Homework

LSP125/130
1. Choose a new text in eslfast.com, listen to it, practice pronouncing it, record yourself.

SMRT125
1. Reading: In the News 2-2: do all parts
2. Get ready for a test to Unit 2: review all grammar and vocabulary.
3. Hand-written essay: write an essay on ONE of the following topics:

• Technology has made the workplace more efficient.
• Luck has nothing to do with success.
• Deciding on a career early and staying on that path will lead to a satisfying working life.

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Homework

LSP125/130
1. In PhoneticEx1 (shared), do points 1-6
2. Practise a dialogue with your partner about her/his preferred city/country to live in.

SMRT125
1. Reading: In the News 2-1: finish all parts
2. Grammar 2-3: notes + ex.2
3. Writing 2-1: ex.2


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Homework

LSP125/130
1. Continue to hone your reading skills by reading "your" text in eslfast.com
2. Read the notes about how to take notes in Use of English, Note Taking, and watch the video about the underwater astonishments.  Focus on the questions in Video2UnderwaterQns (shared)

SMRT125
1. Grammar 2-2: notes + ex. 2, 3.
2. Writing 2-1: notes + ex.2
3. Vocabulary ex.2 (part 2 only)
4. Reading: In the News 2-1: parts 1, 2.


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Homework

LSP125/130
1. Think about the following question: If you were in a position of power, how would you improve your home town?
2. Choose any text in eslfast.com, listen to it several times, paying close attention to all the phonetic phenomena in it (aspiration, loss of plosion, assimilation, linking [r], rhythm, intonation, etc.).  Practice reading it several times.
Transcribe the first two sentences of your chosen text.

SMRT125
1. Grammar 2-1: notes + ex. 2, 3, 4.
2. Vocabulary ex.1 (sentences k-t)


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Homework

LSP125/130
1. Think about the following question: If you were in a position of power, how would you improve your home town?

SMRT125
1. Describe someone in your family, saying how you and that person are similar/different.
2. Start learning the vocabulary to Unit 2.


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Homework

LSP125/130
1. Choose two paintings and compare and contrast them using the language of contrast and speculation (she seems to be... because, it looks like..., they could be...because..., etc.).
2. Practice the phonetic exercises we did in class today.  If there be need watch the videos again.

SMRT125
1. Review all grammar and vocabulary to Unit 1 and get ready for a quiz.
2. Reading: In the News 1-2: finish all parts.
3. Hand-written essay:  Is it Better To be Single or Married?  Why?

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Homework

LSP125/130
1. Choose two paintings and compare and contrast them.
2. Practice honing the three affricates we studied today - [dʒ],  [z] ,   [ʒ].  If you feel you still have a problem with any of them, watch the second video in PronunciationDay5Students.

SMRT125
1. Reading: In the News 1-1: finish all parts
2. Grammar 1-3: notes + ex.2, 3

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Homework

LSP125/130
1. Think about the following questions:
a. What is your favourite colour?  Has it always been your favourite colour or have your colour preferences changed?  If they have, has your personality also changed?
b. Why is it important to be introspective?
2. Group the verbs in ex.5 according to how their -ed endings are pronounced, PronunciationDay4 (shared)

SMRT125
1. Vocabulary ex.2 (part 2 only)
2. Reading: In the News 1-1: parts 1, 2
3. Grammar 2-1: notes + ex.2
4. Writing 1-2: ex.


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Homework

LSP125/130
1. Practice reading the exercises in PronunciationDay3 (shared)
2. Practice listening to any listening exercise (the more, the better) and read it aloud several times, following the correct rhythm, and other phonetic rules (linking [r], assimilation):  eslfast.com 
3. Presentation: How Colours Affect Us (Martha only)
4. Choose a painting and be prepared to describe it.

SMRT125
1. Grammar 1-1: notes + ex.2, 3
2. Vocabulary ex.1 (sentences k - t)
3. Ex.1, 2, TopicSceSMRT (shared)

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Homework

LSP125/130
1. Practice phonetic exercise in PronunciationDay2  (shared)
2. Listen to TEDTapDanceQns again + questions + role play
3. Presentation: My Favourite Dancer (Svitlana only)

SMRT125
1. Would you like to be famous?  Why or why not?
2.  Ex. 71.1, 71.2, ArticleMurphySpecialCases (shared)
3. Start learning the vocabulary to Unit 1.



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Homework

LSP125/130
1. Practice reading the dialogue in PsychedelicGapped, paying attention to rhythm, pronunciation and intonation.
2. In PsychedelicImages, choose one picture using the vocabulary in this file and in PsychedelicGapped.  Remember to also describe how the image makes you feel.

SMRT125
1. Reading: In the News 12-2: do all parts.
2. Study the money proverbs.


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Homework

LSP125/130
1. Practice reading the text in PronunciationDay1Students, paying attention to rhythm, stress and intonation.
2. Make up a dialogue about art and practice it with your partner.

SMRT125
1. Finish the ex. on money, MoneyProverbsStudents1 (shared), choose one money proverb and describe a situation in which you can use it.
2. Do the Speaking test.


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Homework

LSP125/130
1. Study the phonetics symbols, PhoneticSymbols (shared), and covert 10 sentences written phonetically into their alphabetic versions.

SMRT125
1. Grammar 12-2, 12-3: notes + ex.1, 3 in Grammar 12-2
2. Reading: In the News 12-1: finish all parts.


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Homework

LSP125/130

1. Practice sounds [r], [l] in RLdistinction (shared)
2. Listen to the presentation in Media 1-1 (in your SMRT course: Use Art To Turn the World Inside Out) + ex.

SMRT125

1. Grammar 12-1: notes + ex.1 (sentences 11-20)
2. Writing 12-1: read the notes + ex.


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Homework

LSP (Listening, Speaking, Pronunciation)125/130
1. Listen to the recording again in ArtCraftStudents (shared) + questions 2, 4, 6, 7
2. Practice sounds [r], [l] in RLdistinction (shared)
3. Listen to the presentation in Media 1-1 (in your SMRT course: Use Art To Turn the World Inside Out) + ex.

SMRT125
1. Start learning the vocabulary to Unit 12


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Homework

Academic Writing
1. Ex. 5, 6, 1ProficiencyWritingStudent (shared)

SMRT125
1. Reading 11-2: finish all parts.
2. Prepare for a quiz to Unit 11.


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Homework

Academic Writing
Ex. 2, 3, 4, 1ProficiencyWritngStudents

SMRT125
1. Grammar 11-3: notes + ex.2, 3, 4.
2. Dialogue R1BasedRoleplay: change it to your liking by adding some of your own ideas to it.  Don't oversimplify it!  Learn your lines and be prepared to act the dialogue out.



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Homework

Academic Writing
1. Essay: Is it better to have a small or a big family? Why?

LS125
1. Grammar 11-2: notes + ex.2
2. Vocabulary ex.2
3. Listen to Media 11-1 again and finish the ex. (statements 8, 9)


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Homework

Academic Writing
1. Finish the ex on parallel structures, ParallelEx1Students (shared)
2. Write an argumentative essay on the following topic: Are video games a good way to keep fit?

SMRT125
1. Grammar 11-1: notes + ex. 2, 3, 4.
2. Vocabulary ex.1


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Homework

Academic Writing
1. Do ex. on thesis statement in ThesisStmtEx3Students (shared)

SMRT125
1. Start learning the vocabulary to Unit 11.


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