English B1 module 6-7 blended

12 March – 21 May 2012

10 lessons

Hi! I’m David.

I was born here

I grew up here

I went to university

here

I’ve lived in Rome for 19 years.

In that time, I’ve taught English to a lot of people!

DISCUSSION

What do you want from this course?

talk about

previous positive experiences

specific aims

- academic

- personal

What strategies can you adopt?

SOME INDICATIONS

David’s experience!

intermediate is different

it’s difficult to make progress

don’t drift!

progress

time

the intermediate plateau

English as object of study

English as means of communication

strategies to get past the intermediate plateau

separate study and practice

make sure you do some studying and practice

make sure you know which you are doing

(but when we talk about language, it’s both!)

language study is 3 different disciplines

grammar

vocab

pronunciation

language practice happens in 4 different areas

speaking listening

writing reading

practise ‘real English’

resources: I

dictionaries

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (OALD)

www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com

Bi-lingual dictionaries

don’t use them!

Bi-lingual dictionaries

but if you must…

WordReference

http://www.wordreference.com/

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

www.lixiaolai.com/ocd/index.html

resources: II

sites where you can study English

The BBC

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

UCL phonetic games

word to vowel symbol

symbol to words

sound to spelling/symbol

resources: III

sites where you can practice English

iTunes U

http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u

TED(Technology, Entertainment, Design)

www.ted.com

RESOURCES: links summary

https://pinboard.in/u:davidatrome/t:Roma3/

What you need for this course

CLACSON

CLACSON

http://webdev3.caspur.it/cla/

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CLA number

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