STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO DO SOME PRACTICE ON:
Comprehension
1. Listening Comprehension exercises: Students will have to hear or watch conversations, interviews, extracts from films, news bulletins, etc., from a range of genres and sources, with seven to ten four-option multiple-choice questions.
2. Reading Comprehension exercises: A long text, preferably from the topics listed above, with seven to ten four-option multiple-choice questions.
Use of English
1. Key word transformations: Students have to transform each sentence so that it is as close as possible in meaning to the original sentence. A word is usually given. The emphasis is on whole phrases rather than individual words. However, you may need to think about the effect of the given word on the grammar of the sentence.
2. Word formation: This consists of a text with ten gaps, each one corresponding to a word. The stems of these missing words are given beside the text and students will have to write the word in its correct form. They need to be aware of prefixes, suffixes, compound words, etc.
3. Multiple choice questions: fifteen to twenty-five short unthemed cloze sentences/texts with four-option multiple-choice questions on each sentence/text.
The focus of the questions is on vocabulary (collocations, idioms, linkers, complementations, semantic precision and phrasal verbs.
Writing
1. Students will be required to present and develop ideas supporting their opinions with evidence. Spelling and punctuation will be taken into account. It is important to use the appropriate vocabulary and style and to organize each writing task suitably. The writing tasks are the following:
· Reproduce a story told by the lecturer.
· An essay, a discursive essay.
· A formal letter. A complaint.
· A proposal.
· Describe a situation or a short story. |