Unit 7: Push yourself/ RAUOE part 1/ Speaking practice

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• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Thursday, May 22nd

Programme

- Silent reading

- Revision & homework discussion

- Push Yourself C2

- Reading and Use of English part 1

- Practice speaking: C1 Advanced parts 3 and 4

Read your novel

WB p. 34 Reading and Use of English part 4

Keyword transformation

Answer key

1. Overseas students who want to study in the UK have no option but to obtain a high-level English qualification.
2. Neil was reassured by people’s enthusiasm for engaging with important social issues.
3. Simon, wasn’t this job application supposed to have been sent off yesterday?
4. In no way was I unhappy with the quality of training I received on my course last week.
5. Ivanka has never taken any notice of people saying she couldn’t be successful.
6. Alice doesn’t work nearly as hard now as she did when she was at school.

Read the text and correct 14 mistakes with the use of articles.

While universities were not founded in West until Middle Ages, they did in fact exist in some parts of Asia in ancient times. More specifically, if you were alive in Taxila - located in northwest of India - around year 700 BC, you may well have been present for creation of the world's first university. Students were taught the number of subjects that still form a part of the modern-day education, such as philosophy, music and science (university was particularly renowned for a latter), and they began their education at age of 16. By a modern standards, the teaching apparatus was basic, to say least, but it would have been the very cosmopolitan environment in which to study, as the people came from all over Asia, the Middle East and Greece to study there. 

Answer key

While universities were not founded in (1) the West until (2) the Middle Ages, they did in fact exist in some parts of Asia in ancient times. More specifically, if you were alive in Taxila - located in    (3) the northwest of India - around (4) the year 700 BC, you may well have been present for        (5) the creation of the world's first university. Students were taught (6) a number of subjects that still form a part of (7) - modern-day education, such as philosophy, music and science                    (( 8) the university was particularly renowned for (9) the latter), and they began their education at (10) the age of 16. By (11) - modern standards, the teaching apparatus was basic, to say (12) the least, but it would have been (13) a very cosmopolitan environment in which to study, as (14) - people came from all over Asia, the Middle East and Greece to study there. 

Get to work!

In pairs, work on the following exercises of Unit 7:

- SB p. 99 Push yourself ex. 1 - 2

- SB p. 100 Reading and Use of English, part 1

- Finished? Check your work with the online key (Magister SW)

SE Speaking: What to expect

SE Speaking: What to expect

The speaking test consists of 3 parts:

• part 1 - talking about your novel (interview & long turn)
  
• part 2 - collaborative task - C1 Advanced speaking part 3
  
• part 3 - discussion - C1 Advanced speaking part 4

SE Speaking: 

Let's practise!

Turn to SB p. 105

1. Let's take a look at the tips and the language you can use.
2. Now, play out part 3 (exercise 1) in pairs.
3. Finally, discuss the questions of part 4 (exercise 6).

Tuesday

- Bring your novel and all your books to class

- Revise wordlist unit 7