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Who are they? occupations require higher than average command of English Professional Development

Who are they? qualifications students with qualifications at or above … English degree CAE CPE BEC Higher IELTS 6.5+ C1 / C2 Professional Development

Who are they? Characteristics confident in their ability to improve highly motivated willing to take risks independent high aspirations Professional Development

Who are they? Coursebook Professional Development

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Find the mistakes. There are nine mistakes, but say there are ten. Professional Development

He atributed his success to it's appeal to children. Professional Development

I think its time to discus this question in more details. Professional Development

The desire for power has ruined many good people. Professional Development

The government decides it would cost more money to change policy then to leave current law stand. Professional Development

She can first finish their homework, than go to practice. Professional Development

What word is it? There are nine mistakes, but say there are ten. Professional Development

The buzz was calm in the lagoon. Vocabulary Word formation The buzz was calm in the lagoon. There is hot and cold buzz in all the bedrooms. He buzzed down his speech in order not to offend. Don’t forget to buzz the plants on the weekend. What is “buzz? water Professional Development

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drink health teenagers know problem We know that teenagers who drink may have a problem with their health. It is well known that drink is a problem for teenagers’ health. Teenagers who drink do not know that they may have a health problem. How can we be sure that what we know about teenage drinking is connected with health problems? Maley, A. Advanced Learners OUP

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Speaking / Writing A bad journey Speaking: Think about a bad journey you’ve had. Decide what you’re going to say. Work in groups of three or four and tell each other about your experience.

Speaking / Writing An opinion piece Writing: Read the piece arguing for cosmetic surgery. Write your own piece to provide the argument against cosmetic surgery

Communicative Competence Context linguistic grammatical accuracy pragmatic grammatical forms and function discourse linking ideas strategic taking risks fluency information gap of real communication

Communicative Competence Challenge them to improve How appropriate was the language you used? What could you improve? Did you avoid any language? linguistic

Communicative Competence Challenge them to improve Did the language match to what you wanted to communicate? Did you express your attitude? Did you express how you felt? pragmatic

Communicative Competence Challenge them to improve How easy was it to understand you? What did you do to make it easier to understand? discourse

Communicative Competence Challenge them to improve Did you play it safe? Is it what you really wanted to get across? Did you take any risks? Did you improve? strategic

Communicative Competence Challenge them to improve Was it easy for you? Did it feel comfortable? Were there any surprises? fluency

Challenge them to improve Communicative Competence Context linguistic pragmatic Challenge them to improve discourse strategic fluency

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