Sumários

Reading, Listening and Speaking

3 Outubro 2018, 10:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Students read the following text and then answered the relevant questions (all found in the course book): 

  • B1 Reading: Education

Students who failed to come to class should read this article at home and answer the questions ONLINE and CHECK THE ANSWERS

Source:  http://www.examenglish.com/B1/b1_reading_education.htm


Students then did the following listening exercise (which all students who missed class should do online and, once again, check the answers):    B1.1 Listening:  Education

Source: http://www.examenglish.com/B1/b1_listening_education.htm


Students then did the following speaking exercise: B1.1 Speaking: the Education System

Get into groups of three and talk a bit about what you think is right and/or wrong with primary and/or secondary school education in the country you are from.  You can, if you wish (though it is not obligatory) to tell the group a bit about what school was like for you.


Homework

B1.1 Writing: Your Education

Tell me what school was like for you when you were younger.  You can choose to focus on either your primary or your secondary school.  Alternatively, you can write about how your current university experience is going.  The assignment should be 150-200 words long.  Please write your name and class number (TP4) at the beginning of your assignment.

 

Happy Endings

1 Outubro 2018, 14:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

Reading and discussion: “Happy Endings” by Margaret Atwood;

Continued the grammar revision on punctuation. 

Reading, Listening and Speaking

1 Outubro 2018, 10:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Students read the following text and then answered the relevant questions (all found in the course book): 

  • B1.1 Reading: Job application
Students who failed to come to class should read this article at home and answer the questions ONLINE and CHECK THE ANSWERS

Source: http://www.examenglish.com/B1/b1_reading_job_application.htm


Students then did the following listening exercise (which all students who missed class should do online and, once again, check the answers):   B1.1 Listening: Describing People

Source: http://www.examenglish.com/B1/b1_listening_describing_people.htm


Students then did the following speaking exercise:  

B1.1 Speaking: Describing yourself

Get in pairs and ask each other the following questions:

1.    What’s your name?

2.    Tell me about your family and/or your pets?

3.    What do you do?

4.    What three things do you like most?

5.    What three things do you dislike most?

6.    If you could do anything – or be anywhere – what/where would it be?

7.    Any other questions…




Presentation #1

26 Setembro 2018, 14:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

Students had to choose three "special places" that they know or have visited and that they believe the audience is not familiar with and prepared a mini-presentation where they answered some of the following questions: 1) Is there anything special about the design? 2) What did you think of this place? 3) What is the area like around this place? 4) Do you like going there? 5) Have you seen any other areas that are similar? Students also had to be as descriptive as possible when talking about the places. 

I reviewed problems with the presentation structure and also language issues presented by the students. 

Grammar - Prepositions; Gerunds vs. Infinitives

26 Setembro 2018, 10:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Students learned about:

  • Prepositions (in/on/at):
    • Location, 
    • Time, 
    • Position 
    • Direction 
  • the Gerund vs. the Infinitive.
For homework, students should do the following englishpage.com exercises:
  • all of the 'basic prepositions exercises' which can be found here:
    • https://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html
  • all of the basic, intermediate and advanced gerunds and infinitives exercises:
    • https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/index.htm