Dear Students,

The final exam for Intermediate Listening Class will contain the following types of listening: 

1. Listening to short statement/expression
2. Listen to short conversation
3. Listening to a short talk

In order to prepare yourself for the test, do the followings:

1. Listen to some conversations on Randal's General Listening quizzes and Basic Listening Quizzes  on  http://www.esl-lab.com/ some from easy and medium levels. 
Do the  quizzess  and improve your scores. 

2. Listen to the following audios  :

-How Loneliness Can Infect Social Network  on http://www.manythings.org/listen/loneliness/-  
-Importance of Handwashing on http://www.manythings.org/listen/handwashing/

Good luck. See you on Tuesday at 10 AM

3. 

Dear Students,

As it has been discussed in the class, all the students, working in a group of three, have to make a  15 minutes long video of a nice place to visit in West Sumatra. 

These are some videos on You tube you can watch to get an idea about  vocabularies or expressions used in describing a place. 

1.  Bali, Indonesia Travel Guide - Must-See Attractions on
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6akr4VPXAgE

2. London, England Travel Guide - Tips and Attractions  on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cBgVBgfTL4

3. London Video Tour: Kensington & Chelsea  on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oox5aYHLr7E&list=PLCNbR84s3bWKZ5B7SySs0kB-DCIUxj6sZ

4.New York Travel Guide - Must-See Attraction on 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpnNycVAaac


Your work will be assessed or graded using  a rubric that can be downloaded from  
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&module=Rubistar&rubric_id=2392164&

The due date for the vidoe submission on this blog is the last day of the final examination period.

Dear students,

. As a replacement class, you have to do the following assignment:

1.  Watch the video CD 52 English for Intermediate Class on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh196Re7kSc and then do the Listening Task on http://www.easytestmaker.com/Test/16307E9A4E834F1BAC9A66FF2A0AEA01.
You may download or print the task.  Write your answer on a word doc then  send it  to my email : rmarnita@yahoo.com by Monday at 12 o'clock.


2.Watch video Bookstore Shopping from Randal's ESL Listening Cyber Labon   http://www.esl-lab.com/bookstore/bookstorerd1.htm and do the Listening Exercises (multiple choice) and the vocaulary What is your score?
Do the Vocabulary Activities on:

• Mixed-Up Sentence
• Sentence and Vocabulary Matching

3. Listen to audio College Scholarship from Randal's ESL Listening Cyber Lab on on http://www.esl-lab.com/scholarship/scholarshiprd1.htmand do the exercises. What is your final score?
Do the Vocabulary Activities on:

• Mixed-Up Sentence
• Sentence and Vocabulary Matching

What is your final score?

Have a nice weekend

Mrs. Rina

Week Two

Listening Practice : A Hiking Family

What things can parents do to strengthen the relationship with their children? Discuss your ideas. Then, talk about things parents do or say that damage or hurt the parent-child relationship. Listen to the conversation:  http://www.esl-lab.com/hiking/hikingrd1.htm

Listening Exercise

Listen to the interview again and  answer the questions based on the information you hear.

Pronunciation:  British vs American English Pronunciation

English has different varieties: American, British, and Australian English. This week we study the difference between British and American English in term of pronunciation. 

• Watch this video on You Tube: //www.anglo-link.com/index.php?/online_lessons/video_lessons??topic=all&vid=BvA1&page=1   
• Notice how each speaker pronounces the same words

• Try to pronounce the words in both accents

Week One: Introduction

This class is Intermediate Listening Class. Are you an  intermediate level student? 

• Test your English on the following URL:                                                                             http://www.anglo-link.com/index.php?/english_test/intermediate_english_test. Choose intermediate level 
• What is your score?
• You may try the beginner and the upper level test to check the level of your English. 

Listening Practice

Conversation: A healthy Lifestyle

Think of five important steps to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Write them down and look up information on the Internet to support these ideas.

Listen to the tape 'A Healthy Lifestyle' on http://www.esl-lab.com/. Do the exercise.
What is your score?

Vocabulary Building

Review the key vocabulary from the conversation:

• Multiple-Choice and Short-Answer Questions http://www.esl lab.com/health/healthexercise-mcquiz.htm
• Mixed-Up Sentence  http://www.esl-lab.com/health/health-mix.htm
• Sentence and Vocabulary Matchinghttp://www.esl-lab.com/health/health-match.htm

This blog is created for a  media of communication between me as an English teacher and my Intermediate Listening students.