tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58885731664511008342024-03-18T21:32:55.531-07:00A Lexical NotebookInna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-92001773227534922172017-01-10T05:06:00.002-08:002017-05-27T07:37:44.525-07:00Welcome to Lexical Management 2017!<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dear students!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In this post, you will find links to the materials on every topic of our course.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Before you start, you might want to check out some <a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/2015/12/test-post.html">nice tips</a> from your peers who took this course before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">MODULE 1. </span></b><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">BASICS</span></b><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">OF</span></b><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">VOCABULARY</span></b><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">BUILDING</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2. <a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/p/types-of-dictionaries-using.html">Types of Dictionaries. Using dictionaries effectively.</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">3. <a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/p/online-tools-and-resources-for.html">Online tools and resources for vocabulary building.</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: start;">MODULE 2. </span><b><span lang="EN-US">EXPRESS YOURSELF</span></b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/2016/01/module-2-consolidation.html"><br /></a></b></span></span> <span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/2016/01/module-2-consolidation.html">Module 2 Consolidation</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 150%;">Gardens and nature. Environment. Energy conservation. Wildlife under threat. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 150%;"><b><a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/2016/01/module-3-consolidation.html"><br /></a></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 150%;"><b><a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/2016/01/module-3-consolidation.html">Module 3 Consolidation</a></b></span>Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-26384883294612980612016-01-19T10:22:00.000-08:002016-01-19T10:22:13.554-08:00Module 3 Consolidation<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222;">Dear students!</span><br style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; line-height: 21.56px;"></span><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222;">In Module 3, you have explored vocabulary on the following topics:</span></span><br />
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<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11IaVTW9rRBiKUJJ7BXtE0hXtSwY-tsrGfU8i1fvMwMI/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Money Matters</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WnyPrtsVPuR_u5zDhOP30o4COqZ4Be8vNkWEaeFovaI/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Media, News and Celebrity</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vK-cKE-swRBAc-rWcpLTKX50DtJoX3tK15Wy2GMoKvE/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Travel, Tourism, Migration</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oJF_igo6_bWqI8U5AHoPdMulLu2Et7ffcZ3DIVUy_to/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">History, Peace and Conflict</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eb1_3KhE50knu8v7aLTHL4BrYVH576WvKebOZR2Xcwk/edit?usp=sharing">Environment</a></span></li>
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Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-75677621221738542952016-01-13T03:43:00.001-08:002016-06-20T11:14:54.981-07:00Going Green<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In your blog post #15, you will take a closer look at the vocabulary related to the topic "Environment. Nature and Wildlife. Energy Conservation".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As usual, explore the material of your <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eb1_3KhE50knu8v7aLTHL4BrYVH576WvKebOZR2Xcwk/edit?usp=sharing">wordlist </a> in more detail in your coursebooks:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate: <b>Units 37, 39, 85</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-Intermediate and Advanced:<b> Units 44, 46</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">English Collocations in Use. Advanced: <b>Unit 31</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Oxford Word Skills. Intermediate: <b>Unit 13 (B)</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In order to see how the words and expressions on this topic are used in an article, <a href="http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-turned-plastic-bottles-and-bags-into-liquid-fuel">check out this</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Task 2.</b> Based on what you have learned from the videos, present your vision of green policies and practices that you would like to see implemented in our country by 2030. You may choose to present your vision of the country as a whole or that of your community or region. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Use <a href="http://piktochart.com/">Piktochart</a> or <a href="http://easel.ly/">Easel.ly</a> to design a poster/banner for your project. You can save it as an image and upload it in your blog.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The number of words for both tasks is 200-250 with 20-25 items of active vocabulary.</span><br />
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Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-14234329473264377012016-01-13T02:56:00.000-08:002016-02-04T04:58:41.674-08:00His Story, Her Story<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In your blog post #14, you will have to focus on the vocabulary related to the topic "History. Peace and Conflict" as well as to study a number of phrases used to talk about cause and effect, success and failure.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.56px;">English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-Intermediate and Advanced: </span><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Unit 65</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.56px;">English Collocations in Use: </span><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Units 38, 52, 53</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.56px;">English Collocations in Use. Advanced: </span><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Units 39 (B), 53</b></span></li>
<li><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">Oxford Word Skills. Intermediate: </span><span style="line-height: 21.56px;">Units 39, 40</span></span></b></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Oxford Word Skills. Advanced: </span><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Units 37, 43 (A)</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.56px;">English Idioms in Use. Intermediate: </span><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Unit 6 </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.56px;">English Phrasal Verbs in Use: </span><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Unit 68</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Good luck!</span>Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-63789997195040689532016-01-12T12:28:00.000-08:002016-01-12T12:28:48.635-08:00On the Move<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In your blog post #13, you will dive into the ocean of vocabulary related to the topic "Travel. Holidays and Tourism. Migration".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Before you get down to another creative task, take a look at some additional material in your coursebooks that will help you deal with your <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vK-cKE-swRBAc-rWcpLTKX50DtJoX3tK15Wy2GMoKvE/edit?usp=sharing">wordlist</a>:</span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate: <b>Units 86-89</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-Intermediate and Advanced: <b>Units 49, 50, 69</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Collocations in Use: <b>Unit 14</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Collocations in Use. Advanced: <b>Unit 26 (A)</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">Oxford Word Skills. Intermediate: </span><span style="line-height: 21.56px;">Unit 22</span></span></b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;">Oxford Word Skills. Advanced: </span><b style="line-height: 21.56px;">Unit 21, 32</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">English Phrasal Verbs in Use: </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Unit 62</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">Oxford Word Skills: Idioms and </span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">Phrasals</span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">: <b>Unit 41</b></span></span></b></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>For your blog post</b>, you can<i><b> choose</b></i> <i style="font-weight: bold;">one </i>of two tasks:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>TASK 1.</b> Write an essay <i>The Dark Side of Tourism </i>(180-200 words, 20-25 active words and expressions)<i>, </i>where you will describe negative impact that tourism may have on the local economy and communities as well as certain cases when it violates ethical norms. The video below provides some examples, but you can find yours and paste them in your post (pictures or short videos).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dark Tourism</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>TASK 2.</b> This task is based on the<a href="http://tenement.org/immigrate/"> interactive activity</a> about US immigrants by Tenement Museum. In order to complete your task for the blog, you will need to go an interactive adventure.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In this activity, you will get acquianted with the realities faced by immigrants in the USA around a century ago. As you enter the site, press "i" for instructions.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwO3WtDzFyFDjEGSeiZfYkQcU0CfIdyvvUXFKjpt1VbU2kGZlkRMpTwwfKJCd2czi5qDMK1PkMgvJpUAQNMwrmbSyddRKRSqgUuVGRj6sTLnTFssgXhLa-PotDyIAs2QFTGPtkQILACcfh/s1600/start+game.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwO3WtDzFyFDjEGSeiZfYkQcU0CfIdyvvUXFKjpt1VbU2kGZlkRMpTwwfKJCd2czi5qDMK1PkMgvJpUAQNMwrmbSyddRKRSqgUuVGRj6sTLnTFssgXhLa-PotDyIAs2QFTGPtkQILACcfh/s1600/start+game.JPG" /></a><br /><br />You will have to choose an immigrant character for yourself and follow further steps. A girl called Victoria will be your guide in this adventure. After you have completed all the stages of this game you will be offered to send Victoria a postcard. This is the base for your blogpost (you don't have to do the task on the game site; you should <i><b>write this letter in your blog</b></i>).<br /><br /><b>In your blog post</b>, <i><b>write a letter</b></i> <i><b>to Victoria</b></i> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">(180-200 words, 20-25 active words and expressions)</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> describing your imagined experience based on the choices you made throughout the game (mention as many details as possible) and your imagination. Make sure you include some facts from Victoria's stories too. Also, paste an image of your immigrant passport and any other pictures you consider relevant. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Good luck!</span>Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-50594577927824856632016-01-12T10:09:00.004-08:002016-08-13T02:30:19.126-07:00News Travels Fast<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In your blog post #12, you will have the opportunity to try on the role of a newsmaker using vocabulary o the topic "Media. News. Celebrity".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For better understanding of the material of your <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WnyPrtsVPuR_u5zDhOP30o4COqZ4Be8vNkWEaeFovaI/edit?usp=sharing">wordlist</a>, explore new words and expressions used in context in your coursebooks:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.56px;">English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate: </span><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Units 74, 75</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.56px;">English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-Intermediate and Advanced: </span><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Unit 53</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.56px;">English Collocations in Use: </span><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Units 36, 60</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.56px;">English Collocations in Use. Advanced: </span><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Units 42</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Oxford Word Skills. Advanced: </span><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Unit 50 (B)</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.56px;">English Idioms in Use. Intermediate: </span><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Units 25</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 21.56px;">English Phrasal Verbs in Use: </span><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Units 45, 46</b></span></li>
<li><b style="background-color: #ebe2ce; color: #222222; line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">Oxford Word Skills: Idioms and </span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">Phrasals</span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">: <b>Unit 36</b></span></span></b></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">More collocations from news stories can be found in <b><a href="https://quizlet.com/115934104/new-quiz-2015-flash-cards/">this quiz</a></b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>For your blog post</b>, you will have to create a newspaper front page on the basis of template of any leading world newspapers using <a href="http://newsjack.in/">NewsJack</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Follow <i><b>these steps</b></i> to accomplish your task:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1) Open <a href="http://newsjack.in/">NewsJack</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2) Enter the URL of the newspaper. You may want to choose out of these: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a>, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/">The Telegraph</a>, The <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/">Washington Post</a> etc.<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/"><br /></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Press "Remix"</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">3) Now, let the magic begin! You can edit any part of the newspaper by clicking it. You can even change pictures! Your task is to fill the front page with <i><b>the news about our university</b></i> using at least 20-25 items of active vocabulary. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Change headlines and content of the news reports, articles and other entries. The main part of the task is <i><b>to write one report </b></i>based on a recent event (up to 150 words). TIP: <i>Have your report typed in Word before pasting it onto the Newsjack site.</i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">4) After you have made the changes and typed/pasted your report, press "Share Your Remix". You will see a link to your remix, which you have to copy and paste in your blog.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">5) As you can see, there are quite many headlines and reports on the front page. You don't have to change everything, of course (however, you can do it if you wish). Make sure you have <i><b>one extended report</b></i> (up to 150 words) and <i><b>change the content </b></i>on the part of the newspaper that is available on your screen without scrolling down, i.e. this much:</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjCirAVuIX8BeolPuXdJw_orfwiVWNYeo4ng7W4K2B-B6xJhdJU1i2Se9te31CFG1dxQDd45ilo3xsaIsM_pslG5cesr9CvMmLjARgYqnAPfhuMOEkAc-SdtOb0ekQ89_8ErxHvtoVSrp/s1600/screen.JPG"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjCirAVuIX8BeolPuXdJw_orfwiVWNYeo4ng7W4K2B-B6xJhdJU1i2Se9te31CFG1dxQDd45ilo3xsaIsM_pslG5cesr9CvMmLjARgYqnAPfhuMOEkAc-SdtOb0ekQ89_8ErxHvtoVSrp/s640/screen.JPG" width="640" /></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Here are some tips:</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<i><b><span style="background-color: #073763; color: #cfe2f3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">How to replace text</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1. Click on the text you want to replace.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHx9RrLfowx3CX-p5maKRYKgtaKQGm_JjOEOEIX-oFD0RV7ND4Th9HPYiYQByns-Qd7GBEayqaDmp96IHTQv1NJoRQgj9GDgRIOofc2-Oo6uaO6CkGpKHhiE2TjObBEsLsvIH3N050B0_j/s1600/text1.JPG"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHx9RrLfowx3CX-p5maKRYKgtaKQGm_JjOEOEIX-oFD0RV7ND4Th9HPYiYQByns-Qd7GBEayqaDmp96IHTQv1NJoRQgj9GDgRIOofc2-Oo6uaO6CkGpKHhiE2TjObBEsLsvIH3N050B0_j/s640/text1.JPG" width="640" /></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2. Delete existing information.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBx4UpwnalODePQFlJIO1gEBAJrl9HSg5KChXIigAA1klFw4E5oc6_x7puu-UVL1yFHKktEzrqKqiz2NfEkLgKef-khFgiBwUd_VYbjFhmlmsYsmIdUKP37Hc2hqg1MVJUhABufUlTnXIJ/s1600/text2.JPG"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBx4UpwnalODePQFlJIO1gEBAJrl9HSg5KChXIigAA1klFw4E5oc6_x7puu-UVL1yFHKktEzrqKqiz2NfEkLgKef-khFgiBwUd_VYbjFhmlmsYsmIdUKP37Hc2hqg1MVJUhABufUlTnXIJ/s640/text2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">3. Type or paste the text you want to add.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">4. Save Changes.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbFumO3EO-apfHMKylNdZ2CDyB72LWt58JXNdubSByuLv3aw_h9sczcFazL2V_xnKwgv1cCIPhwvDqWaOYUmFg7kwBr95B5ZR4Zz9wriyN8HLTc_nXGpyGYnwNaxwpdn-NKPvnoTu8h2B/s1600/text4.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbFumO3EO-apfHMKylNdZ2CDyB72LWt58JXNdubSByuLv3aw_h9sczcFazL2V_xnKwgv1cCIPhwvDqWaOYUmFg7kwBr95B5ZR4Zz9wriyN8HLTc_nXGpyGYnwNaxwpdn-NKPvnoTu8h2B/s1600/text4.JPG" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">5. Enjoy the result!</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_oEIzGr9zGuiSnDn50tQG1pX5AmpfRXwjo6eTiGhtR-uA0Yfk3DMNBVZJoEZbxFTwYsYtfhlWSRuj2xFg-Tpl4-Hd8bLTzVOI_qaDpVl5NhCzcTDZ8E6AuS05gsuFOEHng2hd09Xa3ZK/s1600/text5.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_oEIzGr9zGuiSnDn50tQG1pX5AmpfRXwjo6eTiGhtR-uA0Yfk3DMNBVZJoEZbxFTwYsYtfhlWSRuj2xFg-Tpl4-Hd8bLTzVOI_qaDpVl5NhCzcTDZ8E6AuS05gsuFOEHng2hd09Xa3ZK/s1600/text5.JPG" /></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><i><b><span style="background-color: #274e13; color: #d9ead3; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">How to replace pictures</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1. Click on the picture you want to replace.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRDo6vqio5Co_j_VKiCmeAcaVD7WGw5oCL25fHzqw_JBdDI7gonhNIju7TYefO8mCk8qKgj90KuLPnVfsAGM-zENmuWqO-hlcFXaoRtgGbjKbudoyck_sjH3wKXNSqhI7OioaCB-3CZ-i/s1600/pic1.JPG"><img border="0" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRDo6vqio5Co_j_VKiCmeAcaVD7WGw5oCL25fHzqw_JBdDI7gonhNIju7TYefO8mCk8qKgj90KuLPnVfsAGM-zENmuWqO-hlcFXaoRtgGbjKbudoyck_sjH3wKXNSqhI7OioaCB-3CZ-i/s400/pic1.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> 2. Delete the URL of the picture.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL6h7JNeIn84axi-R-6cSHWdyg0bc4qjbHrnBnpyRM_BxQIhFP1Hpo4VStoKcWajKiIN3YqlbOFyakf-sgw58IcVa-C9LFSOq3ZyTpfCpEnGbc6OFdw58BJr9jOPb-35LAWKRB7Ev5XWTs/s1600/pic2.JPG"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL6h7JNeIn84axi-R-6cSHWdyg0bc4qjbHrnBnpyRM_BxQIhFP1Hpo4VStoKcWajKiIN3YqlbOFyakf-sgw58IcVa-C9LFSOq3ZyTpfCpEnGbc6OFdw58BJr9jOPb-35LAWKRB7Ev5XWTs/s640/pic2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">3. Paste the URL of the picture you want to add.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkeEUYR7leVgeL1U0RQCoDgxLm62eT5OmaGB-AtcDKMBJYKc_cZbHkzU97ArXmMR6xSuGiWVmJgJPSFTKULeliHb-OIXevTTS3B1-XM39EXwWU0ieg6DviJOdw0YQQXlDfyXVAThYnbBL/s1600/pic3.JPG"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkeEUYR7leVgeL1U0RQCoDgxLm62eT5OmaGB-AtcDKMBJYKc_cZbHkzU97ArXmMR6xSuGiWVmJgJPSFTKULeliHb-OIXevTTS3B1-XM39EXwWU0ieg6DviJOdw0YQQXlDfyXVAThYnbBL/s640/pic3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">4. Save the changes</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqANaujbYCbm36cbmjFJawDdCsMUQP2jnIoH4q_fA1J9V45NFd7D9Q9TPueSveZaG7hW5ok5T54Sv-lywoOsX_EP1KaQK3ZIqVGMDLotZGQnSEzuMOKjTfGMwFU4r4lMvU1Hxo8zCs8le/s1600/text4.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqANaujbYCbm36cbmjFJawDdCsMUQP2jnIoH4q_fA1J9V45NFd7D9Q9TPueSveZaG7hW5ok5T54Sv-lywoOsX_EP1KaQK3ZIqVGMDLotZGQnSEzuMOKjTfGMwFU4r4lMvU1Hxo8zCs8le/s1600/text4.JPG" /></a></div>
</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">5. Enjoy the result!</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXBvc82ZhN9jYJkeIVD8GDVwFGK2lBNUuVOr6b3ZjRKAOruKSKf1LwsdyIx4LJQqhFhBvdybH4cFO9CIaiX3ffBYlVl6s7upgzyyxQE7sewmLc_yxpxFqCearRAoZUPLwYmXexxbDO2rh/s1600/pic4.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXBvc82ZhN9jYJkeIVD8GDVwFGK2lBNUuVOr6b3ZjRKAOruKSKf1LwsdyIx4LJQqhFhBvdybH4cFO9CIaiX3ffBYlVl6s7upgzyyxQE7sewmLc_yxpxFqCearRAoZUPLwYmXexxbDO2rh/s1600/pic4.JPG" /></a></div>
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</span>Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-79396507590698627382016-01-12T07:32:00.000-08:002016-01-12T07:37:17.831-08:00Money Matters<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In your blog post #11, you will be dealing with money related vocabulary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To begin with, take a look at some words and expressions from your <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11IaVTW9rRBiKUJJ7BXtE0hXtSwY-tsrGfU8i1fvMwMI/edit?usp=sharing">wordlist </a>used in different contexts in your coursebooks:</span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate: <b>Unit 53</b></span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-Intermediate and Advanced: <b>Unit 56</b></span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">English Collocations in Use: <b>Unit 37</b></span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">Oxford Word Skills. Intermediate: </span><span style="line-height: 21.56px;">Unit 18</span></span></span></b></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;">Oxford Word Skills. Advanced: </span><b style="line-height: 21.56px;">Unit 25 (B), 48</b></span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">English Idioms in Use. Intermediate: <b>Units 24</b></span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;">English Phrasal Verbs in Use: </span><b style="line-height: 21.56px;">Units 47, 48</b></span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">Oxford Word Skills: Idioms and </span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">Phrasals</span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">: <b>Unit 38</b></span></span></span></b></li>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><b>For your blogpost, </b>you have to take a challenge in the game <a href="http://playspent.org/html/">SPENT</a> and make notes of your choices, progress and a final result. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><b>In your blog post</b>, you have to <i><b>describe your experience </b></i>in 80-100 words.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Apart from that, you will have to </span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;"><i>create a fake profile</i></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;"> (using </span><a href="http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Fake</a><a href="http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">book</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">) of an imaginary person who won a lottery and make several posts on his/her behalf about what he/she does about the money he/she has won (80-100 words in general).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Remember to use active vocabulary in both tasks (not less than </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;"><b>25 items </b></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">of your wordlist).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">As you have created your Fakebook profile, save it and press "share", then choose "embed code" and paste it in your blog. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">You can also paste its web address. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21.56px;">Take a look at a sample:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><iframe src="http://www.classtools.net/fbembed/Lottery%20Winner/1473-atuZnh" style="border: none; height: 150px; left: 0; overflow: none; position: relative; top: 0; width: 150px;"></iframe></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;">Good luck!</span></span></div>
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Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-75895533063726096202016-01-11T13:01:00.000-08:002016-01-11T13:01:30.672-08:00Module 2 Consolidation<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In Module 2, you have explored vocabulary on the following topics:</span><br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b2WDqj98YnFkoBxKjOFy2tGEl8sUt39eCj-M3PdqwTg/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration: none;">Feelings, Emotions, Body Language</a> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/13-HLFFxL_10wGRxz6AzH30QAwDR-mn3_UCEUofE6ocA/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration: none;">Appearance, Character, Relationships</a></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/19didV4hbTwfJrPRiS8QjBh1C0vjYPoeNlG6YiDQinhE/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration: none;">Education </a></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14XKC3JXRIoGWWLG1jPoHwj4Ufr2dkuxlLolYQ14Puvw/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration: none;">Work and Career</a> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vf_mcP0MEy7sXnFMZl5j_OAdG4mUfs16jrVRI9HtRok/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration: none;">Healthy Lifestyle</a></span></span></span></li>
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Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-32696267224368534582016-01-10T14:15:00.000-08:002016-06-20T14:29:17.741-07:00Healthy Lifestyle<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In your blog post #10, you will deal with the vocabulary related to health and illness, healthy lifestyle, eating habits and food.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">First off, take a look at some resources in your coursebooks to explore the vocabulary from your <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vf_mcP0MEy7sXnFMZl5j_OAdG4mUfs16jrVRI9HtRok/edit">wordlist</a>:</span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;">English Phrasal Verbs in Use: </span><b style="line-height: 21.56px;">Unit 56</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">Oxford Word Skills: Idioms and </span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">Phrasals</span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21.56px;">: <b>Unit 34</b></span></span></b></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Take a look at some of these words in the table with definitions and sample sentences: <a href="http://www.ieltsbuddy.com/health-vocabulary.html">LINK</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For better understanding and further practice, check out these exercises:</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1. <a href="https://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/vocabulary/cloze-health-3.htm">Quiz 1</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2. <a href="https://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/vocabulary/cloze-health-4.htm">Quiz 2</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">3. <a href="https://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/vocabulary/cloze-health-5.htm">Quiz 3</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Get the taste of cooking vocabulary <a href="http://wordperfectenglish.com/learn-to-cook-in-english-45-english-cooking-verbs/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=evergreen_post_tweeter&utm_campaign=website">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Read <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i05ZfDz4flC7b9kZrdZ66OdklFTgk9OQ83MjP-5Fv7k/edit?usp=sharing">this article</a> and observe the usage of active vocabulary in context. If you come across collocations that you like or that seem interesting to you, add them to your wordlist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For your blogpost, you have to create </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">a brochure called <i><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Students' Healthy Lifestyle Guide</b></span></i> (or any other relevant name you can think of) using the tool <a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/Printing_Press/">Printing Press</a>. In the brochure, you have to present your <b>views on the current situation </b>regarding students' lifestyle (e.g. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">eating habits, physical activity, bad habits, diet and other health-related components</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">), <b>recommendations</b> on how to enhance their physical and psychological well-being, and one <b>recipe of a healthy meal</b>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">After you have created your brochure, you download it as a <i>pdf</i> file. In order to upload it onto your blog, convert it into <i>jpg</i> format (e.g. <a href="http://convertonlinefree.com/PDFToJPGEN.aspx">here</a>).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Requirements to the text: 150-200 words, 20-25 items of active vocabulary.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><br />
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Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-72516485726875228222016-01-10T07:34:00.001-08:002016-01-10T07:34:52.239-08:00Creating a Company<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In your blog post #9, you have to demonstrate your creativity and skills to incorporate vocabulary related to work and career issues in quite an interesting task.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">First of all, explore the vocabulary from your <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14XKC3JXRIoGWWLG1jPoHwj4Ufr2dkuxlLolYQ14Puvw/edit?usp=sharing">wordlist</a> in more context in your coursebooks:</span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-Intermediate and Advanced: <b>Units 40, 81</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Collocations in Use: <b>Units 30, 60</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Collocations in Use. Advanced: <b>Units 12, 13</b></span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;">Oxford Word Skills. Advanced: </span><b style="line-height: 21.56px;">Unit 50 (B)</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Idioms in Use. Intermediate: <b>Units 25</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;">English Phrasal Verbs in Use: </span><b style="line-height: 21.56px;">Units 45, 46</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In addition, on <a href="http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-vocabulary/employment-vocabulary-and-exercises/">this site</a> you may find a number of definitions and extra practice of the job-related vocabulary.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>In your blog post</b>, you have to describe a company (or an organisation) you would like to set up as if you have already done it. Therefore, describe it in a promotional manner to attract new employees.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Your description should include: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Keep your description within 150-180 words and use 20-25 items of active vocabulary.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Apart from that, you will have to include a talking avatar in your description using <a href="http://voki.com/">Voki</a>. Use your Voki avatar to provide additional information like a feedback of an employee or a client. Let your imagination lead you! The only requirement is <i><b>not to repeat </b></i>what has already been mentioned in your description. The avatar presentation should be around 50-70 words long and include active vocabulary as well.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To create your Voki avatar, follow these steps:</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1. Start a new post and make sure you enable this option in your settings:</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">3. Choose a character from many suggested categories (you may as well select a background, choose character's outfit etc.):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">4. Give your character a voice! The site offers different options: by phone, text-to-speech or record with a microphone. You have to choose EITHER text-to-speech OR record option.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNycNZqGGQnz2u-542rQ4c1AoMV80Ex37e8uEJD8-yN6MiKokkmo-ZgVh4q6x4ZLTG6bMxJuq9Mxj1BU_NbZPxZlFUKH5_g2zYWr4aE4tQh7Itpj7X7BwrduBW_AEz9RPOGdTUO4BfO7tR/s1600/voki4.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNycNZqGGQnz2u-542rQ4c1AoMV80Ex37e8uEJD8-yN6MiKokkmo-ZgVh4q6x4ZLTG6bMxJuq9Mxj1BU_NbZPxZlFUKH5_g2zYWr4aE4tQh7Itpj7X7BwrduBW_AEz9RPOGdTUO4BfO7tR/s1600/voki4.JPG" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFlMXK-hWiT28s2PnxdvnTvw_1rfB6wpwcOlmNK0XYGqECJyXU8Nk88GY_IsqofrO6nemiuIZiMcjzc7c4XIQcIF0aAL8t3MSXIs5B-zadynRPvp7xRmKKVspltG3nPnpwDFh0egzOYBb/s1600/voki5.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFlMXK-hWiT28s2PnxdvnTvw_1rfB6wpwcOlmNK0XYGqECJyXU8Nk88GY_IsqofrO6nemiuIZiMcjzc7c4XIQcIF0aAL8t3MSXIs5B-zadynRPvp7xRmKKVspltG3nPnpwDFh0egzOYBb/s1600/voki5.JPG" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If you wish to record your voice, you can speak up to one minute.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">5. After you have created your Voki avatar, embed it in your post. That is how you're going to do this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> - press "save" and close the window that will pop up:<br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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- copy the code and paste it in your blog (the code is long, so make sure you cope the whole thing):<br /><div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQq3EIIF1FAyt732rGtcGPmp3cGkQfjmP8u2Crb_KCklIXJMG0rd96TzluAr7KJcmF3kME0Nfiwv_Nr6jO6WmPT5wYRUkxIeR5KBVSrrRniXx4h-B5sibG15Eo7y-_yTK_gNsCzti0eWhL/s1600/voki8.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQq3EIIF1FAyt732rGtcGPmp3cGkQfjmP8u2Crb_KCklIXJMG0rd96TzluAr7KJcmF3kME0Nfiwv_Nr6jO6WmPT5wYRUkxIeR5KBVSrrRniXx4h-B5sibG15Eo7y-_yTK_gNsCzti0eWhL/s1600/voki8.JPG" /></a></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- if you've done everything properly, your code will turn into an avatar as soon as you publish your post. If you wish you may create more than one avatar!</span><br />
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Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-13065795051804638062016-01-09T14:21:00.002-08:002016-01-09T14:21:31.961-08:00Education<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In your blog post #8, you will have to demonstrate your natural ability to deal with the education related vocabulary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I subscribe to the theory that all diligent students need to crack a book and brush up on essential vocabulary before brainstorming any ideas for creative writing, i.e. their blog posts. Therefore, eager beavers, read through the following chapters in your coursebooks:</span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-Intermediate and Advanced: <b>Unit 39</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Collocations in Use: <b>Unit 29</b></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Collocations in Use. Advanced: <b>Units 14 (A), 17</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In your blog post #7, you are going to make the most of the vocabulary related to describing people's appearance, character and relationships.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Before you start another chapter in a book of your creativity, take a closer look at the vocabulary from your <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/13-HLFFxL_10wGRxz6AzH30QAwDR-mn3_UCEUofE6ocA/edit?usp=sharing">wordlist </a>used in appropriate context in your coursebooks:</span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate: <b>Units 43, 44, 46</b></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">English Collocations in Use: <b>Unit 17-21</b></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">Oxford Word Skills: Idioms and </span>Phrasals<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21.56px;">: <b>Units 26 (B), 28</b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A </span><a href="http://www.espressoenglish.net/phrasal-verbs-for-romantic-relationships/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lesson on phrasal verbs</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> related to relationships by Espresso English</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">An </span><a href="http://www.expandyourvocabulary.com/personality/exercise5.swf" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">exercise </a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">on personality related adjectives</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">some details of their relationship (friendship, romance, parent-child etc; date, falling out, argument etc);</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Conversations and dialogs will be presented in a form of comic strips created in <a href="http://www.wittycomics.com/">WittyComics</a> or <a href="http://bitstrips.com/create/comic">BitStrips</a>. If you wish to present the whole story as a comic strip, you certainly can do this. Otherwise, include at least 3 comic strips in your story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Keep your story within 150-180 word limit and take advantage of active vocabulary (20-25 items, as usual).</span><br />
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Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-75751370145651971942016-01-09T09:13:00.000-08:002016-07-28T05:39:38.078-07:00Feelings, Emotions, Body Language<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In your blog post #6, you will have to work with the vocabulary on the topic "Feelings. Emotions. Body Language".</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">To begin with, explore the vocabulary from your <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b2WDqj98YnFkoBxKjOFy2tGEl8sUt39eCj-M3PdqwTg/edit?usp=sharing">wordlist</a> in more detail using your coursebooks:</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate: <b>Unit 45</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-Intermediate and Advanced: <b>Units 68, 70-72, 79</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">English Collocations in Use: <b>Unit 49</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">English Collocations in Use. Advanced: <b>Units 59, 60</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Oxford Word Skills. Advanced: <b>Units 8, 15</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">English Idioms in Use. Intermediate: <b>Units 2, 3, 21</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">English Phrasal Verbs in Use: <b>Unit 51</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1) Observe your friends and body language they use in different situations. Ask them permission to take pictures of some of their common postures or gestures. In 100-120 words, write about your observations and paste the pictures. You can also add speech bubbles or captions as in the previous blog post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://matadornetwork.com/life/around-world-42-hand-gestures/">A great post on gestures</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2) Paste a music video you particularly like and describe feelings and emotions that you experience while listening to it. Use between 50-80 words.</span></div>
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Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-32512682383952000102016-01-09T04:47:00.002-08:002016-01-09T04:47:43.852-08:00Module 1 Consolidation<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In <b>Module 1</b>, you have explored a number of techniques and approaches of building your word power and enhancing your vocabulary skills. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As a way to test your understanding of the material of this module and your ability to incorporate active vocabulary in your speaking, you will be offered two communicative tasks:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1) <b>Pictures for discussion in pairs</b> followed by</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2) <b>Individual questions </b>related to the themes of the module.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As you discuss the pictures and answer the questions, you have to demonstrate your knowledge of the module material as well as your ability to incorporate relevant vocabulary from the wordlists while expressing your opinion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Here's a sample task</i>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1. What might people be talking about?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2. How important is communication in student life?</span><br />
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What is a grammatical connection between words in each group?</span></b>1) tooth, mouse, child 2) put, cut, burst </li>
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<li><b>What vocabulary learning strategies do you use a lot?</b></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Why are collocations important in language learning?</span></b></span></li>
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Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-49307809886279898632016-01-08T15:46:00.001-08:002016-01-08T15:46:24.939-08:00Communication <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In your blog post #5, you will show your ability to use vocabulary on the topic "<b>Communication. Discourse Markers. Proverbs</b>".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">At first, explore the vocabulary from your <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uEYR94sXBKdShL-iSLJOl3GJm7EiYrqd4dqZsE2H-3c/edit?usp=sharing">wordlist</a> in more detail and with more context in your coursebooks:</span><br />
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<br />Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-44516471521289856142016-01-08T14:27:00.000-08:002016-01-08T14:28:38.132-08:00Word Families and Word Formation<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In your blog post #4, you will have to show your understanding of the concepts of word families and word formation and their importance for building your vocabulary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">First off, you need to throroughly explore these topics in the coursebooks:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate: <b>Units 7-10</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-Intermediate and Advanced: <b>Units 8-10</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Oxford Word Skills. Intermediate: <b>Unit 72-73</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Oxford Word Skills. Advanced: <b>Units 74-75</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For more information on meanings of roots and affixes, check out this <a href="http://www.prefixsuffix.com/rootchart.php">ENORMOUS table</a> full of roots, suffixes and prefixes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For further practice of <b>prefixes</b>, here's a stack of Quizlet flashcards:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://quizlet.com/37339051/prefixes-flash-cards/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Flashcard set 1</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://quizlet.com/40661610/prefixes-flash-cards/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Flashcard set 2</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://quizlet.com/32188431/prefixes-flash-cards/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Flashcard set 3</span></a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For further practice of suffixes and their meanings:</span><br />
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<li><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Flashcard set 1</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://quizlet.com/28757788/english-suffixes-flash-cards/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Flashcard set 2</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://quizlet.com/26089633/noun-suffixes-flash-cards/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Flashcard set 3 </span></a></li>
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<li><a href="http://quizlet.com/2783586/ela-latin-roots-flash-cards/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Flashcard set 1</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://quizlet.com/2784272/ela-greek-roots-flash-cards/">Flashcard set 2</a></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In your blogpost, mention the name of the text and the unit number. Paste your table in your blog too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Use 20-25 vocabulary items from your <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kdvQAjof4eTcRTB-as9-LitWu-usvhWJcR6ERNQkf8Y/edit?usp=sharing">wordlist</a> Part 3 (<i>the words you will have to find as examples for Greek and Latin roots and prefixes</i>) to reflect (in 100-150 words) on one of the quotations about Greek or Latin language (of your choice). </span><br />
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Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-13736186960824711822016-01-08T13:21:00.002-08:002016-02-18T12:43:26.977-08:00Dictionary Daze<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Dear students!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In your post #2, you will have to demonstrate your skills of using your dictionary effectively. First off, you need to carefully read and watch <a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">tips and guidelines</a> provided in this blog. Moreover, you will have to hit your books and get to know even more on this topic by dealing with the following materials:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate: <b>Units 3-4</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-Intermediate and Advanced: <b>Units: 4-5</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Oxford Word Skills. Intermediate: <b>Unit 3</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 20.02px;">Oxford Word Skills. Intermediate: Idioms and Phrasals</span>: <b>Units 3-4, </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">9, 13</b></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>In your blog post, </b>sum up the main points presented in the <a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">videos</a> in this blog. In addition, use your dictionary to find and post the following:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1) The word you tend to mispronounce or misspell on a regular basis and its definition.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2) A few pairs of words that you often confuse, their definitions and example sentences.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">3) By using online <a href="http://www.oed.com/">Oxford English Dictionary</a>, choose 3-4 words that entered the dictionary in 2015 and post them together with their definitions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The requirements remain the same:</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1. Your blog post should not exceed 150-200 words.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> 2. In your blog post, you have to use 20-25 vocabulary items from the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j1lTurSyND9vg87OtrW_v4ZNbsJNUQ1Kl-DjtUFczdU/edit?usp=sharing">word list</a> of this unit.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Once you have completed writing your post, use its text to make a word cloud (using <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">Wordle </a>or <a href="https://tagul.com/">Tagul</a>) and paste it in your post.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<br />Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-12513318903915337022016-01-08T12:20:00.000-08:002016-02-28T02:17:38.589-08:00Vocabulary Sci-Fi<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dear students!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In your blog post #3, you will have to reflect on the opportunities of vocabulary building that have become available due to a number of online tools.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Before getting down to writing a blog post, take a look at the list of </span><a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/p/online-dictionaries.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">online dictionaries</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> and </span><a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/p/online-vocbulary-tools.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">online tools</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> (categories 1 and 2). Try working with each of them and discover their potential for enhancing your vocabulary skills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>In your blog post</b>, write a letter to an imaginary student who was learning English some 20-30 years ago and tell him/her about the learning opportunities that have now become available with online tools and resources. You have to include your experience with <i>3 tools from the first category and 2 tools from the second one</i>. Requirements:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. Regardless of other tools have chosen, you have to create a flashcard set in <a href="http://quizlet.com/">Quizlet</a> and paste a link in your post. For your flashcard set (a word/a definition), choose any 20 items from any <a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/p/wordlists.html">word list</a> in this course.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2. In your blog post, you have to use 20-25 vocabulary items from the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j1lTurSyND9vg87OtrW_v4ZNbsJNUQ1Kl-DjtUFczdU/edit?usp=sharing">word list</a> of this unit. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">3. Your blog post should not exceed 150-200 words.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4. You are to paste screenshots of the tools you have chosen to use and reflect on.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Good luck!</span></span>Inna Piankovskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422660913965996199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888573166451100834.post-69511349435173656062016-01-08T09:38:00.000-08:002016-01-08T13:22:38.159-08:00Getting Started<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear students!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your first blog post will have to do with the topic "Techniques and Strategies of Vocabulary Building". A number of practical tips on this issue can be found <a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/p/building-your-vocabulary.html">here</a>. In addition, you should carefully study <a href="http://ln2016.blogspot.com/p/tips.html">these tips</a> on organising your vocabulary in a lexical notebook.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Apart from that, you can find more advice and guidelines in the following coursebooks:</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate: <b>Units 1-2</b> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Vocabulary in Use. Upper-Intermediate and Advanced: <b>Units: 2-3</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">English Collocations in Use. Intermediate: <b>Units 1-2</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">English Collocations in Use. Advanced: </span>Unit 5</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>In your blog post </b>you will have to accomplish the following task:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Based on the information about organising vocabulary, choose a text on any topic, select and put down vocabulary from it in your lexical notebook. In your blog post:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1. In around 100 words sum up techniques for organising vocabulary you find the most useful and would like to use while keeping your lexical notebook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2. Insert the link to the text you have chosen or paste the text with mentioning its source.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">3. Put down the list of vocabulary items you have selected. Remember that your list needs to contain individual words, collocations, phrasal verbs and idioms and include 20 items in general.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">4. Organise selected vocabulary in your lexical notebook using the techniques you have described in 1 or any other that you find relevant. Try to use different approaches!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">5. Take pictures of your lexical notebook pages with vocabulary from the text and paste them in your blog post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Good luck!</span></div>
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