British Council Summer Course 1A: Week 5 18/7 - 22/7

Lesson 19: Monday 18th July 2011, 6:30pm


Timetable this week

Monday 6:30 - 8:30 Normal Lesson
Tuesday 6:00 - 8:30 Normal Lesson
Wednesday 6:00 - 8:30 TEST
Thursday 6:30 - 8:30 Last Lesson and Results

Friday - NO LESSON DUE TO STRIKE

Test

Listening
Grammar and Vocabulary
Reading

Final Grade

Listening (test)
Grammar & Vocabulary (test)
Reading (test)
Writing (email)
Speaking (continuous assessment in class)

Tonight's Lesson
Can/Can't - listening and uses p. 41, 128 4A

Lesson 20: Tuesday 19th July 2011, 6:00pm

Revision:

1A Summer Course Revision
Listening
Ask a partner and write down their answers
How do you spell your name? Your surname?
What's your phone number? Home? Work? Mobile?
What are your hobbies? (e.g. sports and interests)

Reading
Put the sentences in the right order
(a) 1.20
(b) Hello, can I help you?
(c) Milk and sugar?
(d) Two coffees please.
(e) Just sugar, thanks.
(f) How much is that?
(g) There you are.

Look at the advertisement for The International Hotel
http://www.expedia.co.uk/London-Hotels-The-International-Hotel.h1949.Hotel-Information?rm1=a1&hwrqCacheKey=9bd56b19-e009-4839-99a9-3eaec1117508HWRQ&hashTag=default&rfrr=-30461&c=be28043a-cfea-4327-8ee2-c014d891d5af&&
How much is a room?
What phone number do you call to make a reservation?
Where is the hotel?

Grammar and Vocabulary
1. Look at this/that painting over there.
2. Where ____ your sister ____ ? (live)
3. He is my new boss. ___ name is Simon.
4. How ____ do you go to the gym?
5. Which word is different? Coffee, Orange Juice, Tea, Breakfast
6. What is the opposit of Tall?
7. What time do you w___ up at the weekend?
8. What do you do __ the evening?

Book
Like/don't like/love/hate doing
p. 42 - 43, p. 128 4B

Lesson 21: Wednesday 20th July 2011, 6:00pm

End of course tests:
Reading
Listening
Grammar and Vocabulary

British Council Summer Course 1A: Week 4 (11/7 - 15/7)

Lesson 14: Monday 11th July 2011, 6:30pm

Listening Strategies
Try to predict the question

Would you like spaghetti? - Yes, please.
Do you like spaghetti? Yes I do.

When is your lesson? - At 6:30 everyday.
Where is your lesson? - At the British Council in the centre.

Who is he? - My nephew.
How is he? - He's fine
How old is he? - He's 22.

Daily Routine
He wakes up at half past nine.
What time does he wake up?

Book - p. 30 - 31

Homework
Revise daily routine phrases
New vocabulary - Canteen, cellar, worried.

Lesson 15: Tuesday 12th July, 2011, 6:30pm

Daily routine - listening and speaking (p. 31)
Adverbs of frequency (p. 32, p. 126, 3C)
Times and dates p. 148

Reading p.32 - 33
You can use http://www.wordreference.com/enit/take%20your%20time to help you find words and phrases which you don't know - e.g. take your time

Rhymes can help you remember!

30 days has September
April, June and November
All the rest have 31
Except for February which stands alone
With 28 days clear
And 29 each leap year!

Lesson 16: Wednesday 13th July 2011, 6:30pm

Speaking - adverbs of frequency (p. 33)
Reading
Pronunciation "th"
Times and Dates (ordinal numbers) p. 148
Prepositions of Time
pp. 34 -35, 126 -127

Homework
Practise "th" sounds
Revise prepositions of time

Speaking Tip - Try to extend the conversation when you can
e.g.
When do you usually go to the gym?
On Monday, What about you?
I hardly ever go. When do you go on holiday?

Lesson 17: Thursday 14th July, 2011, 6:30pm

New words and phrases:
to eat out (in a restaurant)
when I can
homework
housework
between midday and one o'clock
favourite
enjoy
training

Remember pronunciation and word stress
temperature (3 syllables)
comfortable (3 syllables)

"Times You Love" p. 35
Reading, Speaking and Listening

Social English & Practical English p. 36
Buying a Coffee

What do you remember?
What can you do?

Pronunciation p. 38
Listening (a) p. 39

Homework
Revise new vocabulary

Lesson 18: Friday 15th July 2011, 6:30pm

Today is St Swithin's Day. Some people believe that if it rains on St Swithin's Day it will continue to rain for 40 days but if it is sunny, there will be good weather for 40 days. The popular novel, "One Day" by David Nicholls takes place on St Swithin's day over 20 years.

For more information on St Swithin's Day go to:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/stswithun.html

To watch a video of Billy Bragg singing a song called St Swithin's Day go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whwEiTmgWk0

Revision - adverbs of frequency, prepositions in time phrases
Angry/hungry
Listening - questions - Hear the difference p. 39
Can/Can't for ability p. 40

AT Christmas/Easter/New Year - the Holiday
ON 25th December/Christmas Day, 31st December/New Year's Eve

24th December - Christmas Eve
25th December - Christmas Day
31st December - New Year's Eve
1st January - New Year's Day

Veb phrases p.149 - remember the patterns e.g.
Tell someone something
Wait for someone/something
Look for something

Homework
p. 38 -39 What do you remember/What can you do?
Grammar, vocabulary, Reading

Revise verb phrases p. 149

British Council Summer Course Group 1A: Week 3 (4/7 - 8/7)

Lesson 9: Monday 4th July 2011, 6:30pm

Today's July 4th - an American holiday. Here is a song about it by Aimee Mann.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kztcnVXtsjY

Remember irregular plurals
Man - men
Woman - women
Person - people
Police Officer - police

To check
Check your answers
Check your homework
Check your dictionary (for false friends)

To guess
Guess the answer
Guess what job he does

Book p 20 - 21, p. 144
What does he/she do?
Vocabulary for jobs

Homework
Revise job vocabulary p. 144

Lesson 10: Tuesday 5th July 2011, 6:30pm

Could you turn off the air conditioning and open the window please?

Confusing Words
Factory
Industry
Business
Lonely (adjective)
Loneliness (noun, negative)
Solitude (noun, neutral)

Book
Possessive "s" p. 22, 124
Family Vocabulary p. 23, 145

Lesson 11: Wednesday 6th July 2011, 6:30pm

Family Relationships Vocabulary
Masculine
grandfather
father
brother
son
nephew
uncle
father in law
brother in law
stepfather
stepson

Feminine
grandmother
mother
sister
daughter
aunt
mother in law
sister in law
stepmother
stepdaughter

Both Male and Female
children
cousin
partner

Book.

Practical English - At a Hotel
Social English
p. 24

An informal email
p. 25

Lesson 12: Thursday 7th July 2011, 6:30 pm
Adjectives - common adjectives, colours, appearance, quite, very
p 28 - 29, 146, 126 (3A)
pronunciation - vowel sounds

When you are learning new words, it's important to learn both the spelling and the pronunciation . Look at the notes on p. 157.

Listen and speak in phrases

"I have an appointment
at ten thirty
with the manager"

Homework
Revise adjectives

Lesson 13: Friday 8th July 2011, 6:30pm

Adjectives of sensation (cold, hungry)and emotion (angry,happy)p. 29
Telling the time:
What time is it?
What's the time?
p. 30, 126 (3B)
Daily Routine
p. 30, p. 147
wake up
get up
go to work
get to work
go home
get home

Homework
Practice - "Telling The Time" photocopy
What Do You Know? p. 26
What Can You Do? p. 27