IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Hello everybody!


Due to structural and thematic reasons, I have decided to move onto UNIT 11 instead of UNIT 5. So DON'T DO THE EXERCISES I TOLD YOU TO DO because tomorrow we'll start unit 11, ok?

Cheers

Lesson Summary FEBRUARY 28th

Hiya!

Yesterday in class we finished unit 8, and therefore the topic of EDUCATION is over.
This is what we did:
(- useful phrases on page 87 - Group at 19:00)
- exercise 3 on page 88
- WRITING SKILLS: 4a /b, 5, 6 and 7a. (page 89)
- Task on page 45: Selecting an English language programme.
(-some of the 'common mistakes' - group at 16:00)

HOMEWORK
- Grammar (page 51): 5, 6 and language reference
- Writing: a formal letter ( page 89) DUE DATE: MARCH 6th

READING - The true cost of university fees (page 84)

1b Read the article and fill the gaps with these extracts.

1. c
2. a
3. e
4. b
5. d

2. Find reasons in the article for NOT going to university.
- they will pay higher taxes
- students get heavily into debt
- many students have to depend on their parents to finance their education
- they cannot be sure they will get a well-paid job

3. Words from the text
- expression: used when you are stating what the facts of a situation are. : in effect
- phrasal verb: to reach a particular level or amount: run into
- adjective: formally written or said: stated
- noun: the number of people who are allowed to enter a school, college, etc. : intake
- phrasal verb: to ask or demand: call on

More on ... education

Below you'll find some websites dealing with the topic of EDUCATION

VOCABULARY

Education vocabulary (http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/education.htm)
Education vocabulary 2

LISTENING

back to school supplies (medium level)
College majors
University studies
What's a university education worth

READING
Universities

And that's all for now :)

Lesson Summary FEBRUARY 23rd

Hello!
How are you doing?? I hope you have really nice plans for the weekend :)

Take a look at the last lesson:
- We started playing a definition game.
- Then we focused on non-defining relative clauses doing exercises 4, 5 and 6 (page 84 -85).
- After the break, we moved on to page 86, took a look at the facilities Lakeside College offered students, read the email and finished the lesson working on the Key Language section.

HOMEWORK
-Study skills on page 88 (1 and 2)

Have a nice day!

VOCABULARY (Idioms about learning) - KEY

1a Which subjects do you associate with the sentences below?

1. Literature
2. Mathematics (Maths)
3. Languages (Polish)
4. Science (Biology)
5. History
   
6. Music
7. Philosophy
8. Art
9. Geography

1b Match the words in bold in Ex1 to the definitions below.
a9; b5; c2; d7; e8; f6; g1; h4; i3

2 Which idioms do the pictures illustrate?
A1; B9; CB; D3

3. Choose the best alternative.

1. hasn't got a clue
2. learned it by heart
3. picked up
4. bookworm

4. Correct sentences

1. Can you give ME a hand?
2. I have to brush UP ON
3. BY heart
4. ... he MADE a wild guess
5. I picked uo some Chinese
6. She knows the poems of SP inside out.
   
7. I haven't got A clue
8. He's the teacher's pet
9. bookworm