Books: Proficiency Masterclass (OUP); English Vocabulary in Use (Advanced) (CUP); also highly recommended: Advanced Grammar in Use (CUP).
The last two are avalable as
: South Africa - road trip through the Free State.
Watch the video and write in what the numbers signify on the first page of the worksheet, then do the reading activities.
Grammar:
Reported speech (sometimes called indirect speech)
Reading & vocabulary p114-6.
Write an essay of 240–280 words summarising and evaluating two of the short texts written by somebody else in the class. They can be diametrically opposed ideas or quite similar.
Remember that each text will have 2 main points, and to include your own opinion.
Phrase spot: collocation pairs.
Vocabulary modifiers (3-4).
3.2 article about the effect of winds on mood.
Pictures of reaction to weather: describe and hypothesize.
decide on one and invent a history. Imagine they are applying for a job and you are writing a letter of recommendation. What would you write?
p99-100 example letter of recommendation.
You have been assigned to listen to one of these programmes. Make notes and bring them to the next class ready to tell somebody from the
other group about what you learned.
The Music in your Brain
You are not a Self
Writing: Letter of recommendation for one of the people in
Complete gapped sentences about yourself; work in groups of 3 and say only the words you have added to a sentence; the others guess which sentence it is.
Kahoot quiz about Christmas, followed by 2 others on similar themes.
Matching two halves of a short phrase (collocation).
This is the end of Amber. Next class is Ruby, starting 4th January.
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Individual short talks about controversial subjects (to be continued next class).
How would you organise a campaign to stop clothes companies pouring toxic waste into rivers? Work in groups of 4.
Running Dictation activity: pairs; find information on sheets in the corridor.
Write 100 words about industrial pollution. The class is divided half and half to write for and against, ie reasons why industry has to carry on polluting, and reasons why it should not pollute at all.
Choose a controversial topic and prepare notes to talk for about 5 minutes.
Write your own sentences using the words in ex6 (and possibly ex9).
You could also find an article that interests you to use as a paragraph gap-fill task.
(any edition)
You may study the film directed by Derek Cianfrance (2016) as well as, or instead of, the novel.
Please let me know if you are interested in either or both of these books. I will cover these in class if there is sufficient interest, and or organize short meetings for you to come and discuss these books.
Why do this?
It gives you another part 2 question to answer in the Writing paper. As CPE students you need to be reading as much as you can, and these books deal
with ideas that you can talk about in small groups, improving your range of vocabulary as well as enjoying the intellectual challenge.
The discussion does not presuppose an extensive knowledge of literary criticism, but expects a similar calibre of writing
as if you were answering one of the other part 2 writing questions.
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.
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.
