Pronunciation exercise

To practice punctation, click on the link and recreate the essay by clicking on the sentences in order. See if you can get 100%

http://www.dcielts.com/exercises/writing/punctuation1.htm

Homework

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DTZzvV9KTY&feature=player_embedded

Error correction from today's lesson

1) Many birds are coming into our country on the winter
2) Sometimes the trainers are cruel to the animals.
3) In Prague there are a huge zoo.
4) It's the same of English
5) You don't have to care of spelling.
6) I can guess it too, either.
7) A cage for a tiger, it's not enough.
8) They always worry of the animals
9) In Scotland, cages are made by concrete.
10) Sometimes zoo is good for endangered animals.

By the way, One of the sentences is correct.

Further Reading

To compliment our theme of History and Archaeology, why not do some extra reading from these sources.

History Today

BBC History Magazine

Enjoy!

Homework answers

Here are the answers from the reading homework.

27. vii
28. v
29. ix
30. i
31. iv
32. iii
33. re-offending
34. sentencing
35. victim
36. restorative justice
37. A
38.C
39. D
40.B

KICk off

Hi guys,

I have included a link to the online newspaper that Kaplan Manchester has started publishing. If you are intested in writing for it, speak to Julian.

http://www.manchesterkickoff.prosepoint.net/about

TED links

Links to the TED listenings.

http://www.ted.com/talks/jack_horner_building_a_dinosaur_from_a_chicken.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jonathan_drori_the_beautiful_tricks_of_flowers.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/thomas_heatherwick.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/eric_whitacre_a_virtual_choir_2_000_voices_strong.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/nathan_myhrvold_cut_your_food_in_half.html

https://webmail.kaplan.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/susan_lim.html.

Reading practice

Students often ask me what they can do to improve their reading skills, I often tell them to read extensively outside of the classroom, especially journals and magazines like The New Scientist and the Economist as they will find topics similar to topics in the IELTS exam.

I have also included a link to some free reading practice tests from the official IELTS website,to download and do.
 Free Ielts reading tests

The Economist