Thursday 17 October 2024

2 NB 2 Topic 2 Back to the Classroom

The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. (Mike Murdock)


Grammar

Present participles 

Language Function

Describing how you study 

Listening

Education in Britainaudio 

Reading

Books and reading 

Speaking

Talking about a book 

Vocabulary    

School subjects 

Writing

A book review 

Wednesday 16 October 2024

1 NB 1 Topic 2 In the Classroom

It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom. (Michael Morpurgo)

Grammar

 Possessives     

Language Function

Identifying people's possessions      

Listening

   Homework : audio  

Reading

   A Study Timetable      

Speaking  

   Pronunciation     

Vocabulary

    Classroom Objects        

Writing

      At school           

 

Tuesday 15 October 2024

Book 11 An Unwanted Inheritance by Imogen Clark

'That's the trouble with public office,' he'd said. 'Everyone will have a pop, even those who have nothing to do with the situation and know even less. All they see is the final decision. That's what they question. What they don't see is the hours of work that go on behind the scenes, the toing and froing between the planners and the developers, the public consultations, the discussions in the chamber. It can take us weeks to reach the right decision and it can get quite heated. But that's because the decisions we're making are important. They affect people's lives. We have to get it right. But of course, Joe Public doesn't know any of that. They just read the final outcome in the paper and automatically assume there's been something dodgy going on. We just have to rise above it all and keep our mouths shut. It's never easy.'    

For our eleventh book of the year I recommend An Unwanted Inheritance  by Imogen Clark. A family's loyalties are stretched after the discovery of a great deal of money in a suitcase under a bed of the late departed patriarch of the family. Baffled as to the origin of the money, the deceased's survivors struggle with the discovery and their differing opinions on what to do with it. Here is the worksheet.

Tuesday 8 October 2024

8 C2 Topic 1 Language & Communication

Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible. (Carl Gustav Jung)

Grammar

     Local lingo     

Language Function

      Comprehending text    

Listening

      Human communication + audio 

Reading 

       Language & gender         

Speaking

        Modern communication         

Vocabulary

   Collocations       

Writing

   Speaking another language   

Monday 7 October 2024

7 C1 2 Topic 1 Language & Communication

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)

 

Sunday 6 October 2024

Friday 4 October 2024

Thursday 3 October 2024

Wednesday 2 October 2024

2 NB 2 Back to Routine

The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. (Mike Murdock)


Grammar

Questions  

Language Function

Describing people & places 

Listening

A musician's day : audio 

Reading

A special day 

Speaking

A restless night 

Vocabulary

Travel 

Writing

Letter to a friend 

 

Tuesday 1 October 2024

NB 1 Topic 1 Introductions

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. (Jack Lemmon)

Grammar

To be or not to be    

Language Function

   Identifying people     

Listening

     Introducing a friend : audio    

Reading

    Family members     

Speaking  

   Pronunciation     

Vocabulary

   Work        

Writing

     Introductions