Prudente - Laboratorio di inglese - 2015/2016 - Beginner
Тематический план
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UNIT 1: PHONETICS AND PRONOUNCIATION; SUBJECT PRONOUNS & OBJECT PRONOUNS; MEETING PEOPLE
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follow the links
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Follow the instructions
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Follow the grammar explanation
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Now do the exercises
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Follow the grammar explanation
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Now do the exercises
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Follow the instructions
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Click here to find more dialogues and expressions to introduce yourself:
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UNIT 2: VERB TO BE; POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS; SAXON GENITIVE
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercises
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercises
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Follow the instructions
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Use this website to revise the verb to be:
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Italy/Italian
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nationalities + also/too
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UNIT 3: PRES. SIMPLE; DO AND DOES; ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercise
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercises
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercises
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Follow the instructions
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Improve your listening skills and vocabulary with this BBC miniseries. It's fun and useful:
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family relationships in English
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UNIT 4: PLURAL NOUNS; THE, A/AN; SOME AND ANY
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercise
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercises
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Follow the explanation and do the exercise
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What is the United Kingdom? And England? Where is Wales?
Watch this video to find the answers. Follow these instructions:
1) Watch the video a first time
2) Watch again and do Task and Task 2
3) Open the Transcript. Play the video again and follow Nick’s words on the text.
4) Write the new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, is famous for its summer festivals. Read the text and complete the exercises at the bottom of the page.
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Apart from people in the UK, other people in different areas of the world have a British citizenship. Read about Gibraltar and write new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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UNIT 5: HAVE AND HAVE GOT; DEMONSTRATIVES
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Follow the grammar explanation
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Now do the exercises
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercises
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Do you use the social media? Do you know what a web series is? Watch this video about the social media revolution. Follow these instructions:
1) Watch the video a first time
2) Watch again and do Task, Task 2 and Task 3
3) Open the Transcript. Play the video again and follow Wendy’s words on the text.
4) Write the new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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Do you know or use Twitter? Read the article and write new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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What types of people can you find on Facebook? Watch the video to learn some Facebook slang. You are adviced to stop after every description and watch again, then move on to the next definition. Finally, click on “mostra altro” to read a short explanation for each term.
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UNIT 6: COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercises
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercises
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Revise comparatives and superlatives. Complete these exercise:
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Follow Nick in a walk through one of the most multicultural areas of London.
Watch the video following these instructions:
1) Watch the video a first time
2) Watch again and do Task and Task 2
3) Open the Transcript. Play the video again and follow Nick’s words on the text.
4) Write the new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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The video mentions the refugees. Who are these people? Read the following article about them and write new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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In Britain, food too comes from all over the world. Watch the video and do the activities below.
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UNIT 7: MODAL VERBS; PREPOSITIONS
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercises
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercises
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Lots of students, from all over the world, come to Britain each year to study. Nick visits Oxford University and the London School of Economics and talks to some students to find out what it is like to study in the UK. Watch this video following these instructions:
1) Watch the video a first time.
2) Watch again and do Task and Task 2.
3) Open the Transcript. Play the video again and follow Nick’s words on the text.
4) Write the new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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Students in the UK often take a gap year between school and university. What is it? Read the text and complete the activities at the bottom of the page.
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In some American high schools, up to 50% of the students leave school before they complete their education. Find out the reasons for this phenomenon. Write new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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UNIT 8: PAST SIMPLE; TIME EXPRESSIONS
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Follow the grammar explanation
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Now do the exercises
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercise
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Who is the most famous fictional detective in the history of London? Follow Wendy as she learns about Sherlock Holmes. Watch the video following these instructions:
1) Watch the video a first time.
2) Watch again and do Task, Task 2 and Task 3.
3) Open the Transcript. Play the video again and follow Wendy’s words on the text.
4) Write the new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the author of Sherlock Holmes’s stories. But there is another very famous English mystery writer: Agatha Christie. Read about her life and works and write new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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Visit this website to improve your listening and reading skills. The news are "in levels": click on level 1 to read and listen to an easy version of the news. Then you can click on levels 2 and 3:
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UNIT 9: PRES. CONTINUOUS; MUCH, MANY, A LOT OF
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Follow the explanation and do the exercises
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Follow the grammar explanation and do the exercises
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Amanda investigates the relationship between Britain and Europe and hears from people on both sides of the English Channel. Watch the video following these instructions:
1) Watch the video a first time.
2) Watch again and do Task, and Task 2.
3) Open the Transcript. Play the video again and follow Amanda’s words on the text.
4) Write the new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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Read this article about the EU enlargement. Write new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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Learn some English vocabulary about politics:
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UNIT 10: FUTURE FORMS; JOBS
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Follow the grammar explanation
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Now do these exercises
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Have you ever wanted to start your own business? Joe meets young British people doing just that, and gets advice from entrepreneurs old and new, including Sir Richard Branson. Watch the video following these instructions:
1) Watch the video a first time.
2) Watch again and do Task, and Task 2.
3) Open the Transcript. Play the video again and follow Joe’s words on the text.
4) Write the new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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Read this article about “job hopping” (= changing your job frequently). Write new words and sentences in your exercise book.
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Learn some English vocabulary about jobs and occupations:
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