Class 1 – Tuesday, November 16th
Greetings! After last week’s arduous battle with grammar, this week we will take a breather and dedicate our time to polish up other skills needed for CAE exam.
First we’ll begin with a speaking practice and talk about travel. 
Most people enjoy traveling but there are different types of travelers. Some of them carry only what they need while the others pack their whole room to spend two days on the coast. Which one are you?
Don’t forget to use CEA phrases to express your opinions, your likes and dislikes!
https://www.boredpanda.com/two-types-of-travelers-illustrations-sarah-cooper/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
We’ll continue with activities 2 and 3 on page 29 of Student’s book.
Class 2 – Thursday, November 18th
We will begin with an idiom of a day and today we have a couple of these associated with travel:
Later on we are going to do listening practice on page 31, activities 1, 2 and 3 with a special focus on CAE listening overview, listening tips and distraction techniques.
We’ll also do a listening part from an old CAE exam:
https://engexam.info/cae-listening-practice-tests/cae-listening-practice-test-1/
Extra materials: Idioms and expressions (so far): https://ufile.io/yels3jcp
CAE useful expressions: https://ufile.io/gwpdputp
Homework: Page 34, Prepositional phrases – Push yourself
CAE writing task (Part 1):
Hints: Please try to give your essay a structure. Plan ahead! A good essay contains the following parts:
– Introduction
– 1st paragraph
– 2nd paragraph
– 3rd paragraph (optional)
– Conclusion
Brainstorm vocabulary related to the topic, use a range variety of vocabulary and use discussive words and phrases. Don’t forget to give reasons to support your argument! Explain your pros and cons.
