1.
English B1
blended
9 March-5 June 2015

2.
exercise

3.
find the mistakes and correct them
Does she a doctor?
Do you has taken the exam?
I decided don’t to go to the match.
What does mean ‘to afford’?
Did you seen the film?
Is she arrived Maria?
What are you do with that person?
Would you a beer?
You didn’t chosen a film.
I will can tell you tomorrow.
Do he thinks about you?

4.
find the mistakes and correct them
Does she a doctor?
Do you has taken the exam?
I decided don’t to go to the match.
What does _ mean ‘to afford’?
Did you seen the film?
Is she arrived Maria?
What are you do with that person?
Would you _ a beer?
You didn’t chosen a film.
I will can tell you tomorrow.
Do he thinks about you?

5.
find the mistakes and correct them
Does she a doctor? Is she a doctor
Do you has taken the exam? Have you taken the exam?
I decided don’t to go to the match. I decided not to go to the match.
What does _ mean ‘to afford’? What does ‘to afford’ mean?
Did you seen the film? Did you see / have you seen the film?
Is she arrived Maria? Has Maria arrived?
What are you do with that person? What did you do / are you doing with..?
Would you _ a beer? Would you like a beer?
You didn’t chosen a film. You haven’t chosen / didn’t choose a ..
I will can tell you tomorrow. I can tell you tomorrow.
Do he thinks about you? Does he think about you?

6.
B1 Entry grammar
Present perfect - period to the present
Going to
Will - intention
Present Continuous - future plans
Verb forms
Adverbs / conjunctions
1st conditional - if / time conjunctions
modal verbs of obligation

7.
discussion
why are we here?

8.
credits?

9.
learning English?

10.
learning English
be ambitious
languages are BIG
get ‘real’ English
credits
not automatic
BUT
not very difficult

11.
What does
‘blended’
mean
?

12.
English B1
blended
9 March-5 June 2015

13.
learning
in class
learning
on-line
learning
on the
forum

14.
learning
in class
learning
on-line
learning
on the
forum

15.
learning
in class
learning
on-line
learning
on the
forum

16.
multi-
centred
learning

17.
multi-
centred
learning
‘blended’
means

18.
learning
on-line

19.
Moodle@CLA
http://clacson2.uniroma3.it/
login/index.php

20.
your login
for:
Portale
Studente
Roma Tre

21.
please log in and start doing the
exercises immediately
!

22.
if you can’t log on
write to me
immediately
at
david@davidnicholson.it

23.
read the instructions:

24.
read the instructions:
http://www.cla.uniroma3.it/wwwAttach/CL
ACSON2%20istruzioni%20rev_04.pdf

25.
also

26.
register your email
on your profile

27.
register your email
on your profile
Without your email, I can’t contact you.
If there’s a problem, you won’t know.

28.
learning
in class

29.
in class
grammar
speaking
pronunciation
comprehension

30.
grammar

31.
grammar
presentation in class
posted on the forum

32.
in speaking activities

33.
in speaking activities
you must not
speak Italian

34.
in speaking activities
you must not
write your answers*

35.
in speaking activities
you must not
write your answers*
*but making notes is OK

36.
pronunciation

37.
pronunciation
4 lessons
in Module 6

38.
comprehension

39.
comprehension
4 video comprehension lessons
in Module 7

40.
learning
on the
forum

41.
• lesson plans
• homework activities
• your writing
• interaction
- with other students
- with me

42.
forum activities
lesson plans
homework activities
your writing
interaction
- with other students
- with me

43.
writing

44.
one piece of writing every week

45.
either
an exercise
based on activities in class
or
a review
of an article or TED video*
*more instructions next week

46.
course plan

47.
lesson no. date mod. exercises obligation
1. 9 March
module6
24 activities
about 18 hours
of study on-line
must complete all activities
before passing to module 7
2. 16 March
3. 23 March
4. 30 March
Easter 6 April
5. 13 April
6. 20 April
module7
22 activities
about 20 hours
of study on-line
must complete all activities
before last lesson
‘Ponte’ 27 April
7. 4 May
8. 11 May
9. 18 May
10. 25 May
Exam first week of June (date to be decided)

48.
to pass this course, you must:
- pass mid-module test for module 6
- do all the exercises in module 6
- pass final test for module 6
- pass mid-module test for module 7
- do all the exercises in module 7
- pass final test for module 7
- have no more than 2 absences
- pass the final exam

49.
easy ;-)

50.
last year

51.
total %
passed 82 68%
failed 9 8%
exam in July 1 1%
abandoned 3 3%
abandoned
in 1st 3
lessons
23 19%
120

52.
total %
passed 82 68%
failed 9 8%
exam in July 1 1%
abandoned 3 3%
abandoned
in 1st 3
lessons
23 19%
120
they didn’t
study!

53.
this year
?

54.
adopt a serious approach
to the on-line part

55.
Welcome to David's course!
You are a great opportunity. No one university in Rome tests student's
english level and prepare for free course with native language teachers
to improve english knowledge.
Some advices to you:
- try to keep pace with homeworks and module's exercises: if you don't
do the exercises every week, it will be more difficult to work later, above
all if you are student workers (as I am!);
- during the course, do the exercises of the EGU's study guide: if you
are weak in some basic issues, you will re-study them in the unit of the
book.
Good work and best of luck for your professional success....
Sabrina

56.
always check
your writing

57.
how many small mistakes
can you find
?
(there are no grammar mistakes)

58.
as the son dawned over Caracas_,james
bond was alredy speeding down
avenida Bolivar_, the main Boulevard
off the venezuelan City_
He thougth about what M had said,
beck in london on monday,“_I want
them in MI6 befor the Weekend_, than
i dont want them back in Venezuela
untill june”. typical M_!

59.
as the son dawned over Caracas_,james
bond was alredy speeding down
avenida Bolivar_, the main Boulevard
off the venezuelan City_
He thougth about what M had said,
beck in london on monday,“_I want
them in MI6 befor the Weekend_, than
i dont want them back in Venezuela
untill june”. typical M_!
Capitalisation: 14 mistakes

60.
as the son dawned over Caracas_,james
bond was alredy speeding down
avenida Bolivar_, the main Boulevard
off the venezuelan City_
He thougth about what M had said,
beck in london on monday,“_I want
them in MI6 befor the Weekend_, than
i dont want them back in Venezuela
untill june”. typical M_!
Spelling: 8 mistakes

61.
as the son dawned over Caracas_,james
bond was alredy speeding down
avenida Bolivar_, the main Boulevard
off the venezuelan City_
He thougth about what M had said,
beck in london on monday,“_I want
them in MI6 befor the Weekend_, than
i dont want them back in Venezuela
untill june”. typical M_!
Punctuation: 7 mistakes

62.
as the son dawned over Caracas_,james
bond was alredy speeding down
avenida Bolivar_, the main Boulevard
off the venezuelan City_
He thougth about what M had said,
beck in london on monday,“_I want
them in MI6 befor the Weekend_, than
i dont want them back in Venezuela
untill june”. typical M_!
Total: 29 mistakes

63.
As the sun dawned over Caracas, James
Bond was already speeding down,
Avenida Bolivar, the main boulevard of
the Venezuelan city.
He thought about what M had said,
back in London on Monday, “I want
them in MI6 before the weekend, then I
don’t want them back in Venezuela
until June”. Typical M!

64.
moral of the story…

65.
it’s OK to make these mistakes
in SMS and IM

66.
it’s OK to make these mistakes
in SMS and IM
in SMS and IM they
aren’t mistakes

67.
it’s OK to make these mistakes
in SMS and IM
but not in serious writing

68.
so check your writing for
capitalisation
spelling
punctuation
before you post it to the forum

69.
so check your writing for
capitalisation
spelling
punctuation
before you post it to the forum

70.
then check for
plurals
verb endings
inversion for questions

71.
then check for
plurals
verb endings
inversion for questions

72.
finally check for
grammar we have studied*

73.
finally check for
grammar we have studied*
*always try to use things we have studied in your writing

74.
resources

75.
grammar reference
Module 6

76.
grammar reference
Module 7

77.
all the links in this presentation
are listed on Pinboard:
https://pinboard.in/u:davidatrom
e/t:Roma3/

78.
Oxford Advanced
Learner’s Dictionary
(OALD)

79.
The OALD online is free
Use it to correct your writing

80.
English Grammar in Use

81.
Buy, beg, borrow
or steal a copy of
EGU

82.
Buy, beg, borrow
or steal a copy of
EGU
OK not
‘steal’

83.
Buy, beg, borrow
or steal a copy of
EGU
3rd or 4th editions
are best, but you
can use the 2nd
edition

84.
Buy, beg, borrow
or steal a copy of
EGU
Use EGU for
grammar
homework

85.
writing homework

86.
introduce yourself

87.
introduce yourself
write about
1. yourself
2. your approach to this course
post on-line before next lesson

88.
things about you:
course, which year at university,
where from, where living,
flatmates, interests, free time,
something surprising

89.
your approach to this course:
what are your priorities for the
course, how much time will you
spend studying, how will you
organise your study-time

90.
before next week

91.
before next week
1. login and entrance test
2. get EGU
3. write your introduction

92.
www.davidnicholson.it