B1A - Lessons to date

Hello there. First of all, I must say that it’s been nice working together these last two weeks!

The timetable has now been modified (please check on the Faculty website) so I hope to see even more of you next week.

Every week or two I’ll be posting a brief overview of some of the main points we’ve covered in class and homework given.

As regards the grammar – the more you practise, the better. You (should) have your grammar book and so always try to do as many exercises as possible relating to the points that are studied.

Since I started in B1a the main points we’ve looked at so far have been:

adjectives (Murphy – Units 98 and 99, English Vocabulary in Use – Unit 36);

the ‘present perfect simple’ (also together with past simple): form, structure, use, specific rules (since, for, ever, never, just, already, yet, etc.) (Murphy – Units 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13)

expressing opinions (stating your opinion, asking someone for their opinion, agreeing, disagreeing) (English Vocabulary in Use – Units 18, 19);

relative clauses with ‘who’, ‘which’, ‘that’ (Murphy – Unit 92);

writing a summary.

Homework was to read and listen to Roald Dahl’s “The Landlady” and write a summary in your own words (around 200 words) and also to write a brief composition (approx. 200 words) about your experiences of the chaos of big cities and life in provincial towns.

I've also prepared a list of interesting vocabulary from "The Landlady". Click here to see the list in Google Documents (you don't need to log-in). Try looking for these words and terms in a dictionary.

See you next week!