English b1 intro
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This document provides an overview of an intensive 13-lesson English course taking place from June 9th to July 20th, 2011, totaling 26 hours. It introduces the teacher, David, who has 18 years of experience teaching English in Rome. The document discusses setting goals for the course, strategies for progressing as an intermediate English learner, and resources for studying and practicing English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and real English outside of class.
English b1 intro
- 1. English B1 intensive9 June – 20 July 201126 hours in 13 lessons
- 4. I was born here
- 5. I grew up here
- 6. I went to university here
- 7. I’ve lived in Rome for 18 years.In that time, I’ve taught English to a lot of people!
- 8. Tell the class about yourself
- 9. what studywho withwhere fromspecial interestsafter this coursewhere livesomething funny
- 10. DISCUSSIONWhat do you want from this course?
- 11. talk aboutprevious positive experiencesspecific aimsacademic
- 12. personalWhat strategies can you adopt?
- 14. intermediate is differentit’s difficult to make progressdon’t drift!
- 17. strategies to get past the intermediate plateau
- 18. separate study and practicemake sure you do some studying and practicemake sure you know which you are doing(but when we talk about language, it’s both!)
- 19. language study is 3 different disciplinesgrammarvocabpronunciation
- 20. language practice happens in 4 different areas
- 23. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (OALD)www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com
- 25. Bi-lingual dictionariesdon’t use them!
- 26. Bi-lingual dictionariesbut if you must…
- 27. Corriera della Serahttp://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/index.shtmlCollins Reversohttp://dictionary.reverso.net/italian-english/Oxford Paraviahttp://oxfordparavia.it/index.phpWordReferencehttp://www.wordreference.com/
- 30. resources: IIsites where you can studyEnglish
- 33. UCL phonetic gamesword to vowel symbolsymbol to wordssound to spelling/symbol
- 37. resources: IIIsites where you can practice English
- 42. resources: IVdon’t forget CLACSON