Writing about a skill you have.

Think of something you can do very well and write a text about it.
Write four paragraphs:
1. What is the skill and why do you like it.
2. What is difficult about it.
3. Best ways to learn it.
4. Would you recommend people to try it?

You'll find more information on page 17 of your book.

Deadline for this is November the 4th. Remember that you can hand the text in in class, or email it to me. In that case, make sure you send an attachment (any kind of text document, NOT pdf, please)

Expressing purpose

Read and explanation here about how to use to, in order to, so and so that to express purpose.
Try some exercises here and here.

You can download the class exercises here and here.

Pitch or peach?

Watch these videos and practise the pronunciation of /i:/ and /I/:





Try the exercises again:

1 /i:/	2 /ɪ/
feet	fit
seat	sit
steal	still
feel	fill
jeans	gins
beans	bins
team	Tim
cheap	chip
peach	pitch
leave	live

1.   Those are large jeans / gins!

2.   Can you feel / fill that?

3.   Have you got any news from your team / Tim?

4.   Those are excellent beans / bins.

5.   How are you going to leave / live?

6.   I don’t really like that peach / pitch?

Click here to hear more examples.

Click here to watch more pronunciation videos from the BBC.

Subject and object questions

Watch this video and learn the difference between subject and object questions:


Click here for a written explanation and some exercises.
You will find more exercises about subject and object questions here and here
Click here to download the class handout.

Questions: revision

Remember the basic structures for questions in English:

Click here to revise question words.You will also find some exercises.

Click here to practise different kinds of questions (including subject).

Click here for lots of exercises about questions.

Click here for the class handout.

Julian Treasure: How to speak so that people want to listen

Watch the video about how to speak in public again (I strongly recommend watching the whole video)



Now you can try the exercises again:

Listen to the introduction and complete with one word in each gap.

The human voice: It's the __________________ we all play. It's the most ____________ sound in the world, probably. It's the only one that can start a war or say "I love you." And yet many people have the ___________ that when they speak, people don't ___________ to them. And why is that? How can we speak powerfully to make ___________ in the world?

The seven deadly sins of speaking. Listen to the second part and complete the missing information in the table below:

1.	_______________	Speaking ill of someone who is not present.
2.	_______________	It’s hard to listen to somebody if you know you’re being judged.
3.	_______________	Conversation with his mother: “It’s October the 1st today” “I know. Isn’t it ________________?”
4.	_______________	The national sport in the UK. It’s viral misery.
5.	_______________	Some people don’t take ______________ for their actions.
6.	Embroidery and _______________	We don’t like people who are ________________ to us.
7.	Dogmatism	The confusion of _______________ with _____________.

Click here if you want to read the script in English or even a translation into another language.

And click here if you want to watch more inspirational talks.

Classroom language

Those of you who were my students last year should already be familiar with useful classroom language. Anyway, you'll find an exercise on the handout I gave you last week (perfect day) or click here if you can't find it or your dog ate it. Then click here to check your answers and practise the expressions.

The perfect day

Listen to Richard and Jackie talking about their perfect day. Click here.
What would your perfect day be like? Share your ideas:

Remember the basic structures for questions in English:

Getting started

Let's get cracking!
You can download the general info sheet here and the initial revision here.