All - Oral Exam

Here are some tips to prepare for your oral exam. Thanks, Cris, for letting me post them.

Remember the following important aspects:

• Include all the points you're given, even if you organize them in the order you wish.
• Try to build your monologue around some kind of structure (temporal development, advantages and disadvantages, comparison and/or contrast, etc.)
• Link the different sections of your monologue with connectors.
• In the dialogue, remember that you should be able to make suggestions, agree and disagree with people, and to reach some kind of conclusion, even if you cannot reach agreement.
• Forget about the presence of the examiners, we will be just virtual shapes and ears in the room.
• Try the best of your pronunciation, please.
  
  Check conversation strategies here.

angels, eagles & flamingos - consolidation modules 9-12

Here are the answers:

1 a what it would be like to have missed in a vital penalty shoot-out
b being in prison for a crime they didn't commit
c they were one of the first astronauts in space, back in the 1960s
d they (or the people they know) have won the lottery
e they were one of the first astronauts in space, back in the 1960s
f they (or the people they know) have won the lottery

2 a 1 must feel 2 should/could have hit 3 had put 4 might not/wouldn't have been able
b 5 must be 6 would get 7 could/might/ may even go
c 8 must have been 9 could/might have been 10 would/might/could have been blown
d 11 must be 12 must feel 13 must/would change 14 could/might end up
e 15 had been 16 would have been 17 would have felt
f 18 happened 19 could/might/would be 20 might/could get 21 might/could feel 22 would/might/could happen

Vocabulary

a appointment b biased c chat show d disease e entertaining f fits g Guests h house warming i influential j justification k Live l mind m Neighbours n put o resemble p stain q traffic report r unresolved s vaccination t Weird

angels, eagles & flamingos - reading tasks

Here are the answers to the reading comprehension tasks I gave you last week:

Driving in bad weather:1B 2E 3C 4C 5A 6D 7B 8E 9D 10A 11D 12E

Really?: 1F, 2D, 3E, 4I, 5H, 6C

Tourist attractions: 1 a 22-storey building, 2 the Met, 3 Statue Cruises, 4 35%, 5 a refund 6 at the box office of each of the attractions included in the program

angels, eagles & flamingos - Mini check - module 11

Here are the answers:

1 had known 2 could 3 would be 4 made 5 would hurry up 6 would be watching 7 To be 8 be found 9 to get married 10 said 11 On 12 from 13 have 14 for 15 on 16 had 17 doubtful 18 concerned 19 poverty 20 conclusion

All - education and creativity

Dear students,

Here is a very interesting talk that you should watch if
- you work in education
- you're interested in education
- you want to do some listening practice
- you love hearing beautiful accents
- you'd like to have a good laugh.

Enjoy part one and part two (10 minutes each)!

ALLIGATORS - REVIEW & PRACTICE - UNIT 7

Here are the answers:

1 One great problem for prison inmates, who spend most of their time locked up, is how to develop self-esteem and find a purpose to their days. One idea, which has been piloted at a prison in Washington, US, is to get the inmates to train dogs that will eventually help disabled people. The project has been a great success. The realionship between the inmates and the warders who work at the prison has improved considerably. Many of the inmates, when they leave the prison, go on to work with animals.
In another scheme, Pilot Dogs, a company which trains dogs for the blind in Ohio, US, put five dogs intothe hands of prison inmates, who trained the dogs succesfully.

2 1 I tried on ten pairs of shoes, of which one pair fitted me perfectly.
2 She called her classmates, none of whom had done the homework.
3 We founfd two good candidates, either of whom could have done the job.
4 wer test-drove six cars, all of which cost over $20,000.
5 Sixteen people came camping with us in 2006, some of whom returned the following year.
6 I worked with the two children, neither of whom spoke any English.

3 1 to say 2 to think 3 speaking 4 to lock 5 to tell 6 to talk 7 drinking 8 to become

4 1 as 2 large 3 deal 4 approximately 5 virtually 6 precisely 7 maximum 8 well 9 much 10 none

angels, eagles & flamingos - Mini check - Module 10

Here are the answers:

1 tries 2 will have finished 3 will be flying 4 gets 5 'm taking 6 to get 7 working 8 to talk 9 fallen 10 stops 11 meeting 12 alive 13 date 14 faint 15 certain 16 guests 17 through 18 on 19 on 20 up