EXAM DATES

*JANUARY 28TH, MONDAY: WRITING TEST

*JANUARY 30TH, WEDNESDAY: READING AND LISTENING TESTS

*FEBRUARY 4TH OR FEBRUARY 6TH: SPEAKING TEST IN PAIRS AT YOUR DESIGNATED SCHEDULED TIME

CONTENTS FOR THE WRITING AND SPEAKING TESTS (subject to possible changes)

Writing:

These are the topics:

*Do you believe in the supernatural? Are you a superstitious person?

*How would you describe yourself? How would you describe Donald Trump? And Rafa Nadal? 

*What advice would you give to a candidate at a job interview?

*What would be your dream job? Describe the perfect working conditions, salary, environment etc. 

*Are you in favor or against cosmetic surgery? Do we judge by appearance?

*Are you in favor or against alternative medicine? Does it work or is it a scam?

Speaking.

Monologue: preparation time 3 minutes. You can take notes. Presentation time: 4 minutes. The topics are the same as for the writing test.

Dialogue: preparation time 3 minutes. Presentation time 5 minutes. These are the topics:

*At the doctor's: role play doctor/patient. 

*Debate for and against a candidate for a job THIS TOPIC HAS BEEN ELIMINATED

*Debate for and against alternative medicine
*Debate for and against cosmetic surgery

*Debate for and and against salary being the most important factor in a job

SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE WRITING TEST

Writing test.
There will be two tasks which you have to complete. That means that you have to write ONE text from each task.
Task 1: option A OR option B.
Task 2: option A OR option B
By the end of the test, you should have completed the two tasks, that means that you will have written ONE text from Task 1 AND one text from Task 2.
Approximate length: 200 words per text
Approximate time limit: 2 hours

MERRY CHRISTMAS, PEOPLE!

I will publish the contents for the semester tests very soon. Don't panic and enjoy the holidays!

GETTING USED TO BRITISH CHRISTMAS

GETTING USED TO NEW THINGS

EXERCISE AND TRANSCRIPT HERE

READING COMPREHENSION: ACUPUNCTURE

CLICK HERE TO DO THE EXERCISE

LISTENING COMPREHENSION: INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

 True or False? Justify your answers 

1. Integrative medicine is a combination of traditional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine. 
2. At medical school, professors show you some alternative and complementary medical practice. 
3. Dr McCAnn thinks a doctor needs to treat patients with either conventional or alternative medicine. 
4. According to alternative medicine, the human being can heal himself. 
5. Patients of integrative medicine are willing to take an active role in their healing process. 
6. Some patients of integrative medicine are not ill at all. 
7. Dr McCAnn believes integrative medicine is here to stay.

HEALTH AND ILLNESS VOCABULARY

COSMETIC SURGERY: PROS AND CONS

CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

ASPECT ISN'T EVERYTHING

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE QUEEN DIES?

100 YEARS OF FASHION (USED TO/GET USED TO)

People used to be more elegant in the past
People used to have less stress in the past
People used to be more respectful in the past
People used to treat women better in the past
People used to have more money in the past

People are getting used to dressing in a more casual way nowadays
People are getting used to having stress nowadays
People are getting used to being more casual nowadays
People are getting used to treating women more respectfully nowadays
People are getting used to having less money nowadays

HOW OLD IS TOO OLD TO DRIVE A CAR?

NOTHING SUITS ME LIKE A SUIT

When you are 70, how do you see yourself?

Warning When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings And make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my slippers in the rain And pick flowers in other people's gardens And learn to spit. You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat And eat three pounds of sausages at a go Or only bread and pickle for a week And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes. But now we must have clothes that keep us dry And pay our rent and not swear in the street And set a good example for the children. We must have friends to dinner and read the papers. But maybe I ought to practice a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE?

CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

GIVING OPINIONS AND DEBATING

PRONOUNCIATION IS IMPORTANT

READ AND LISTEN TO THESE SCARY STORIES

URBAN TRIBES

CLICK ON THE PHOTO OR HERE

DOES APPEARANCE MATTER?

THE MORE ENGLISH I LISTEN TO, THE MORE I LEARN!

SPEED DATING (FAST DATE)

PERSONALITIES

SHORT HORROR STORIES

HERE

WORK - A JOB INTERVIEW

CONTENTS FOR THE END-OF-COURSE TESTS (SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE CHANGES)

Writing:

Two texts of 180-200 words.

FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY possible topics:

-Alternative medicine

-Fossil fuels

-Abortion

-Social networks

-Mass tourism

-Man-made climate change

LETTER OF COMPLAINT possible topics:

-To a hotel

-To a travel agency

-To a package holiday tour operator

-To an online shop

-To an internet provider

Speaking
Monologue: preparation time 3 minutes. You can take notes. Presentation time: 4 minutes. The topics are the same as for the writing test.

-Do you think abortion is ethical?

-Do you think there is an alternative to fossil fuels?

-Do you think alternative medicine works?

-Do you think climate change is an invention?

-Do you think social networks are dangerous?

Dialogues: preparation time 3 minutes. Presentation time 5 minutes. These are the topics:

-DEBATES FOR AND AGAINST:

-Alternative medicine

-Fossil fuels

-Abortion

-Social networks

-Mass tourism

-Man-made climate change

COMPLAINING: A FORMAL LETTER

Explanation and exercise click here

HOW WILL PEOPLE TRAVEL IN THE CITIES OF THE FUTURE?

GUN CONTROL

SPEAKING TASK

SCOTLAND

HIPSTERS