Anna Phillips

A very grey, cold and very wet Monday morning. Still no heating or hot water and part of the new roof is leaking.  That’s all I shall say about the building work for now as I will probably get depressed!

Today I am working on the TB notes for Theme 1 of the new edition. I am working on the listening lessons the main aim of which is listening for definitions and signpost language. As I was working I realised we had repeated very similar activities, though with different tapescripts, in Lessons, 2,3 and 4. This was annoying at first but I have now worked out a better set of activites for lesson 3, I think. In Lesson 3 we want the students to analyse the language used so there will always be a skills check and a grammar check box here. The problem is always to hiighlight the patterns but keeping the focus on lisetning. It is very easy to get sidetracked into one of the other skills at this point.

Terry is away today at a meeting in London but we have planned a full day’s work on the third edition tomorrow. I will put my ideas for Lesson 3 to him then and see what he thinks.

In the meantime keep your comments and suggestions coming so that we can incorporate them into the new edition. 

Hopefully both the weather and the building situation will have imporved by tomorrow!

Anna