Effective language learning

субота, 2 червня 2018 р.

Exam

Here is a link to the story we've read during the last class.

Coming back up.
I advise you to listen to the recording of the story and imitate its reading.
You will find a variety of stories on the same website. You can practise you reading, translation and retelling with their help.
And don't forget to revise your active vocabulary and demonstrate your knowledge in the exam.
Good luck!

понеділок, 23 квітня 2018 р.

City, transport, shopping - materials in phonetics

Here is a collection of video links concerning different isssues:

1. Linking in English

Learn when to use linking /j/ and /w/
linking /r/
and another video on linking /w/
a separate video on linking /j/
Consonant-vowel linking (practice it).

2. Find out when intrusive /r/ is used.

3. What allophones does /l/ have? Find out.

4. When is /h/ not phonounced?

Recordings of the dialogues:
NEC p. 202 ex. 26
NEC p. 246 ex. 11

Self-study (deadline 11.04)

Credit questions for the 2nd semester in phonetics.

середа, 18 квітня 2018 р.

City / shopping

Here are the materials related to the topics transport and cities.

These exercises can help you learn

car related vocabulary
words about streets and roads
around town
air travel
sea transport

Short useful videos

A folder with the materials on shopping.

Video Shopping is Great (part 1) with tasks and part 2.

Materials on academic writing

Please, complete this survey concerning your impressions of the course in academic writing.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GTZZDYR

неділя, 25 березня 2018 р.

Weather/weekend (materials in phonetics)

Listen to these poems, choose one and learn it by heart imitating the speaker's intonation:

Summer Sun by R.L.Stevenson or here and the poem.
The Wind by R.L.Stevenson or another link to mp3 and the text.
Daffodils by W.Wordsworth.
The Rainy Day by H.W. Longfellow or this version. (NEC p. 124)
Snowflakes by H.W. Longfellow. (NEC p. 124)

retrieved from:

http://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/nature-travel/why-do-we-have-seasons

Linking:

Recording of the dialogues p. 116 ex.3.
Dialogue (free time).
NEC p. 156 ex. 32.

пʼятниця, 16 березня 2018 р.

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

середа, 7 лютого 2018 р.

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)

вівторок, 30 січня 2018 р.

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.