Reading, Speaking and Listening practice

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Reading, Speaking and Listening practice

Programme

- Discuss CE 2021-II texts 4 and 5

- CAE Wednesday: part 2

- SE Speaking: Text 2

- CAE Speaking practice exam

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Tell me which book you're going to read!

Answers to CE 2021-II

1. 7. A ("the left and right hemispheres play different roles")
2. 8. C - B - A
3. 9. B (onaantastbaar/ moeilijk te bereiken)
4. 10. D (look at all the different examples given in paragraph 2!)
5. 11. We all (want to be unique, but our tastes are rather easy to predict)
6. 12. B ("strongly influenced by social affiliation")
7. 13. B ("We often do not seem to know what we like or why we like what we do.")
8. 14. 5 ("but little in the way of new models.")

CAE Wednesday!

Reading and Use of English

part 2

Open Cloze

For questions 1 – 9, read the sentences and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only
one word in each gap.

The Origin of Language
The truth (1) …….. nobody really knows how language first began.

Did we all start talking at around
the same time (2) …….. of the manner in which our brains had begun to develop?

Although there is a lack of clear evidence, people have come up with various theories about the origins of language.

One recent theory is that human beings have evolved in (3) …….. a way that we are programmed for language from the moment of birth.

In (4) …….. words, language came about as a result of an evolutionary change in our brains at some stage.

Language (5) …….. well be programmed into the brain

Language could well be programmed into the brain but, (6) …….. this, people still need stimulus from others around them.

From studies, we know that (7) …….. children are isolated from human contact and have not learnt to construct sentences before they are ten, it is doubtful they will ever do so.

This research shows, if (8) …….. else, that language is a social activity,

This research shows, if nothing else, that language is a social activity, not something invented (9) …….. isolation.

SE Speaking: Text 2

Have you ever tried to sell a stolen painting?

1. Let's read the text together.
2. "The details are still sketchy"?
3. "For the crooks themselves, the loot might well turn out to be worthless." Why would that be, do you think?
4. "The value of art is dependent on three things: authenticity, provenance and legal title."  Can you explain what is said here?
5. Heist in Stockholm, Sweden; what made it such a 'good' job?
6. Which of the 3 types of criminals discussed would you be?
7. So why is it better to steal a cheap painting?
   

Any questions?

Are there any questions left on the SE Speaking?

CAE Speaking

Go to the Magister Study Guide and find the speaking materials under:

CAE Practice exam, sample paper 1

Let's start with part 1

Part 2

Describing

pictures

Part 3: Discussion

Part 4: Answer the questions

CITO Listening practice

We're going to finish the listening exam we started last week:

VWO 2011 video part

Exam training

Work on CE 2021-II

Do texts 6, 7 and 8

Next week

- Do CE 2021-II texts 6 – 8

- Study exam words: signaalwoorden lines 1 - 22

Remember the SE Listening test on Wednesday, February 16th

Starting at 9 o'clock in room A7 or B18 (extra time!)