Lesson 96: Final party [Jun 21]

  1. A feedback on the subject, a final summary
  2. Plans for the summer holidays and future
  3. Free talk

Lesson 95: A game time II [Jun 19]

  1. A vocabulary game

Lesson 94: A game time [Jun 17]

  1. How to make a personal vocabulary notebook (giving a feedback)
  2. A vocabulary game 

Lesson 93: FCE Speaking (Part II) [Jun 14]

  1. FCE Speaking (Part 3, 4)
  2. TED Talks

Lesson 92: FCE Speaking (Part I) [Jun 12]

  1. FCE Speaking (Part 1, 2)
  2. TED Talks

Lesson 91: FCE Use of English (Part III) [Jun 10]

  1. FCE Use of English: Error corrections, Word formation
  2. 6 Minute English (BBC Learning English)

Lesson 90: FCE Use of English (Part II) [Jun 7]

  1. FCE Use of English: Key word transformations
  2. What if (Speaking)
  3. TED Talk

Lesson 89: FCE Use of English (Part I) [Jun 5]

  1. FCE Use of English: Multiple-choice cloze, Open cloze

Lesson 88: FCE Listening Test [May 31]

  1. FCE Listening Test

Lesson 87: Ask the right questions [May 29]

  1. Maturita 2013 - Reading and Use of English Test Feedback
  2. Ask the right questions - a game [speaking]

Lesson 86: Maturita 2013 - Reading Test [May 27]

  1. Maturita 2013 - Reading Test

Lesson 85: Maturita 2013 - Listening Test [May 23]

  1. Maturita 2013 - Listening Test

Lesson 84: The Great Gatsby (2/2) [May 17]

  1. Jazz Age, the American Dream, Hedonism, Old vs New Money
    - the context of the novel
  2. The autobiographical features in the novel
  3. The quiz with a follow-up discussion
  4. The Great Gatsby 2012 Trailer
  5. The Great Gatsby 2012 - Behind the Scenes

Lesson 83: The Great Gatsby (1/2) [May 15]

  1. Francis Scott Fitzgerald and his novels
  2. Main characters and their relationships
  3. The plot of the novel with some facts (Sparknotes video)

Lesson 82: Unit 6 Test [May 13]

  1. Unit 6 Test (Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading, Listening)

Lesson 81: Unit 6 Revision [May 10]

  1. Future Perfect, Future Continuous
  2. Reported Speech - statements and questions
  3. Reading + Listening
  4. Sentences with indirect object as a pronoun

Lesson 80: Deciding what to do (Unit 6F) [May 6]

  1. Everyday English (listening, speaking)
  2. Intransitive phrasal verbs

Lesson 79: Online dictionaries [Apr 29]

  1. Monolingual dictionaries
  2. Bilingual dictionaries
  3. Thesauruses
  4. Phrasal verbs dictionaries
  5. Collocation dictionaries
  6. Translators
  7. Other dictionaries

Lesson 78: Reported speech - questions (Unit 6D) [Apr 26]

  1. Questions in reported speech (listening, reading)
  2. Practising questions in reported speech (grammar, speaking, writing)

Lesson 77: Myth and reality (Unit 6C) [Apr 24]

  1. The Loch Ness Monster (reading, paragraph order, gapped text)
  2. Sasquatch, the mysterious creature (listening, a T/F exercise)

Lesson 76: Reported speech-statements (Unit 6B) [Apr 19]

  1. From direct speech to reported speech 
  2. Reported speech - tense and pronoun changes and time expressions
  3. TED: Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.

Lesson 75: Telling tales (Unit 6A) [Apr 17]

  1. House and garder vocabulary
  2. Listening to the interview about investigating the murder
  3. Must/might/can't have (Grammar builder)
  4. Discussing the evidence using the phrases from Grammar builder

Lesson 74: Vocabulary revision with Quizlet [Apr 15]

  1. Vocabulary revision - Unit 1-6

Lesson 73: Unit 5 Test [Apr 12]

  1. Unit 5 Test (Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading, Listening)

Lesson 72: Unit 5 Revision [Apr 10]

  1. Future perfect vs future continuous
  2. Zero vs first conditional
  3. Will / may / might (possibilities, predictions)
  4. Vocabulary from unit 5

Lesson 71: Get ready for your exam (Unit 5) [Apr 8]

  1. Sports in Ancient Egypt (reading - gapped text)
  2. Chess-boxing (reading - word formation)
  3. Agreeing/disagreeing with a given statement (speaking in pairs)

Lesson 70: Talking about plans (Unit 5F) [Apr 5]

  1. Will, going to and Present Continuous
  2. Making suggestions
  3. Finding mistakes in a text 

Lesson 69: Visions of the future (Unit 5E) [Apr 3]

  1. Six different visions (reading, speaking - a group talk and discussion)
  2. Collocations from the opinions (reading, vocabulary)

Lesson 67: Future Perfect & Continuous (Unit 5D) [Mar 25]

  1. Future Perfect
  2. Future Continuous
  3. Other future tenses

Lesson 66: A greener future (Unit 5C) [Mar 20]

  1. How green we consider ourselves to be? (discussion)
  2. Going green (reading)
  3. Giving opinions about environmental issues (listening, speaking)
  4. Things people should do to help the environment (brainwriting, speaking)

Lesson 65: Talking about the future (Unit 5B) [Mar 18]

  1. Talking about the facts by using the zero conditional (grammar)
  2. Making predictions by using the first conditional (grammar, speaking)
  3. Talking about possibilities in the future (grammar, speaking)

Lesson 64: Computing (Unit 5A) [Mar 15]

  1. How we use computers (reading, vocabulary, speaking)
  2. Different hardware in a computer shop (listening)
  3. ICT, Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing (discussion)

Lesson 63: ICT - Part II [Mar 13]

Presentations on different ICT topics (listed below)
  1. Google Services
  2. Photos on the internet
  3. Audio/video on the internet
  4. Social Networks

Lesson 62: ICT - Part I [Mar 11]

Preparing for presentations on different ICT topics (Speaking, Vocabulary)

Lesson 61: Unit 4 Test [Mar 8]

  1. Unit 4 Test (Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading, Listening, Writing)

Lesson 60: Unit 4 - Revision [Mar 6]

  1. Present Perfect or Past Simple
  2. Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continous
  3. Health and Body: vocabulary and idioms
  4. Listening
  5. Reading

Lesson 59: An informal letter (Unit 4G) [Mar 4]

  1. examples of an informal letter
  2. the structure
  3. informal phrases
  4. making notes for our own informal letter

Lesson 58: At the doctor's (Unit 4F) [Mar 1]

  1. Favourite places in our lives (speaking)
  2. Homophones (listening, game: pairs)
  3. At the doctor's (vocabulary, listening)
  4. Health and disease (vocabulary)
  5. A definition game (Health)

Lesson 57: All in the mind (Unit 4E) [Feb 27]

  1. The Memory Man (reading)
  2. Memory verbs (vocabulary)
  3. A song - distinguishing 4 different tenses (vocabulary, grammar):
    Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple, Present Perfect

Lesson 56: Etiquette, Present Perfect [Feb 25]

  1. Etiquette (speaking, listening, reading, vocabulary)

Lesson 55: Fast food (Unit 4C), Present Perfect Continuous (Unit 4D) [Feb 15]

  1. Fast food (listening, speaking)
  2. Present Perfect Continuous (grammar)

Lesson 54: Fast Food (Unit 4C) [Feb 13]

  1. Discussion about fast food (speaking)
  2. An article about McDonald's (reading, speaking, vocabulary)
  3. Legal words and phrases (vocabulary)
  4. American teenagers and their lifestyle (listening)

Lesson 53: Past simple, present perfect (Unit 4B) [Feb 11]

  1. Using the Present Perfect (grammar)
  2. Using the Past Simple (grammar)
  3. Practising Present Perfect and Past Simple
  4. Present Perfect and Past Simple in a conversation (speaking)
  5. Song with the use of Present Perfect and Past Simple
    (Abba: The Winner Takes It All)

Lesson 52: The human body (Unit 4A) [Feb 8]

  1. Health quiz (vocabulary, reading, speaking)
  2. Inside the body (vocabulary)
  3. Idioms and anagrams (vocabulary)

Lesson 51: The human body (Unit 4A) [Feb 6]

  1. Body and Mind (vocabulary, listening, speaking)
  2. Conversational phrases III
  3. FCE Speaking Test: Part 3 (Collaborative Task)

Lesson 50: Book presentations, FCE Speaking [Feb 4]

  1. Book presentations (part II)
  2. Conversational phrases I, II
  3. FCE Speaking Part 4 (Discussion)

Lesson 48: Book presentations [Jan 28]

  1. Introduction of the book - the name, the author
  2. Description of the story
  3. Describtion of the main protagonists
  4. Conclusion - personal opinion, recommendation, reasons for liking/disliking
  5. Follow-up discussion (additional questions)

Lesson 47: 200 years of Pride and Prejudice (Part III)
[Jan 25]

  1. Film: Pride and Prejudice (2005) with a follow-up discussion

Lesson 46: 200 years of Pride and Prejudice (Part II)
[Jan 23]

  1. TEDICT - Learning English with TED (watching 2 TED talks)
  2. Why is P&P so popular? (listening - making notes)
  3. Final Quiz (plot and context)

Lesson 45: 200 years of Pride and Prejudice (Part I)
[Jan 21]

  1. Intro Quiz 1 (novel facts)
  2. Relationship between characters (content map)
  3. Plot order (reading)

Lesson 44: Unit 3 Test [Jan 11]

  1. Unit 3 Test (Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading, Listening)
  2. Speaking - comparing/contrasting two photos (pair work)

Lesson 43: Unit 3 - Revision [Jan 9]

  1. Defining and non-defining relative clauses (grammar)
  2. Word formation - agent nouns (vocabulary)
  3. Listening and choosing correct answers (listening)

Lesson 42: A job application (Unit 3G) [Jan 7]

  1. Structure of a job application (Grammar)
  2. Letter of application useful phrases (Vocabulary)
  3. Writing a letter of application (Writing)

Lesson 41: The books we read [Jan 4]

  1. Guess the author from a list of hints
  2. Presentation of the book we have read (a rehearsal for the presentation)
    1. about the author in one sentence
    2. describing the plot in one sentence
    3. one minute talk about two selected characters - comparing / contrasting 
    4. a summary in one sentence
  3. Maching pairs: Where are they? (a game)

Lesson 40: A job interview (Unit 3F) [Dec 17]

  1. Most likely interview questions (speaking, discussion)
  2. A job interview (reading, listening)

Lesson 39: 70th Anniversary of Casablanca [Dec 14]

  1. Watching a part of the film with English subtitles
  2. Discussing famous quotes from the film

Lesson 38: Gender and work (Unit 3E) [Dec 12]

  1. Woman's Work vs A man's World (reading)
  2. A true/false exercise based on the text (reading)
  3. Gender and work (speaking - discussion)

Lesson 37: Non-defining Relative Cl. (Unit 3D) [Dec 10]

  1. Practicing relative clauses in 
    1. Murphy's Grammar in Use (Unit 95-96)
    2. the textbook exercises
    3. a Jobs Crossword game

Lesson 36: Working in the UK (Unit 3C) [Dec 7]

  1. Immigrants in the UK (listening)
  2. Pros and cons of working abroad (speaking)
  3. Agent nouns (vocabulary)

Lesson 35: Working in the UK (Unit 3C) [Dec 5]

  1. Working abroad (reading, vocabulary)
  2. BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English:
    Youth unemployment crisis (listening, vocabulary)

Lesson 34: Defining Relative Clauses (Unit 3B) [Dec 3]

  1. Practicing relative clauses from Murphy's Grammar in Use (Unit 92-94)
  2. Practicing from the textbook (reading - filling gaps, speaking - guess who/which/where)

Lesson 33: Jobs (Unit 3A) [Nov 30]

  1. Describing Jobs (Speaking)
  2. What's my job? (Listening)
  3. Game: Guess what's my job (Speaking)

Lesson 32: Philip K. Dick [Nov 28]

  1. Unit 2 Test Feedback
  2. Word formation
  3. Philip K. Dick (Reading, Listening - BBC Great Lives)

Lesson 31: Jobs (Unit 3A) [Nov 26]

  1. Jobs we know (writing, speaking)
  2. 10 most/least prestigious jobs in the U.S.A and the Czech Republic
  3. Favourite jobs
  4. Jobs and gender
  5. Unit 2 Test Feedback 

Lesson 30: Unit 2 Test [Nov 23]

  1. Unit 2 Test (Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading, Listening)
  2. Penguin Readers Books - presentation details

Lesson 29: Unit 2 - Revision 2 [Nov 21]

  1. Listening (from FCE)
  2. Reading
  3. Grammar
  4. Vocabulary
  5. Word formation

Lesson 28: Unit 2 - Revision [Nov 19]

  1. Grammar
  2. Vocabulary
  3. Reading
  4. Listening

Lesson 27: Phrasal verbs (Unit 2G) [14 Nov]

  1. Word formation (FCE Use of English)
  2. Phrasal verbs
  3. More short stories

Lesson 26: A narrative (Unit 2G) [12 Nov]

  1. Structure - paragraph order
  2. Grammar - conjunctions
  3. Vocabulary - phrasal verbs
  4. Examples of a narrative

Lesson 20: Used to (Unit 2D) [29 Oct]

  1. Used to in Murphy's English Grammar in Use
  2. Used to in the textbook
  3. Used to and more phrases in a song
    (Queen: Too Much Love Will Kill You)  

Lesson 19: Remembering the past (Unit 2C) [24 Oct]

  1. Poppy Day on Wikipedia and YouTube
  2. Poppy Day in the textbook (Reading, Listening)

Lesson 18: Past Tense Contrast 2 (Unit 2B) [22 Oct]

  1. Past tense rules (Grammar)
  2. Using past tense in a story (Reading, Vocabulary, Grammar)
  3. Feeling adjectives (Speaking)

Lesson 17: Past Tense Contrast (Unit 2B) [19 Oct]

  1. Unit 1 Test - a feedback on reading and listening
  2. Past Tense Contract - Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect
  3. Pairs - a vocabulary game (Feelings) 

Lesson 16: Feelings (Unit 2A) [15 Oct]

  1. Unit 1 Test - a feedback
  2. Unit 2: Feelings (vocabulary, speaking, listening)

Lesson 15: Unit 1 Test [Oct 12]

  1. Unit 1 Test (Use of English, Reading, Listening)
  2. Informal letter - a feedback

Lesson 14: Unit 1 - Revision [Oct 10]

  1. Reading (scanning a text, filling gaps) 
  2. Pre-test (grammar, vocabulary)

Lesson 13: Informal letter (Unit 1G) [8 Oct]

  • Structure, style, writing tips
  • Practice - writing a four paragraph informal letter

Lesson 12: Talking about photos (Unit 1F) [5 Oct]

  1. Saved by the Bell 2012 (reading, vocabulary)
  2. Talking about photos (speaking, listening, reading)

Lesson 11: Surveillance (Unit 1E) [Oct 3]

  1. A song (listening): Rockwell: Somebody's Watching Me 
  2. Surveillance (speaking)
    a) arguments for and against surveillance - agreeing / disagreeing
    b) discussing general questions and giving reasons to the opinions 

Lesson 10: Surveillance (Unit 1E) [Oct 1]

  1. English at Work (listening, reading, vocabulary)
  2. Surveillance - CCTV cameras (speaking, reading)

Lesson 9: Verb Patters (Unit 1D) [Sep 26]

  1. Verb Patterns - verbs + ing / inf: different meaning (grammar, listening)
  2. Giving opinion - Devil's Advocate (Celebrities vs Paparazzi) (speaking)

Lesson 8: Verb Patters (Unit 1D) [Sep 24]

  1. Celebrities vs Paparazzi - pros and cons (reading, speaking)
  2. Verb Patterns - verbs + inf / verbs + ing forms (grammar)

Lesson 7: Stereotypes (Unit 1C) [Sep 21]

  1. More stereotypes (listening)
  2. The Czechs and the others (speaking)
  3. A game (vocabulary, speaking)

Lesson 6: Stereotypes (Unit 1C) [Sep 19]

  1. Views of Londoners (reading)
  2. Stereotypes about nationalities (listening, speaking)

Lesson 5: Stative and dynamic verbs (Unit 1B) [Sep 17]

  1. Present simple vs present continuous (grammar - revision)
  2. Stative and dynamic verbs (grammar)
  3. Guessing the accent (listening)

Lesson 4: Present tense contrast (Unit 1B) [Sep 14]

  1. Present continuous and present simple (grammar, reading)
  2. Present tense contrast (speaking)
  3. Talking Sport: Usain Bolt (listening, vocabulary - a phrasal verb)

Lesson 3: Fashion (Unit 1A) [Sep 12]

  1. Order of adjectives (vocabulary, spealing)
  2. Compound adjectives (vocabulary)
  3. Abbreviations (listening)

Lesson 2: Fashion (Unit 1A) [Sep 7]

  1. Giving opinions (speaking)
  2. Describing clothes (vocabulary, speaking)
  3. Describing clothes (listening)
  4. A song (gap fill): Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes

Lesson 1: Introduction [Sep 5]

  1. Introduction - subject syllabus (web)
  2. A game or a song
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