2025-03-13

IELTS 1-1

  • Lesson Aims

    • Mock Reading and Speaking

  • Materials

    • Pearson Practice Tests Plus
      • Test 3: Reading
      • Test 2: Speaking

  • Homework

    • Pearson Practice Tests Plus
      • Test : Reading
        • section 3
    • Continue in Grammar for IELTS

  • Language Spotlight

    • Vocabulary
      • distant past
        • a long time ago
      • extinct
        • wymarły gatunek
      • medicinal powers
      • contribution
      • lasting contribution
        • significant and lasting role
      • sufficient
        • enough
    • Speaking Part 1
      • Pronunciation
        • clothes
          • /kləʊz/
      • Normally I have not a lot of free time.
        • Normally, I don’t have a lot of free time.
      • Besides of repairing the car we take it to the tracks to ride it.
        • Besides repairing the car, we (also) take out to the (race) track.
      • There’s more time spending in the garage repairing the car than driving it
        • There’s more time spent in …
      • We are driving cars to some interesting places.
        • We drive …
      • I often wear sports trousers.
        • sweat pants (US)
        • track suit bottoms (UK)
      • One time I was interested in fashion.
        • I used to be interested in …
      • I only wear what fits me good.
        • … well …
      • I bought sneakers for some price.
        • I would buy sneakers (and sell them for a profit).
        • I would buy them for one price and sell them for a profit.
      • I don’t wear original clothes.
        • I don’t stand out.
        • My fashion sense isn’t unique.
      • You can going in your car sharp turn in the city.
        • When you make a sharp turn in the city, …
      • Making your wheels turning very much.
        • Modifying the car so that the wheels turn further than in a normal car.
          • … amount that the wheels turn is greater than it would be normally
      • … depends of …
        • depends on …
      • gum
        • rubber
      • vocabulary
        • to get pulled over
        • volume noise
    • Speaking Part 2
      • The jokes there making by these presenters are funny.
        • The jokes made by …
      • It is really often on the TV.
        • It is shown on TV often.
        • It’s on TV often.
    • Speaking Part 3
      • There are some jokes that wouldn’t be in other country’s programs.
        • There are some jokes that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to see as they’re culturally dependent.
      • The foreign programs are educating you in some ways.
        • Foreign programs can be educational (in nature).
      • The series when I was young were pretty better.
        • TV programming used to be much better.
      • They weren’t exactly political.
        • … politically correct
      • The informations you get are connected with some political groups.
        • information
      • There are not many of channels not connected …
        • … many channels …
      • The negative emotions are raising in me.
        • It raises the negative emotions in me.
        • It triggers negative emotions.
        • It causes negative emotions to come up/rise.

2025-03-12

Adult IELTS

  • Lesson Aims

    • Linking ideas
    • Both, either, neither
    • Listening

  • Materials

    • page 92 Listening (Section 4)
    • page 93 Language Development

  • Homework

    • page 102: review

2025-03-12

Upper Secondary B2.1

  • Lesson Aims

    • Understand the language and format of a simple business plan.
    • Write a business plan to describe an invention that solves a problem.
    • Present my business plan to the class.

  • Materials

    • project

  • Plan

    • Start with page 5 questions
    • Dragon’s Den
      • What kind of business is being pitched in the video, and how does it make money?
      • How do the Dragons respond to the pitch, and what concerns do they raise?
      • What factors make the entrepreneur’s pitch effective, and what could have been improved?
      • What is the purpose of Dragon’s Den, and what kind of businesses are likely to succeed on the show?
      • What lessons from the video can you apply to make your own pitch more convincing?

  • Homework

    • Learning Hub

2025-03-12

Lower Secondary B2.2

  • Lesson Aims

    • I can understand a podcast that gives advice about health and fitness.
    • I can talk about the importance of exercise.
    • I can write a formal letter.

2025-03-11

IELTS 1-1

  • Lesson Aims

    • Focus on Present Perfect
    • Listening mock test

  • Materials

    • Grammar for IELTS page 31
    • Pearson Practice Tests Plus
      • Test 3: Listening

  • Homework

    • Grammar for IELTS pages 32-37
    • Practice Tests Plus
      • Reading Mock test pages 15-27

  • Language Spotlight

    • tire/tyre
    • literature
    • novice

2025-03-10

Lower Secondary B2.2

  • Lesson Aims

    • I can use phrases to talk about controlling stress
    • I can use language to speculate about things that are certain or likely to happen.
    • I can understand a magazine article about preparing for exams.

  • Materials

    • pages 6-7

  • Plan

    • How Likely Is It? – Ranking and Discussion Activity
      • Prepare and Distribute Statements
        • If you don’t study at all, you’re bound to fail the exam.
        • Drinking coffee before an exam will probably help you stay alert.
        • If you cram the night before, there’s a good chance you won’t remember everything.
        • If you get enough sleep, you’re sure to feel more focused in the morning.
        • It’s likely that students who take breaks while studying perform better.
        • You might feel nervous before the exam, but that’s normal.
      • Group Work – Ranking the Statements
        • Divide students into small groups.
        • Give them a set of statements and ask them to rank them from most certain to least certain based on the expressions used.
      • Class Discussion
        • Groups compare their rankings and justify their choices.
        • Encourage them to suggest other expressions for certainty and probability.
        • Ask follow-up questions like:
          • Do you agree that this statement is “certain”? Why or why not?
          • What would make this statement more or less certain?
        • Personalized Task – Make Your Own Sentences
          • Students write two certain and two probable statements about their own study habits or exam preparation.
          • They share their sentences with a partner, who tries to change one word to make the sentence either more or less certain.

  • Homework

    • Learning Hub