Operation Star Gazing B1(+) to B2 Summer Workplan for 2nd B Students

(June 2021)

Operation Star Gazing B1(+) to B2 Summer Workplan for 2nd B Students

From the Bosom of the Ocean to the Music of the Spheres.

Sky's the Limit!

I) Take your Bearings.

As I already told you in class, you will sit your first baccalaureate English test in January next year. Hence, you must build up on what you've been taught this year and make sure you keep in touch with the world in English throughout the summer. You will find some useful guidelines below for so doing. Last but not least, keep this saying in mind: «No pain, no gain!».

Now, full speed ahead.

Surf this link to get to the 1ère exam grids. This will enable you to understand what skills you will have to demonstrate next year.

https://interlangues-pedagogie.web.ac-grenoble.fr/sites/interlangues-pedagogie.web.ac-grenoble.fr/files/ec_tronc_commun.pdf

II) Hoist Sails.

A) How to strengthen your oral comprehension skills AND keep track of what is happening in the English-speaking world.

I highly recommend you to watch /listen to the news on a regular basis.

Take a pick from the recommended websites below, choose a topic of interest to you and practise taking notes while respecting the exam format i.e three listenings separated by a one minute pause. Once your mind map is ready, you've got 10 minutes to summarize the topic in French in a structured way, from A2 to B1 and finally B2.

Recommended Sitography

https://edition.cnn.com/cnn10  (News from the US)

https://www.abc.net.au/btn     (News from Australia)

https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews   (News from Canada)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview

→ Click on «Open Unit Selector», choose a unit and then the topic you're interested in learning about.

→ For the book worms. Listen to the BBC adaptations of these famous novels.

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/drama

→ Improve your vocabulary with this even wider selection of topics such as the Rosetta Stone or the soothing power of books.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english

B) How can you improve your written comprehension skills?

Of course, by reading in English everyday, applying the recommendations we've seen in class. Why don't you set up your own summer book club? Have a good read!

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