Communication Skills B2 July Course Lesson 10

Lesson 10


Presentations and Feedback

Today is the end of the course, so I would just like to take the opportunity to say congratulations to you all. It has been a very intense learning experience but I can see that all of you have benefitted from it and have improved. I really enjoyed teaching your group as there was a positive sense of community in the classroom. You can maintain this and continue to speak to each other (in English!) through our Talk Group on Voxopop http://www.voxopop.com/ . I will be posting discussions for you to contribute to throughout the summer so keep logging in. 


Take care,
Sean 

Communications Skills B2 July Course Lesson 9

Lesson 9


Presentations
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32914707/Presentations%3A%20Introductions%2C%20Conclusions%20and%20Visuals

Handling Questions p. 71
Notes for Presentations

For more examples of signposting language go to
http://www.englishclub.com/speaking/presentations-lang.htm

Communication Skills B2 July Course Lesson 8

Lesson 8


Presentations
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32233573/Presentations
Unit 15 p 68 - 70

Communication Skills B2 July Course Lesson 7

Lesson 7


Podcasts

Podcasts for English language learners with exercises and scripts
http://www.qualitytime-esl.com/spip.php?article115

Check iTunes for podcasts which you can subscribe to for free

BBC Radio 5 has lots of podcasts on Film, Sport, Football, Politics, Science and many other topics.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live/podcasts/

The Guardian and other Newspapers have a lot of great audio and video content
http://www.guardian.co.uk/audio

For making your own podcasts and for online discussions and speaking practice go to:
http://www.voxopop.com/

Health and Medicine
Explaining what's wrong  p. 31
Getting a Diagnosis and Understanding Explanations p.32
Linking sounds /w/ and /j/ p. 33

Introduction to Presentations

Communication Skills B2 July Course Lesson 6

Lesson 6
Monday 16th July 2012


Vocabulary Strategies
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/Vocabulary

Pronunciation Workshop
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442648/Pronunciation

Home
What is a podcast?
How can podcasts help you with your English?
Find some podcasts on the internet which you think you might be interested in listening to. Go to sites like iTunes or Guardian.co.uk and see what's available there.


Remember for extra speaking practice you can attend our conversation club sessions - Tuesdays and Thursdays from 16:45 til 17:45 and Wednesday and Friday 13:00 - 14:00

Communication Skills B2 July Course Lesson 5

Lesson 5 
Friday 13th July 2011


Bargaining and Negotiating Unit 4, p. 25
Health Unit 6, p. 30 Vocabulary


Vocabulary Review
Vocabulary Strategies

Communication Skills B2 July Course Lesson 4

Lesson 4
Using a dvd to improve your English
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442630/Film%20Lessons
Annie Hall
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442613/Annie%20Hall

Unit 4 Shopping and Consumer Rights p.22 - 24

Homework
Try some listening practice this weekend using the technique we looked at in class today. Instructions can be found on the Film Lesson link above.

Going Further

For a lesson on Consumer rights and an overview of conditional forms see:

http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442621/Conditionals

Communication Skills B2 July Course Lesson 3

Lesson 3

Speaking skills
Coping with unfamiliar topics and keeping the conversation going.
One minute speeches
Agreeing and Disagreeing
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/24352165/Getting%20From%20B2%20to%20C1%20-%20Speaking%20and%20Wr
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41721142/Suggested%20Answers%20-%20Speaking

Maintaining conversation p. 12
Expressing Opinions p. 13

Summer Courses at the British Council. Communication Skills B2 July Module

Communication Skills B2
July Course
Mon - Fri 6 - 9 pm
Text - Real Listening and Speaking (Cambridge 2011)

If you are having trouble getting a copy of the book, you can also order it on line. Go to: 
http://www.amazon.it/Cambridge-English-Listening-Speaking-Answers/dp/0521705886/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1341992937&sr=1-2-catcorr


Teachers Sean (Mon - Thurs), David (Fri)


Pronunciation and Listening
Fast Connected Speech and the Third Conditional
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32174148/Conditionals%20and%20Pronunciation
Unit One - Real Listening and Speaking - Socialising p10 -11


Homework
REM song - see the link above

Communication Skills B2 Lesson 10

Lesson 10

Presentations and Feedback
Listening assessment p. 42, p. 76
Tutorial and reflection
Strategies for future progress.

Keep checking this blog for useful links and suggestions and also go tohttp://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442631/FrontPage for extra material on listening, speaking, grammar, vocabulary skills, exams and more.

Work on difficult areas such as telephone language (Unit 12) and http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32872816/Using%20The%20Telephone

Communication Skills Lesson 9

Lesson 9
Presentations - Unit 15 p. 69 - 71

Prepare 5 minute presentation - "Italy should leave the Euro."

To go further, have a look at the following links
Tenses
For more examples and exercises on how to use English tenses see:
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41658221/English%20Grammar%20and%20Thinking%20in%20English
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442655/The%20English%20Tense%20System

Presentations
For more notes and examples see:
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32233573/Presentations
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32914707/Presentations%3A%20Introductions%2C%20Conclusions%20and%20Visuals

Communication Skills Lesson 8

Communication Skills
Lesson 8

Note taking skills
Summarizing a talk
(Unit 14 p. 65 -67)

Note Taking Practice
http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html

Presentations
p. 68 Introductions

For more lectures, speeches and presentations go to:http://www.ted.com/
For further reading on Steve Jobs see:http://www.ted.com/speakers/steve_jobs.html

Communication Skills Lesson 7

Lesson 7

Meetings - Asking for opinions, responding to suggestions, rising and falling intonation p. 61 -63
Meeting role play and error correction.
Intonation directions - different stress - different meanings (Pronunciation Games CUP 105)
Introduction to Lectures Unit 14 p. 64 - identifying the main point.

Communication Skills Lesson 6

Communication Skills
Lesson 6

Pronunciation Workshop
For a copy of today's handout go to:
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442648/Pronunciation

Introduction to meetings
Unit 13 p. 60

Homework
p. 60 (5) (6)