Weather /weekend

                                                                                Materials on the topic WEATHER are here. 

Watch this video about British weather and do online tasks.

Do these online exercises to find out more about weather forecasts: activities 1 - 3 http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-16/session-1

The Rainy Day by H.W. Longfellow or this version.
The Months by S. Coleridge.
Rain in Summer by H.W.Longfellow.
Snowflakes by H.W. Longfellow.

Materials on the topic FREE TIME are here.
Videos Literature is Great (parts 1 and 2).
Video Creativity is Great (part 1).
Video Sport is Great (both parts).
Video about Extreme Sports.

Academic Writing Videos

Comparison and Contrast Essays

Six websites that help with your writing: http://www.cristinacabal.com/?p=6434

Cause and Effect Essays

Learning (phonetics)

Here are the books you'll need for the classes.
Make sure you have all of them: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6, 7. 

A nice quiet afternoon  (track 038).
Letters to the editor (track 043).
Peter Parker (track 051).

You can download some texts with the marks here.

Self-study (deadline 27.03)

Live and Learn

The 2nd semester starts on February 1.

I hope you remember about your task for the holidays: read and listen to the book Thanks for the Memories, summarise every chapter in up to five sentences (in writing) and write out one page of new words from each chapter into your vocabularies. We'll discuss the book on our first class.

We'll start the semester with the topic EDUCATION. You can already download some materials.
Below you can find some videos on the topic.

Homeschooling

These four short clips deal with problem pupils: 

• Jess
• Brandon
• Craig
• Problem pupils.

Lifelong learning

Oxford University (videos with online tasks)

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/oxford/oxford-university

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/britain-great/knowledge-great-part-1

Learning foreign languages

A video on bilingualism (with tasks)
TED talk Every kid needs a champion

Videos on essay writing:

Opinion essays

Meals and cooking - practice

This is the link to the topic materials.

I will also post lots of short videos on the topic below.

Taken from: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/325666616796135084/?autologin=true

Video about pubs with online tasks. 

Academic Writing

Christmas

Phonetics - meals

Here are some useful materials for your preparation.
Audio of the dialogue (NEC p. 258 ex.8).
Notes on stress patterns of different conversational formulae.
Credit questions!

Online exercises to practice some aspects of pronunciation:

1. -ed ending 
2. -(e)s ending
3. letter 'g'
4. letter 'o' and one more test
5. letter 'a'
6. 'th'

These online tasks will help you learn the words for food.

1. food
2. fruit
3. vegetables
4. vegetables 2
5. meat and fish
6. drinks
7. meals and cooking
8. restaurants

Practice reading transcription and learn the words.

1. fruit

2. vegetables

Phonetics - home

Practice transcribing and spelling the words on different topics online.

1. house
2. bathroom
3. -ed ending 
4. -(e)s ending
5. letter 'g'
6. letter 'o' and one more test
7. letter 'a'
8. 'th'

Elementary vocabulary related to the topic (interactive exercises with pictures and pronunciation)

1. home

2. bathroom

3. bedroom

4. kitchen 1 and 2

Here you can download a self-study in phonetics #2.
Arranging the house (audio)

Home sweet home

This is where you can find most of the materials to the topic.







Watch these videos to learn more about British houses.

Watch this programme do exercises in the attached document.

Homes of the future - a video with online tasks.
The following videos will help you write a good paragraph.

Help with paraphrasing and summarising.