Level: B2 Skill/Activity: Reception/Reading, Reception/Listening Description: BBC site – game based on observing , recording, and understanding information. Understanding and recording information. Can-Dos: Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Can follow the essentials of lectures, talks and reports and other […]
Graphs – Back to Basics
Level: B2 Skill/Activity: Reception/Reading, Reception/Listening Description: Provides very basic explanations and interactive exercises as a first step for L2 students who need to revise basic knowledge of graphs (basic – originally designed for K-12). Can-Dos: Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of […]
Find the Topic Sentence
Level: B2 Skill/Activity: Reception/Reading Description: Exercise in identifying the topic sentence in an 2 short paragraphs. Can-Do: Can scan longer texts in order to locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfill a specific task. Reports and essays – Can write short simple essays […]
Find the Topic Sentence
Level: B2 Skill/Activity: Reception/Reading Description: 12 questions, no feedback provided. Each question is based on a short paragraph. Can-Do: Can scan longer texts in order to locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfill a specific task. Reports and essays – can write short […]
Find the Topic Sentence
Level: B2 Skill/Activity: Reception/Reading, Production/Writing Description: Exercise for practicing identification of topic sentences. Can scan longer texts in order to locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfill a specific task. Can-Do: Reports and essays – can write short simple essays on topics of […]
Exercises on Topic Sentences
Level: B2 Skill/Activity: Reception/Reading Description: Interactive exercises for practicing topic sentence identification. Can-Do: Can scan longer texts in order to locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfill a specific task. Reports and essays – Can write short simple essays on topics of interest. Click […]
Describing Graphs, Charts, and Tables
Level: B2 Skill/Activity: Reception/Reading, Reception/Listening Description: Language for describing charts and graphs – includes multiple-choice exercises with answers. CEFR Skills/Competences: Can-Do: Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Can follow the essentials of lectures, talks and reports and other forms of presentation. […]
Describing Charts in English
Level: B2 Skill/Activity: Reception/Reading, Reception/Listening Description: Examples of different charts, phrases for describing charts, dealing with tenses, structuring the description – Introduction, Message, Conclusion Can-Do: Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Can follow the essentials of lectures, talks and reports and […]
Connectors as “Linking Words”
Level: B1-B2 Skill/Activity: Reception/Reading Production/Writing Pragmatic Competence Description: Connectors may be described as the ‘glue’ that binds together a piece of writing, making the different parts of the text ‘stick together’. Deals with types of relationships between sentences as well as relationships between paragraphs. Can-Do: Can write a series of simple phrases and sentences linked with […]
Charts, Graphs, and Diagrams
Level: B2 Skill/Activity: Reception/Reading, Reception/Listening Description: 19 pages of very useful vocabulary, explanations and exercises for presenting different types of charts, graphs and diagrams. Can-Dos: Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. Can follow the essentials of lectures, talks and reports […]
