Wednesday 6 November 2024

6 NA 1 C1 1 Topic 3 (Un)Employment

Globalisation creates economic policies where the transnationals lord over us, and the result is misery and unemployment. (Evo Morales)

Grammar

Grammar antics 

Language Function

Explaining  

Listening

Unemployment   + audio 

Reading 

Children & work  

Speaking

Children & women at work  

Vocabulary

Work

Writing

Applying for a job 

Tuesday 5 November 2024

5 NI B2 2 Topic 3 Working & Earning

I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same as 'making a life'. (Maya Angelou).


Grammar

Grammar antics  

Language Function

Relating past events  

Listening

Job hunting audio 

Reading  

Women & work  

Speaking

Jobs  

Vocabulary 

Tools of the trade  

Writing

Working abroad  

Monday 4 November 2024

4 NI B2 1 Topic 3 Health & Welfare

The body is a sacred garment. (Martha Graham).


Grammar 

At the surgery  

Language Function

Describing sleep patterns  

Listening

Operations audio

Reading

Health  

Speaking

Health 

Vocabulary

The body  

Writing 

Medical care 

 

Sunday 3 November 2024

3 NI B1 Topic 3 Food

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being. (Franz Kafka)

Grammar

How much/many? 

Language Function

Making a complaint  

Listening

Eating & drinking audio

Reading

The great British Sunday  

Speaking  

Food for thought 

Vocabulary

Cooking   

Writing

Sharing a review  

 

Saturday 2 November 2024

2 NB 2 Topic 3 Questions

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.(Lou Holtz)


Grammar

Questions 

Language Function

Asking about the subject & object 

Listening

An interview audio 1  2 &  3

Reading

The life of Sean Connery  

Speaking

An interview 

Vocabulary    

Film reviews  

Writing

A film review 

Friday 1 November 2024

1 NB 1 Topic 3 House, Home

A home without books is a body without soul. (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

Grammar

  At home      

Language Function

     Describing differences       

Listening

    My favourite room : audio  

Reading

    The house       

Speaking  

    A place to rent      

Vocabulary

      In the bathroom          

Writing

       Home            

 

Wednesday 23 October 2024

8 C2 Topic 2 Education & Knowledge

Learning never exhausts the mind. (Leonardo da Vinci)


Grammar

 Learning chunks  

Language Function

 Giving an opinion  

Listening

 Human intelligence audio

Reading

 We need schools ...  

Speaking

 Home-schooling  

Vocabulary

 Education  

Writing

  Academic exchange programme   

 

Tuesday 22 October 2024

7 C1 2 Topic 2 Education & Knowledge

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge. (John Naisbitt)

Grammar

Adjectives and adverbs 

Language Function

Making suggestions 

Listening

Learning audio

Reading

Exams and grading 

Speaking

Parents' concerns 

Vocabulary

People in education 

Writing

Further education 

 

Monday 21 October 2024

6 C1 1 Topic 2 Education & Knowledge

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. (Kofi Annan)

Grammar

Grammar antics 

Language Function

Comprehending text or speech 

Listening

Jamie Oliver & dyslexia  + audio 

Reading 

Philip Beadle interview 

Speaking

Public or private education 

Vocabulary

A crossword 

Writing

Verb patterns 

Sunday 20 October 2024

5 NI B2 2 Topic 2 Teaching & Learning

A thousand teachers, a thousand methods. (Chinese proverb).

Grammar

Omission of the definite article 

Language Function

Sequencing 

Listening

Learning and life : audio

Reading  

Methodology 

Speaking

Education 

Vocabulary 

Issues in education 

Writing

Handwriting