Wordlist Unit 7

Read the following articles...(II)

Article writing skills may be helped with article reading. The following are a selection of articles which I found interesting (with my notes): vocabulary to learn in green; useful phrases in yellow. Hope you enjoy them:

• Happiness is ... doing better than your parents (if you are a man)
• Hold App. Is there really a cure for smartphone addiction? (a bit too long, but riveting!!!)

People Idioms (1)

Speaking by English with Lucy

Kids Create The Best (Unintentionally) Naughty Misspellings

See the slideshow here on dictionary.com

Emergency Services in Spain

The aim of the National School of Civil Protection is to deliver on the training requirements of the parties involved in Spain’s civil protection system in order to... Read the National School of Civil Protection brochure to learn about: Legal Framework, Mission of the School, Training Plan, General Matters, Facilities, Partners and Training activities List. You can also watch the video: General directorate for civil protection and emergencies (click ENPC Inglés descargar).

Spoken Fluency (by McCarthy, 2010)

McCarthy (2010) suggests that spoken fluency depends crucially on three basic factors:

1.    The automatic use of pre-fabricated chunks,

In building an effective advanced-level syllabus, we propose that vocabulary teaching should focus increasingly on useful, common chunks, not just colourful idioms or obscure words. Without automatic access to chunks, fluency and spontaneity of expression are inconceivable. Such chunks might include:

As far as I'm concerned, Having said that, in any case, etc.

2.    the smooth linking of speaking turns one to the other,

... Common turn-transitions can be illustrated and practised in speaking strategy lessons. ...

3.    and the use of interactive ‘small words’.

The small words (often on the fringes of native-user awareness and therefore neglected), can also be illustrated and practised. These might include words like so, ...then, and all that, and I mean. 

Teaching fluency in this way takes us away from simply learning more language to awareness of, and the exercising of, strategic choices.

Cambridge English Teacher © Cambridge University Press and Cambridge English Language Assessment 2014

Read the following articles...(I)

Article writing skills may be helped with article reading. The following are a selection of articles which I found interesting (with my notes): vocabulary to learn in green; useful phrases in yellow. Hope you enjoy them:

• The Sun's Out Women --depilate, depilate, depilate (or else).
• Consumers Feel the Burn of Energy Bills.
• Fraud Prevention

Murcia Today

Murcia and Spanish news round-up week ending 20th April 2018
Weekly Bulletin

Pet Hates

Listen and fill this in as you listen

Hilarious Typos

Have a look at some of them in the this dictionary.com slideshow

LESS or FEWER?

Mistakes in Essays

Check typical mistakes in essays. Remember to colour the suggestions!

Writing Essays

Speaking lesson with Alice Tue 17th

Read the speaking sheet and be ready to answer the questions.

Murcia and Spanish news round-up week ending 13th April 2018

Murcia and Spanish news round-up week ending 13th April 2018
What's On Murcia

400,000 billion thanks

visits to EOI CT C1 blog!!!

Two T's in a Pod: Scams

Listen and fill this in as you listen and / or teacher's notes.

Comparisons by Xaroula Kosta

Equal opportunities in ELT: putting native-speakerism to bed

Read this interesting Pearson's ELT Language Journeys article by Michael Brand.

Teach or Cheat?

Read this article on The Sunday Times Top Reads about some British teachers.

Murcia and Spanish news round-up, week ending 6th April 2018

Murcia and Spanish news round-up, week ending 6th April 2018

Weekly Bulletin

Digital criteria: Introduction | Onestopenglish

Digital criteria: Introduction | Onestopenglish: The opening video and accompanying lesson idea in this series help you get to know your students’ digital lives.

Euphemisms

27 Common English Euphemisms And Their Meanings

20 Examples of Great Euphemisms

50 Euphemism Examples
I'm reasonably sure you will remember many of them...

Compound adjectives/nouns

Sky News - Live

Best Places to live in Britain 2018

Have a look at these cities, towns, villages... . According to The Sunday Times, these are the best places to live in Britain... will you consider moving there? [you won't see a single drop of rain in the stunning photographs!!!]

Murcia Today

What's on Weekly bulletin

Murcia Today - News - What's On - Where to Go - Where to Eat in Murcia Costa Calida Spain

Filler Words

When we speak continuously we end up using gap fillers. These words are short phrases and are used when we fall short of words. You would commonly come across people who end up making vocal sounds to keep a conversation going such as ‘umm’, ‘ahhh’ or ‘ohhh’ etc.,

Have a look at this article and check how many of these fillers you regularly use in your speech.

2 T's in a Pod. Phobias

2 T's in a Pod

Suggested activity sheet for FOOD. (From Tim Warre's podcast)

Do something similar with another Tim's podcast: Phobias... in a minute.