1. Advancing Advanced Learners
Verissimo Toste
November 2015

2. refining using expanding motivation progression learning Aims
Professional Development

3. Who are they? occupations
require higher than average command of English
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4. Who are they? qualifications
students with qualifications at or above …
English degree
CAE
CPE
BEC Higher
IELTS 6.5+
C1 / C2
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5. Who are they? Characteristics confident in their ability to improve
highly motivated
willing to take risks
independent
high aspirations
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6. Who are they?
Coursebook
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7. refining level of English current mistakes current difficulties
noticing these
Professional Development

8. Find the mistakes. There are nine mistakes, but say there are ten.
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9. He atributed his success to it's appeal to children.
Professional Development

10. I think its time to discus this question in more details.
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11. The desire for power has ruined many good people.
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12. The government decides it would cost more money to change policy then to leave current law stand.
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13. She can first finish their homework, than go to practice.
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14. What word is it? There are nine mistakes, but say there are ten.
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15. 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
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16. Opportunities … … to practice … to notice … to improve
using
Opportunities …
… to practice
… to notice
… to improve
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17. adjective
verb
noun
sentence

18. adjective
verb
noun
sentence

19. 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

20. share

21. stock market
share
children
social media

22. situation

25. communicating effectively
expanding
communicating effectively
Professional Development

26. 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.

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

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

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

30. 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

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

32. 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

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

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

35. motivation progression learning Looking back Professional Development
refining
using
expanding
motivation
progression
learning
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37. Advancing Advance Learners
Verissimo Toste
November 2015
Thank you

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