Peter Q Blackburn - British Council C2

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Updated 8th November 2019

Books: Keynote (Proficient); English Vocabulary in Use (Advanced) (CUP); also highly recommended: Advanced Grammar in Use (CUP). The last two are avalable as

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Extra Material used in the Lesson	Homework
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.

Extra Reading

This is a collection of material not directly connected with the course, but which you may find interesting. Please let me know if you find further material that I might add.

Extra Listening

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Writing

This site could be very useful for checking words in the same group as the one you have in mind, e.g. colour ➝ colourful