Special English Seminar ⅡAa

The Course Book

Special English SeminarⅡAa

We will focus on two of the four main skills:

Listening and Reading• We will look at question types from the exam and how best to

tackle answering them.• Listening to near-native recordings and thinking about how to

answer samples of the listening examination • Analysing texts from the main textbook as well as using other

material I will bring in• We will look at exam techniques like skimming and scanning for

reading and how to spot ‘distractor’ questions in listening tasks

Additionally…There will be a chance to present a lecture or discussion of your own.

Reading Paper – 40 questions in one hour

Listening Paper – 40 questions in 30 minutes + 10 minutes reading time

Synonyms and Lexical Sets

Mother, Father, Brother, Sister, Daughter, Son, Wife, Husband, Spouse, Siblings, Older, Younger, Step, Adopted, Family

Chair, Sofa, Couch, Bed, Table, Draws, Side-table, Armchair, Furniture, Coffee Table, Rocking Chair, Single, Double, Stool, High backed chair, Sofa-bed,

Designing Games

We will use the exam paper style to make our own games and test each other during the course.

You can understand the test style better this way.

Mindset 2

Target Score 6 or 6.5

Extra Material

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How I grade this course…

Classroom effort 20%(Weekly Speaking, Homework Scores, Attitude, Attendance)

Reading Mid-Term, Listening Mid-TermOnline Tests

40%

Final Tests 40%

How will I grade this class?

Attendance

Final Presentation

Test

Listening

Homework scores

Short Tests

Reading

Use of IELTS

English

Confidence to take the IELTS

Mid-Term Tests

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Introduction to英語特別演ⅡAa

Unit 1: The man-made environment I

Unit 1: The man-made environment II

Unit 2: Leisure and education I No Class

Unit 2: Leisure and education II

Unit 3: The news and media I

Unit 3: The news and media II

Unit 4: Travel and transport I

Unit 4: Travel and transport II

Unit 5:Businesss and work I

Unit 6: The Natural

Environment I

Unit 6: The Natural

Environment II

Unit 7: Education Systems

Unit 8:Festivals and Traditionals

Final Test

Review

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Higher grade:

lots of energy and imagination, answer a lot in class,

never late, all homework done on time, great team member

Pass grade:

Interested in the topics, rarely late, good energy, helpful in a team, homework done

Failure grade:

Not interested in the lesson, late to class, low effort,

no home work done

Grades and Assessment

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