Optional homework tasks
Do only the homework tasks that you feel will help you reach your learning goal.
First week (after we completed pages 6-8):
Second week (after we completed pages 9-11):
Third week (after completing page 12-13):
First week (after we completed pages 6-8):
- If you found the language focus section on page 7 too difficult, please review the grammar reference on page 139 and revise the language focus exercise.
- Plan to pair up with some outside of class (online or in person). Using the statements you each created in exercise 5 on page 8, practice responding appropriately
- Remember these responses from the audio 1.5 --
- Me neither!
- Really?
- Well, don't ask me.
- I know.
- Just Mondays, eh?
- Who on earth told you that?
- Remember these responses from the audio 1.5 --
- If you purchased the workbook, complete unit 1 exercises 1 - 7 (after the practise section is complete)
- Visit the publisher's website to practise the grammar here
Second week (after we completed pages 9-11):
- write a message (in the discussion forum below) about the most interesting person you met in the airport (during the extra exercise). Pretend that the reader is a good friend.
- Informal writing - complete ex. 4 on page 103: I suggest that you type your letter in Word; change the language to English so that Work underlines some of your errors. You can copy and paste your letter into the discussion forum below and/or send it to me at rachel.kuisma@gmail.com
- Vocabulary work - complete ex. 4 on page 10. (meet with your partner in person or online or do it individually)
Third week (after completing page 12-13):
- Visit the publisher's website for extra vocabulary practice, everyday English, and audio and vidio downloads here
- if you purchased the workbook, complete Unit 1 exercises 8 & 9 (after the Vocabulary & Pronunciation section)
- pratice speaking with the audio 1.10 and/or arrange to meet (online or in person) with a classmate to act out a few of the conversations from tapescript 1.10
- improvise, make the conversations your own
- record it if you like
- make a dialogue using 4-6 of the compound words from exercise 5 on page 12.
- this can be done individually or with a classmate (e.g., online). You can act out your dialogue in class next week or make a video or audio recording for us, or simply add the text to the discussion forum.
- if you purchased the workbook, complete Unit 1 exercises 10 - 12 (after the Everyday English section)
- complete the unit test (get it from your teacher)
- transfer some words from the unit's word list (p. 153) into your vocabulary notebook and add details to help you learn them.
- practice speaking with the various recordings from Unit 1.
- You can listen and repeat, trying to emulate the stress.
- Or you could try to speak at the same time as the recording.
- Do not read the tapescript while doing this exercise
- Do it only once. Do not memorize the lines, but simply practice the stress.
- Record yourself if you like.
- Watch "A global village" video (8min)