Science

Students Have Their Say: Exploring Ideas to Improve Science Education

By JENNIFER CUTRARO and MICHAEL GONCHAR

 

Overview | What does “good” science education look like? What experiences, good and bad, have students had in science classes? In this lesson, students explore suggestions for improving the way science is taught and make their own proposals for new approaches to science teaching.
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Daily News for you

 

The New York Times publishes a daily learning Blog. 
It is for students-like you- who are learning English.  There is a link to it on this page just to the right.
Why not explore one time? You will want to come back again and again!

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Cambridge English: First (FCE) Listening

What is the FCE Listening test like? The test has four sections and takes about 40 minutes:

1. Part 1 - listen to 8 recordings, each with one question
2. Part 2 - listen and complete gapped sentences
3. Part 3 - multiple matching, 5 speakers
4. Part 4 - a longer recording, with 7 multiple choice questions

Scoring
Score 1 point for each question

How to prepare for the FCE Listening test

• Listen! The more English you listen to the better your will do. Listen to the radio, English language TV, podcasts...
• You will hear the audio twice
• Read the instructions carefully before you start
• You have time to read the questions before you hear the audio

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New Words

Vocabulary practice is a great way of expanding your knowledge. 

Begin here

Matching adjectives

Let's work on using the correct adjective with the noun.
A difficult exercise?

OR
A strenuous exercise?

'This vocabulary exercise is difficult. the last one was easy'

BUT
Physical exercise can be strenuous or light.

ie 'I went on a strenuous run today. Yesterday my run was light.'


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Irregular Verbs

Click on this link to find an irregular verb list.  Study and use these words.  It gets easier!

Verb list

I hate preposition practice, but...

 

Time for a brush-up?
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