8 November 2011 / Irena Sonc Šlenc

So, the second round of blogging is on. The first post should be from Gabriela, but anyway...
Both levels are writing a test next week. Over the Autumn break I have given them a home assignment. The instructions were published on this blog, but it seems only a few students actually took the time to read them. For the second round of blogging I expect the students to find a picture that goes with their post or to comment on one of their peers' post - thus trying to encourage the students to make their posts more appealing, read the blog posts and be better informed.
In class this week we are preparing the vocabulary list from which I will take 10 words that the students will have to show understanding and usage of in the test. If we succeed tomorrow to select the final 20 word from the "future section" of UNIT 1, I might publish the list of words that can appear on the test. If we don't, I will pick the words by myself and I will not publish them.
Meanwhile, I'm posting here a list of websites that might help the students prepare for the grammar/tenses part of the test.
http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/verbtense.php - verb tenses quiz 10 multiple choice questions


http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz88mgu.htm - 20 questions multiple choice with sound

Here are some sites where you can find exercises on different topics. 

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/ - quite detailed explanations and different types of exercises

http://www.tolearnenglish.com - Find link Find the correct tense

http://www.nonstopenglish.com - chose intermediate level

http://www.englishmedialab.com - grammar through games

Oh, and here are some links to on-line dictionaries that I mentioned in class:

http://www.macmillandictionary.com

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/

http://www.merriam-webster.com/

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Pick your favorite.

Last, but not least: don't feel too sorry for yourselves and you will learn better, or as T. Szasz has put it:

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem.  That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.  

Learn like young children!