Week 11



SPEED ROUND
WHO ARE THE FASTEST THREE???


Pre-test discussion
Listening, grammar, reading, vocabulary, and an essay.
Which element do you feel most confident about?
Which element are you dreading?
The grammar will only be made up of questions from the homework:
* conditionals - 1,2,3
* sentence transformation
* word transformation (accept - acceptable - unacceptable - etc)
* a/some/any * prepositional phrases
* phrasal verbs * articles
* linking phrases (however, such as, although, etc)
Which part of grammar keeps you awake at night?

Old Listening
Listen twice.
Got the answer? How do you know?
Guessed the answer? Why did you guess that and not another?

Old Grammar Mix
Read the whole sentence before deciding.
Pay attention to the words either side of the gap.

Academic Writing homework check - task 7






Write about the following topic:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of working as a social worker in the Czech Republic?
Write for an educated reader with specialist knowledge of the topic. Express your opinion in a
formal way and structure your ideas logically. Write an  introduction, body and conclusion.  You
should write 160–200 words.

Complications
Difficultis
Underfunded – underfinanced
Lack of (financial-political-communitz) support
Suffer from burnout
Under pressure
Emotionally / mentally draining
Poorly paid / low salary
Rewarding
Job satisfaction / job is very satisfying
Necessary
Important
Making the world a better place

Brainstorm your structure.
Add – possible themes/topics
-  academic vocabulary
Think about your range of tenses. Can you get a conditional in there? What about passive sentences?

Homework
Next week 7/5, we’ll be watching ...
Abstract/dissertation presentations - supported by data/statistic/sources