More listening practice

Hello.

Your behaviour during our last lesson on Saturday 30 May was not great.
You were very distracted and you did not concentrate on our last opportunity to prepare for the exam together :-(

I recommend that you continue to prepare for the exam.
You need to review the vocabulary lists in your book, Storyfun for Movers, for all the stories.
You can test your memory of the vocabulary for all the stories with the quizlets I prepared.

I also recommend you listen to all the other listening exercises in your book.

You can find the listening tracks by following the links below.

5. What a great grandmother!

<<Page 42 exercise H track 13>>
<<Page 42 exercise H track 14>>
<<Page 43 exercise K track 15>>

6. Diana's tiger dream.

<<Page 49 exercise F track 4>>
<<Page 50 exercise I track 5>>

7.Tom and the tomango tree.

<<Page 57 exercise D track 7>>
<<Page 58 exercise H track 8>>
<<Page 59 exercise K track 9>>

8. Angela's angry morning.

<<Page 65 exercise F track 11>>
<<Page 67 exercise J track 12 >>

9. Do whales have stomach-ache?

<<Page 74 exercise F track 14>>

10. The fancy-dress shop.

<<Page 81 exercise D track 16>>
<<Page 82 exercise G track 17>>
<<Page 83 exercise J track 18>>

Tornate presto per gli ultimi aggiornamenti.

Your Movers simulation on Saturday, 16th May

Hello!

Remember, you need colouring pencils to complete part of your Listening test on Saturday.

Please remember to take colouring pencils with you, because I will not be able to give you any.

See you on Saturday.

Homework for Saturday 16 May

We are going to do the simulation for your Movers test next week.

We will have time to other things, as well.

I'd like you to study unit 4 of your Storyfun for Movers book, the story called "Rabbit and Cocketta Bird".

You can start by playing the Quizlet game here.

After you play the Quizlet game, you can read the story.

After you read the story, you can do the exercises.
In particular, I'd like you to do exercises B (p. 32), D and E (p. 33), H (p. 34) and I (p. 35).
These exercises are very similar to the exercises you have in the Reading and Writing part of your Movers test.

Good luck. See you next week.

"Would you like to go shopping tomorrow?"

In our lesson today we saw a question with "would you like".

This is how we use this expression:

Affirmative: I would like to go shopping tomorrow.

Interrogative: Would you like to go shopping tomorrow? (Remember our friend, "A S I C", for when we ask a question.)

Negative: I wouldn't like to go shopping tomorrow.

Often we use the contracted form: I'd like to ....

This is the form of the short answer to a question:

Paul: Would you like to go the cinema tomorrow evening?
Susan: Yes, I'd like to.

Sometimes we want to say that we really like an idea or suggestion.
We can say: "I'd love to".

Paul: Would you like to go to the cinema tomorrow evening?
Susan: Oh yes, I'd love to go. I really want to see the new film.

Do we ALWAYS use the infinitive with "would like to"? In full sentences, yes, we do. In short answers, we can omit the verb after "to", but we must keep "to". For example: I'd like to.

If you have any questions about "I would like to", we can talk about them next week.

Let's talk!

Have a look at this image.

Think about all the things you can see in the picture.

Describe what you can see.

And why not invent a story about what the children are doing?

(Source: Movers Word List Picture Book - Cambridge English)

Preparing for the simulation of your Movers test

Today we practised the different parts of the Movers test.

We practised the Reading and Writing part.
We watched the Cambridge English video of the Movers Speaking test with Arthur.
We listened to an example Listening test.
Remember: you need colouring pencils for the Listening test.

Now you know exactly what is in the Movers test.

Next week we will do a complete simulation, with the Speaking test.
Everyone must be present for the lesson.

See you next week.

MOVERS test - Listening Part 2 - practice activity 4

{Movers Listening test Part 2}

{Practice 4}

Here is the fourth of the practice activities for Movers Listening Part 2.

You need three things.

First, you need the questions for the the Listening exercise.

Second, you need the two MP3 tracks for the exercise. The first track is the example.

The second track has the information you need to answer the questions.

Now you are ready to do the exercise.

Remember: you can listen two times, but no more than two.

You can write you answers in your notebook if you prefer, or you can print the question page and write the answers on that page.

MOVERS test - Listening Part 2 - practice activity 3

{Movers Listening test Part 2}

{Practice 3}

Here is the third of the practice activities for Movers Listening Part 2.

You need three things.

First, you need the questions for the the Listening exercise.

Second, you need the two MP3 tracks for the exercise. The first track is the example.

The second track has the information you need to answer the questions.

Now you are ready to do the exercise.

Remember: you can listen two times, but no more than two.

You can write you answers in your notebook if you prefer, or you can print the question page and write the answers on that page.

MOVERS test - Listening Part 2 - practice activity 2

{YLE Movers test - Listening Part 2}

{Practice 2}

Here is the second of the practice activities for Movers Listening Part 2.

You need three things.

First, you need the questions for the the Listening exercise.

Second, you need the two MP3 tracks for the exercise. The first track is the example.

The second track has the information you need to answer the questions.

Now you are ready to do the exercise.

Remember: you can listen two times, but no more than two.

You can write you answers in your notebook if you prefer, or you can print the question page and write the answers on that page.

MOVERS test - Listening Part 2 - practice activity 1

{YLE Movers test - Listening Part 2}

{Practice 1}

Here is the first of the practice activities for Movers Listening Part 2.

You need three things.

First, you need the questions for the the Listening exercise.

Second, you need the two MP3 tracks for the exercise. The first track is the example.

The second track has the information you need to answer the questions.

Now you are ready to do the exercise.

Remember: you can listen two times, but no more than two.

You can write you answers in your notebook if you prefer, or you can print the question page and write the answers on that page.

Does he? Did he? Will he?

Today we saw some examples of the future with "will".

- Will there be a party on Tuesday?
- What will the weather be like tomorrow?
- They will have a picnic on Sunday.
- He won't read that book. He doesn't like romantic stories!

(won't = will not).

We saw some examples of the interrogative form.

Remember: A  S  I  C

Does she play the piano?
Do they live in Canada?
Did he finish his homework?
Did you see the new movie?

And Qu A S I C

Where do they live?
When do they play basketball?
How does he go to school?
Why did she leave early?
What sports do they like?

We can use "will" the same way.

Will he be here on Friday?  (ASIC)
Where will he go on holiday?  (QuASIC)

Tornate presto per altri aggornamenti.

Some help with telling the story - Speaking exam practice

{Exam practice - Speaking}

As you know, in your Movers Speaking test there is a part where you tell a story.

To give you some inspiration, you can watch this video about Simon's cat!

In the Movers Speaking test, you see four separate moments and you must invent a story about them.

Watch the short video and think of some things you can say to describe what happens. Image the sequence of events. For example: What is happening? Where are the cats? Are they happy or sad?

We can talk about it in class on Saturday 11 April.

Perché sapete di aver fatto una buona scelta!

Voi genitori lo sapevate già!
Puntare sui nostri figli è sempre una buona scelta!

Felice Pasqua e buon lavoro!

(Tornate presto per aver un aggiornamento riguardo i compiti per sabato 11 aprile.)

Today was not a good day :-(

La settimana scorsa sono rimasto molto contento per via del vostro impegno durante la lezione. Non posso dire altrettanto per la lezione di oggi.



Molti di voi vi siete lasciati distrarre facilmente. Le lezioni passano in fretta anche quando voi vi ci mettete d'impegno per mantenere il ritmo delle attività.

Spero che la pausa per Pasqua vi aiuterà a recuperare le forze e che tornerete con lo stesso entusiasmo che avevate mostrato fino alla settimana scorsa.

Tornate a visitare il blog in questi giorni per avere le indicazioni riguardo i compiti e le esercitazioni da svolgere prima della prossima lezione che avrà luogo sabato 11 aprile.

Saturday 21 March 2015

{Saturday 21 March 2015}

Thank you all for a great lesson on Saturday.

 

You worked really hard and understood everything very well!

Three classmates were absent.

I hope you are feeling better today.

In Saturday's lesson we concentrated on Movers Speaking test parts 1, 2 and 3.

We looked at what the examiner does and what the candidate needs to do.

We saw some examples of the images you find in the test and we learned some of the phrases and words you need to use to talk about the differences you see in the pictures.

In particular, we looked at Part 2, Telling the Story. For candidates, this is often the most difficult part of the Speaking test.

I think you did very well in class.

Here is another example of a story. 

Look at the story for ten seconds.

Think of words for the things and actions you can see in the picture.

Don't look for words in your dictionary or on internet. You can't do that in the exam!!

Here is what the examiner says about the first picture.

"These pictures show a story. It's called 'The dolphin's new friend ...' Look at the picture first. Sally and Jim are on the beach with their parents. The children want to go swimming. Now you tell the story."

(Source: Cambridge English Young Learners Sample Papers 1 Volume One (c) UCLES 2014 p. 55)

(Per i genitori: potete trovare qui il file immagine per la storia.)

Your HOMEWORK: tell the story! You can write your ideas if you prefer. I will ask you all to tell the story at our next lesson.

(Per i genitori: vi invito a rivisitare il blog fra qualche giorno per recuperare un esercitazione all'ascolto.)

Read me, please!

Do you like camping?

Do you think camping holidays are fun?

Do you and your parents have a different idea about holidays?

Did you visit the Quizlet with the vocabulary for Henry's holiday?

Did you learn a lot of new words?

Are you ready to read the next story about Henry's holiday?

If you like, you can listen to the audio track for exercise  F on p. 17.

See you in class on Saturday 7th March!


(Per i genitori: in attesa dell'arrivo dei libri di testi, vi invito, in via assolutamente eccezionale, a prendere visione di una copia PDF della prossima storia, Henry's holiday.
Il brano audio per l'esercizio F a pagina 17 è anche reperibile qui.)

Vocabulary for our next story: Henry's holiday

Hello!

First, I want to say "well done"!

We had a very good lesson on Saturday 28 February.

You all contributed a lot and I want to thank you for your enthusiasm.

Our next story is called "Henry's holiday".

Before we read the story, please explore the vocabulary.

You can play with the vocabulary using this Quizlet.

I think you will have an idea of the story when you read the list of words and verbs!

In a few days, I will post another link to the story so you can start reading it.

(Per i genitori: Per adesso i ragazzi devono familiarizzarsi con i vocaboli, i verbi e le espressioni che incontreremo con la lettura della prossima storia, Henry's holiday. Ho preparato un'attività su Quizlet.com dove potranno rinforzare la propria comprensione del lessico chiave prima di affrontare la storia per intero e gli esercizi a corredo. Vi invito a visitare il blog di nuovo fra qualche giorno per il prossimo post a riguardo. Vi invito anche ad aiutare i compagni di corso che incontrano problemi di collegamento.)

Homework for 21 February

Hello.

Your homework for our next lesson (Saturday, 21 February) is:

p. 8   ex A, B, C
p. 9   ex D, E
p. 10 ex F, G, H, I
p. 11 ex J

For ex F "Do some colouring", you need the photocopy of the picture of Meg in her living room.

You need to look at the photocopy of the picture on page 5 (the picture with the green slipper!) and listen to this audio track. (I gave you the photocopy in our lesson.)

Here is the audio track for "Do some colouring".


(Per i genitori: il link aprirà un brano audio ufficiale. Se la registrazione non dovesse avviarsi automaticamente, oppure il pulsante PLAY non dovesse funzionare, sarà sempre possible scaricare (DOWNLOAD) il brano per ascoltarlo sul proprio pc o altro apparecchio. Il file audio è in formato MP3.)

For ex J, Meg's friend Rose!, look at the photocopy, listen to the audio track and complete the information.

Here is the audio track for "Meg's friend Rose!"

(Per i genitori: il link aprirà un brano audio ufficiale. Se la registrazione non dovesse avviarsi automaticamente, oppure il pulsante PLAY non dovesse funzionare, sarà sempre possible scaricare (DOWNLOAD) il brano per ascoltarlo sul proprio pc o altro apparecchio. Il file audio è in formato MP3.)

Have some fun with verbs!

Let's play a game with the verbs from our story, My friend Meg!

Here is the link for a Quizlet game to practise the past tense of the verbs in the story about Meg.

http://quizlet.com/71403682/storyfun-for-movers-1-my-friend-meg-verbs-in-the-past-tense-flash-cards/

Have fun! :-)

(Per i genitori: per riuscire a comunicare bene al livello Movers, i ragazzi devono saper gestire soprattutto i seguenti tre tempi verbali:

1 - present simple: I live in Catania.
2 - present continuous: She is walking in the park.
3 - past simple: He went to the supermarket.

La prima storia che incontriamo, My friend Meg!, presenta esempi del present simple, del present continuous e del past simple.

I ragazzi devono gestire molti verbi irregolari che cambiano forma al passato. E' bene per loro ripassare la tabella dei verbi che si trova nel loro libro di testo della scuola, Game On, a pagina 230.)

Have some fun with vocabulary!

Let's play some games and learn the vocabulary from our story, My friend Meg!

Go to this internet site and play the games!

http://quizlet.com/71398791/storyfun-for-movers-1-my-friend-meg-flash-cards/

You can read, listen, repeat, spell.

Have fun! :-)


(Per i genitori: forse non rientra nelle vostre abitudini di famiglia permettere ai ragazzi di utilizzare internet da soli. Allora vi invito ad accompagnare loro mentre usano il sito Quizlet. Il sito è generalmente considerato affidabile e sicuro per giovani utenti. Ci sono delle pubblicità però sono "innocue", per così dire, e poco invadenti.

Con Quizlet, noi docenti creiamo delle schede mnemoniche, delle "flashcards", che servono a rinforzare la comprensione e la ritenzione dei vocaboli dalla parte dei ragazzi.

Si "vedono" i vocaboli, si sentono le pronunce, si hanno delle traduzioni in lingua italiana, vi sono diversi modi per riciclare le conoscenze in modo competitivo.
E' un'esperienza spassosa e soprattutto proficua dal punto di vista dell'apprendimento.

Una volta acquisiti i vocaboli, vengono ripresi ed utilizzati nei contesti delle "storie" che incontriamo nel libro di testo: Storyfun for Movers.)

Welcome to our Movers blog!

Hello and welcome to our Cambridge English Young Learners Movers blog.

Yes, the name is very long!

I prefer Giga IH @ Parini School :-)

You are studying to learn more English and to prepare for a test.

The test is the Cambridge English Young Learners Movers test.

The test has two parts.

One of the parts is the Speaking test.

Please watch the video below with your parents.

(Per i genitori: questo filmato è un video ufficiale preparato da Cambridge English ai fini dimostrativi e lo si può ritrovare sul canale Cambridge English TV sul noto sito di condivisione di filmati. Lo scopo prefisso è quello di darvi un'idea di come si svolge la parte Speaking dell'esame Movers. Il ragazzino, Masa, che vediamo nel video fa degli errori che non sono considerati gravi ai fini dell'esame. Le diverse fasi sono illustrate. I vostri figli, durante il corso con me, faranno molto pratica per sentirsi al proprio agio il giorno dell'esame. Tuttavia è sempre bene che siate anche voi informati di ciò che dovranno aspettarsi.)