Cambridge B1 lesson 9

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Today's class

• Starter: prepositions of place

• Main course:

- Reading part 3

- Speaking part 2
- Homework

• Dessert: brain dump

Starter

Voorzetsels van plaats

• Je gebruikt voorzetsels van plaats om aan te geven waar iemand is. 

• Bijvoorbeeld:

• De muis staat achter de bank
• The mouse is behind the couch

Where is the mouse?

Voorzetsels van plaats

• Je gebruikt voorzetsels van plaats om aan te geven waar iemand is. 

• Bijvoorbeeld:

• De muis staat achter de bank
• The mouse is behind the couch

Page 119

In/on/at

location

above

inside

on the right

opposite

Questions about homework?

Main course

Today: reading part 3

Reading

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Time for entire exam

Candidates should begin by skimming the text to find out the topic and general meaning.

Then read the text again, more carefully now.

Deal with questions one by one, comparing each option with the text before choosing one. 

Carefully re-check answer with the text.

Questions 11-14 follow order of information in the text.

Question 15 focuses on global meaning. 

Exam advice part 3

ELZA

Reading part 3

Page 28: skimming 

Individually

What is it about?

What can you see?

Reading part 3

Exercise 2

Main purpose of the text. Do you know the words?

Exercise 4: exam advice

1. What does the text say about the question?

2. Read the text, choose answer and check.

Per question

Exam advice: quickly read the text to get the general idea: skimming.

For each question, decide what the text says about it before you look at options A-D.

Choose the option that is most similar to what the text says.

Speaking part 2

Speaking exam 

interlocutor

candidate

candidate 

extended turn

Part 2 = 2-3 minutes

Watch and listen

Kenza and Mohammed

Compare Kenza's and Mohammed answer. Examiner also adds a prompt. 

Compare Kenza's and Mohammed answer. Examiner also adds a prompt. 

Describing a picture

Part 2

One minute 

1. Summary

2. Location

3. Add details

4. Do not speculate about context. 

It's like describing the picture to someone who cannot see it. 

Extra credit if candidate is able to paraphrase or uses other strategies to deal with they do not recall or do not know. 

Use linking words

Giving reason:

because

because of

since

as 

Giving examples:

for example

such as

for instance

like

Use linking words

Find the picture!

1. Work in pairs
2. Both are going to look up a picture in the book.
3. Think of how you can describe this. 
4. Close your books and describe to each other.
5. Look up the right picture in the book!

Watch the video: tips

Useful language: picture

This picture shows

In this picture

Location

In the foreground

In the background

As a group

Exercises 2 and 3 on page 32

Listen together to Eduardo.

Exam advice.

Today: speaking part 2

Page 32: exercise 5

Partner 1: describes picture

Partner 2: acts as an examiner

Switch roles!

Examiner's task

Spoke for one minute?

Follow exam advice?

Tips and tricks? 

Discuss this with each other.

Homework

Study irregular verbs: page 143
Study B1 preliminary vocabulary list 
Extra practice: Unit 9 exercises on pp 84-85.

Hand in: Unit 2 p. 23 exercise 6.

Exercises: Unit 3 page 27 vocabulary. Grammar on p 29.

Study: key language on page 154.

Dessert

Brain dump

Stand in front of the window.

Name all the objects outside.

I am going to write them down.

Brain dump

Now, describe what you see without using the words on the whiteboard. 

In pairs!