Some listening practice

Here is an intermediate level listening activity from BBC Learning English.

You can read the text of the interview as well.
You can learn some vocabulary about wildlife conservation, which could be a topic on your Preliminary exam.

If you have any questions, we can talk about them in class.

Does English sound like this to you?

Here is a short film in which two people speak a language that could be English.
(But perhaps it isn't!)

Does English sound like this to you when you listen to it?

Another reminder about a Preliminary English Speaking resource

Here is a reminder about another video to help you think about the Preliminary English Speaking test.

If you have any questions, we can talk about them in class.

Just another reminder ....

If you need to refresh your memory about the Preliminary English Speaking test, you can watch the official video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE7saDZrYOw

If you have any questions, we can talk about them in class.

Just a reminder ...

Here is a reminder that you can find some useful practice exercies on the Flo-Joe site:

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/preliminaryenglish/index.htm

If you have any questions, we can talk about them in class.

Some useful advice

Today's lesson: 11 May 2015

We spent a lot of time doing Listening practice today.

Listening practice: exam folder 22, p. 146.
Completed all exercises and discussed what strategies to adopt for Listening Part 4.

Continued listening practice with unit 23, p. 149, ex 1.

Homework: p. 149 Listening: ex 2, 3; Language focus, relative clauses 1, 2, 3, 4 (see also summary on p. 212).