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Brian Engquist
Pearson Webinars for English Teachers 2016
B2 exam classes: finding the balance
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Use of English
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Sentence transformations
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What’s the skill here?
Sentence transformation = paraphrasing / rephrasing
When might we rephrase something?
When we sense our listener hasn’t understood.
It is a skill, though we use it more in spoken English than in written English
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To bear in mind… We can predict the types of constructions that we’ll need to manipulate.
For example, transforming active to passive.
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Can we add a spoken element?
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1. Mark is much taller than Jenny.
Yes!
How can this be rephrased?
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Mark is much taller than Jenny.
Mark is much taller than Jenny.
a. Jenny is not nearly as tall as Mark.
b. Jenny is much shorter than Mark.
Build up a cards bank…
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Ronaldo didn’t score as many goals as he had expected.
Now you try
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Ronaldo didn’t score as many goals as he had expected.
Ronaldo didn’t score as many goals as he had expected.
a. Ronaldo scored fewer goals than he had expected.
b. Fewer goals were scored by Ronaldo than he expected.
c. Ronaldo had expected to score more goals.
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One more…
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It is unlikely that England will win the World Cup
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One more…
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It is unlikely that England will win the World Cup
It is unlikely that England will win the World Cup.1.England are unlikely to win the World Cup.2.England will probably not win the World Cup.3.England probably won’t win the World Cup.4.There is little/not much chance that England will win the World Cup.
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Add to the cards bank…
Be on the lookout for repeated transformation types
Get your students to do the same
Add to your cards bank
Revisit your card bank periodically as exam practice
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Mulitiple Matching
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What’s the skill here?
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What’s the skill here?
This is required in most reading exercises…
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What’s the strategy?
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Let’s spice it up!
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Jigsaw Reading for gist
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Students now do the task, following the strategy
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Once students have answered the questions…
Does the teacher just read out the correct answers?
Students volunteer answers, citing from the text.
What other possibilities are there?
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Remember, students are in groups of four
Compare answers with your partner, explain your choices, come to an agreement.
Compare answers with the other pair, explain your choices, come to an agreement.
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Post-reading: motivating students with an interactive quiz
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Let’s think about some of the answers…
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Let’s think about some of the answers…
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A conclusion
Synonyms, opposites and paraphrasing are very important in order to find the right answer
Teachers need to raise awareness of this
Let’s play a game…
Credit: Rob Dean
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No cheating!
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Answers
The opposite of cold - hotThe opposite of interesting - boringA synonym of automobile -carThe opposite of rarely – often, frequentlyThis means the same as not long ago - recentlyA synonym of recall - rememberThe opposite of arrive - leaveA synonym of purchase - buy
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Writing
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Part 1 Writing FCE (essay) Post 2015 Example
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Part 1 Writing FCE (essay)
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Part 1 Writing FCE (essay)
You must answer this question- Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet.
In your English class you have been talking about the environment. Now your English teacher has asked you to write an essay. Write an essay using all the notes and give reasons for your point of view
Every country in the world has problems with pollution and damage to the environment. Do you think these problems can be solved?
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NotesWrite about:
1. transport2. rivers and seas3.........................(your own ideas)
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Every country in the world has problems with pollution and damage to the environment. Do you think these problems can be solved?
Essay structure
Introduction … (Nowadays, many people are concerned about … )
On the one hand … (ways to solve the problems)
On the other hand …. (reasons why they’re too hard to solve)
In conclusion … (my personal on environmental problems)
Possible essay structure?
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Every country in the world has problems with pollution and damage to the environment. Do you think these problems can be solved?
Essay structure
Introduction … (Nowadays, many people are concerned about … )
On the one hand … (ways to solve the problems)
On the other hand …. (reasons why they’re too hard to solve)
In conclusion … (my personal on environmental problems)
Possible essay structure
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You must answer this question- Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet.
In your English class you have been talking about the environment. Now your English teacher has asked you to write an essay. Write an essay using all the notes and give reasons for your point of view
Every country in the world has problems with pollution and damage to the environment. Do you think these problems can be solved?
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NotesWrite about:
1. transport2. rivers and seas3.........................(your own ideas)
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Making an additional point
Giving a solution to a problem
Introducing an example
Giving a reason
Giving an opinion Making a contrast
Meaning ‘about’ Concluding
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Listening
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What’s the skill?
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Listening for specific information, detail, stated opinion
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And the strategy?
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The wood for the trees or the trees for the wood?
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elephants
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hippos
zoology
veterinary sciencebirds
fish
typical day
day’s activities
fed
meals
form bonds
grow fond of
Find the “similar” pairs
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elephants
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hippos
zoology
veterinary sciencebirds
fish
typical day
day’s activities
fed
meals
form bonds
grow fond of
Find the “similar” pairs
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elephants
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hippos
zoologyveterinary science
birdsfish
typical dayday’s activities
fedmeals
form bondsgrow fond of
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elephants
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hippos
zoologyveterinary science
birdsfish
typical dayday’s activities
fedmeals
form bondsgrow fond of
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elephants
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hippos
zoologyveterinary science
birdsfish
typical dayday’s activities
fedmeals
form bondsgrow fond of
big animals
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Moral of the story?
Use your tapescripts!
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Speaking
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Which section of the FCE is this from?
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What was the change in 2015?
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Comparing and making a decision: give them the language
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Provide a model:
A: So which do you think is the most common cause of arguments?
B: Top of the list for me would be staying out late. Parents always get really angry about this.
A: I’d put homework above staying out late. I think homework is the most common cause because all parents take grades and school work very seriously. I think it is their number on priority, more important than staying out late.
B: That’s true. So out of these five causes of arguments, homework is the most common cause.
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A: So which _________ is the ____________ of arguments?
B: Top of the list for me would be ____________. Parents always get ________________.
A: I’d put ____________ above ____________. I think ___________ the most common cause because all parents take ________________ work very seriously. I think it is their number one priority, more important than ______________.
B: That’s true. So out of these five _________ arguments, __________ is the most common cause.
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A: So which _________ is ___________________________?
B: Top ________________ would be ____________. Parents always get ________________.
A: I’d put ____________ above ____________. I think ___________ the __________________ because all ___________take ________________ work _____________. I think it is their number _____________, more important than ______________.
B: That’s true. ________________ five _________ arguments, __________ is the most ______________.
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Any Questions?
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www.english.com
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Thank You!
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Mail: [email protected]: @BrianEngquist1Blog: http://eltlearningjourneys.com/Web: www.`pearsonelt.es
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