LC1 CLASS

2007-05-21T08:14:00.000-07:00

Good luck with your exams and I hope you have a great summer. Here are some photos to remind you of our time together.

2007-03-07T02:40:00.000-08:00

What do you think the video is trying to tell us?

2007-03-07T02:28:00.000-08:00

Imagine that your school is thinking of adding a new foreign language to be taught as well as English. Which one would be the most useful in the future? Here are some suggestions;

Russian
Arabic
Spanish
German
Chinese
Hindi
Portuguese
Japanese

2007-02-15T01:01:00.000-08:00

Here is Dimitris's and Bill's interview. I'll let them know how they did in more detail next lesson. However, I want the rest of the class to comment on their performance using the ideas and suggestions from the handout below.

PART ONE

1 Be friendly, be polite. This is a chance to show the examiners how well you can speak English, not a fight to the death.

2 Learn some words that may come up, e.g. the name of the subject you are studying or the job you want to do in the future.

3 DO NOT learn a little speech by heart. It sounds unnatural and you'll get even more nervous than you need to be trying to remember it.

4 Keep eye contact with the examiner. That means looking him or her in the eye rather than staring at your shoes or some point on the wall behind them.

5 Remember there are no wrong answers here, only well- expressed and badly expressed ones.

6 DO NOT give short, monosyllabic answers, nor tell them the story of your life.

PART TWO

1 Remember that the question you'll be asked about the photos will have three parts, answer all of them.

2 If you don't understand the question ask the examiner to repeat it. You'll not lose marks for this. However, you will lose marks for answering the wrong question.

3 DO NOT stop speaking till the examiner tells you your time is up.

4 Pay attention to what the other person says as you will be asked a similar question to theirs when they finish.

PART THREE

1 Make sure you understand the question before you start speaking. If necessary, ask the examiner to repeat it.

2 Move your chair so that you are facing the other person. Remember what we said about eye-contact.

3 Start with a question, not a monologue.

4 Listen to what the other person says, comment on it, ask them questions.

5 Disagree with the other person whatever they say. It's always easier to have something to say if we disagree.

6 Give the other person chance to speak. You'll lose marks if you monopolise the conversation.

7 DO NOT stop speaking until the examiner tells you that your time is up.

PART FOUR

1 Remember the questions asked in this part are always connected with the topic in part three.

2 Give full answers, not just short, monosyllabic ones

3 Comment on what the other person says, use their name.

4 There are no wrong answers, only badly-expressed ones.

Here are the questions from the interview. Pay particular attention to those in Part 2 and 3.

2007-02-10T02:53:00.000-08:00

This week's homework.

1 Next week we'll go through the mock test we did in class.

2 Do Options: Grammar and Vocabulary page 58 - 60.

2007-02-04T01:53:00.000-08:00

One of the things that helps prepare students for the First Certificate interview (paper 5) is to record one with them. So, over the next month or so all the students will be videoed and we'll burn the interviews onto CDs which you can take them with you and see at home (we have only one PC available so watching in the lesson is not really an option). The benefits of doing this include:

1 A chance to spot an persistent errors in grammar, pronunciation etc.

2 They make sure that non - linguistic elements, such as body language, eye contact etc are appropriate.

3 The opportunity to see where you didn't understand something and how you dealt with it.

Mistakes students make in the interview

From my experience as an examiner I've noticed that poorly prepared students often make the same kind of mistakes in the interview. These include failing to make eye contact with the person they're talking to, whether it be the examiner or the other candidate. Also, they fail to ask for help when they don't understand something and so lose marks for not answering the question asked. Finally, as they have not been taught suitable repair techniques; unable to switch the Greek, they are at a loss to deal with a situation where they can't think of a suitable word or phrase and hence just wait in silence.

feedback

In the interview above both of you are great, confident speakers who will do well in the FCE exam in May 2007. We can see this in the way you answered the questions in Part 1 and Part 4 of the interview.

However, your performance in Part 2 and Part 3 could have been much better. The main problem was that you failed to answer the questions fully (part 2) or failed to understand them (part 3). This was, in part due to the fact that we haven't done much interview practice yet but also to the fact that you rushed to answer, even though you didn't really understand what was expected of you. Instead what you should have done is asked for the question to be repeated or checked with each other what you understood in part 3.

The good news is that these are minor problems which can be easily fixed through practice.Thanks once again for doing the interview. This will help the other students enormously.

2007-01-30T10:46:00.000-08:00

plz give me an answer about the 2 previous posts

2007-01-28T10:30:00.000-08:00

Homework from Thursday's lesson

1 Options: Grammar and Vocabulary page, 55-57.
2 Cambridge Exam Practice book 6, Practice Test 1 - Reading Comprehension.
3 Watch the video below. What do you think is happening?

2007-01-28T07:01:00.000-08:00

can anyone tell me a site where I can download greek music, but don't have to pay for?

2007-01-27T11:02:00.000-08:00

does anybody know a site where I can find greek torrents except www.blue-whitegt.com, www.greek-tracker.com , www.greek-torrents.com??? plz answer me quick

2007-01-17T08:37:00.000-08:00

Homework for next week

1 Do Options (Grammar and Vocabulary) page 49 -51.

2 Look at Cambridge Exam Practice book 6 (the red and white one) practice test one - make yourself familiar with the format of the FCE.

Craig

2007-01-17T05:58:00.000-08:00

Well every New Year's Eve is special.And the last was one of them! I was in Athens and after an amazing walk in the sunset with my dady, we went to the hotel to get prepared for the new year.To tell the truth this Eve wasn't as i had planned to be because something happened to the train we were going to leave with and we could leave for Thessaloniki only the next day! But even though this happened, it was really exciting!We left the hotel at about 11 o'clock, an we changed the year at Platia Sidagmato> After tha we went to a wonderful concert and... after 15 with 30 minutes TV came there and took us an interview!!after that we went to a very with style gala.The next morning we left Athens and we were finally home!

2007-01-14T09:52:00.001-08:00

Well, I spend the New Year's Eve at my aunt's and uncle's house along with grandparents my family and my cousins. I had a great time! Oh, and here's my 2006 trips and holidays video!

2007-01-11T02:01:00.000-08:00

To LC1, your homework is;

1 Do Options Grammar and Vocabulary page 36 - 38.

2 Post some pictures from the holidays on your Flickr page (click here to see it). Don't forget to add a description as well. If you can't remember the password and user name email me.

3 Why not create your own slide show using either BubbleShare or Slide.com. Just upload pictures from your PC, add a short description of each and decide on what effects you would like to have.Then post it on the blog.

Remember the theme is your 2006 and that if you don't have a fast ADSL connection then you'll need to reduce the photograph size to 100 to 200kb, otherwise you'll need hours to complete the task.

2006-12-23T02:48:00.000-08:00

Artist:Linkin Park
Song:Wish
Live At Rock Am Ring
From Anthi!

2006-12-21T04:35:00.000-08:00

Happy Christmas from everyone in LC 1

2006-12-20T23:44:00.000-08:00

How we celebrate Christmas in Greece.

What do you do at this time of year?

2006-12-20T04:23:00.000-08:00

I would like you to post any photos you have over the holidays either on this blog or on our flickr page (click here). Don't forget to check out other student blogs at Dekita.org to find out what other people in the world are doing at this time of year.

Do you have a Flickr page. Please share it with us by mentioning it in the comments.

Have a great holiday and I'll see you next year

Craig

2006-12-17T11:53:00.000-08:00

2006-12-13T08:29:00.000-08:00

For those students who missed Wednesday's lesson, our homework for next week is;

1 Options - grammar page 30 -33 ex 1 to 6 (ignore the theory parts).
2 If you can, post a music video you like on the blog (use Youtube, if you like).
3 Look at Dekita.org (it's a site with student blogs) and leave a comment.
4 Post your opinion about the previos post, just remember to write in the comments section, there is no need to write a new post.
5 download Photo Story 3 (it's free).

2006-12-13T08:20:00.000-08:00

What lessons do you do think you should do in junior high school (γυμνασιο)?

Think about which subjects should be studied?
How many should be studied?
How should they be assessed?

For example;

end of year exams, like FCE
monthly tests
teacher grades
course work
a mix of the above

2006-12-13T03:38:00.000-08:00

Welcome to our blog.

We all hope that you'll pop by and comment. We can't wait to hear what you have to say and see your blogs as well.

Class LC 1

To my students

We've just signed up with Dekita.org. This is a site that allows students from all over the world to see and participate in other people's blogs.

2006-12-10T08:22:00.000-08:00

plz click on the empty icon to see a WoW video

2006-12-10T08:16:00.000-08:00

2006-12-06T09:12:00.000-08:00

http://www.google.com/mars/

click here to see mars maps by NASA

2006-12-06T09:07:00.000-08:00

http://www.murderousmaths.co.uk/

This is a really good for maths lovers

2006-12-06T08:18:00.000-08:00

I want you to make your own video using images from Google or Flickr.

Try using Window Movie maker (which you have on your computer) or download Photo Story 3.

2006-11-29T05:18:00.000-08:00

THE MOOOOOONLIGHT

...

alloneutis=noob

:b :)

oblivion

2006-11-29T05:13:00.000-08:00

MITSUBISHI EVO

D.K RULES

:b :)

oblivion

2006-11-29T04:01:00.000-08:00

I created this video using images from Flickr and the Photo Story 3 program which you can download free of charge from Microsoft's website (you could also use Window's Movie maker which you already have on your PC). Why don't you have a go with your favourite song? When you've finished you can upload it to YouTube (you'll need to register) so that others can see it.

2006-11-22T06:11:00.001-08:00

1 ) Because the writer of this song wants to pass the message that we are supposed to wake up and react to what the government is doing behind our backs.
2) King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and Nobel laureate, one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movement and a prominent advocate of non-violent resistance to racial oppression.
3) He led the historic March on Washington, August 28, 1963, where he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. The following day King was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1964 King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
4) The Americans were fighting witht the South Vietnamese against North Vietnam.
5) Malcolm X (1925-1965), black American leader, born in Omaha, Nebraska, as Malcolm Little. In 1946 he was sentenced to prison for burglary. While in prison, Malcolm became interested in the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Black Muslims, also called the Nation of Islam. When Malcolm was released in 1952, he joined a Black Muslim temple in Detroit, and took the name Malcolm X .In 1964, Malcolm broke with the Nation of Islam and formed a secular black nationalist group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU).
6) On February 21, 1965, while addressing an OAAU rally in New York, Malcolm was assassinated by men allegedly connected with the Black Muslims.
7) Because in the Matrix movie all the peole were slaves and they didn’t know it, so they couldn’t wake up.
8) It means that if you don’t wake up soon you’re gonna bear the consequences.

2006-11-22T06:11:00.000-08:00

LC1 CLASS

2006-11-19T08:25:00.000-08:00

what r u lookin' at?

r u blind or somethin'?

oblivion

2006-11-15T06:21:00.000-08:00

in my free time i go out with my friends and have fun!!!

2006-11-15T05:46:00.000-08:00

i think that wars are bad in any way...people should understand each other, otherwise no one will be satisfited...if someone for example wants to regain their land, they shouldn't make a war...they could solve their problems in an another way...others make a war to expand and most commonly for reasons we might not understand but are important to powerful governments. However some popularities like the muslim community fight for their religious beliefs. For example the terrorist attack in the twin towers on the september the 11th.

2006-11-15T05:24:00.000-08:00

I believe that a war may be good depending on the reason. If the result of war is selfish or economical(ex.a country having more lands or something like that) then it is a bad war, but if a war has a good reason(ex.free a race) then you can say it is worth it.There is of course the possibility of being an evil genius who wants to rule the world then the war would be good only for you. Last but not least there is a kind of war where no one knows what's he fighting for and people and civilians are killed for no reason.

2006-11-15T04:14:00.000-08:00

Wake Up - Rage Against The Machine

"Come on!
Uggh!

Come on, although ya try to discredit
Ya still never read it
The needle, I'll thread it
Radically poetic
Standin' with the fury that they had in '66
And like E-Double I'm mad
Still knee-deep in the system's shit
Hoover, he was a body remover
I'll give ya a dose
But it can never come close
To the rage built up inside of me
Fist in the air, in the land of hypocrisy

Movements come and movements go
Leaders speak, movements cease
When their heads are flown
'Cause all these punks
Got bullets in their heads
Departments of police, the judges, the feds
Networks at work, keepin' people calm
You know they went after King
When he spoke out on Vietnam
He turned the power to the have-nots
And then came the shot

Yeah!
Yeah, back in this...
Wit' poetry, my mind I flex
Flip like Wilson, vocals never lackin' dat finesse
Whadda I got to, whadda I got to do to wake ya up
To shake ya up, to break the structure up
'Cause blood still flows in the gutter
I'm like takin' photos
Mad boy kicks open the shutter
Set the groove
Then stick and move like I was Cassius
Rep the stutter step
Then bomb a left upon the fascists
Yea, the several federal men
Who pulled schemes on the dream
And put it to an end
Ya better beware
Of retribution with mind war
20/20 visions and murals with metaphors
Networks at work, keepin' people calm
Ya know they murdered X
And tried to blame it on Islam
He turned the power to the have-nots
And then came the shot

Uggh!
What was the price on his head?
What was the price on his head!

I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard, I think I heard a shot

'He may be a real contender for this position should he
abandon his supposed obediance to white liberal doctrine
of non-violence...and embrace black nationalism'
'Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to
pinpoint potential trouble-makers... and neutralize them.
Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to
pinpoint potential trouble-makers... and neutralize them
and neutralize them, and neutralize them, and neutralize them'

Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!

How long? Not long, cause what you reap is what you sow"

Questions

1 Why is the song called "Wake up"?
2 Who was (Martin Luther) King?
3 How did he die?
4 What was happening in Vietnam in 1966?
5 Who was (Malcom) X?
6 How did he die?
7 Why do you think the song was used in the Matrix movie?
8 What does the last line mean?

2006-11-08T08:32:00.000-08:00

For next wednesday I want you to;

1 Post a paragraph explaining what you think about this statement;

"There is no such thing as a good war."

(50 -100 words)

2 Take a photograph (no bigger than 200kb) connected with leisure and
post it on the blog. The best picture will win a prize.

Remember that if you don't do ex (1) you will not be considered for ex (2)

Later on we will send our photos to the BBC in order to take part in their
young photographer competition.

2006-11-08T00:51:00.000-08:00

Don't forget to say if you think Mary Taylor should take the job or not. I posted the photocopy we used in class to help you remember the situation (just click on the image a couple of times to see it more clearly).

Also I'm glad to see some of you did some research on Tiananmen Square. Make sure the rest of you have something to say about it in the next lesson.

Craig

2006-11-07T04:55:00.000-08:00

1) I think that Mary Taylor shouldn't work because it would harm her daughter and make her have even less time to spend with her kid.
2) 1989:Massacre in Tiananmen Square
Several hundrend civilians, who had occupied the square for seven weeks refusing to move until their democratic reform were met, have been shot dead by the Chinese army during a military operation to crush a democratic uprising in Peking's (Beijing) Tiananmen Square.

2006-10-29T10:37:00.000-08:00

>MANEATER<

[Timbaland:]
Take it back, take it back...

Verse 1-
Everybody look at me, me
I walk in the door you start screaming
Come on everybody what chu here for?
Move your body around like a nympho
Everybody get your necks to crack around
All you crazy people come on jump around
I want to see you all on your knees, knees
You either want to be with me, or be me!

Chorus-
Maneater, make you work more
Make you spend more
Make you want all, of her love
She's a maneater
make you buy cars
make you cut cards
make you fall real hard in love
She's a Maneater, make you work more
Make you spend more
Make you want all, of her love
She's a maneater
make you buy cars
make you cut cards
Wish you never ever met her at all!

Verse 2-
And when she walks she walks with passion
when she talks, she talks like she can handle it
when she asks for something boy she means it
even if you never ever see it
everybody get your necks to crack around
all you crazy people come on jump around
you doing anything to keep her by your side
because, she said she love you, love you long time!

Chorus-
Maneater, make you work more
Make you spend more
Make you want all, of her love
She's a maneater
make you buy cars
make you cut cards
make you fall real hard in love
She's a Maneater, make you work more
Make you spend more
Make you want all, of her love
She's a maneater
make you buy cars
make you cut cards
Wish you never ever met her at all!

[Chants]

Chorus-
Maneater, make you work more
Make you spend more
Make you want all, of her love
She's a maneater
make you buy cars
make you cut cards
make you fall real hard in love
She's a Maneater, make you work more
Make you spend more
Make you want all, of her love
She's a maneater
make you buy cars
make you cut cards
Wish you never ever met her at all!

Outro-
Never ever met her at all!
you wish you never ever met her at all!
you wish you never ever met her at all!
you wish you never ever met her at all!
you wish you never ever met her at all!
you wish you never ever met her at all!
you wish you never ever met her at all!
you wish you never ever met her at all!

[Chorus]

She's a maneater, a maneater
She's a maneater, a maneater
She's a maneater, a maneater

2006-10-26T02:27:00.000-07:00

For next time I want you to find the lyrics to one of the songs from the cd (or a song of your own) and post them on the blog along with a comment on why you like it. Rememeber don't put your own name, let the others guess who chose the song.

Also I want you to do page 40 Options: Grammar and Vocabulary.

2006-10-25T06:22:00.000-07:00

[ GUNS N' ROSES Lyrics ]

"Civil war"

"What we've got here is failure to
communicate.
Some men you just can't reach...
So, you get what we had here last week,
which is the way he wants it!
Well, he gets it!
N' I don't like it any more than you men." *

Look at your young men fighting
Look at your women crying
Look at your young men dying
The way they've always done before

Look at the hate we're breeding
Look at the fear we're feeding
Look at the lives we're leading
The way we've always done before

My hands are tied
The billions shift from side to side
And the wars go on with brainwashed pride
For the love of God and our human rights
And all these things are swept aside
By bloody hands time can't deny
And are washed away by your genocide
And history hides the lies of our civil wars

D'you wear a black armband
When they shot the man
Who said "Peace could last forever"
And in my first memories
They shot Kennedy
I went numb when I learned to see
So I never fell for Vietnam
We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
That you can't trust freedom
When it's not in your hands
When everybody's fightin'
For their promised land

And
I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war

Look at the shoes your filling
Look at the blood we're spilling
Look at the world we're killing
The way we've always done before
Look in the doubt we've wallowed
Look at the leaders we've followed
Look at the lies we've swallowed
And I don't want to hear no more

My hands are tied
For all I've seen has changed my mind
But still the wars go on as the years go by
With no love of God or human rights
'Cause all these dreams are swept aside
By bloody hands of the hypnotized
Who carry the cross of homicide
And history bears the scars of our civil wars

"WE PRACTICE SELECTIVE ANNIHILATION OF MAYORS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
FOR EXAMPLE TO CREATE A VACUUM
THEN WE FILL THAT VACUUM
AS POPULAR WAR ADVANCES
PEACE IS CLOSER" **

I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
And I don't need your civil war
I don't need your civil war
I don't need your civil war
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
I don't need your civil war
I don't need one more war

I don't need one more war
Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway

This is my favourite song. It's called Civil War and it's written by Guns n' Roses. I like it 'cause it has great rythm and the volume goes often up and down.It talks about civil wars and how much damage they cause to a country.

2006-10-25T04:10:00.000-07:00

Buttons LyricsArtist(Band):Pussycat Dolls
Buttons Lyrics
I'm tellin' you to loosen up my buttons babe (Uh huh)
But you keep frontin' (Uh)
Sayin' what you gon' do to me (Uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothin' (Uh)
I'm tellin' you to loosen up my buttons babe (Uh huh)
But you keep frontin' (Uh)
Sayin' what you gon' do to me (Uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothin' (Uh)
Typical and hardly The type i fall
forI like when the physicalDon't leave me askin' for more
I'm a sexy mama (Mama)
Who knows just how to get what I wanna (Wanna)
What I wanna do is bring this on ya (On ya)
Back up all of the things that I told ya (Told ya)
You've been sayin' all the right things all night long
But I can't seem to get you over here to help take this off
Baby, can't you see?How these clothes are fittin' on me
And the heat comin' from this beat
I'm about to blowI don't think you know
I'm tellin' you to loosen up my buttons babe (Uh huh)
But you keep frontin' (Uh)
Sayin' what you gon' do to me (Uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothin' (Uh)
I'm tellin' you to loosen up my buttons babe (Uh huh)
But you keep frontin' (Uh)
Sayin' what you gon' do to me (Uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothin' (Uh)
You say you're a big boy
But I can't agree
'Cause the love you said you had
Ain't been put on me
I wonderIf I'm just too much for you
WonderIf my kiss don't make you just
WonderWhat I got next for youWhat you wanna do? (Do)
Take a chance to recognize that this could be yours
I can see, just like most guys that your game don't please
Baby, can't you see?How these clothes are fittin' on me
And the heat comin' from this bea
tI'm about to blowI don't think you know
I'm tellin' you to loosen up my buttons babe (Uh huh)
But you keep frontin' (Uh)
Sayin' what you gon' do to me (Uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothin' (Uh)
I'm tellin' you to loosen up my buttons babe (Uh huh)
But you keep frontin' (Uh)
Sayin' what you gon' do to me (Uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothin' (Uh)
Come on baby loosen up my buttons babes
Loosen up my buttons babe
Baby wont you loosen up my buttons babes
Loosen up my buttons babe
Come on baby loosen up my buttons babes
Loosen up my buttons babe
Baby wont you loosen up my buttons babes
Loosen up my buttons babe
I'm tellin' you to loosen up my buttons babe (Uh huh)
But you keep frontin' (Uh)
Sayin' what you gon' do to me (Uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothin' (Uh)
I'm tellin' you to loosen up my buttons babe (Uh huh)
But you keep frontin' (Uh)
Sayin' what you gon' do to me (Uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothin' (Uh)
I'm tellin' you to loosen up my buttons babe (Uh huh)
But you keep frontin' (Uh)
Sayin' what you gon' do to me (Uh huh)
But I ain't seen nothin' (Uh)
I'm tellin' you to loosen up my buttons babe (Uh huh)But you keep frontin' (Uh)
Sayin' what you gon' do to me (Uh huh)But I ain't seen nothin' (Uh)

2006-10-18T08:30:00.000-07:00

HOMEWORK FOR 25TH OCTOBER

1 Options: grammar and vocabulary page 9-11, 38-39

(All of you who haven't done page 36-37, it must be done by next week).

2 Bring a song with lyrics that you think would make the basis of a good listening exercise.

3 Think of three ways in which you are special, different to most other people.

4 Choose one of the songs from the CD I'll give you tomorrow and find the lyrics. Post them on the blog along with a short explanation about why you choose this particular song. Remember don't put your name.

2006-10-15T02:19:00.000-07:00

1 Do one thing from the exam preparation handout e.g. watch a DVD.
2 Add you biography to the blog, if you haven't done so already.
3 Do Options: Grammar and Vocabulary, page 6-7 and page 36-37.

I'll bring the class CD next lesson.

2006-10-04T11:50:00.000-07:00

Exam Preparation Tips

This is a list of different things you can do to improve your English outside class.

1 Use the internet - How ?

a Surf the web on a regular basis - 10 to 15 minutes a day is enough.

b Use chat rooms - Mirc or Yahoo have easy to use (and FREE) chat services.

http://www.mirc.co.uk
http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/chat/chatbylycos.html

c Listen to radio or download podcasts from the net.

www.cnn.com/services/podcasting/
www.bbc.co.uk/radio/

Or download a book and listen to it. It costs nothing.

http://freeaudio.org
http://www.scottsigler.net

d Set up your own blog (web page). It's easy and costs nothing. Also it is a great way to practise your writing skills.

www.blogger.com

2 Watch DVD's - without subtitles - at least once a week. This is a great way of preparing for the the listening test.

3 Read something other than your course books. Literature, short stories, magazines, newspapers; In fact just about anything you can find in English. All reading is good practice for the Reading Comprehension part of the Cambridge exams. All these things can be found at the kiosks in Aristotelian square or in central bookshops.

4 Record yourself. If you have a cassette recorder, mobile phone that can record or a microphone for your PC, record yourself speaking. It's a great way of correcting errors in your spoken English.

5 Speak only English in class. This is probably the only chance you'll get to speak English before the exam so make the most of the opportunity.

Nobody expects students to do all of these things but if you try some of them during the course of the year then you'll see a great improvment in your language skills and of course you'll greatly increase your chances of getting a good grade in the exams.

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From left to right:

Alex, Theodore, Dimitris, Dimitris, Kostas, Bill, Claire, Dafne, John (sitting) and Anthi.

Remember that I want you to write a short biography and post it on this blog. Just remember, no personal stuff like surnames, phone numbers etc, ok? Also try one of the things from the Exam Preparation Tips handout and be prepared to talk about it next lesson.

Don't forget that you'll need the Opinion books next lesson, but not Cambridge Examination Practice book 6.

Lets have a great year!