English. Course I. Blended Learning: Mgr. Doubravová
Weekly outline
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Please get hold of a copy (paper or electronic) of the core textbook for this course - Complete IELTS Bands 4-5 with Answers - as soon as possible. It is also available in the Karolinum Bookstore in Celetná. (Do not worry, it is not necessary to have it for the very first lesson)
Textbook activity:
Reading: For Week 2 please: do ex.3 on p. 8 and ex. 5 on p.9
Vocabulary: Before you read, practice some of the key vocabulary from p. 8 in the short moodle exercise
Writing: Answer questions 1-3 in exercise 7. Give reasons for your answers. Do not write more than 200 words.
Listening: Revision of spelling. Practice spelling your full name and address. Do ex. 5 on p. 10. Check your answer with the key.
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Listening page 10, ex. 5
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Answer questions 1-3 in exercise 7 on p. 9.
Give reasons for your answers. Do not write more than 200 words.
Submit by midnight 22nd February 2021.
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In-class activity: (Zoom)
We are going to do the following during the lesson, you do not need to look at it in advance.
Focus on Reading pp. 8-9 ex 1-6 and p. 11, ex. 1-4
Focus on Vocabulary: p. 12 ex.1-3
Fouc on Key Grammar: p. 14 - Present simple and present continuous ex. 1-4, rules on p. 120.
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Padlet - online lesson - 24-02-2021
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Read more about happiness measurements in the world.
Try to find some interesting data. I am going to ask some of you to report about it at the beginning of the following lesson.
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Listening p. 19
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Exercises for you to enter your online work:
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The main focus of this week's online work will be the past and the writing, there is also a progress test at the end of this section.
1) Start with SPEAKING Part 1 on p. 20 ex. 1-5 (see the recordings below)
2) Study (revise) the KEY GRAMMAR on p. 21 ex.1-3 (see the recording below) and have a look at the summary of the rules on p. 121
3) Do the exercises in the section Past Practice
4) Focus on Writing Practice
5) Vocabulary and Grammar Review
6) Progress Test
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Write your answer to the rubric on p.25, ex. 7-9. Deadline: 10/03/2021 - 10:00 am
Write 220-250 words.
Make sure you answer the question in the rubric: What do you think were the advantages and disadvantages of living in a small community? It means you write about the past, not about the current situation in large cities.
Name your uploaded file like this: essay1_Name
Don't forget to set your document language into English - to prevent spelling mistakes.
Don't forget to organize your ideas in paragraphs (3-5). Indent the first line of each paragraph OR insert a space between the paragraphs.
I am looking forward to reading your texts!
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Vocabulary and Grammar Review:
pp. 26-27
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Take this test only after you complete the Vocabulary and Grammar Review on pp.26-27.
In order to pass the test you need to get 60% of correct answers, i.e. 22 points out of 36.
THIS TEST CLOSES ON 14/03/2021 11:00 PM
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Exercises for you to enter your online work:
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In-Class (Zoom) Work:
1) Any questions relating to the tasks on Moodle from the previous week.
2) Unit 3 - p. 28 - Speaking off
3) Unit 3 - pp. 30-31 - Listening
4) Unit 3 - pp. 31-32 - Speaking
5) Unit 3 - p. 36 - Introduction into comparison
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On-line Work for Week 4:
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The focus of this week are the Reading sections, Vocabulary (cause x make), Grammar - Comparison.
Complete the task in the following order:
1) Unit 3: Reading comprehension - pp. 28-29 ex. 2, 4
2) Unit 3: Reading comprehension - pp. 32-33 ex. 3, 4+5
3) Unit 3: Vocabulary - p. 34 - study the issue on using the two easily confused verbs (make x cause) - ex. 1, 2, 3, 4
4) Unit 3: Grammar - Comparison - we introduced the topic during the Zoom session. Watch the additional video (see below) - Making comparison - instructive video and then study the rules in the text book - the summary of the rules is on pp. 122-123; then go back to the Key Grammar on p. 36 and complete the exercises 2, 4, 5; and the two exercises in the section Spelling (the changes caused by adding -er and -est) - ex. 1 and 2
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Watch this video to revise the rules of making comparisons
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I believe that you go through the exercises properly and regularly but still I would like to see your results. Therefore, I am going to add interactive exercises also for the previous weeks into which you will be asked to enter your answers from the on-line work. You can firstly check if your answers are correct, and then I can see that you really complete the required work. I also believe that you don't and won't cheat by copying the answers from the key. You would cheat yourself only.
I am going to send you an email as soon as the exericises are ready so that you do not need to check the Moodle every now and then.
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Exercises for you to enter your online work:
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Please, enter your results from the on-line work into the following exercise for Unit 3:
1) Reading Comprehension 1 - pp. 28-29 ex. 2, 4
2) Reading Comprehension 2 - pp. 32-33 ex. 3, 5
3) Vocabulary make x cause - p. 34 - ex. 1, 2, 3, 4
4) Key Grammar Making Comparison - p. 36 ex. 2, 4, 5
5) Key Grammar Spelling - p. 36 ex. 1, 2
You can, of course, (or actually it is advisable to) prepare the answers in advance before you start the exercise.
The completion of this exercise is required for the completion of the whole course.
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In-Class (Zoom) Work:
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1) Potential questions relating to the online work: Week 4 Unit 3
2) 1-minute talks - some of you will give a 1-minute talk (Speaking p. 31 ex.1)
3) Writing: First part of the feedback - Correct the common mistakes from the essays (see the material below)
4) Unit 4: Speaking pp. 40-41 ex. 1, 2, 3
5) Unit 4: Key Grammar p. 42 + p. 142 Present Perfect
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Material for the Zoom lesson on 17/03/2021:
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Please, print or have the electronic version ready if you are fine with working with it and a piece of paper which you will have to your hand.
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On-line Work for Week 5:
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In this week's online work you are going to practise mainly the grammar - present perfect. However, you are going to start a bit with listening. Then you are also going to work on your First Essays.
1) Unit 4: Listening Comprehension - pp. 39-40 ex. 2+3, 4+5
2) Unit 4: Present Perfect Practice - Key Grammar p. 42 ex. 3, 4, 5
3) Extra material: Present Perfect Practice - Present Perfect Exercises (pdf file) - all the exercises on the page
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Have these ready for 24-03-2021 and also enter the answers into the interactive exersise at the end of this section.
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Exercises for you to enter your online work:
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Plese, enter the answers from the online work Unit 4 into the following exercise:
1) Unit 4: Listening Comprehension - pp. 39-40 ex. 2+3, 4+5
2) Unit 4: Present Perfect Practice - Key Grammar p. 42 ex. 3, 4, 5
3) Extra material: Present Perfect Practice - Present Perfect Exercises (pdf file) - all the exercises on the page
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Please, upload here your corrected/rewritten essays based on the feedback you got.
This is due by 24-03-2021 10:50 am.
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In-Class (Zoom) Work:
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1) Any questions relating to the previous week's work, especially present perfect tense
2) Finishing the activity from the previous week - writing: First part of the feedback - Correct the common mistakes from the essays (see the material below)
3) U4 Writing pp. 44-45
4) U5 - Countable and Uncountable Nouns - Key Grammar p. 56 and Grammar Reference p. 126 + extra material (see bellow)
The plan for this week is unit 5. However, the topic of this unit is not in particular for human studies, therefore, it is not such a big problem if we skip most of it. If you want to look at the sections we skip, you can, of course, and if you have any questions related to that, you can ask. Our focus will be mainly the grammar - countable and uncountable nouns.
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Material for the Zoom lesson on 24/03/2021:
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You need the material from the previous week - Essay Evaluation - Common mistakes - because we did not manage to finish it in the previous lesson. Have it, therefore, ready.
There are some extra materials needed for this lesson/week on Countable and Uncountable nouns:
1) Source: Prodromou, L. Grammar and Vocabulary for FCE. Longman: 2005
2) Source: Murphy, R. English Grammar in Use. CUP: 2012
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On-line Work for Week 6:
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The main focus of this week's online work is the grammar practice - Countable and Uncountable Nouns. However, before you start with this practice do also the following:
1) Take the revision test Units 3+4
2) A little practice of listening comprehension - p. 50 ex. 2 (try to think about the question "What information do you need for each gap?" because it will help you with spotting the words you need for the answers) and ex. 3 (find the recording bellow and then enter the answers into the Complete IELTS - Unit 5 - Exercises from the online work which you find at the end of this section).
3) Countable and Uncountable Nouns Practice - you will need the extra materials (Grammar and Vocabulary for FCE and English Grammar in Use) plus there is a link to Cambridge Dictionary which you need to study as well (very short and simple) with one exercise.
3a) Study the example vocabulary in the material Countable and Uncountable Nouns: Promodrou, L. Grammar and Vocabulay for FCE. Longman: 2005 on pp. 212, 213 and 214 and do the exercises 2 and 3 on page 215 - then enter the answers to Complete IELTS - Unit 5 - Exercises from the online work at the end of this section.
3b) Look again at the material Countable and Uncountable Nouns: Murphy, R. English Grammar in Use. CUP: 2012 and do the exercises 69.2 and 69.3 on page 139 - then enter the answers to Complete IELTS - Unit 5 - Exercises from the online work at the end of this section.
3c) Go to the Cambridge Dictionary (see the link bellow) and then complete the Cambridge Dictionary Exercise.
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Before you take this simple revision test Units 3+4, do the Vocabulary and Grammar Review on pp. 46-47. You do not need to enter the answers anywhere. This is just for you to practise before the test.
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Exercises for you to enter your online work:
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In-Class (Zoom) Work:
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1) Any questions relating to the previous week's work on-line.
2) Some more practice of Countable and Uncountable Nouns - prepare the materials from the previous week.
3) Textbook - Complete IELTS:
- p. 63 - Word building (+ p.127 - Word formation and spelling)
- Zero and First Conditionals (Key grammar p. 65, + p.128 Zero and first conditionals) - we are also going to work with extra material from BBC Learning English
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Material for the Zoom lesson on 31/03/2021:
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On-line Work for Week 7:
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Work with the textbook:
1) Reading 1 - pp. 57-59 - complete the exercises 3 on p. 57 and 6+7 on p. 58 (before taking this exercise, read the Exam advice box (Yes / No / Not Given) on p. 59) - then, after you prepare all the exercises, enter your answers into the exercise Complete IELTS - Unit 6 - Exercises from the online work.
2) Reading 2 - pp. 59-60 - complete the exercises 4 and 5+6 on p. 59 (before taking the exercise No. 5+6, read the Exam advice box (Summary completion with a box) on p. 59) - then, after you prepare all the exercises, enter your answers into the exercise Complete IELTS - Unit 6 - Exercises from the online work.
Work with the extra materials from the Workbook Complete IELTS Bands 4-5 (see the pdf files below) - complete all the exercises in both files - then, after you prepare all the exercises, enter your answers into the exercise Complete IELTS - Unit 6 - Exercises from the online work.
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Exercises for you to enter your online work:
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As this unit's topic is "being human", this video is a contribution to the debate. Please watch - we will discuss this video in our live session.
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In-Class (Zoom) Work:
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1) Any questions relating to the previous week's work on-line.
2) Some more practice of 0 and 1st Conditionals - BBC Learning English.com - Zero and First Conditionals
3) Short discussion - the video from the previous week.
4) Textbook Complete IELTS Bands 4-5 - Unit 7:
- Speaking p.72
- Spelling: Forming adverbs from adjectives p.75
5) Key Grammar: It some time left - p. 76 only brief look at prepositions used when describing graphs.
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Material for the Zoom lesson on 07/04/2021:
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No extra material for the in-class/Zoom lesson this week.
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On-line Work for Week 7:
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Revision Test Units 5+6 - Before taking the test, have a look at pp. 66 and 67 and go through the Vocabulary and Grammar Review - check the answers with the key. You do not need to enter answers for these sections anywhere.
Textbook Complete IELTS Bands 4-5 - Unit 7:
Listening: have a look at the vocabulary in the starting off exercise on p. 68. Listen to the recording - this time about an online course:) - and answer questions 1-10. Enter the answers in the Complete IELTS - Unit 7 - Exercises from the online work bellow.
Vocabulary: Study the dictionary definitions of the verbs raise and rise on p. 69 and do exercises 1+2 and enter the answers in the Complete IELTS - Unit 7 - Exercises from the online work. I also include a link to an online exercise for more practice.
Reading: On p. 70 there is a text about speed reading. Before reading it, think about the questions in exercise 1. Read the text a do the exercises 5+6 and 7+8 on p. 71., then enter the answers in the Complete IELTS - Unit 7 - Exercises from the online work.
Adverbs practice: see the extra material bellow (Complete IELTS Workbook) and do the reading section as well as the spelling one. Enter the answers in the Complete IELTS - Unit 7 - Exercises from the online work.
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Exercises for you to enter your online work:
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In-Class (Zoom) Work:
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1) Any questions relating to the previous week's work on-line.
2) Unit 7: Key Grammar p.76 - Prepostions to describe graphs.
3) Textbook Complete IELTS Bands 4-5 - Unit 8:
- Speaking p.77
- Reading p.78 - Introduction
- Key Grammar p. 85 - Relative Clauses + extra material English Grammar in Use
- If some time left, a bit more speaking practice will be done - Speaking p.82
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Material for the Zoom lesson on 14/04/2021:
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This is the material we are going to work with during the Zoom lesson and it is also for you to study from when working on the exercises (some of the exercises from this material will be included as well) within the on-line work.
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On-line Work for Week 9:
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This week's online work focuses again on reading, vocabulary, listening and some grammar practice.
1) Reading pp.78-80:
- During the Zoom lesson we started with the introduction into this reading section. Now work on the exercises: pp.78-79 ex.4+5, p.79 ex.6, p.80 ex.70 - After completing the tasks enter the answers into the Complete IELTS - Unit 8 - Exercises from the online work.
2) Vocabulary p.80:
- There are again some words that can be easily confused (tourism and tourist). However, these belong to the easier ones. Look at the ex. 1, read the dictionary entries adn then complete the ex.1 and ex.2 - After completing the tasks enter the answers into the Complete IELTS - Unit 8 - Exercises from the online work.
3) Listening pp.80-81
- You are going to hear a tour guide welcoming visitors to a science museum.
- Listen to the first recording: Unit 8 listening: questions 1-5 and focus on the exercises 2+3. After completing the tasks enter the answers into the Complete IELTS - Unit 8 - Exercises from the online work - enter only the answers for ex.3, i.e. the actual answers
- Listen to the second recording: Unit 8 listening: questions 6-10 and focus on the exercises 5+6 - After completing the tasks enter the answers into the Complete IELTS - Unit 8 - Exercises from the online work.
- See the recordings below
4) Grammar Practice: Material English Grammar in Use
- EGIU: U92 - ex.92.3 (p.185) - use the relative pronouns WHICH or WHO (do not use THAT!)
- EGIU: U93 - ex.93.1 (p.187)
- EGIU: U93 - ex.93.4 (p.187)
- EGIU: U94 - ex.94.3 (p.189)
After completing the tasks enter the answers into the Complete IELTS - Unit 8 - Exercises from the online work.
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Unit 8 listening: questions 1-5
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Unit 8 listening: questions 6-10
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Exercises for you to enter your online work:
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In-Class (Zoom) Work:
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1) Any questions to the previous week's work
2) Relative Clauses Practice - see the extra material below
3) Unit 9 - Speaking p. 88
4) Unit 9 - The Passive p. 95 and p. 129
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Material for the Zoom lesson on 21/04/2021:
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On-line Work for Week 10:
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This week's on-line work starts with revision of the previous two lessons and then focuses on Unit 9 - reading, vocabulary, listening and grammar practice.
1) There is a Progress test Units 7-8 but before taking it have a look at the Vocabulary and grammar review Unit 7 and Unit 8 on pp. 86-87. The activity in the textbook is just for you, check the answers with the key. You do not need to enter them anywhere. The obligatory part of the revision is the progress test.
2) Unit 9 - Reading pp. 90-92, you can start with the exercises 1-3 and think about the answers for yourselves, The obligatory part are the exercises: 90/4, 91/5 - read the Exam advice - Matching headings, 92/6 - read the Exam advice - Sentence completion, 92/7 - read the Exam advice - Pick from a list. Enter the answers of the obligatory exercises into the Complete IELTS - Unit 9 - Exercises from the online work.
3) Unit 9 - Vocabulary pp. 92-93 - ex. 1 and 2. Enter the answers into the Complete IELTS - Unit 9 - Exercises from the online work.
4) Unit 9 - Listening (within the section Speaking) - pp. 93-94 - Exercises 93/3 and 94/7. Enter the answers into the Complete IELTS - Unit 9 - Exercises from the online work. The recordings are provided below.
5) Unit 9 - The passive - grammar practice - Extra material (see below). In this extra material, you also find some explanations. There is also link to BBC Learning English where you can also read the explanations and where you have some more examples, as well as some practice. The BBC Learning English website is not obligatory. It is here only to help you. The obligatory part are the exercises in the extra material (A-F) - these need to be entered into the Complete IELTS - Unit 9 - Exercises from the online work.
If you have any questions, please, email me.
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Exercises for you to enter your online work:
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There are two exercises because the last one from the extra material on the passive was not included together with the rest of the exercises by accident in the first exercise, therefore there is the extra one. Please, enter your answers there.
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In-Class (Zoom) Work:
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1) Any questions to the previous week's work
2) The Passive - Practice from English Grammar in Use - see the material below
3) Unit 10 - Speaking p. 97
4) Unit 10 - Listening p. 101
5) Unit 10 - Writing pp. 104-105 plus see some extra material below
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Material for the Zoom lesson on 28/04/2021:
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On-line Work for Week 11:
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1) Unit 10 - Reading pp. 97-100 - do the ex. 3 (p. 98), and then think about the ex. 4 (p. 98; do this for yourselves), then proceed to ex. 5 (p. 5), ex. 6 (p. 100) and ex. 7 (p. 100) - the answers for exercises 3, 5, 6 and 7 need to be entered into the Complete IELTS - Unit 10 - Exercises from the online work.
2) Unit 10 - Vocabulary p. 102 - At first think about the exercise 1 and then do exercises 2 and 3 - these answers need to be entered into the Complete IELTS - Unit 10 - Exercises from the online work.
3) Linkers - study this section and then complete the exercises - go to the page: 3) Linkers - Linking words - open it and follow the instructions, listen to the recordings with the appropriate materials, incl. the extra material from Grammar and Vocabulary provided below.
4) Writing - Based on your experience from the first essay, based on the information from the lesson via Zoom, after studying the section on linkers, write an essay on one of the following topics from the textbook:
- Topic No. 1 - Unit 6 - p. 65 - "Televised talent shows have become popular in many societies today." Are these shows a good method of finding talented people, or are they just entertainment? (Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.)
- Topic No. 2 - Unit 10 - p.105 - "Some people think that large, impressive buildings are imporatnt for a city. Others believe that the money should be spent on improving schools and hospitals." Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. (Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.)
In your writing, please, specify which topic you chose.
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Exercises for you to enter your online work:
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In-Class (Zoom) Work:
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1) Any questions to the previous week's work
2) Unit 10 - Modal Verbs - p. 105, p. 130 + extra material English Grammar in Use
3) some practice - modal verbs
4) Any final questions
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Material for the Zoom lesson on 05/05/2021:
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On-line Work for Week 12:
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This week's online work is rather short in order to give you some more space for a general revision of the whole course before the final exam. There are only two sections for you to complete this time:
1) Modal Verbs Practice - material taken from Complete IELTS workbook - see below. There is also a recording for one of the exercises. - Enter the answers into the exercise at the end of this section - this exercise opens on Friday 07-05-2021 at 8:00 in the morning.
2) Progress test Units 9-10 - Revision of two final units.
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Check your answers with the attached key.
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Take this progress test as part of your preparation for the final exam.
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Exercises for you to enter your online work:
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This is the final week in which you should take the final test. The test opens on Monday 10-05-2021 9:00 am and stays opened until the examination period (the end of July) so you have got a lot of time to complete not only the test but also any rests if you have any in Moodle for the online part of the course. If you complete everything by the end of the final week, I am going to check all the students' work and if everything is alright, I will enter the results (credit for Czech students, marks for Erasmus studnets) into SIS. If you do not manage to have everything by the end of the course, it does not matter. When you are done with your work, let me know via email so that I can check your work and enter the results into SIS. The completion of the course is up to you.
The final test will be based on our textbook and issues we dealt with in this semester. There will be reading, listening, grammar and vocabulary.
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