First Year, Lettorato I, class 1E, homework and preparation for our Google Meet lesson on Monday 20 April

No lessons at the Marco Polo building for the moment. So here is the work to do at home to be ready for Monday.

English File B1/B1+ Student's Book, using your book, online materials, a dictionary and friends from the class via Skype or Messenger video link or by phone for the oral parts.

Preparation to do for Monday's lesson.

Unit 10 to revise, page 96-97, 100-101, pages 102-3 if not done yet, to check with me on Monday.

Writing tasks There's no hurry. Take your time and do them well. Use a dictionary, a grammar book and be careful about your spelling and the layout and formality of your essay.

(1) page 122, Exercise 9, sections a-c if not done with me in class, then section d, write an email of complaint, also using the formal language in the A formal email box on page 121. Don't be aggressive! Be polite!

to correct together at ricevimento or you can post it on Stream or send it to me by email (christopher.young@uniroma1.it)
(2) Read these instructions carefully. First check the Vocabulary on page 162 (Houses). Then do page120, Exercise 6, Describing a house or flat, sections a-c
Then section d, write an essay, 180-200 words, but don't describe your ideal house, don't use expressions like 'it's perfectly situated'. Instead, write an honest description of a real house or flat – the flat you are renting, or your family home in Rome or in your hometown or at the sea or in the mountains. Make sure you explain its location clearly and include good aspects and the bad aspects too and what it means to you.

Or (3) if you prefer, you could imagine you are sharing a flat in Rome and that one of your flatmates is leaving soon. Write an advertisement to put on a university noticeboard to try and find a new flatmate. Include information about the rent, bills, the other flatmates, any rules or preferences and contact details. This was in the exam one year!

to correct together at ricevimento or you can post it on Stream or send it to me by email (christopher.young@uniroma1.it)

(4) Writing, page 121, a cover email for a job application

to correct together at ricevimento or you can post it on Stream or send it to me by email (christopher.young@uniroma1.it)

Or BETTER, write a formal letter to a language school in the UK asking for information about studying there. Start by looking at their website: https://www.cesc.co.uk/

to correct together at ricevimento or you can post it on Stream or send it to me by email (christopher.young@uniroma1.it)

(5) page 123, Advantages and Disadvantages, the title in the book or 'the advantages and disadvantages of going abroad with the Erasmus programme, or 'the advantages and disadvantages for a young adult (a student or worker) of sharing a flat rather than living at home.

to correct together at ricevimento or you can post it on Stream or send it to me by email (christopher.young@uniroma1.it)

(6) Everybody should do exercises a-b on page 124. Then write a biography, but NOT of someone famous. Write a biography of your mum, dad, grandmother, grandfather, an uncle or aunt, or a friend of the family or anyone that you know really well, who is at least 20 years older than you. Don't write anything until you have interviewed them. Try and find out something you didn't already know!

to correct together at ricevimento or you can post it on Stream or send it to me by email (christopher.young@uniroma1.it)

Grammar

Relative clauses, English File page 150 (if not done in class)

English Grammar in Use units 92-97 to revise and also:

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/pronouns/relative_pronouns.htm

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/intermediate-grammar/relative-clauses-non-defining-relative-clauses

https://www.examenglish.com/grammar/d_relative_clauses.htm

https://www.examenglish.com/grammar/ND_relative_clauses.htm

https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/defining-and-non-defining-relative-clauses/

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?04

https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4219

Grammar, unit  10B, Question tags, English File page 151 (if not done in class)
English Grammar in Use unit 52 to revise and also:
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/question_tags3.htm
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/question-tags-exercise-1.html
https://agendaweb.org/grammar/questions_tag-exercises.html
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/question-tags/exercises
https://www.examenglish.com/grammar/B1_question_tags.htm

English File Workbook, pages 236-239Your book to read and take vocabulary notes on, pages 1-250, start revising
English Grammar in Use, all units to finish, Additional exercises, pages 3011-315Extra 1, all the cloze (gap-fill) exercises, pages 18-40 to do before May. The answers are at the end of the dispensa. Some of these are also available here:
https://web.uniroma1.it/cla/cel/christopher-young
by clicking on 'allegati' and I will gradually put them on 'Lavori di corso' on Classroom.

Practice 'gap-fill' exercises for the exam:

https://lett1.blogspot.com/2020/04/lettorato-i-practice-for-exam-with-gap.html

and sentence error correction

http://lett1.blogspot.com/2020/04/lettorato-i-practice-with-error.html

these exercises are also on Classroom, Lavori del corso

So the next real-time video conference lesson is in our class time at 11.00 on Monday 20 April. You have to go to Google Meet in your Google options, clicking on the square icon with 9 points on the top right of the homepage of your institutional mail. The group will be called: 'lettorato1young' but I'll put the link on your Classroom Stream at 10.45.

You need to deactivate your microphone at least at the start, otherwise, it will be difficult to hear. Then I'll ask someone to speak and they have to activate the microphone. You can write to me and the other students in Chat at the top on the right. Activate your video link, so I can see you.

Have your book and Extra 1 ready.