Message to C1 Lingue A

Hello everyone,
This is just a message to tell you that I'm sorry we missed our lesson today, but I will try to find us a nice, big classrom to make the lesson up later.
The discussion on the wiki is going well and people who want to are taking part. So I'm very pleased to see that. I was going to continue talking about travel and journeys today and then to move on to emotions. We will go on to emotions next week, so if you want to prepare you should revise the adjectives ( + prepositions and collocations etc.) that describe the way people feel.
See you next week. :-)

C1 general cancelled October 29th

Just to let you know that I have decided to cancel tomorrow's C1 Generallesson from 13.00 to 15.15 since the Faculty of Languages has organised a meeting from 14.00 to 16.00.
The C1 Academic English at 8.30 will take place as usual.

Week Two

Hello everyone,
We're now in week two of term, and last week we got off to a good start although the classrooms were too small. We have now managed to change rooms so check the "avvisi" page at the cla to see where your lesson is.
I found an interesting video on "Education" and I would be interested to hear your opinions so I've posted it on the Blog. You can watch it and comment below.
Remember that the more you do for your English, the better it will become.
See you soon,
Sharon hartle

One View of Education

This is one view of edicuation. How closely does it reflect your experiences at university? You might like to post a comment.

New wiki for all levels

Hi Everyone,

This is just to let you know that I am developing a wiki for everyone to use to practise your English and to have discussions with everyone else. The address is:
http://hartledistancelearning.wikispaces.com/

What should you do?

1) go to the wiki and look at the material available for your level.
2) Go to the discussion forum on the home page and introduce yourself.
3) Comment on other people's posts or ask them questions.

Have fun!
Sharon

New Courses 2008-2009: materials for B1, C1 and C1 ACC

Hi everyone,

Welcome back to a new academic year.

I hope you've all had a good summer and are now enthusiastically thinking about your English.

MMATERIALS REMINDER
This is just a reminder to those attending C1 and C1 accedemico that they will need the materials available at "La Rapida". Make sure that you get the materials for THIS YEAR.

B1 The materials will be ready NEXT week, and you also need the Straightforward intermediate study pack

For more information on materials and reference materials see the GUIDA CLA on the CLA site.

Hope to see you all next week,
All the best,
Sharon Hartle

Maximise the Power of Your Brain - Tony Buzan MIND MAPPING

Check out Tony Buzan and how to make mindmaps with this little video.

My cat Haggis

I told some people last week that I live near the university at Porta Vescovo and that I have a cat, so I thought you might like to see her. Here's a short video:

On a more serious note, we have been working on mindmapping as a pre-writing stage of planning or brainstorming your ideas in a more organised way. If you want to find out more google Tony Buzan and check out his website as well as a five minute Youtube video that he has made.

C1 Dispensa

Just to let everyone know that the photocopies for the C1 general composition and speaking course are now ready and available at La Rapida, so you can go along and pick up your copies.
See you soon,
Sharon Hartle

C1 Written test

Some students have been asking for a description of the C1 written test so here it is: In the C1 Composition test you have to answer one question and you have one hour to do so. You have to write a maximum of 250 words. Remember that this is a guide and you can count your words by looking at how many words you usually write per line and then multipling the number of lines you have written. You may use a monolingual English dictionary to do this test. The questions are related to different types of writing you can choose the type you want to do: discursive, narrative, descriptive writing, letter writing or critical writing. Here is an example exam paper for you to look at. You can use it for practice if you like. UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA CLA CI Composition July 2006 A monolingual dictionary may be used in this test Time allowed: one hour. Answer one of the following questions: 1) The Erasmus program has asked you to organize a welcome event for all incoming Erasmus students to the University of Verona in September 2006. What are your ideas for such an event? ( Answer in maximum 250 words ) 2) Divorce rates are at an all time high in the Veneto region. Why do you think this is? ( Answer in maximum 250 words ) 3) “Politics should not be part of the university.” Write an article on this subject for a student newspaper giving your opinion supported with examples. ( Answer in 200 -250 words ) 4) “…and so as she watched the vehicle slowly moved away.” This is the end of a story. Write the story. ( Answer in 200 -250 words ) 5) Write a description of an incident that has had a profound effect on you, explaining what happened and what effect it has had. ( Answer in 200 -250 words ) 6) Write a review of a film OR a short story for publication in the culture page of a newspaper. ( Answer in 200 -250 words ) 7) Write a description of a person you particularly admire or particularly dislike. ( Answer in 200 -250 words )