Teacher Guide
10mins: Introduction:
Online homework: Discuss any problems or difficulties the student may be having.
Independent reading: Ask the student about what they have read in English during the last week. If you are reading a novel together, discuss the assigned reading and any vocabulary words/ writing assignments.
Speaking Practice - Part 2:
How might these things affect a person's decision to move to another country?
(Two minutes for groups of two, three minutes for groups of three)
- languages spoken
- climate
- family and friends
- culture
- employment/study opportunities
Now decide, which of these might have the least influence on a person's decision to move to another country?
15mins: Test: 53a reading practice - part 1
05mins: Reading practice review - Ask students to circle any words on the page they do not understand. Discuss the definitions of each word together. Encourage students to use a dictionary if necessary.
**15mins: **Test: 53b listening practice - part 2
10mins: Writing task: Descriptive writing prompt - think of a place that is important to you. Write a short description of this place, using vivid vocabulary to make it come to life. Encourage students to use a thesaurus.
**05mins: **Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time. Encourage students to do additional reading for vocabulary building outside of the lesson. News articles, short stories, and novels are all great examples.
1) Use the time before the recording starts to read the questions and underline key information. Try to imagine who the speaker is going to be and what they will be speaking about.
2) Look at the words on either side of the gap and predict what information you might hear.
3) Right down the actual words you hear, don't waste time trying to rephrase things. Some things will be said differently in the recording, and it's the candidate's responsibility to derive meaning.
4) Most questions will focus on concrete pieces ofinformation (e.g. nouns, proper names, etc.) and will generallybe single words or very short noun groups (e.g. adjective plusnoun), and that usually no more than three words are required.
5) Don't write extra information. You will only need one, two, or three words at most.
6) Don't panic if you miss a word, skip over it and immediately prepare yourself to hear the next answer.
7) If you didn't hear something on the first listening, try again in the second listening. If all else fails, make an educated guess.
- (some) (magazine) editors
- wide-angle
- lost cities
- blue filters
- test beds
- (helicopter) pilot / pilot (in a helicopter)
- (repeated) circles
- hero image