LESSON PLANS
LEVEL: C1.2
GROUPS: A, B, C
DATE: June 10th
REVISION
AND PRACTICE FOR THE TEST
ORAL PRODUCTION (test practice)
These are the cards used in September 2019
for oral production. We will revise them and some of you will prepare a monologue
to practice for the exam. I will give
you a feedback after that. Clickhere to download the oral production cards.
ORAL COPRODUCTION (test practice)
These cards correspond to September 2019.
We will revise them and some of you will hold a conversation to practice for
the exam. I will give you a feedback
after that.
ORAL MEDIATION (test practice)
These are the articles in Spanish that
were used last year in September for the oral mediation section. We will use
them to practise our mediation skills.
PRONUNCIATION (Intonation)
The best way to improve your intonation is simply
to become more aware of it. By listening carefully to a recorded conversation
(YouTube is a good place to start), you will begin noticing how
other speakers use intonation to express themselves.
Another idea is to record your own voice.
These days, even the simplest mobile phones are equipped with a voice recorder.
It is always fascinating (though sometimes unbearable) to listen to one's
own voice because it sounds so different to what we expect! Try recording a dialogue
with a friend, (the same way you did in the last activity you uploaded on
Padlet). Now listen to your intonation. Does it sound natural? Does it express
your attitude in the way you hoped?
With a recording, you can always rewind,
listen again and try a new version. Recordings are an excellent way to keep
track of your progress. They clearly show how you have improved over time.
Intonation is an important aspect of your oral performance. At this
level, it’s important to avoid robotic, flat intonation. As you may know,
intonation as well as pronunciation and fluency will be taken into account in
the final test in a separate, independent section. If you want to be more
confident about your intonation in English, and especially if you want to
use it with precision and subtlety, then it is certainly worth spending time
noticing how others use it, imitating their use, and listening to a
recording of your own voice.
Here
you have a video to understand better the different kinds of intonation in
English. Please watch it, pause it after the examples and repeat them with
the right intonation.
Intonation in cleft sentences
Last year, you studied cleft sentences. They are
frequently used when we are explaining something or when correcting what we or
someone else has just said. Let’s pay attention to your intonation depending on
the kind of cleft sentence you use. First, read this short explanation:
That’s all for now.
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