Homework 2012-2013

In this blog you will find extra material to improve your English.

Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 1
Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 2
Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 3 
Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 4
Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 5
Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 6
Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 7
Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 8
Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 9 
Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 10
Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 11 
Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 12
Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 13
Here you will find all the entries related to Ready for CAE unit 14
Compositions
1. My English and Me (deadline: 17 Oct)
2. Read this article and write a formal letter to the newspaper, giving your version of what life is like on the island and asking them to print another article. Use the comments below the article to get some ideas of what to say. You will find a letter writing guide here and here (deadline: 7 Nov) 
3. Write a report about some different types of TV advertising. Get the details here. (deadline: 28 Nov) 
4. Writing: Character Reference. (deadline: 19 Dec). Find the details here  
5. Write a scrapbook this Christmas with the activities you do together with family and friends. (deadline: 9 Jan) 
6. Ready for CAE p 69. Choose one of these statements and write an essay (deadline 13 Feb):

  • Young people no longer respect their elders
  • It is better to live alone than in the parental home
  • The over-sixties have nothing to learn from the under-twenties.
  • Marriage is no longer relevant in modern society.
  • Parents should be punished for offences committed by their children.
  • We have more means of communication, but we communicate less effectively.
7.  Ready for CAE pp. 76 & 203. Write a review of a book or film encouraging others to read or see it: Useful language .  (deadline: 6 March)
8. Write a balanced discussion ( essay ) on the following theme: "New fashions in diet and exercise are more concerned with commercial profit than with health and fitness." (deadline: 27 March).  
9. Write an essay on the following theme: "Is Social Networking Bad for You?" (deadline 22 April). 
 
Presentations
 Readers (deadlines: 31 Oct and Feb)

Workbook
You can do the exercises in: Unit 1 -14