Australian blogs

Have a look at the
blog for an English class in Australia. Down the sidebar is a list of their personal blogs. Choose three or four and read their blogs, and leave some comments on things that you like or agree with. You could give them your URL and they might visit your blog.

Listening

Do you need more listening practice?

• Use the software in the lab called Issues in English.
• Try ESL Lab . There are lots of different topics as well as three levels for you to use to practice your listening.

Listening is all about practice! Try doing one of these every day.

Revision of vocab from mod 11

Have a go at some flashcards from mod 11. You either have to give a definition, or give the form that is asked for eg. adj or adv or opposite.

Suggestion for writing

Need something to write about? Go to The Friday Five and read some of their questions. Each Friday there are five different questions put up - hopefully you will find at least one topic that you are interested in and can write about on your blog.

Vocab from unit 8

Auckland is in the north of the North Island of New Zealand. It has two harbours and lots of beaches. Aucklanders enjoy sailing, and Auckland is sometimes called the ‘City of Sails’. From the Sky Tower you can see some amazing scenery, including extinct volcanoes around the city, some of which are islands like Rangitoto. If you like adventure sports, you can bungy jump off the Sky Tower!

A popular place in summer is the west coast. It is divided from the rest of the Auckland region by the Waitakere mountain range. The beaches on the west coast are quite different to the east coast beaches, with black sand and surf. One of my favourite beaches is Muriwai and the gannet colony there is a pleasant place to visit.

The population of Auckland is about 1.2 million. The climate is warm and the average temperature in summer is around 20 degrees C.

Topics to write about this weekend

This weekend you should write at least one thing on your blog. It is good practice for your writing test next week.

You can choose your own topic OR you could write about

• a musician/actor/entertainer from your country (Do workbook p 46 Kenny G first)
• the experience you talked about in your coursework
• a group of your friends from school and what they are doing now (See textbook p 61 no 3)
• the interview that you do with Deanne in class
• the best thing that has ever happened to you

Grammar practice sites

Want some quick practice for specific grammar points before the week 5 test? Try

• articles
• at/in/on with time and dates
• present perfect or past simple
• easy comparatives
• harder comparatives
• linkers
• countable/uncountable

Or try a general site and choose yourself what points you would like to practice.