FIRST YEAR BASIC LEVEL NOTICEBOARD
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ON THIS PAGE WE WILL PUBLISH HOMEWORK AND OTHER IMPORTANT NEWS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1st year OSL San Fernando. Welcome!
Exams in December
Written exams: (Reading, Listening and Writing) 1st A- 5th December. 1st D- 4th December.
Speaking: Interaction in pairs. Days: 1st A- 10th December and 1st D- 11th December.
Speaking: Interaction in pairs. Days: 1st A- 10th December and 1st D- 11th December.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF YOUR TEXTBOOK:
Unit 1: Verb "be", possessive adjectives, days of the week, numbers, classroom language, some vowels and consonant sounds, etc.
Practical English: Offering things, Accepting and Refusing, Asking somebody to do something, checking into a hotel.
Unit 2: Indefinite Articles, Demonstratives, adjectives and modifiers. Imperatives and feelings. Long and short vowel sounds.
Unit 3: Present simple and verb phrases. Word order in questions. Consonants /s/ and /z/, sentence stress and some vocalic sounds.
Practical English: At a coffee shop. Telling the time. Order food and drinks, meet and introduce people.
Unit 1: Verb "be", possessive adjectives, days of the week, numbers, classroom language, some vowels and consonant sounds, etc.
Practical English: Offering things, Accepting and Refusing, Asking somebody to do something, checking into a hotel.
Unit 2: Indefinite Articles, Demonstratives, adjectives and modifiers. Imperatives and feelings. Long and short vowel sounds.
Unit 3: Present simple and verb phrases. Word order in questions. Consonants /s/ and /z/, sentence stress and some vocalic sounds.
Practical English: At a coffee shop. Telling the time. Order food and drinks, meet and introduce people.
Homework
Grammar, Reading, Vocabulary, etc.
You need to do the activities that are underlined.
Revise and check. Pages 18-19. Do all the activities except for Can you understand these people? and Can you say this in English?
3B p.22 1b Vocabulary bank on page 154. 3b Grammar bank on p. 128. Page 23 Reading activities a, b and c.
3C p.25. 2b Grammar bank on p. 128.
Page 26. Practical English: Telling the time. Vocabulary bank p.157
Revise and check. Pages 18-19. Do all the activities except for Can you understand these people? and Can you say this in English?
3B p.22 1b Vocabulary bank on page 154. 3b Grammar bank on p. 128. Page 23 Reading activities a, b and c.
3C p.25. 2b Grammar bank on p. 128.
Page 26. Practical English: Telling the time. Vocabulary bank p.157
TIP: Remember to do the activities in your Workbook after finishing every unit. The keys are included in your Workbook.
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GRAMMAR CONSOLIDATION
There are some extra activities with answers that you can print after every unit to consolidate your learning. Find them on Downloads |
EXTRA LISTENING HOMEWORK: Remember to revise your extra listening activities of the Practical English section after every unit.
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Review the irregular verbs on http://www.manythings.org/repeat or get the files on Elementary downloads
COMPOSITIONS
Third Composition: Write a two-paragraph description of a person you admire (famous or not) or you know similar to the Hollywood stars description on page 18. Use the ideas below to help you:
-Age, brothers and sisters or children.
-Appareance
-Where does he/she live?
-What does he/she do? Where, when and how does he/she work/study? Does he/she -wear a uniform?
-Does she/he speak any language?
-Interests: What does/not he/she like? What are his/her hobbies? Films, TV and or sports.
Use the present simple and some of the vocabulary/phrases you learnt to talk about their lives . E.g. He is a famous politician who lives in the USA/San Fernando. He is quite slim and really tall. Write 100-150 words.
Deadline: 18th December.
-Age, brothers and sisters or children.
-Appareance
-Where does he/she live?
-What does he/she do? Where, when and how does he/she work/study? Does he/she -wear a uniform?
-Does she/he speak any language?
-Interests: What does/not he/she like? What are his/her hobbies? Films, TV and or sports.
Use the present simple and some of the vocabulary/phrases you learnt to talk about their lives . E.g. He is a famous politician who lives in the USA/San Fernando. He is quite slim and really tall. Write 100-150 words.
Deadline: 18th December.
FOR GENERAL COMMENTS ON PREVIOUS COMPOSITIONS GO TO
COMPOSITIONS PROCEDURE
Please, do not ask me if I can correct your composition after the deadline. The answer will always be "NO" under any circumstances!
You can always write down the next composition.
I do not double-check compositions either. Once the composition is corrected, it is your responsibility to check your copy of your composition, give me the original corrected and try to improve next time. However, you can compare your composition with your classmates.
Remember that I prefer your compositions handwritten for your own interest.
After every composition I will make some comments in the classroom that you can download from the downloads section of your level.
VERY IMPORTANT: I will not mark any compositions which were partially or completely copied from the internet, articles , magazines, etc.
Please, do not ask me if I can correct your composition after the deadline. The answer will always be "NO" under any circumstances!
You can always write down the next composition.
I do not double-check compositions either. Once the composition is corrected, it is your responsibility to check your copy of your composition, give me the original corrected and try to improve next time. However, you can compare your composition with your classmates.
Remember that I prefer your compositions handwritten for your own interest.
After every composition I will make some comments in the classroom that you can download from the downloads section of your level.
VERY IMPORTANT: I will not mark any compositions which were partially or completely copied from the internet, articles , magazines, etc.
COMPULSORY (OBLIGATORY) READERS
As the English Department wants to improve your reading skills there will be three recommended readers this year. I recommend reading audibooks from the library or downloading an audiobook from the links provided on downloads. You will need to choose an elementary or pre/intermediate reader for every term. Once you finish reading it, do the activities if available. I will leave book reports in the classroom for you to complete when you finish your audiobook.
What else can I do?
Apart from all the material you can get on downloads and the rest of pages of my website, Facebook is a very good tool to get material to improve your English as well. It is difficult to divide Facebook pages into the 4 skills as their posts are normally about any of them. I did my best to collect some of them for you but consider that these pages are in general about anything concerning English learning at any level. Here are some examples taken from Facebook...
4 skills: British Council, BBC Learning English, Grammarly, English Language Teaching, English Learn Sites, English Online Resources
Listening: Multimedia English
Speaking: How to practise speaking outside the classroom
Grammar/Vocabulary: Daily English Grammar, Learn English Grammar, Learn English Through Pictures
Writing/Speaking: English Fluency
Reading: The Guardian, Graded Reading British Council
Books and materials of 4 skills: Santos downloads free English books
TV and Radio in English (No subtitles): From Google Play: UK radio, tvtap.net/.
On the internet: Transponder TV
Series, TV, and Films: Mobdro.sc
Visit Cultura Colectiva to get 25 links to watch movies and TV series for free.
4 skills: British Council, BBC Learning English, Grammarly, English Language Teaching, English Learn Sites, English Online Resources
Listening: Multimedia English
Speaking: How to practise speaking outside the classroom
Grammar/Vocabulary: Daily English Grammar, Learn English Grammar, Learn English Through Pictures
Writing/Speaking: English Fluency
Reading: The Guardian, Graded Reading British Council
Books and materials of 4 skills: Santos downloads free English books
TV and Radio in English (No subtitles): From Google Play: UK radio, tvtap.net/.
On the internet: Transponder TV
Series, TV, and Films: Mobdro.sc
Visit Cultura Colectiva to get 25 links to watch movies and TV series for free.
