Introduction to B1 (intermediate) English course at CLA Roma Tre.

1. English B1 intensive 9 June – 20 July 2011 26 hours in 13 lessons

2. Hi! I’m David.

4. I was born here

5. I grew up here

6. I went to university here

7. I’ve lived in Rome for 18 years. In that time, I’ve taught English to a lot of people!

8. Tell the class about yourself

9. what study who with where from special interests after this course where live something funny

10. DISCUSSION What do you want from this course?

12. personalWhat strategies can you adopt?

13. SOME INDICATIONS David’s experience!

14. intermediate is different it’s difficult to make progress don’t drift!

16. progress the intermediate plateau time

17. strategies to get past the intermediate plateau

18. separate study and practice make sure you do some studying and practice make sure you know which you are doing (but when we talk about language, it’s both!)

19. language study is 3 different disciplines grammar vocab pronunciation

20. language practice happens in 4 different areas

21. practise ‘real English’

22. resources: I dictionaries

23. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (OALD) www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com

25. Bi-lingual dictionaries don’t use them!

26. Bi-lingual dictionaries but if you must…

27. Corriera della Sera http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/index.shtml Collins Reverso http://dictionary.reverso.net/italian-english/ Oxford Paravia http://oxfordparavia.it/index.php WordReference http://www.wordreference.com/

28. Oxford Collocations Dictionary www.lixiaolai.com/ocd/index.html

30. resources: II sites where you can studyEnglish

31. The BBC www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

33. UCL phonetic games word to vowel symbol symbol to words sound to spelling/symbol

37. resources: III sites where you can practice English

38. iTunes U http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u

40. TED(Technology, Entertainment, Design) www.ted.com

42. resources: IV don’t forget CLACSON