Monday, July 21, 2014
Sunday, July 20, 2014
proelt English Study Revision
20140923
The difference between 'used to' and 'would'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1837_aae/page9.shtml
Talking about future
Bandwagon
Sample answers and scores with examiner’s comments
C1 Expert Writing Part 1
You have seen this information in your local newspaper about recycling.
Write a letter to your local authority to:
· comment on their recycling performance
· persuade them to recycle more
· give your ideas about what they should do
· explain why you think they should do this.
Write between 150 and 200 words.
Sample answer 1
Dear Madam/Sir,
1. (I was pleased to see your report on) municipal waste collection released recently,
2. (as I have long been interested in )the data you published.
3.(It was also great to see that )the percentage of land-filled waste is lower compared to other regions
and
4. (I was particularly glad to see that )the utilisation of waste to recover heat and power has at least been started even if its proportion is still negligible in the overall treatment of waste.
5. (It is my firm conviction that )
the proportion of recycled waste needs to grow during the coming year(s) with shrinking the amount of land-filled waste quantities - to avoid the detrimental effect
this latter has on the health conditions of the local population.
6.(Due to this, I would like to propose
that you) involve locally based companies
in decision making,
7. (since they are likely to )have a stake in
maintaining a clean local environment
while eager to utilise recycled raw materials for their manufacturing processes.
8.(It is imperative that you take my proposal into serious consideration,) because the growing number
of illnesses caused by toxic waste in the soil increases the municipality’s social security
expenditures, while ruining the lives of local families.
Yours sincerely,
Frank Paole
Score
Task Fulfilment Grammar Vocabulary Structure Total
3 3 3 2 11
Examiner’s comments
All content points are adequately covered and are well organized, although the linking of the
paragraphs could be better. There are quite a lot of ideas and while some of these are
supported better than others, the letter reads well on the whole. Register and format are
appropriate to the purpose of the task. The candidate demonstrates a good range of structure
and vocabulary and the script has a positive effect on the reader.
Sample answer 2
Dear Sirs,
I am writing this letter concerning the article, which was published in our local newspaper last
monday. I was expecting a report about recycling for a long time because I think that it is
important to live in a clean and healthy world. It is also very easy because every family can help by
dividing their rubbish. Every family should do this and they should be strongly controlled,
otherwise a fine has to be paid. The concept of recycling should be thought at school. People have to
understand the importance and necessity of cleanliness. If things happen differently in twenty
years we will live among garbage. I find that you have don good work because I know that other
towns do not recycle anything. Although I have to say that I was surprised because I thought that
a small town such as Aston recycle more than what I have observed in your report.
Yours faithfully
Claudia Maroso
Score
Task Fulfilment Grammar Vocabulary Structure Total
2 2 2 2 8
Examiner’s comments
The first and most substantial part of the letter is about the importance of selective collection
of garbage and recycling which covers only one of the four content points. Little information is
given regarding the recycling performance of the local authority. The reasoning is done with
simplistic arguments and basic language. The final two sentences commenting on the central
issue include fairly contradictory views (you have don good work, I thought … Aston recycle
more). The script includes mistakes in spelling and grammar (monday, thought).
Sample answer 3
Dear Mr. Rossi,
I’m writing to you regarding recycling because nowadays it is one of the most important topics of
our life. Recycling is a way of turning old stuff into new stuff, of changing used house hild
materials be throw away into the products we buy and use lots of things we consider trash can be
reproducsed into new products and used again: plastic bottles, newspapers, soft drink cans, jam
jars and many more. Recycling is collecting, reproducing, marketing and using these materials.
Making new plastic containers from old plastic bottles is a good example of recycling.
Plastic containers can also be turned into stuffing for pillows, or made into car dash boards.
It is important to recycle because recycling makes sense!
To slow down the rate at which we use landfills, to conserve natural resources, and to reduce
manufacturing pollutants and save energy.
When we throw things into the trash, we add to the amount of materials going into landfills.
Recycling is important as a way to save energy. For examples, recycling aluminium takes only 5%
of the energy needed to make aluminium from new material.
Recycling an aluminium can saves enough electricity to operate a tv for three hours!
Lost of things can be recycled, paper, cans, plastic can all be recycled.
Remember to store your recyclabes in the cabage or in some other safe dry area.
Keep collecting them and when you set them outside your house or on the pavement or you drop
them off at a recycling center.
I look forward to receiving a reply.
Thank you for your time.
Yours faithfully,
Michel Zilli
Score
Task Fulfilment Grammar Vocabulary Structure Total
0 2 2 1 5
Examiner’s comments
The task is completely misinterpreted. Although it looks like a letter it reads like an essay on
recycling and also exceeds the required length. Some sentences (“Remember to store your
recyclabes…”) are definitely addressed to the general public instead of the local authority. The
grammar range is adequate though with some errors (“materials be throw away”) that
occasionally make reading difficult. Sentence boundaries are not always clearly indicated and
there is little cohesion between the ideas listed at the end.
Sample answers and scores with examiner’s comments
C1 Expert Writing Part 2
You recently spent a night camping in a forest and found the experience unnerving. Write a letter to a
friend, evaluating your experience and suggesting why you may have reacted in the way in which you
did. Write between 250 and 300 words.
Sample answer 1
Dear Bob,
I hope you’re well, I’m fine and I’m relaxing after having spent a terrible weekend at the camp
with one of my friends.
At the moment I’ve some free time so I have decided to write to you because I want to tell you
what happened during the weekend.
It was the first year we attneded the camping site in fact we bought all the usual things you need
when you go camping (flash light, dispoasable camera, sunscreen, bug spray, etc.) so we wouldn’t
have had any problems but all was useless because we had to face a lot of problems.
First of all, when we arrived there we discovered that the camp we had booked wasn’t as we
expected because the green was very dirty and the services advertized were not present.
Anyway, we started to put up our tent but unfortunately we saw a hole in it, so during the night
we couldn’t sleep very well because it was cold.
To solve this type of problem we needed a blanket but it was the only thing we had forgotten at
home. The next day we had a walk in the forest and we met a terrible wolf who wanted to eat us
and immediately we ran away.
At the end of the day we wanted to go out to have dinner because near the camp there was a
special restaurant, where you could eat particular steak by Bryan unfortunately got the
temperature.
For this, we decided to go home and during the travel our car broke down because of a problem
with the engine in fact the crankshaft was broken.
The include, before leaving for a campsite I want to give you some advice to plan your prefect
weekend so you’ll not have any kind of problems and you’ll have a lot of fun.
First of all, remember to ask someone if the camp is a hospitable place without rubbish, contral
your tent and check if there are any holes i it, bring a blanket with you to protect from the cold air
and above all check the engine so you could avoid a lot of trouble.
I have to go now but write to me soon, because I want to know how your experience will be.
With love
Michel
Score
Task Fulfilment Grammar Vocabulary Structure Total
2 3 3 2 10
Examiner’s comments
Although the candidate seems to have dealt with the content points, there are just a few
routine problems mentioned (and an unrealistic adventure with a terrible wolf). There is no
discussion of the reasons why they may have reacted the way they did although the task
required that. Moreover, the third part goes off the point giving advice to the friend even
though the rubric never suggested that. Therefore the candidate loses a point on content. On
the positive side, the candidate uses an extensive range of grammar structures with precision
(including the past perfect) and wide range of vocabulary with occasional (surprising)
mistakes. There are some well-built complex sentences along with some clumsy structures
where the candidate is trying to cramp too much information into one sentence (because of a
problem with the engine in fact the crankshaft …)
Sample answer 2
Dear Matt,
I heard you are going to go on camping trip next summer. I f I were you, I wouldn’t go.
I’m writing to you because I want to tell you an experience in a campsite.
It was terrible. I spent a night camping in a forest in Croatia two months ago.
That campsite was a natural campsite: it means you had to sleep in the forest with every type of
animals. I slept in my tent. I was alone and during the night I was scared by everything. There was
a strong wind that moved trees. I was very scared.
I was hosted by a friend of mine but she obviously slept in her own house.
I heard also lots of noises by animals such as birds, insects such as scorpions and bats.
If I were you I wouldn’t go in tent because you should be more protect.
I suggest to bring some books in order to sleep well. In the middle of the night I woke up put down
my tent and I slep into my car. There I felt safer thahn in the tent. I think that I will go on
camping if I have a friend and if I can choose one house.
My experience was unnerving and I think I will never go on camping in the forest alone. My
parents had told me that camping is particular but I didn’t think so.
I hope you will have a better experience than mine. Moreover I hope you will change those palce. It
was boring because it was too far from the centre of town.
Take care,
Youtube FCE part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfLAvP44k5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yODH5HyIuAs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpyDPMndV64
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time table 20140806
#8-9.30am proelt
9.30-10am break
10-11.30am lesson
11.30-11.45am break,
11.45-1.15Lesson (send food)
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2pm-3.30pm ask kenny to walk to sch, just play internet, ready food for him
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19 July 2014
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Future continuous & Future perfect
The future continuous (will be + ‘ing’ form) and the future perfect (will have + past participle) tenses are used to talk about events in the future.
Future continuous
• Don’t ring at 8 o’clock. I’ll be watching Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
• This time tomorrow we’ll be sitting on the beach. I can’t wait!
We use the future continuous to talk about something that will be in progress at or around a time in the future.
• Don’t phone grandma now, she’ll be having dinner.
• The kids are very quiet. They’ll be doing something wrong, I know it!
These sentences are not about the future but we can use the future continuous to talk about what we assume is happening at the moment.
Future Perfect
• Do you think you will have finished it by next Thursday?
• In 5 years time I’ll have finished university and I’ll be able to earn some money at last.
We use the future perfect to say that something will be finished by a particular time in the future.
We often use the future perfect with ‘by’ or ‘in’
• I think astronauts will have landed on Mars by the year 2020.
• I’ll have finished in an hour and then you can use the computer.
‘By’ means ‘not later than a particular time’ and ‘in’ means 'within a period of time’. We don’t know exactly when something will finish.
• I promise I’ll have done all the work by next Saturday.
We don’t know exactly when he will finish the work – maybe Thursday, maybe Friday – but definitely before Saturday.
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Future Plans
We use different verb forms to talk about our plans for the future – depending on what kind of plan it is.
will
We use will to talk about plans decided at the moment of speaking.
•I forgot to phone my mum. I’ll do it after dinner. He decides to phone his mum when she is speaking – she didn’t have a plan.
•I can’t decide what to wear tonight. I know. I’ll wear my black dress.
•There’s no milk in the fridge. I’ll buy some when I go to the shops.
going to
We use going to to talk about plans decided before the moment of speaking.
•I’m going to phone my mum after dinner. I told her I’d call at 8 o’clock. He decided to phone his mum before he speaks – he already had a plan.
•I’m going to wear my black dress tonight. I need to pick it up from the cleaners.
•I know there’s no milk. I’m going to get some. It’s on my shopping list.
present continuous
We can also use the present continuous to talk about future plans. We usually use it when the plan is an ‘arrangement’ – more than one person is involved and we know the time and place.
•I’m meeting Jane at 8 o’clock on Saturday.
•We’re having a party next Saturday. Would you like to come?
• Are you doing anything interesting this weekend? We often use the present continuous to ask about people’s future plans.
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talking about the future
1. When we know about the future we normally use the present tense.
•We use the present simple for something scheduled or arranged:
We have a lesson next Monday.
The train arrives at 6.30 in the morning.
The holidays start next week.
It is my birthday tomorrow.
•We can use the present continuous for plans or arrangements:
I’m playing football tomorrow.
They are coming to see us tomorrow.
We’re having a party at Christmas.
2. We use will to talk about the future:
•When we make predictions:
It will be a nice day tomorrow.
I think Brazil will win the World Cup.
I’m sure you will enjoy the film.
•To mean want to or be willing to:
I hope you will come to my party.
George says he will help us.
•To make offers and promises:
I'll see you tomorrow.
We'll send you an email.
•To talk about offers and promises:
Tim will be at the meeting.
Mary will help with the cooking.
3. We use (be) going to:
•To talk about plans and intentions:
I’m going to drive to work today.
They are going to move to Manchester.
•When we can see that something is likely to happen:
Be careful! You are going to fall.
Look at those black clouds. I think it’s going to rain.
4. We often use verbs like would like, plan, want, mean, hope, expect to talk about the future:
What are you going to do next year? I’d like to go to University.
We plan to go to France for our holidays.
George wants to buy a new car.
5. We use modals may, might, and could when we are not sure about the future:
I might stay at home tonight, or I might go to the cinema.
We could see Mary at the meeting. She sometimes goes.
6. We can use should if we think something is likely to happen:
We should be home in time for tea.
The game should be over by eight o’clock.
7. Clauses with time words:
In clauses with time words like when, after, and until we often use a present tense form to talk about the future:
I’ll come home when I finish work.
You must wait here until your father comes.
They are coming after they have had dinner.
8. Clauses with if:
In clauses with if we often use a present tense form to talk about the future:
We won’t be able to go out if it rains.
If Barcelona win tomorrow they will be champions.
WARNING: We do not normally use will in clauses with if or with time words:
I’ll come home when I will finish work.
We won’t be able to go out if it will rain rains.
But we can use will if it means a promise or offer:
I will be very happy if you will come to my party.
We should finish the job early if George will help us.
9. We can use the future continuous instead of the present continuous or going to for emphasis when we are talking about plans, arrangements and intentions:
They’ll be coming to see us next week.
I will be driving to work tomorrow.
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Resource - Culture shock
Culture shock
What kind of problems can you have when you live and work in a different culture to your own?
Read the text quickly and answer the questions:
•Which country is the writer going to?
•Is she happy to be going?
This time next week I’ll be standing at the airport in Budapest, wondering how on earth I’m going to cope with being back in Scotland after living abroad for fifteen years.
I’ll have packed up my boxes (only five – most of my other things have been given away or
sold to other teachers who are happy to take orphaned books and clothes), given them to the
delivery man and my flat (my favourite of the many I have lived in for the past 15 years) will
hopefully be the cleanest and tidiest it has ever been.
I’ve been living in Central Europe since I finished studying and decided on a whim to do
a teaching course and move to Warsaw to teach English. I remember the shock (enjoyable)
that I experienced when I heard the language, and how long it took me to learn things like
you have to use a basket when you go into a shop, even if it's just for one item, shops never
have change, you won’t get your change in a restaurant if you say thank you when paying the bill
(a hard lesson to learn!) and that staring at people on the tram or subway is normal and nothing to get too worked up about (the person in question might just be wondering where you got your shoes).
Seven years later I decided to move to Hungary, where I spent more time enjoying the fantastic
central European transport systems, wallowing in the wonderful spa baths which are a way of
life there and taking in the beauty of Buda and the outdoor ‘kert’ bars of Pest in the summer. I loved living abroad and I loved being a stranger in a strange land.
You get used to the country and culture and you integrate in many ways, but you are always on the outside to a certain extent. Some people don’t like that. I enjoyed it.
I had every intention of living abroad for the rest of my life, but life is full of surprises,
and now I’m going back to Scotland. I will miss my life here. I’ve been back to Scotland
to visit family frequently and I know that when I get back, everything will seem strange at first.
I’ll forget that I can’t stare at people, I’ll forget to say thank you when paying a bill,
and being able to understand every thing will drive me crazy.
People won’t be interested in my life abroad, because for them nothing has changed,
and I’ll feel like a fish out of water.
Reverse Culture shock they call it. But on the plus side, I’ll be able to eat Fish and Chips,
strike up conversations with strangers and not be thought weird, and I’ll be able to
spend more time with my family – those of them in the country anyway!
But like it was when I moved abroad in the first place, it’ll take some time to get used to it!
Read the text again and think about the questions:
1.What is she looking forward to?
2.What is she not looking forward to?
3.What kind of differences might people feel if they moved to your country?
Would they be similar to what the writer found?
1. I’ll be standing at the airport - future continuous tense. A planned action in the near future.
2. I’ll have packed up my boxes - future perfect tense. Something that will be completed at a certain point in the future.
3. will hopefully be the cleanest and tidiest it has ever been- future tense. A prediction or assumption.
4. I’m going back to Scotland- continuous tense. A planned action in the near future.
5. I’ll forget to say thank you - future tense. A prediction or assumption.
Some examples that Sarah uses are:
A planned action in the near future
◦I'm going back to Scotland – Present
continuous for future arrangements
A prediction or an assumption based on knowledge
or belief - 'will' future
◦everything will seem strange at first...
◦I’ll forget that I can’t stare at people...
◦I’ll forget to say thank you when paying a bill...
◦...being able to understand every thing will drive me crazy...
◦People won’t be interested in my life...
◦I’ll feel like a fish out of water.
◦my flat...will hopefully be the cleanest and tidiest it has ever been.
Something in progress at a certain point in the future - future continuous
◦...I’ll be standing at the airport...
Something that will be completed at a certain point in the future - future perfect.
◦I will have packed up my boxes...
Have you experienced anything similar? What about
the teachers you work with?
culture awareness
business culture
1. A sense of _________ ______________ is important for anyone who wishes to live abroad.
2. We must instil the value of ___________ _________ among our children.
13 Jul 2014
The past Prefect
The Past Perfect Continuous
I am sorry I left without you
7/7/14
CEFR
-must google it for detail, what is it.
-must spend some time to write on journal
I agree with you to a certain extend, points you just mentioned...however...
16/6/14 supposed to be the deadline for modul 1, but it is extended, modul 1 is all about uploading personal photo into the proelt systems
Here is the best webpage to learn grammar,
I hope these webpages will be there forever , if this web is only designed to cater for temporary use.
I must copy all the contents in this blog
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html
The difference between 'used to' and 'would'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1837_aae/page9.shtml
Talking about future
Bandwagon
Sample answers and scores with examiner’s comments
C1 Expert Writing Part 1
You have seen this information in your local newspaper about recycling.
Write a letter to your local authority to:
· comment on their recycling performance
· persuade them to recycle more
· give your ideas about what they should do
· explain why you think they should do this.
Write between 150 and 200 words.
Sample answer 1
Dear Madam/Sir,
1. (I was pleased to see your report on) municipal waste collection released recently,
2. (as I have long been interested in )the data you published.
3.(It was also great to see that )the percentage of land-filled waste is lower compared to other regions
and
4. (I was particularly glad to see that )the utilisation of waste to recover heat and power has at least been started even if its proportion is still negligible in the overall treatment of waste.
5. (It is my firm conviction that )
the proportion of recycled waste needs to grow during the coming year(s) with shrinking the amount of land-filled waste quantities - to avoid the detrimental effect
this latter has on the health conditions of the local population.
6.(Due to this, I would like to propose
that you) involve locally based companies
in decision making,
7. (since they are likely to )have a stake in
maintaining a clean local environment
while eager to utilise recycled raw materials for their manufacturing processes.
8.(It is imperative that you take my proposal into serious consideration,) because the growing number
of illnesses caused by toxic waste in the soil increases the municipality’s social security
expenditures, while ruining the lives of local families.
Yours sincerely,
Frank Paole
Score
Task Fulfilment Grammar Vocabulary Structure Total
3 3 3 2 11
Examiner’s comments
All content points are adequately covered and are well organized, although the linking of the
paragraphs could be better. There are quite a lot of ideas and while some of these are
supported better than others, the letter reads well on the whole. Register and format are
appropriate to the purpose of the task. The candidate demonstrates a good range of structure
and vocabulary and the script has a positive effect on the reader.
Sample answer 2
Dear Sirs,
I am writing this letter concerning the article, which was published in our local newspaper last
monday. I was expecting a report about recycling for a long time because I think that it is
important to live in a clean and healthy world. It is also very easy because every family can help by
dividing their rubbish. Every family should do this and they should be strongly controlled,
otherwise a fine has to be paid. The concept of recycling should be thought at school. People have to
understand the importance and necessity of cleanliness. If things happen differently in twenty
years we will live among garbage. I find that you have don good work because I know that other
towns do not recycle anything. Although I have to say that I was surprised because I thought that
a small town such as Aston recycle more than what I have observed in your report.
Yours faithfully
Claudia Maroso
Score
Task Fulfilment Grammar Vocabulary Structure Total
2 2 2 2 8
Examiner’s comments
The first and most substantial part of the letter is about the importance of selective collection
of garbage and recycling which covers only one of the four content points. Little information is
given regarding the recycling performance of the local authority. The reasoning is done with
simplistic arguments and basic language. The final two sentences commenting on the central
issue include fairly contradictory views (you have don good work, I thought … Aston recycle
more). The script includes mistakes in spelling and grammar (monday, thought).
Sample answer 3
Dear Mr. Rossi,
I’m writing to you regarding recycling because nowadays it is one of the most important topics of
our life. Recycling is a way of turning old stuff into new stuff, of changing used house hild
materials be throw away into the products we buy and use lots of things we consider trash can be
reproducsed into new products and used again: plastic bottles, newspapers, soft drink cans, jam
jars and many more. Recycling is collecting, reproducing, marketing and using these materials.
Making new plastic containers from old plastic bottles is a good example of recycling.
Plastic containers can also be turned into stuffing for pillows, or made into car dash boards.
It is important to recycle because recycling makes sense!
To slow down the rate at which we use landfills, to conserve natural resources, and to reduce
manufacturing pollutants and save energy.
When we throw things into the trash, we add to the amount of materials going into landfills.
Recycling is important as a way to save energy. For examples, recycling aluminium takes only 5%
of the energy needed to make aluminium from new material.
Recycling an aluminium can saves enough electricity to operate a tv for three hours!
Lost of things can be recycled, paper, cans, plastic can all be recycled.
Remember to store your recyclabes in the cabage or in some other safe dry area.
Keep collecting them and when you set them outside your house or on the pavement or you drop
them off at a recycling center.
I look forward to receiving a reply.
Thank you for your time.
Yours faithfully,
Michel Zilli
Score
Task Fulfilment Grammar Vocabulary Structure Total
0 2 2 1 5
Examiner’s comments
The task is completely misinterpreted. Although it looks like a letter it reads like an essay on
recycling and also exceeds the required length. Some sentences (“Remember to store your
recyclabes…”) are definitely addressed to the general public instead of the local authority. The
grammar range is adequate though with some errors (“materials be throw away”) that
occasionally make reading difficult. Sentence boundaries are not always clearly indicated and
there is little cohesion between the ideas listed at the end.
Sample answers and scores with examiner’s comments
C1 Expert Writing Part 2
You recently spent a night camping in a forest and found the experience unnerving. Write a letter to a
friend, evaluating your experience and suggesting why you may have reacted in the way in which you
did. Write between 250 and 300 words.
Sample answer 1
Dear Bob,
I hope you’re well, I’m fine and I’m relaxing after having spent a terrible weekend at the camp
with one of my friends.
At the moment I’ve some free time so I have decided to write to you because I want to tell you
what happened during the weekend.
It was the first year we attneded the camping site in fact we bought all the usual things you need
when you go camping (flash light, dispoasable camera, sunscreen, bug spray, etc.) so we wouldn’t
have had any problems but all was useless because we had to face a lot of problems.
First of all, when we arrived there we discovered that the camp we had booked wasn’t as we
expected because the green was very dirty and the services advertized were not present.
Anyway, we started to put up our tent but unfortunately we saw a hole in it, so during the night
we couldn’t sleep very well because it was cold.
To solve this type of problem we needed a blanket but it was the only thing we had forgotten at
home. The next day we had a walk in the forest and we met a terrible wolf who wanted to eat us
and immediately we ran away.
At the end of the day we wanted to go out to have dinner because near the camp there was a
special restaurant, where you could eat particular steak by Bryan unfortunately got the
temperature.
For this, we decided to go home and during the travel our car broke down because of a problem
with the engine in fact the crankshaft was broken.
The include, before leaving for a campsite I want to give you some advice to plan your prefect
weekend so you’ll not have any kind of problems and you’ll have a lot of fun.
First of all, remember to ask someone if the camp is a hospitable place without rubbish, contral
your tent and check if there are any holes i it, bring a blanket with you to protect from the cold air
and above all check the engine so you could avoid a lot of trouble.
I have to go now but write to me soon, because I want to know how your experience will be.
With love
Michel
Score
Task Fulfilment Grammar Vocabulary Structure Total
2 3 3 2 10
Examiner’s comments
Although the candidate seems to have dealt with the content points, there are just a few
routine problems mentioned (and an unrealistic adventure with a terrible wolf). There is no
discussion of the reasons why they may have reacted the way they did although the task
required that. Moreover, the third part goes off the point giving advice to the friend even
though the rubric never suggested that. Therefore the candidate loses a point on content. On
the positive side, the candidate uses an extensive range of grammar structures with precision
(including the past perfect) and wide range of vocabulary with occasional (surprising)
mistakes. There are some well-built complex sentences along with some clumsy structures
where the candidate is trying to cramp too much information into one sentence (because of a
problem with the engine in fact the crankshaft …)
Sample answer 2
Dear Matt,
I heard you are going to go on camping trip next summer. I f I were you, I wouldn’t go.
I’m writing to you because I want to tell you an experience in a campsite.
It was terrible. I spent a night camping in a forest in Croatia two months ago.
That campsite was a natural campsite: it means you had to sleep in the forest with every type of
animals. I slept in my tent. I was alone and during the night I was scared by everything. There was
a strong wind that moved trees. I was very scared.
I was hosted by a friend of mine but she obviously slept in her own house.
I heard also lots of noises by animals such as birds, insects such as scorpions and bats.
If I were you I wouldn’t go in tent because you should be more protect.
I suggest to bring some books in order to sleep well. In the middle of the night I woke up put down
my tent and I slep into my car. There I felt safer thahn in the tent. I think that I will go on
camping if I have a friend and if I can choose one house.
My experience was unnerving and I think I will never go on camping in the forest alone. My
parents had told me that camping is particular but I didn’t think so.
I hope you will have a better experience than mine. Moreover I hope you will change those palce. It
was boring because it was too far from the centre of town.
Take care,
Youtube FCE part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfLAvP44k5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yODH5HyIuAs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpyDPMndV64
(silent)
time table 20140806
#8-9.30am proelt
9.30-10am break
10-11.30am lesson
11.30-11.45am break,
11.45-1.15Lesson (send food)
1.15-2pm lunch?
2pm-3.30pm ask kenny to walk to sch, just play internet, ready food for him
4 aug 2014
http://www.onlinetefltraining.com/50-fce-speaking-questions-for-part-1-the-interview/ 22 July 2014
IPA found and recommended by Carrie
google search " IPA new english file, image"
19 July 2014
19 July 2014
19 July 2014
Future continuous & Future perfect
The future continuous (will be + ‘ing’ form) and the future perfect (will have + past participle) tenses are used to talk about events in the future.
Future continuous
• Don’t ring at 8 o’clock. I’ll be watching Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
• This time tomorrow we’ll be sitting on the beach. I can’t wait!
We use the future continuous to talk about something that will be in progress at or around a time in the future.
• Don’t phone grandma now, she’ll be having dinner.
• The kids are very quiet. They’ll be doing something wrong, I know it!
These sentences are not about the future but we can use the future continuous to talk about what we assume is happening at the moment.
Future Perfect
• Do you think you will have finished it by next Thursday?
• In 5 years time I’ll have finished university and I’ll be able to earn some money at last.
We use the future perfect to say that something will be finished by a particular time in the future.
We often use the future perfect with ‘by’ or ‘in’
• I think astronauts will have landed on Mars by the year 2020.
• I’ll have finished in an hour and then you can use the computer.
‘By’ means ‘not later than a particular time’ and ‘in’ means 'within a period of time’. We don’t know exactly when something will finish.
• I promise I’ll have done all the work by next Saturday.
We don’t know exactly when he will finish the work – maybe Thursday, maybe Friday – but definitely before Saturday.
19 July 2014
Future Plans
We use different verb forms to talk about our plans for the future – depending on what kind of plan it is.
will
We use will to talk about plans decided at the moment of speaking.
•I forgot to phone my mum. I’ll do it after dinner. He decides to phone his mum when she is speaking – she didn’t have a plan.
•I can’t decide what to wear tonight. I know. I’ll wear my black dress.
•There’s no milk in the fridge. I’ll buy some when I go to the shops.
going to
We use going to to talk about plans decided before the moment of speaking.
•I’m going to phone my mum after dinner. I told her I’d call at 8 o’clock. He decided to phone his mum before he speaks – he already had a plan.
•I’m going to wear my black dress tonight. I need to pick it up from the cleaners.
•I know there’s no milk. I’m going to get some. It’s on my shopping list.
present continuous
We can also use the present continuous to talk about future plans. We usually use it when the plan is an ‘arrangement’ – more than one person is involved and we know the time and place.
•I’m meeting Jane at 8 o’clock on Saturday.
•We’re having a party next Saturday. Would you like to come?
• Are you doing anything interesting this weekend? We often use the present continuous to ask about people’s future plans.
The speaker is having the intention to help to open the window at the moment of speaking.
The speaker has had the intention to bake a cake before the moment of speaking, She had a plan before hand.
The speaker has had the intention to go out with James before the moment of speaking, She had a plan before hand.
The speaker is having the intention to start to learn French at the moment of speaking.
The speaker has had the intention to have his hair cut before the moment of speaking, He had a plan before hand.
19 july 2014
talking about the future
1. When we know about the future we normally use the present tense.
•We use the present simple for something scheduled or arranged:
We have a lesson next Monday.
The train arrives at 6.30 in the morning.
The holidays start next week.
It is my birthday tomorrow.
•We can use the present continuous for plans or arrangements:
I’m playing football tomorrow.
They are coming to see us tomorrow.
We’re having a party at Christmas.
2. We use will to talk about the future:
•When we make predictions:
It will be a nice day tomorrow.
I think Brazil will win the World Cup.
I’m sure you will enjoy the film.
•To mean want to or be willing to:
I hope you will come to my party.
George says he will help us.
•To make offers and promises:
I'll see you tomorrow.
We'll send you an email.
•To talk about offers and promises:
Tim will be at the meeting.
Mary will help with the cooking.
3. We use (be) going to:
•To talk about plans and intentions:
I’m going to drive to work today.
They are going to move to Manchester.
•When we can see that something is likely to happen:
Be careful! You are going to fall.
Look at those black clouds. I think it’s going to rain.
4. We often use verbs like would like, plan, want, mean, hope, expect to talk about the future:
What are you going to do next year? I’d like to go to University.
We plan to go to France for our holidays.
George wants to buy a new car.
5. We use modals may, might, and could when we are not sure about the future:
I might stay at home tonight, or I might go to the cinema.
We could see Mary at the meeting. She sometimes goes.
6. We can use should if we think something is likely to happen:
We should be home in time for tea.
The game should be over by eight o’clock.
7. Clauses with time words:
In clauses with time words like when, after, and until we often use a present tense form to talk about the future:
I’ll come home when I finish work.
You must wait here until your father comes.
They are coming after they have had dinner.
8. Clauses with if:
In clauses with if we often use a present tense form to talk about the future:
We won’t be able to go out if it rains.
If Barcelona win tomorrow they will be champions.
WARNING: We do not normally use will in clauses with if or with time words:
I’ll come home when I will finish work.
We won’t be able to go out if it will rain rains.
But we can use will if it means a promise or offer:
I will be very happy if you will come to my party.
We should finish the job early if George will help us.
9. We can use the future continuous instead of the present continuous or going to for emphasis when we are talking about plans, arrangements and intentions:
They’ll be coming to see us next week.
I will be driving to work tomorrow.
19 July 2014
Resource - Culture shock
Culture shock
What kind of problems can you have when you live and work in a different culture to your own?
Read the text quickly and answer the questions:
•Which country is the writer going to?
•Is she happy to be going?
This time next week I’ll be standing at the airport in Budapest, wondering how on earth I’m going to cope with being back in Scotland after living abroad for fifteen years.
I’ll have packed up my boxes (only five – most of my other things have been given away or
sold to other teachers who are happy to take orphaned books and clothes), given them to the
delivery man and my flat (my favourite of the many I have lived in for the past 15 years) will
hopefully be the cleanest and tidiest it has ever been.
I’ve been living in Central Europe since I finished studying and decided on a whim to do
a teaching course and move to Warsaw to teach English. I remember the shock (enjoyable)
that I experienced when I heard the language, and how long it took me to learn things like
you have to use a basket when you go into a shop, even if it's just for one item, shops never
have change, you won’t get your change in a restaurant if you say thank you when paying the bill
(a hard lesson to learn!) and that staring at people on the tram or subway is normal and nothing to get too worked up about (the person in question might just be wondering where you got your shoes).
Seven years later I decided to move to Hungary, where I spent more time enjoying the fantastic
central European transport systems, wallowing in the wonderful spa baths which are a way of
life there and taking in the beauty of Buda and the outdoor ‘kert’ bars of Pest in the summer. I loved living abroad and I loved being a stranger in a strange land.
You get used to the country and culture and you integrate in many ways, but you are always on the outside to a certain extent. Some people don’t like that. I enjoyed it.
I had every intention of living abroad for the rest of my life, but life is full of surprises,
and now I’m going back to Scotland. I will miss my life here. I’ve been back to Scotland
to visit family frequently and I know that when I get back, everything will seem strange at first.
I’ll forget that I can’t stare at people, I’ll forget to say thank you when paying a bill,
and being able to understand every thing will drive me crazy.
People won’t be interested in my life abroad, because for them nothing has changed,
and I’ll feel like a fish out of water.
Reverse Culture shock they call it. But on the plus side, I’ll be able to eat Fish and Chips,
strike up conversations with strangers and not be thought weird, and I’ll be able to
spend more time with my family – those of them in the country anyway!
But like it was when I moved abroad in the first place, it’ll take some time to get used to it!
Read the text again and think about the questions:
1.What is she looking forward to?
2.What is she not looking forward to?
3.What kind of differences might people feel if they moved to your country?
Would they be similar to what the writer found?
1. I’ll be standing at the airport - future continuous tense. A planned action in the near future.
2. I’ll have packed up my boxes - future perfect tense. Something that will be completed at a certain point in the future.
3. will hopefully be the cleanest and tidiest it has ever been- future tense. A prediction or assumption.
4. I’m going back to Scotland- continuous tense. A planned action in the near future.
5. I’ll forget to say thank you - future tense. A prediction or assumption.
Some examples that Sarah uses are:
A planned action in the near future
◦I'm going back to Scotland – Present
continuous for future arrangements
A prediction or an assumption based on knowledge
or belief - 'will' future
◦everything will seem strange at first...
◦I’ll forget that I can’t stare at people...
◦I’ll forget to say thank you when paying a bill...
◦...being able to understand every thing will drive me crazy...
◦People won’t be interested in my life...
◦I’ll feel like a fish out of water.
◦my flat...will hopefully be the cleanest and tidiest it has ever been.
Something in progress at a certain point in the future - future continuous
◦...I’ll be standing at the airport...
Something that will be completed at a certain point in the future - future perfect.
◦I will have packed up my boxes...
Have you experienced anything similar? What about
the teachers you work with?
culture awareness
business culture
1. A sense of _________ ______________ is important for anyone who wishes to live abroad.
2. We must instil the value of ___________ _________ among our children.
13 Jul 2014
The past Prefect
The Past Perfect Continuous
I am sorry I left without you
7/7/14
CEFR
-must google it for detail, what is it.
-must spend some time to write on journal
I agree with you to a certain extend, points you just mentioned...however...
16/6/14 supposed to be the deadline for modul 1, but it is extended, modul 1 is all about uploading personal photo into the proelt systems
Here is the best webpage to learn grammar,
I hope these webpages will be there forever , if this web is only designed to cater for temporary use.
I must copy all the contents in this blog
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
BBC 6 Minutes English_Independence
Click the youtube video below to listen to the dialogue.
The video display might be blur , please refer to the notes
underneath for better view of the text.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
snob_learn a word
"Malaysians prefer to live under a liberal system than a regime of snobbish bigots and hate mongers.
Malaysia needs wise, decisive leaders. When none are around, wise citizens need to show the way."
snob
noun
[C] MAINLY DISAPPROVING
a person who respects and likes only people who are of a high social class,
and/or
a person who has extremely high standards who is not satisfied by the things that ordinary people like:
He's a frightful snob - if you haven't been to the right school, he probably won't even speak to you.
I'm afraid I'm a bit of a wine snob/a snob where wine is concerned.
snobbish
adjective
(INFORMAL snobby)
DISAPPROVING
like a snob:
My brother is very snobbish about cars.
snobbishly
adverb (ALSO snobbily) DISAPPROVING
in a snobbish way
snobbery
noun
[U] (ALSO snobbishness) DISAPPROVING
behaviour and opinions that are typical of a snob:
She accused me of snobbery because I sent my sons to a private school.
Malaysia needs wise, decisive leaders. When none are around, wise citizens need to show the way."
snob
noun
[C] MAINLY DISAPPROVING
a person who respects and likes only people who are of a high social class,
and/or
a person who has extremely high standards who is not satisfied by the things that ordinary people like:
He's a frightful snob - if you haven't been to the right school, he probably won't even speak to you.
I'm afraid I'm a bit of a wine snob/a snob where wine is concerned.
snobbish
adjective
(INFORMAL snobby)
DISAPPROVING
like a snob:
My brother is very snobbish about cars.
snobbishly
adverb (ALSO snobbily) DISAPPROVING
in a snobbish way
snobbery
noun
[U] (ALSO snobbishness) DISAPPROVING
behaviour and opinions that are typical of a snob:
She accused me of snobbery because I sent my sons to a private school.
bigot
noun
[C] DISAPPROVING
a person who has strong, unreasonable beliefs and who thinks that anyone who does not have the same beliefs is wrong:
a religious bigot
He was known to be a loud-mouthed, opinionated bigot.
bigoted
adjective
DISAPPROVING
She's so bigoted that she refuses to accept anyone who doesn't think like her.
bigotry
noun
[U] DISAPPROVING
religious/racial bigotry
Here is the text copy from FreeMalaysia
Learn from the history of Europe
July 15, 2014
Warring Europe reformed after World War II and went on a path of peace and unity but in Malaysia we see hate mongers and the spectre of racial riots being used every time a contentious issue surfaces.
COMMENT
By Rozhan Othman
EUIf post World War II Europe had been led by leaders like the ones we have in Malaysia and its people had attitudes like the ones we see in NGO-cum-hate mongers here, the region will be very different today.
Instead, European leaders chose a different path. In spite of a long history of wars and animosity, and being at the epicentre of two world wars, Europe chose to heal and build something positive.
This effort culminated in the bringing together of European countries into what is now the biggest economic bloc in the world and with it, formidable political and economic clout.
European leaders understood that if they go down the path of hatred and distrust like what happened after World War I, old wounds would open up and possibly lead to another war like what happened during World War II. Instead, they chose the path of unity and togetherness.
Of course, the communist threat from the Warsaw Pact also necessitated that western European countries come together to build their economic, political and military strength. Nevertheless, the new reality created in post World War II Europe required wise leadership.
The creation of a common market that finally led to the formation of the European Union (EU) was done with the assumption that power and wealth that is shared will grow. This growth will benefit everyone.
The development in the richer countries will help pull up the poorer countries. It would have been easy for European leaders and people to feel bitter about the pain and suffering they endured during the world wars.
Millions were killed. It would have been easy to simply preach hatred and animosity. The Germans and Italians could have been told they were intruders (which they actually were) and deserved no mercy or that they must now submit to other European countries.
Hate, fear and animosity would have been easy to exploit. Wise leaders make wise decisions.
Demagogues exploit fear and prejudices
In addition to the commitment to live and work together, they also committed themselves to a rational and peaceful discourse. There were moments of major differences and tension over certain issues among the EU countries.
But these leaders did not resort to threats and intimidation to resolve these issues. The British did not threaten to launch another Normandy landing because of disagreements with the Germans. And the Germans did not decide to launch another blitzkrieg whenever they disagreed with their neighbours.
The French did not decide to launch another 100-Year War because of disputes with the British. Instead, they chose to look forward and not become hostages of past tragedies and failures.
European leaders have committed themselves to being civil and relying on peaceful negotiations and diplomacy to resolve their differences. This is not the case in all regional blocs.
Thailand and Kampuchea went to war over a border dispute. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation members, India and Pakistan, continue to have military clashes at their borders.
The Arab League continues to be ineffective in doing anything except help preserve dictators in power. The Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) is more like a club of eunuchs when dealing with abuses of Muslims by Muslim governments, such as in Darfur.
Asean and OIC countries are quite content with doing little in addressing the persecution of Rohingyas in Myanmar, mainly because of their economic interests there. All these blocs have a shortage of wise and courageous leaders.
Malaysians have the right to be led by wise leaders. Instead, we are coming to realise that such leaders are rare, if there are any.
Instead, we see hate mongers and the spectre of racial riots and unrest being used every time a contentious issue surfaces. Instead of becoming a part of the solution, these leaders are a part of the problem.
Instead of taking tangible steps to heal the nation and build a better future, they are more concerned with invoking bogeys from the past.
Their total lack of imagination about how to build a better Malaysia is very evident. Malaysia is at the crossroads and these leaders cannot seem to decide which turn to take.
In fact, indications are that they prefer to go down the path of failed states like Lebanon, Rwanda and Somalia. They probably believe that they would be better off as leaders of a failed state than ordinary citizens of a successful state.
It is because of this vacuum that ordinary citizens find it necessary to step forward to shape the discourse on the nation’s future.
Malaysians prefer to live under a liberal system than a regime of snobbish bigots and hate mongers. Malaysia needs wise, decisive leaders. When none are around, wise citizens need to show the way.
Welcome Negara-Ku. Show us the way.
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