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TOPIC 1- 10th Form A Multilingual World

 

Reading Task 1:

Before you start writing your notes, check your comprehension :

1. See the meaning of the following words on the online dictionary: require / utter /schmuck

Use this online dictionary

2. Where does this comic story take place ?

3. Identify foreign words on the cartoon strip.

Write a COMMENT on the cartoon. ( at least 70 words ) and send it to the teacher or give it personally. You also must include your notes on the pre-questions.

Reading task 2- Open this document and do the task -A Brief History of the English Language. Save it in your wiki page.

Reading task 3- Open this document and do the task -Taking a Gap year. Save it in your wiki page.

A World of many different Faces

Open this link and watch and listen to this slideshow.

English Language- Task 1

Click on this task - Adjectives and adverbs degrees to open it and do it. Save it in your wiki.

Click on this task- Rewiting sentences in the Passive Voice to open it and do it. save it in your wiki.

 

Varieties of English

Download the file and listen to this audio file

Living in the UK

Open this file ( UK worksheet ) and answer the questions in note form. Acess this website :

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-culture-living-uk-home.htm

Send your answers with your names onto the moodle platform (upload ) or send it to me by email: isabelcneves@gmail.com

The World of Technology

Webquest on Inventions

Online Lesson on Robots

  1. Click on this link to acess several definitions of robots and choose the one you think is the best one.
  2. Take your handout entitled TIMELINE ON robots : Click on this link www.cbc.ca/news/interactive /tl-robotics/detectflash and do the task .If the site doesn't open on your computer, use a search engine (Google, Yahoo, ...) to look for the information. You could write the word / words you think are relevant for each date. Don't panic !!
  3. Open this link to view the key: http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/tl-robotics/
  4. If you want to see a wide variety of robots click on this link:

    http://www.cbc.ca/photogallery/technology/567/

  5. Go to Language Practice and do the online exercises with the PASSIVE VOICE.
  6. If you want to know more about the use of robots in medecine open this link:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/robotics/robot-qa.html, identify the main points and write them down to report to class later on.