Additional Activities: September 28th-October 9th

1. Click on the BBC Learning link below. It will directly take you to the Vocabulary Reference Section.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-1/tab/vocabulary

• There notice the different ways in which you can say "Hello", Words from Unit 1.
• Learn the general vocabulary for Unit 1.
• Read Six Minute Vocabulary Unit 1: Suffixes. Find some examples using dictionaries online and write at least three examples per suffix.

2. Click on the link  Learning English below, and read the explanations provided in the section Tenses for the simple past and past continuous.

http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/

• Check the grammar section in Waylink-English for simple past and past progressive.

http://www.waylink-english.co.uk

• Check the Verb Tenses section in the English Page for simple past and past progressive and do the activities.

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

3. Cick on the link for 5 Minute Biographies:

http://www.5minutebiographies.com/

• You have to listen and read two biographies: Alexander Fleming and Michael Faraday. Make sure you read and listen to them at least 4 times.
• Print the texts and underline the words you do not know.
• Choose 25 words you think will be useful or are related to your field of study.
• Write 5 questions and their answers for each text. Check your grammar and spelling (Review BBC Learning: Unit 1, Session 2).

4. Listen to Ted Talks: Arianna Huffington's "The Power of Sleep," and answer the questions. Please, listen to it and read the captions several times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6EdRPMUqJM

- How does Ms. Huffington discover the importance of sleep?
- Why does she say women are going to lead change?
- Why men brag about sleep deprivation?
- How does she describe a leader?
- What will be the outcome of sleeping well?

Additional Activities from September 7th to September 18th

A. From BBC Learning English

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/

• Click on Courses, then Lower Intermediate.

Do sessions 4 'Dear Sir' or 'Hey, folks'? (4 activities)  and 5 'The Race' and a Quiz (5 activities). You may print them or write them down in your notebook

B. From English Page

http://www.englishpage.com

• Click on the Grammar Book → Verb Tenses → Do Exercises 1 & 2 Simple Present and Present Continuous
• Click on the Listening Lounge → BBC Online Radio 4 →  You can listen to one audio from Highlights: 'Natural Histories: Bears' (How bears have influenced art, literature, and belief), 'Ask Stephen Hawking,' or 'Book of the Week: Maggie Smith: A Biography'. Listen to the selected audio as many times as necessary, so that you identify key words and ideas and possibly provide important ideas from the listening. Write them down in your notebook
• Click on the Reading Room → Choose an article from The Economist, Newsweek, Popular Science, or Scientific American. Copy the text and paste it in a Word Document. Save it in your computer. Read the chosen article several times.

Happy Holidays!

The homework is due on September 18th, 2015.