Level 2 Reading teachers are due to give a minimum of five quizzes this semester. As well as the in-house quizzes that you can use with your classes, there are also a set of publisher tests. They are a little easier than the in-house ones, as vocabulary is not recycled from previous units.
unit-quizzes-for-totally-true-3.pdf
unit-quiz-answers-for-totally-true-3.pdf

Download the complete transcript of listening tasks from Unit 10B. Transcripts can be used to create other exercises. One self-study type activity is provided.

Let’s Talk Unit 10B Transcript PDF
Let’s Talk Unit 10B Activity PDF

Download the complete transcript of listening tasks from Unit 11B. Transcripts can be used to create other exercises. One self-study type activity is provided.

Let’s Talk Unit 11B Transcript PDF
Let’s Talk Unit 11B Activity PDF

Download the complete transcript of listening tasks from Unit 13B. Transcripts can be used to create other exercises. One self-study type activity is provided.

Let’s Talk Unit 13B Transcript PDF
Let’s Talk Unit 13B Activity PDF

Download the complete transcript of listening tasks from Unit 15B. Transcripts can be used to create other exercises. One self-study type activity is provided.

Let’s Talk Unit 15B Transcript PDF
Let’s Talk Unit 15B Activity PDF

This is a tapescript cloze activity (with answer key) for Level 2, Unit 12B.

Let’s Talk 12B cloze w/key.doc

This is a communicative activity for Level 2. Let’s Talk Unit 12.

Let’s Talk 12A Comm.task.doc

This is a communicative task for Level 2, Let’s Talk Unit 9.

Let’s Talk 9A Comm.task.doc

The posted materials support Unit 15 of Let’s Talk for the Level 2 Speaking/Listening course. However, they might be useful for any class focusing on tenses. Essentially, the students have to compare their life now and their life ten years ago. Through reminiscing, there is plenty of potential to practice lots of useful grammar. The materials involve the teacher comparing their life now with that of ten years ago. Following this, the students have time to do the same. The handout contains a language box containing useful grammar forms and vocab items. Feedback welcome.

then-and-now.doc
then-and-now.pdf

The posted materials support Unit 13 of Let’s Talk for the Level 2 Speaking/Listening course. However, they might be useful for any class focusing on jobs and personal appearance. The materials are pretty self-explanatory. As in the children’s game of “Guess who?”, the students have to ask a series of yes/no questions to eliminate possible candidates from the 28 famous faces, and guess the celebrity who their partner is thinking of. A variation (see Part D) is to have the students take it in turns to ask questions and guess. The first person to guess the right famous person is the winner. Feedback welcome.

guess-who.doc
guess-who.pdf

The posted materials support Unit 10 of Let’s Talk for the Level 2 Speaking/Listening course. However, they might be useful for any class focusing on advice giving. The materials involve the students thinking of problems and giving advice. The handout has a language box, which provides suitable language for the task. When giving the task, I recommend making sure that the students have plenty of time to embellish their problems and make them as heartfelt as possible. Feedback welcome.

thats-good-advice.pdf
thats-good-advice.doc

Cat and Couple are Homeless

Ordering Activity

Here is an ordering activity using a similar Cat Adventure story to the one students will read in Chapter 13. You can choose to have the students cut the story into strips, or you can prepare it beforehand. When it is time to show the order of the story, open this file in class and page two of the document is a good size for showing on the OHP. This way you can easily highlight key words, phrases and ideas you might like to focus on.

Fashion Star

For this lesson, teachers could choose either of these ideas to prepare students for the following ‘Fashion’ topic.

One is stimulus for a conversation about Harajuku Fashion, to be taught any way you choose.

Harajuku Fashion

The next is a fun (I think so anyway) cloze exercise based on How to Dress Like a Ganguro Girl. The accompanying audio file can be found on CDs available from 2/10/2007 on the Level 2 shelf. Answers/ Transcript are at the end of the page.

How to Dress Like a Ganguro Girl

Hope these bring life to the topic for your class!

Level 2 Reading Chapter 11

This is a short warm up activity to get the students interested in the topic. There is a quick introduction of the key language and then some photos of four ads presented in unusual ways. The students have to guess what the ad is for.

All you have to do is go to this site in class and open the PDF file. The page will come up with the key language, the pictures and finally the answers.

For anyone who has been wondering, the notes for students and for instructors have been finished. There are very few changes in the curriculum from the autumn semester last year, but please make sure you take a good look at these notes before your classes begin.

Of course the big changes from the spring continues into the autumn semester: Foundation English is split into IIA (Listening and Speaking) and IIB (Reading and Writing). Also, Repeaters will be mixed into the regular classes the same as last term. Expect a few new faces to appear in some classes during the first two weeks as a result.

All of the notes are packed together in this convenient .zip archive for one-click download.

Or, you can download individual files below:
Level 1 Student Notes
Level 1 Instructor Notes
Level 2 Student Notes
Level 2 Instructor Notes
Level 3 Student Notes
Level 3 Instructor Notes

If you have any questions, please ask one of the Full-time team members listed in the notes for each level, or ask any full-time ELP staff.

Thanks!

This activity can be used to fill a whole 3 hours of a final class, or as a filler some time mid-term over a couple of weeks. It’s based on a couple of episodes of the US sitcom “Friends”, and the material can be adapted to suit both listening/speaking and reading/writing classes. You’ll need to download the Student sheets and the Teacher sheets below.

Friends teacher sheets Friends student sheets

Harry Potter pelmanism game. Students get into groups and then try to find pairs, matching the picture with the text. They could also get extra points for naming the people/characters.

PDF file:
L2 Reading Unit 9 Extra Activity (pdf)
Word file:
L2 Reading Unit 9 Extra Activity (Word file)

Students complete a questionnaire to estimate how long they will live.

N.B. This is meant to be a light-hearted activity but may not be to everyone’s taste… please decide for yourself if you would be happy to use it with your class. Also, please be aware that one question refers to Body Mass Index (BMI) which might make certain students feel embarrassed.

First the students interview a partner and fill out the questionnaire for him/her.
When everyone has finished the teacher reads out the points for each answer and students calculate the estimated life span of their partner.
One question refers to BMI which = (weight in kg) divided by (height in metres squared)

PDF file:
L2 Reading Unit 8 Extra Activity (pdf)
Word file:
L2 Reading Unit 8 Extra Activity (Word file)

An extra activity based on “dream part-time jobs”. Explanation on the worksheet.
You will need 15 or so copies of the free magazine “Town Work” which can usually be found in convenience stores and many other places around town (might be a few raised eyebrows as you help yourself to 15 copies but not to worry… it is free!).
If we’re lucky some kind person may have left some copies on the L2 Reading shelf.
PDF file:
L2 Reading Unit 7 Extra Activity (pdf)
Word file:
L2 Reading Unit 7 Extra Activity (Word file)

A “Survival Game” for Unit 6. Instructions on the worksheet.
PDF File:
L2 Reading Unit 6 Extra Activity (pdf)
Word file:
L2 Reading Unit 6 Extra Activity (Word file)