Y11 Term 1 Term Exam Content (1 hour and 30 minutes) Tuesday 24th November

Reading – Criteria B

Revise by reading as much as you can in English (Library books, news websites – BBC, The Guardian, Football blogs). The more exposed you are to vocab, structures, English in general the more your English will gradually improve. Ensure you have read at the very least all the articles I have posted on the blog about New Technologies and Language Learning.

Article about Self- Driving Cars

Robots

Writing – Criteria C

Part 1: Grammar and Vocabulary

Vocabulary:

1)    Language Learning

2)    Languages 2

3)    The Internet and New Technology

4)   The Reading Exam Feedback powerpoint - learn the vocab and structures

Grammar:

1)    Make, get and do collocations

2)      Expressing purpose, reason, result CAE Student’s Book p.170

N.B. – Reason and purpose often overlap

Purpose – the point/ aim/target of doing something (often future focused)

Reason - the cause of an event or situation, or something which provides an excuse or explanation (often past tense focused)

Result – the consequence

Purpose

ü  So that (+ clause)

ü  For the purpose of/ with the intention of (+ gerund)

ü  So as to/ in order to (+ infinitive)

ü  To (+infinitive)

Reason

ü  Because, since, as (+clause)

ü  In case (+clause)

ü  Otherwise (+clause)

ü  Because of, owing to, due to (+noun OR + gerund)

ü  For this reason (+sentence)

Result

ü  So, with the result that (+clause)

ü  Consequently, therefore, as a consequence, as a result (+ a sentence)

3)      Advanced Reported Speech

To deny - To reject as untrue/false (stronger than refuse)

To recommend - To advise (usually in a positive way)

To suggest - To put forward plan/idea

To accuse - To say something is someone else’s fault (legally/strong – asscoiated with crime)

To blame - To say something is responsible for doing something wrong

To congratulate - To say well done

To apologise - To say sorry

To insist - To declare firmly/persistently

To encourage – to inspire with confidence

To invite – To ask someone to attend something

To remind – To repeat something to avoiding someone forgetting

To warn – To give advance notice to not do something (usually negative and verbal)

To decide – To make a decision

To offer – To give

To promise – To make a promise

To refuse – To decline an offer/ To say no  

To threaten – To give someone a severe/harsh warning (stronger than warn – could be physical)

Part 2: Writing

1)      Speech Writing - Features and sentence starters/linking phrases

* a semi-formal to formal register, perhaps with flashes of informality

* include speech rhetoric e.g. rhetorical questions, repetition, flashes of humour, anecdotes, personal pronouns, facts and statistics, anticipating the counter argument, alliteration

* address the audience at the beginning (Welcome/ Good morning ...)and keep contact with them throughout (e.g. use of “we” and “you” etc.)

* will catch the audience’s attention at the beginning, and leave a clear impression at the end

2)      Transcript Interview Writing – Features and sentence starters/linking phrases

Features of a Transcript Interview

Reads like a script – an accurate transcription of the words used, without commentary or description

* uses a register appropriate to the degree of formality implied by the task

* will have a Question & Response structure, showing the characters' 'alternating speeches'

* will express realistic oral speech, perhaps with complex interactions such as interruptions

* will make apparent an overall pattern of topics and ideas

What does your Transcript interview need?

·         An introduction giving date of interview, who wrote transcript, who was interviewed

·         Questions and answers

·         STRUCTURE Questions which follow a logical order linking to what in said in the previous answer

·         Relatively formal language – this is a professional interview

·         Oral expressions – ‘you know’, ‘pretty much’, ‘sorry, no’, ‘I mean’, ‘like’, ‘anyway’, ‘kind of’,

‘for example’

Interview Errors

1.       A bad use of – a misuse of/ to misuse

2.       An interview to Charlie Brooker – An interview WITH Charlie Brooker

3.       It doesn´t have sense – it doesn’t MAKE sense

4.       Nowadays society – current society (nowadays is a noun NOT an adjective)

5.       I didn’t knew – I didn’t KNOW (didn’t – in Past Simple = know – doesn’t need to be in past simple too)

6.       To focus in – to focus ON

7.       How did you passion for writing started? – How did your passion for writing start?

8.       What did inspire you to produce Black Mirror? – What inspired you to produce Black Mirror?

9.       Answering your question – In answer to your question

10.   A criticism to technology – A criticism OF technology

11. The interview was made/done – the interview was carried out

12. Referring to your question – In answer to your question

13. invested on it – invested in it