take up an extreme sport?

7.     What would be a boring hobby to you? What about an exciting hobby?

8.      Do you think hobbies 100 years ago were different from today’s hobbies? What hobbies did people have back then?

👂Listening: Favourite things

👀 B1_reading_free_time

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GRAMMAR: SUBJECT OR OBJECT QUESTIONS

👉EXPLANATION

PRACTICE 👇

http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/subject-object-questions.html
http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/exercises/subject-object-questions.html

👉HOMEWORK: WRITING FOR NEXT WEEK.

PAGE 88, EX 7. 

EL 19 Y 21 DE DICIEMBRE NO HABRÁ CLASE.

B1 That´s English. Unit 8 & B2.1 MODAL VERBS

RULES: Obligation, permission and possibility 

👉ONLINE PRACTICE (Send it to me when you do it)

C1 British and American English

 

C1 Skimming and scanning: techniques for reading

Video quiz: Skimming and scanning a test 

C1 THE ULTIMATE CULTURE CLASH

TRIBE 

Members of the Insect tribe of the Commonwealth nation of Papua New Guinea, whose Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II, have visited London and were amazed by what they saw. They were in awe of the great dome of St Paul's Cathedral, and technology such as the London Underground

The ultimate culture clash...

What happened when a tribe of crocodile-hunting polygamists came to visit Britain

The Commonwealth nation of Papua New Guinea, whose Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II, lies just north of Australia. It gained its independence from Australia in 1973. Papua New Guineans adore the Queen and look at her with fascination and awe.

       

NEW Headway ex 5, page 44

C1 Writing an article

Writing an article: That´s dossier

👉HOW TO WRITE AN ARTICLE Video explanation.

how-to-write-article examples and useful language.

An article :

• is a piece of writing usually intended for publication in a newspaper, magazine or journal

• is written for a wide audience, so it is essential to attract and retain the readers’ attention

• may include amusing stories, reported speech and descriptions

• can be formal or informal, depending on the target audience

• should be written in an interesting or entertaining manner

• should give opinions and thoughts, as well as facts

• is in a less formal style than a report

An article can :

• describe an experience, event, person or place

• present an opinion or balanced argument

• compare and contrast ; - respond to criticism

• provide information

• offer suggestions

• offer advice

A realistic article should consist of:

1. an eye-catching title which attracts the readers’ attention and suggests the theme of the

article. (Think about why you read a magazine or newspaper article recently - what made

you read it?) Articles can also have subheadings before each paragraph.

2. an introduction which clearly defines the topic to be covered and keeps the reader’s

attention.

3. the main body of two to five paragraphs in which the topic is further developed in detail.

4. the conclusion - summarising the topic or a final opinion, recommendation or comment.

REMEMBER

Before you begin writing it is important to consider:

• where is the article going to appear - in a newspaper or magazine?

• who are the intended readers - a specific group such as students or teenagers, or adults in

general?

• what is the aim of the article - to advise, suggest, inform, compare and contrast, describe, etc.?

DO NOT use over-personal or over-emotional language or simplistic vocabulary.

DO NOT talk about yourself. You are writing for the general public, not a close circle of friends.

Your opinions are only interesting to other people if you can make them amusing, justify them or

explain them.

Conclusion example:

All of this leads me to the conclusion…

All these points make me want to…

In the light of these………..

👉Write an article titled:  "From Cable to Clicks: The Evolution of Multimedia Consumption Over the Decade" (180-200 words).

B1 Comparatives

👂LISTENING: TRANSPORT

 

PRACTICE

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/26147367/idioma-en-ingl%c3%a9s/comparative-and-superlative-adjectives

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/11457894/pri4-comparative-and-superlative-adjectives

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/32046589/comparative-and-superlative-adjectives

C1 CRITERIA TO PRODUCE A GOOD PIECE OF WRITING

 

WRITTEN PRODUCTION:

1- APPROPRIACY → Let’s show we understand the task! 

• The contents of the task have been answered
• The contents are relevant
• The instructions have been followed
• The message is communicated precisely and effectively
• The format and register are appropriate for the target reader
• The production causes the desired effect
• Right length
• Neat handwriting and good presentation

2- ORGANIZATION → Let’s show how well we think and write! 

• The ideas and information are well organised with effective cohesion mechanisms (linkers, internal grammatical cohesion, clear organization of the message)
• Use of correct punctuation
• Good internal coherence
• The piece of writing is easy to follow with no need to interpret the content
• Unambiguous message

3- RANGE OF VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES → Let’s show off how well we know the language! 

• Variety in both the range of vocabulary and grammatical structures
• Precision in the language used
• Repetition of lexical items avoided by using synonyms
• Variation and extensive use of the grammar of the level
  

 

4- ACCURACY → Let’s show we control the language! 

• Anything to do with the correct use of the English language: correct syntax, word order, morphology, verb tenses, noun phrases, inversions, active and passive forms, compound sentences, relative clauses, reported speech, verb patterns, modal verbs, spelling… You name it!

B1 That´s English Unit 6 BOOKS

Warm-up: Brainbox. Once upon a time

 Page 59. ex 6.

💬Think about your reading habits. How do you decide which book to read? Do you read reviews or take advice from your friends? Does the front cover image or back cover synopsis influence your decision?

💬Talking about books: Islcollective. Vocabulary and conversation questions. 

1. What´s your favourite genre? Classify them in your order of preference. Discuss in pairs your favourite and your least favourite genres.

💬2 Talking about favourite books. Following a sample (The Lord of the Flies, Anne of Green Gables),  talk about your favourite book. Don´t say the title, your group will try to guess which book you´re talking about.

👉ORAL  interlinguistic MEDIATION EXERCISE. 

(iN PAIRS. Student A 1-5, student B 6-10)

👂EXTRA Listening

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GRAMMAR: RELATIVE CLAUSES

💬 1. NEF 10A COMMUNICATIVE . Relative clauses quiz

2. Teach this. What´s the word? Define a word using a relative clause.

E.g. It´s a place where people read books

1. It´s a person who...
2. It´s a thing which...
3. It´s a place where...

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Describing feelings and opinions 

C1 The chaos of English pronunciation

Do not follow his final piece of advice, follow mines!!

                                                                

Oral mediation activity C1

  


CONTEXT: Your friend is studying at our school. He knows you are a good foreign language student and asks you for some help with his studies. Your English teacher gave you this article and you decided to explain it to him, as you have followed most of the tips provided.

TASK: Read the article and provide him with all the info, using your personal experience. 5 minutes to prepare, 3 minutes to mediate.

Ten habits of successful students


TO BE ASSESSED: Task completion:
Identification and selection of the information
Clarity and efficiency of the message;
Adaptation of the message: intelligibility and register

EXAM PRACTICE CLM J 2018

C1 The language of texting

Listening:

 Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting -- linguistically, culturally -- than it seems, and it’s all good news.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page.

https://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_language_jk

B1. 2B Changing lives

1. 💬 
2. HOW LONG/ BE A TEACHER?
3. HOW LONG/ WORK AT THIS SCHOOL?
4. HOW LONG/LIVE IN THIS TOWN?
5. HOW LONG/KNOWN YOUR BEST FRIEND?

FOR- period of time e.g 2 months, 3 years, a long time, ages

SINCE- a point in time. e.g. October, I was born, last summer, I was a child, etc.

Grammar/b1-b2-grammar/present-perfect-simple-continuous

👉https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/present-perfect-simple-present-perfect-continuous/

https://www.liveworksheets.com/es/w/en/english-second-language-esl/56146

• https://wordwall.net/es/resource/11669023/present-perfect-simple-vs-present-perfect-continuous
• https://wordwall.net/es/resource/18139710/how-long
• 👉https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/english-second-language-esl/1402899 (send it to my email)

💬https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-resources/teaching-secondary/lesson-plans/intermediate-b1/charities

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Gradable adjectives

Most adjectives are gradable. This means we can have different levels of that quality. For example, you can be a bit cold, very cold or extremely cold. We can make them weaker or stronger with modifiers:

She was quite angry when she found out.
The film we saw last night was really funny!
It can be extremely cold in Russia in the winter.

 

Non-gradable: extreme adjectives

Adjectives like amazing, awful and boiling are also non-gradable. They already contain the idea of 'very' in their definitions. If we want to make extreme adjectives stronger, we have to use absolutely or really:

Did you see the final match? It was absolutely amazing!
After 32 hours of travelling, they were absolutely exhausted.
My trip home was really awful. First, the traffic was really bad, then the car broke down and we had to walk home in the rain.

Here is a list of some common extreme adjectives and some modifiers that we can use with them.

Modifiers	absolutely/really
Adjectives	amazing, ancient, awful, boiling, delicious, enormous, excellent, exhausted, fascinating, freezing, gorgeous, terrible, terrifying, tiny, etc.

 

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/3223304/extreme-adjectives

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/5428281/extreme-adjectives