27.12.15
Hello everybody!
Thank you for working hard during the listening of 'White Wine in the Sun' by the Australian comedian, Tim Minchin.
Please do go over the worksheets that we did in class and check your answers by finding the relevant information to support your responses and check your understanding.
As mentioned in class, do learn all the new vocabulary and notice how they relate to Italian.
To follow, the worthy cause to which Tim contributed by working with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. It is a very moving clip; so, please prepare for tears.
The Fading Symphony - Tim Minchin and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
During the Christmas holidays, please revise all that we have covered so far and write 250 words on the topic that excites or interests you most. It can be anything, from your favourite sports and how you feel when you practise or train, to your most ambitious travel destination, to your most loved TV programme, singer, actor etc.
Enjoy your time!
Gabriella
Sunday, 27 December 2015
Monday, 21 December 2015
Saturday, 19 December 2015
18.12.15
Hello team!
As promised, here is your homework and this time you do it online, so you can check your own answers and immediately! Please click on the below hyperlinks.
Present Simple vs Present Continuous
Simple Past
Position of adverbs of frequency
Countable and uncountable nouns
The Simple Past link includes many exercises; please do as many as you can and in any order you choose. If you do any of those numbered between 14 and 30, please start with "Form" and do "Meaning" afterwards.
They're fun! So, please enjoy them. I promise you will find the practice really useful.
Keep up the good work,
Gabriella
Hello team!
As promised, here is your homework and this time you do it online, so you can check your own answers and immediately! Please click on the below hyperlinks.
Present Simple vs Present Continuous
Simple Past
Position of adverbs of frequency
Countable and uncountable nouns
The Simple Past link includes many exercises; please do as many as you can and in any order you choose. If you do any of those numbered between 14 and 30, please start with "Form" and do "Meaning" afterwards.
They're fun! So, please enjoy them. I promise you will find the practice really useful.
Keep up the good work,
Gabriella
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
15.12.16
Well done for your hard work and dedication, everyone! I am certain the progress test will be a success and a good reward for the time you invested in your learning.
I did ask about the reason why you cannot comment on the blog and was told that only those with a Google account can write comments :-( Please try one more time, just for me, however!
At least you can read it, though! Please do get a gmail account, if you can.
REMEMBER
Please complete the following questionnaire as we want to know what you think of our services so far so that we can improve for you as you're very important to us.
Well done for your hard work and dedication, everyone! I am certain the progress test will be a success and a good reward for the time you invested in your learning.
I did ask about the reason why you cannot comment on the blog and was told that only those with a Google account can write comments :-( Please try one more time, just for me, however!
At least you can read it, though! Please do get a gmail account, if you can.
REMEMBER
Please complete the following questionnaire as we want to know what you think of our services so far so that we can improve for you as you're very important to us.
The questionnaire is anonymous and you can find it here:
Please take a few minutes of your time to tell us what we are doing well and what we can do better.
Thank you,
Gabriella
Sunday, 13 December 2015
11.12.2015
Hello class!
Well done for your hard work, today.
In preparation for Tuesday's progress test, please do all homework that I set in class and the Revision Exercises that are in your book after Unit 6 and Exam Folder 6. We shall correct those in class, before starting our test.
As a little memory-themed listening practice, here are some links for you to enjoy!
In link 1, what can't they take away from Fred Astaire? Is he singing about a positive or negative thing?
1. They can't take that away from me - Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire (clip)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuufFgAMkGE
In link 2, what happens to Ella Fitzgerald when they begin the Beguine? Is it a bitter or sweet thing?
2. Begin the Beguine - Ella Fitzgerald (song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxzyQNzlkH0
In link 2.1, you can enjoy a clip of the musical film which features the song.
2.1 Begin the Beguine - Cole Porter (clip)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxzyQNzlkH0
Happy homework!
Gabriella
Hello class!
Well done for your hard work, today.
In preparation for Tuesday's progress test, please do all homework that I set in class and the Revision Exercises that are in your book after Unit 6 and Exam Folder 6. We shall correct those in class, before starting our test.
As a little memory-themed listening practice, here are some links for you to enjoy!
In link 1, what can't they take away from Fred Astaire? Is he singing about a positive or negative thing?
1. They can't take that away from me - Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire (clip)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuufFgAMkGE
In link 2, what happens to Ella Fitzgerald when they begin the Beguine? Is it a bitter or sweet thing?
2. Begin the Beguine - Ella Fitzgerald (song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxzyQNzlkH0
In link 2.1, you can enjoy a clip of the musical film which features the song.
2.1 Begin the Beguine - Cole Porter (clip)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxzyQNzlkH0
Happy homework!
Gabriella
Thursday, 10 December 2015
04.12.2015
Hello all!
Please revise all irregular verbs for next class as we'll work on the past simple. The majority of the verbs that we use are irregular so please have them fresh and ready in your mind!
REMEMBER!
The International House inspector, Mr Robert Fletcher, will be observing our Friday, 11th December class.
DON'T FORGET!
Please complete the following short questionnaire as we want to know what you think of our services so far so that we can improve for you as you're very important to us.
Hello all!
Please revise all irregular verbs for next class as we'll work on the past simple. The majority of the verbs that we use are irregular so please have them fresh and ready in your mind!
REMEMBER!
The International House inspector, Mr Robert Fletcher, will be observing our Friday, 11th December class.
DON'T FORGET!
Please complete the following short questionnaire as we want to know what you think of our services so far so that we can improve for you as you're very important to us.
The questionnaire is anonymous and you can find it here:
Please take a few minutes of your time to tell us what we are doing well and what we can do better.
Thank you,
Gabriella
01.12.2015
Hello team!
Well done for your work on countable and uncountable nouns and expressions of quantity.
Please study and memorise the rules for you never know when you may need them! ;-)
Next time we'll start from some exam practice, before moving on to our next unit. Please bear in mind that during our last week, before the festive break, we will take the Progress Test; so use any excuse to revise all that we've covered in class so far.
Keep up the good work!
Gabriella
Hello team!
Well done for your work on countable and uncountable nouns and expressions of quantity.
Please study and memorise the rules for you never know when you may need them! ;-)
Next time we'll start from some exam practice, before moving on to our next unit. Please bear in mind that during our last week, before the festive break, we will take the Progress Test; so use any excuse to revise all that we've covered in class so far.
Keep up the good work!
Gabriella
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Monday, 30 November 2015
30.11.2015
Hello team!
Please complete the following short questionnaire as we want to know what you think of our services so far so that we can improve for you as you're very important to us.
Hello team!
Please complete the following short questionnaire as we want to know what you think of our services so far so that we can improve for you as you're very important to us.
The questionnaire is anonymous and you can find it here:
Please take a few minutes of your time to tell us what we are doing well and what we can do better.
Thank you,
Gabriella
Sunday, 29 November 2015
27.11.2015
Hello team!
Well done for your hard work today.
Homework for next week in to do with writing, mainly.
Please do writing tasks 4-6 (remember to write on a sheet that you can hand in to me) on p. 33 of your student's book.
Then do the "exam skills" on p. 11 of your workbook. Then, exercises 4-6 on p. 13 of your workbook.
Now that you have got your own copy of the book, please go over what we have covered so far. it will be time for our progress test, soon!
Till Tuesday!
Gabriella
Hello team!
Well done for your hard work today.
Homework for next week in to do with writing, mainly.
Please do writing tasks 4-6 (remember to write on a sheet that you can hand in to me) on p. 33 of your student's book.
Then do the "exam skills" on p. 11 of your workbook. Then, exercises 4-6 on p. 13 of your workbook.
Now that you have got your own copy of the book, please go over what we have covered so far. it will be time for our progress test, soon!
Till Tuesday!
Gabriella
Thursday, 26 November 2015
24.11.2015
Hello everyone!
Today, we've worked on pages 30-31 of our book, Objective PET and we've found out all about English prepositions of time.
You correctly worked out the rules yourselves and that made me very proud.
For homework, we will consolidate the work done in class by doing exercise 3 on page 10 of your workbook - this is more practice to do with the present continuous, and exercises 4-5 on page 11, to use the time prepositions we've seen correctly.
Enjoy your week and happy homework!
See you on Friday, same time, same place.
Gabriella
Hello everyone!
Today, we've worked on pages 30-31 of our book, Objective PET and we've found out all about English prepositions of time.
You correctly worked out the rules yourselves and that made me very proud.
For homework, we will consolidate the work done in class by doing exercise 3 on page 10 of your workbook - this is more practice to do with the present continuous, and exercises 4-5 on page 11, to use the time prepositions we've seen correctly.
Enjoy your week and happy homework!
See you on Friday, same time, same place.
Gabriella
20.11.2015
Hello everybody!
Well done for your work on 'Spot the difference' on p. 25 of your book. That was to revise the present continuous.
Then we consolidated the skills of reading for gist and scanning for specific information.
The last 30' of the lesson were dedicated to doing some exam practice.
This week no specific homework left but please keep going over what we have seen thus far.
Thank you and happy homework!
Gabriella
Hello everybody!
Well done for your work on 'Spot the difference' on p. 25 of your book. That was to revise the present continuous.
Then we consolidated the skills of reading for gist and scanning for specific information.
The last 30' of the lesson were dedicated to doing some exam practice.
This week no specific homework left but please keep going over what we have seen thus far.
Thank you and happy homework!
Gabriella
17.11.2015
Hello again, everyone!
Today, we've introduced the description of various pictures using the present continuous to talk about what is happening at the moment the picture was taken.
Then we met the 'state verbs' (believe, know, think, like, understand and want) which are not used in the present continuous.
Then we introduced the phonemic alphabet and the phonemic transcription of such words as cut, cat and cart.
For homework, please complete exercises 4-6 on page 9 of your workbook.
Happy homework!
Gabriella
Hello again, everyone!
Today, we've introduced the description of various pictures using the present continuous to talk about what is happening at the moment the picture was taken.
Then we met the 'state verbs' (believe, know, think, like, understand and want) which are not used in the present continuous.
Then we introduced the phonemic alphabet and the phonemic transcription of such words as cut, cat and cart.
For homework, please complete exercises 4-6 on page 9 of your workbook.
Happy homework!
Gabriella
Saturday, 14 November 2015
Hello team!
Thank you for your homework and good work in class.
This week we've introduced the present continuous, contrasting it with the present simple to emphasise the difference in how the two tenses are used.
We'll carry on with this during the coming week; so, please, for homework, revise the two tenses and other structures seen so far: want/would like and enjoy/like, particularly what comes after each structure.
Until next week, take care and have a nice week end!
Gabriella
Thank you for your homework and good work in class.
This week we've introduced the present continuous, contrasting it with the present simple to emphasise the difference in how the two tenses are used.
We'll carry on with this during the coming week; so, please, for homework, revise the two tenses and other structures seen so far: want/would like and enjoy/like, particularly what comes after each structure.
Until next week, take care and have a nice week end!
Gabriella
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Thank you for your homework, everyone!
Did you like taking our very own personality test on Tuesday 10.11.15? It seemed to show your personality type accurately, did it not?
For our next class on 13.11.15 I'd like you to complete the photocopy I gave you of Exam Folder 2, on p. 21 of our book and exercise 1 on p. 6 of the workbook.
Happy homework and see you on Friday! :-)
Did you like taking our very own personality test on Tuesday 10.11.15? It seemed to show your personality type accurately, did it not?
For our next class on 13.11.15 I'd like you to complete the photocopy I gave you of Exam Folder 2, on p. 21 of our book and exercise 1 on p. 6 of the workbook.
Happy homework and see you on Friday! :-)
Welcome to the first lesson of our Preliminary course!
Our classes will usually cover new material for the first hour and Exam Preparation for the remaining 45 minutes.
The book we'll use is: Objective PET.
Homework for our next class on 10.11.15 is the photocopy of "Exam Folder 1" on p. 14 of your book.
Please read the instructions carefully and imagine that you are in exam conditions.
Good luck! :-)
The book we'll use is: Objective PET.
Homework for our next class on 10.11.15 is the photocopy of "Exam Folder 1" on p. 14 of your book.
Please read the instructions carefully and imagine that you are in exam conditions.
Good luck! :-)
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