Do the “sequencing” test and comment on your experience. Mark the time you needed to perform the test. “The following comes from a Scotland Yard electronic file. Due to the computer error all the sentences have come in the wrong order. Restore the original text”.
A. The spokeswoman said: "The items were of no personal or sentimental value. At no time was the security of any members of the Royal Family compromised."
B. No details have been formally released on what the items were, to whom the office belonged or when the alleged incident took place.
C. A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: "This is a matter for the police."
D. A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said items of "intrinsic value" were thought to have been taken from an office within the palace, the official home of the Queen.
E. At no time was the security of any members of the Royal Family compromised.”
Exploratory task 1.9
Indicate the place of the missing element with band underline the erroneous elements. Comment on the problems you have experienced. Mark the time you needed.
1. In the U.K. over 350,000 children under 12b left at home on their own each day.
2. Six hundreds a day are excluded from school.
3. One of three 14-year-olds has tried drugs.
4. Children committed at least 15,000 crimes a day.
5. Britain locks up in prison most children than any other country in Europe.
6. This family have 12 children.
7. No adult in the family work.
Exploratory task 1.10
Rewrite the given sentences starting with the given words. The new sentence must be close in meaning to the original. Comment on your problems and mark the time you needed to perform the test
1. It was my best friend who helped me pay the mortgage.
· If it ___________________________________________________________
2. The moment I entered the room I found out that something was wrong.
· No sooner ______________________________________________________
3. He clicked the car door leaving the key inside
· He locked ______________________________________________________
4. The burglar was scared by the dog’s barking and ran out of the room
· The dog _______________________________________________________
5. I told myself not to come here again
· Never _________________________________________________________
5 points. Clear message. Coherent discourse (very logical writing). Topical vocabulary. Perfect cohesion (excellent use of connectives). Correct grammar.
4 points. Clear message with an occasional deviation from the subject. On the whole coherent discourse with some parts “falling out”. Mostly topical vocabulary. Use of connectives. Adequate grammar.
3 points. A message is recognizable. Some passages do not belong to the subject. Some topical vocabulary is used. Some connectives are erroneous. There are grammar errors.
2 points. The message is poorly conveyed. Only a small part of the writing actually carries the subject. Much topical vocabulary is missing. Connectives are mostly out of place. Grammar errors make the comprehension difficult.
1 point. The writer has missed the message. The whole text is off the given subject. There is no use of the topical vocabulary. Textual grammar makes the piece incomprehensible.
· You want to join a travel club so that you can travel cheaper. Complete the application form:
· Mr. or Ms.______________________________________________________
· Family name____________________________________________________
· Date of birth____________________________________________________
· Which UK airport will be most convenient to you?______________________
· Which county/s are you intending to travel to?__________________________
· Proposed date of departure__________________________________________
· Proposed duration of stay outside the UK_______________________________
· Reason for journey_________________________________________________
· How do you intend to pay for your ticket (in cash, by check etc)?____________
· How did you hear of our travel club?__________________________________
· Date I__ __ I __ __ I __ __I
Signature
Exploratory task 2.1
Write six short stories (each student writes only one story), describing the experience on the road and having in mind one of the given headings A-F. Do not write heading! Put your stories together and try to match the numbers of the texts and the headings. Have you been successful in writing the text adequate to the chosen heading?
A. Driving on an icy road.
B. An accident on the road.
C. A jam on the road.
D. A terrible fog.
E. Your old car.
F. Coming to help.
Exploratory task 2.2
Ask your peer to share with you “the most memorable event of yesterday”. Use the criteria of the “top performance” given below to assess the performance of your partner. Reflect on the criteria as the assessment tool.
· Accuracy
· Appropriacy
· Range
· Flexibility
· Size
Pronunciation is clearly intelligible. Grammatical and lexical accuracy is generally high. There some errors that do not destroy communication.
The language is generally appropriate to function. The overall intention of the speaker is always clear.
A fair range of language is available to the candidate. No overt search for words is evident.
A candidate is able to take the initiative in the conversation, to adapt to new topics, to change the subject.
Language turns are fairly short but there is some evidence that more complex utterances and longer discourse can be produced.
Exploratory task 2.3
A response can be given to a recorded text of the telephone talk. A candidate is to restore what the other person on the phone is saying. Perform the activity and reflect on the difficulties
· Hello. What can I do for you?
· ___
· Hold on a moment. What’s the name of the play?
· ___
· When’s it on exactly?
· ___
· Sorry, to mention it, but in what range are you prepared to pay for the ticket?
· ___
· Well, what night would you like to go?
· ___
· O.K. That’s all right. Hope you will have a nice evening out. Bye.
