1st year Live and Learn

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

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.
Learn more about syllables.

Self-study 2.1 (deadline 28.03)

Interactive resources to practice different aspects of your pronunciation can be found on

• http://www.cambridge.org/elt/resources/skills/interactive/pron_animations/index.htm
• https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/free-english-pronunciation-lessons?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

2nd year Cities and countries

You will find a variety of materials on the UK here.
Below I'm going to post links to videos and texts on the topic:

• Climate and geography of the UK
• UK vs Great Britain?
• Four nations
• Read about politics in the UK
• Interactive map of Royal Britain
• Countryside is Great (part 1)
• Countryside is Great (part 2)
• Heritage is Great (part 1)
• Heritage is Great (part 2)
• How London has changed over the years

An online quiz on London sights

Materials related to the USA are here. 

US national parks

Scenic views

Yosemite

the Smoky Mountains

Grand Canyon

Yellowstone

Washington DC

Take a holiday walk through Washington

New York City

New York quiz.

Australia and New Zealand

Materials to talk about Australia and New Zealand.

The map of Australia and other useful info.
Crossword on Australia.
Interesting facts.
Read about Sydney's history.

Link to an example of an animal fact file.
Here's the map of New Zealand.

Check your knowledge of different countries with these online quizzes.
Self-study (cities and countries) (deadline 4.04).
Materials related to Ukraine.

Materials for phonetics are in this folder.
Videos on phonetics are listed below:

• plosives
• assimilation of /t/ before /p/
• assimilation of /d/ before /g/ or /k/
• assimilation of /d/ before /b/
• assimilation of /t/ followed by /k/
• gemination /t/
• assimilation of /s/
• gemination of /s/

          Betty Batter bought some butter but, said she, the butter's bitter.
          If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.
          But a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better.
          So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter,
          Put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better.
          So’t was better Betty Batter bought some better butter.

Sarah sitting in her Chevrolet, 
All she does is sits and shifts, 
All she does is sits and shifts.

And this is the link to writing materials. 

"How to" articles: instructions and examples

1st year Food

Reading tasks can be reached here.

Watch Alfred Hitchcock's film Lamb to the Slaughter.

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

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'

Credit questions!

Watch these videos to learn more about Christmas traditions.

2nd year Sport

 Materials in phonetics are here.
Credit questions (1st semester).

Academic writing.

Materials for practical English on sports and reading.

Listening about benefits of sport.

Self-study (deadline December 10).

Learn more about Olympic Games with this lesson.

A video about Usain Bolt

Here is a sports interview about two extreme sports.

1st year Home

Self-study in Phonetics 2.

Credit questions in phonetics (1st semester).

Intonation of politeness.

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

Tasks for reading.

Materials for Academic Writing.
Video materials about paragraphs

Descriptive paragraph

2nd year Health and Medicine

This folder contains copies for practical classes.

You will find necessary materials for phonetics classes here.
Self-study in phonetics.

A video lesson on how stress affects your body.
Another TED lesson on AIDS/HIV.
A disease from the past (video with tasks)

Videos about great discoveries:
Aspirin
Marie Curie's discovery
Conquering smallpox 

Listening - A Doctor's View

Academic writing: download lessons here.

Watch this to learn a little bit about the NHS

CPR in films

Learn about bad habits and addictions from TED-lessons:
Smoking
 Drugs

1st year Personality

You will be able to find materials you need for the academic writing classes here.


Tasks for reading are in this folder.

Download a copy about a diphthong here.

NEC (book and audio).

Self-study 1






Tongue twister
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Note-taking method

Time Management - TED talk (extra)

Halloween

Subject-Verb Agreement