Peter Q Blackburn - British Council C2

Extra Material used in the Lesson	Homework
3rd April
CX009CEU Listening for Book 2, which you have. Part 1 Part 2	Test 1 transcript Test 2 transcript
C035CEU Graph Worksheet Describing Trends Economic Performance Graph Write here
27th March
C033CEU No better, no worse Grammar Summary 7 Answers
C034CEU Why more is less Grammar Summary 7 Answers
25th March Food and Sustainability We will choose who reads each article, depending on how we divide groups: The challenges of food security and sustainability Table to complete Why a sustainable future means shopping like our grandparents Environment report: Change the food and farming system Read the article with a partner and answer the vocabulary questions. When you have finished, please return to Zoom to see screen sharing. Now, read the article again and summarize it in approximately 100 words. Write your summary here: Summaries We can see all groups' summaries in the Google Doc. Skim read the others and we will have a group discussion about the topic. Now can you prepare a 2-minute talk about the content of the article you read and summarized, adding your own view and suggestions. If you do this task individually it will be similar to the CPE speaking test.	You may find this site interesting for further study of this subject: Living Sustainably
14th March School closed; watch this space for further information.
13th March Reading Part 6 & 7 of the Reading and Use paper. Practice with 2 of each, then part 7 from the exam past papers bk2; part 6 try for homework.	Ways of increasing vocabulary: read/listen to texts form radio and online publications, use a thesaurus to find alternative meanings, as many of the answers to reading questions are based on paraphrasing.
The dangers of a single story TED talk; using anecdotes to illustrate an idea or a lesson learned.	500 Years of Friendship , a BBC programme.
12th March Listening parts 3 & 4; lesson CX007CEU During the lesson we did these listenings Download zip archive. Listening tracks for book 2 test 1. Part 3 Part 4	These are the listenings on the last worksheet I gave you the lesson. Listening Part 3 Transcript for listening part 3 Listening Part 4 Transcript for listening part 4 More Part 4 Listening: One: Test 1 Answers Two: Test 2 Answers
7th March What've you been up to? (Creativity)
6th March Writing I can well believe that Big blades, hidden costs This nuclear deal is good for Britain UK could become leading exporter of wave and tidal power, say MPs
Same but different
5th March Listening parts 1 & 2
29th February Creativity Mostly about sentence stress & weak forms where vowels degrade to the schwa sound /ə/ Limerick activity to illustrate this.
28th February Practical Design Two articles about touch screens and whether they are really a good idea. Language work in the unit. Working in groups choose an aspect of life that needs a solution and present your ideas.	Passive grammar activities
Listening parts 3 & 4; lesson CX007CEU Listening Part 3 Transcript for listening part 3 Listening Part 4 Transcript for listening part 4	More Part 4 Listening: One: Test 1 Answers Two: Test 2 Answers
22nd February No class today.
14th, 15th & 21st February I was ill these days.
13th February Film review Examples of film reviews Parasite 1917 Joker Marriage Story 2nd text we read + comments Marking Criteria	Cambridge CPE Frequenty Asked Questions
14th February Magical houses, made of bamboo
Film review Examples of film reviews Parasite 1917 Joker Marriage Story	Cambridge CPE Frequenty Asked Questions
7th February Economic Resources
Practical Design Design Thinking
25th January The value of education.	Extra exs & answers
24th January Energy-Hungry World & Land for All Activities on pages 56-9 of the course book. Work book activities	Answers to exs in course- and work book
18th January Learning and Memory Article
17th January Expectations The Magic Washing-Machine p54-5 Further material	Homework Listening track: Answers to homework
Writing: Article
10th January Human Interaction Write your own collocations Collocations: answers Supplementary Material: Sweet Rituals	Complete exercises from Keynote not done in lesson. Answers to exercises in Keynote
Economic resources Extra material
4th January TED talk

19th December Write here
13th December Body Language
Human Interaction History of Telecommunication
6th December Report Writing Draft Report
Human Interaction
8th November Writing: letter Write here
Perception Essay on Perception
26th October A: Completely lost without it Keynote p100-1. Prof David Crystal on the effect of the Internet on English.
B: Reading & Use of English, parts 1 & 2 As advertised for the lesson, and nº2 of cloze tests from my site, and parts 1 & 2 from the Cambridge
25th October A: Optimist or pessimist pp22-3 Keynote book. Grammar practice: future predictions. Look at these pictures Watch this video about the future here Here are two views of what the world economy will be in 2050: PwC Business Insider Think about the future and then write in your predictions here
B: Reading & Use of English, parts 1 & 2	to kill time = matar o tempo
19th October Speaking part 1 Speaking questions and example video. Inversion after certain phrases
Writing: an account of an incident p26-7 Keynote.	Send in final draft of article.
18th October A: It's not really my thing - writing p16-17 Wingsuit jumping	Write the full report if you like, and post it to this link: Progress Report - write here Look up "Marc Hauser dives into the jet stream" to find out about his attempt. If you wish to work more on nominalisation, look at exs 10a & 10b on p17, & the extras on p141. Answers here
B: Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking p20-21 Listening: The Lonely Cyborg
11th October A TED: the power of introverts	Listening
B Exam Practice Speaking Video
4th October A Unit 1.3
B Unit 1.4 Extra material Stone Age Brain	Homework & answers If you would like more listening practice, this is another ABC programme: Music Therapy
27th September A Use this Google doc to copy in gapped dialogues.
B: Exam work Essay writing, looking at examples and assessing them against the exam criteria.	Write the essay from the Cambridge 2 past paper book.

Peter Q Blackburn - British Council C2

Index to this page

Varying times, according to the online (virtual) lessons

Extra Material used in the Lesson

Homework

3rd April

CX009CEU

C035CEU

27th March

C033CEU No better, no worse

C034CEU Why more is less

25th March

Food and Sustainability

14th March

13th March

Reading

The dangers of a single story

12th March

Listening parts 3 & 4; lesson CX007CEU

7th March

What've you been up to? (Creativity)

6th March

Writing

Same but different

5th March

29th February

Creativity

28th February

Practical Design

Listening parts 3 & 4; lesson CX007CEU

22nd February

14th, 15th & 21st February

13th February

Film review

14th February

Magical houses, made of bamboo

Film review

7th February

Economic Resources

Practical Design

25th January

24th January

Energy-Hungry World & Land for All

18th January

Learning and Memory

17th January

Expectations

Writing: Article

10th January

Human Interaction

Economic resources

4th January

19th December

13th December

Body Language

Human Interaction

6th December

Report Writing

Human Interaction

8th November

Writing: letter

Perception

26th October

A: Completely lost without it

B: Reading & Use of English, parts 1 & 2

25th October

A: Optimist or pessimist

B: Reading & Use of English, parts 1 & 2

19th October

Speaking part 1

Writing: an account of an incident

18th October

A: It's not really my thing - writing

B: Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking

11th October

A

B Exam Practice

4th October

A

B