Sara Ribotta's English Corner

TEMPORARY NEW LOCATION for English extra classes

The new location for the English extra classes @ Liceo Classico "V. Alfieri" is Aula Magna on the first floor. We will meet there on Tue. 14th and Thu. 16th February.

Listening & Speaking Course Lesson 10/11 [Groups 1, 2 & 3]

Topic under discussion: The British Museum

Download your worksheet here and print it for our next lesson on Tue. 14th or Thu. 16th February.

Listening & Speaking Course Lesson 9/10 [Groups 1, 2 & 3]

Topic under discussion: London

Download your worksheet here and print it for our next lesson on Tue. 7th or Thu. 9th February.

Listening & Speaking Course Lesson 8/9 [Groups 1, 2 & 3]

Topic under discussion: Brick Lane by Monica Ali

Download your worksheet here and print it for our next lesson on Tue. 31st January or Thu. 2nd February.

Listening & Speaking Course Lesson 7/8 [Groups 1, 2 & 3]

Topic under discussion: Multiculturalism in the UK

Download your worksheet here and print it for our next lesson on Tue. 24th or Thu. 26th January.

Extra Revision VC Thu. 19th January

Revise what you have learnt in the first term by downloading the worksheet and completing the activity on your notebook.

Listening & Speaking Course Lesson 6/7 [Groups 1, 2 & 3]

Topic under discussion: Ireland

Download your worksheet here and print it for our next lesson on Tue. 17th or Thu. 19th January.

Follow-up Activities VC Tue. January 17th

On Get Inside Language,

students who got = 8 (or more), please do #6 p.106, #5 p.109 and #9 p.117;

students who got < 8, please study p. 100-101 and do #5 p.103; study p. 104 #2,3 p.105; study p. 107-108 and do #2,4 p.108.

English Course for Teachers: how to form the plural of nouns

Here you can find a worksheet to learn how to form plural nouns and have some practice. It has been taken from Activating Grammar by Gallagher and Galuzzi, Pearson ed.

Listening & Speaking Course Lesson 5/6 [Groups 1, 2 & 3]

Topic under discussion: Northern Ireland

Download your worksheet here and print it for our next lesson on Tue. 10th or Thu. 12th January.

Listening & Speaking Course Lesson 4/5 [Groups 1, 2 & 3]

Topic under discussion: Christmas

Download your worksheet here and print it for our next lesson on Tue. 19th or Thu. 22nd December.

Grammar Point: Present Perfect Simple

What do we use the Present Perfect Simple tense for?

Download the slides in order to find the answer to the question.

Listening & Speaking Course Lesson 4 [B1 level] [Group 1]

Topic under discussion: Celebrations and Festivals in Winter

Download your worksheet here and print it for our 4th lesson - group 1 only!

H/W for VC: Learning Irregular Verbs

Effective Strategy to learn English irregular verbs

1. Download here and print the list of the most common irregular verb forms in alphabetical order.

2. Write down all the verbs in a new blank paper on your notebook according to the following 3 categories:

3. Write down again all the verbs in a new blank paper on your notebook according to the following 10 categories:

4. Highlight the 10 categories with different colours.

5. Find out other possible ways to categorise the English irregular verbs.

6. Memorise the verb paradigms: read them aloud to learn the correct pronunciation & write them down to learn the correct spelling.

In case of doubt, please leave a message in the comment box.

Listening & Speaking Course Lesson 3 [Groups 1, 2 & 3]

Topic under discussion: Icons and Institutions

Download your worksheet here and, if necessary, print it for our 3rd lesson.

English Course for Teachers [lower intermediate level]

General Information about the English course for teachers

@ I.I.S. "V. Alfieri"

CLASS TIMETABLE: Tue. 3.15 - 4.30 p.m. in Room III C (first floor)
@ Liceo Classico "V. Alfieri" in Asti

No. of lessons: 20 lessons (25 hours) in November-May

Our first class will meet on Tuesday, 29th November 2016.

SET BOOK:
Wetz, B., English Plus Elementary. ed. standard. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0-19-464866-0

Online Resources

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