Supporting Materials for TACS2 – KHOA TIẾNG ANH – ĐẠI HỌC ĐẠI HỌC NGOẠI NGỮ

Topic 1: Famous person

Reading:Read about a song “Best song in 2012” in level 2. You can read the news in level 3 for more complicated language. Listen to the song to relax http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/best-song-in-2011-level-2-a12/
Listening: Listen to a piece of news about “Taiwan first female president” in level 1. Choose level 2 for higher level of language. http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/taiwans-first-female-president-level-1/

Listening:Click the link below to watch people talking about fame. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fApxUAMzqMg

Topic 2: Family & Friends (Conflict)

Vocabulary: Learn vocabulary through this video about Family members https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJWR18RYJAQ

Speaking: Living with your family/ roommate/ alone. (p.17, Let’s talk second edition)

Listening: Click the link below to watch people talking about their friendships. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc_NUzuze6M

Topic 3: Holiday (item description)

Vocabulary: Holiday activities. Click this link to complete the sentences with the activity which matches the photo. http://www.examenglish.com/A2/A2_holiday_vocabulary.htm

Mixed sentences: Rearrange the words to make correct sentences. Click here to download the exercise.
Reading & Listening. Read and listen to part of a comedy. Highlight some common phrases related to holiday. http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/i-am-back-from-holiday-level-3-a12/

Vocabulary & Speaking: Activities on holiday (p.27. Let’s talk 1 second edition)

Topic 4: Holiday (planning)

Vocabulary + Speaking: What would you take on these vacations? (p. 31, Let’s talk 1 second edition)

Topic 5: Shopping

Vocabulary: Places to shop (p. 22, Let’s talk 1)
Listening: Items people buy (p.22, Let’s talk 1)
Reading: Click this link to read about the new shopping mall and answer the questions. http://www.examenglish.com/A2/A2_reading_shopping.htm

Listening: Click the link below to watch people talking about what they like/dislike about shopping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1RJ7YpXP2s

Topic 6: Sports

Crossword: Sport. Find the words about sport in the crossword. Click here to download the file.

Reading: read a piece of news about a sport “footgolf”. http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/say-hello-to-footgolf/

Topic 7: Future jobs

Reading: read a piece of news about a group of bus drivers in Paraguay. Select level 2. You can read and watch original video in level 3 (higher level of language). http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/bus-drivers-in-paraguay-level-2/

Mixed sentences: Work. Rearrange the words to make correct sentences. Click here to download the file.

Listening: Click the link below to watch people talking about their jobs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilqNWBiZq3E

Topic 8: School

Fun test: What subject are you?. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVuZbxzy9xc

Listening: Click this link to listen to a talk about university education in Britain. http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/uk-culture/whats-university-education-worth. (Do the Preparation task first. Then listen to the audio. Next go to each Task and do the activity. If you need help, you can read the Transcript at any time.)

Reading: Click this link to read about the educational opportunities for 16 year olds and answer the questions. http://www.examenglish.com/A2/A2_reading_education.htm

Topic 9: Subjects (language learning)

Listening: Watch a video “The benefits of being bilingual”
Listening: Click this link to listen to Simon talk about how he managed to learn five to six different languages in a fun and easy way. http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/i-wanna-talk-about/learning-languages (Do the Preparation task first. Then listen to the audio. Next go to each Task and do the activity. If you need help, you can read the Transcript at any time.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmOLN5zBLY

Learning style test: Discover your learning style http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml

Topic 10: Inventions

Reading: “New pictures of Pluto”. Read the news in level 2. http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/new-pictures-of-pluto-level-2/?utm_source=old

Reading: “Telephone started today”. Read the news in level 2. http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/telephone-started-today-level-2-a12/

Listening: Watch a video “20 inventions that you shouldn’t live without”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ05s4W8jPk

Topic 11: Story telling

Vocabulary & Listening: How was your trip? (p.26, Let’s talk 1 Second edition)
Reading: “Polar bear in a village” read the news in level 2. http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/polar-bear-in-a-village-level-2/

Topic 12: Life-work balance

Listening: interests (p.12, Let’s talk 1 second edition)
Speaking: free time activities (p.13, Let’s talk 1, second edition
Listening: Click this link to listen to Richard and Molly talking about plans for the weekend. Complete the timetables with their activities. http://www.examenglish.com/A2/A2_listening_free_time.htm

Extra listening: Click the link below to watch people talking about their free time and weekend plans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7jVAaXUBBc

Topic 13: Destinations