to recognise stylistically appropriate exponents

to practice listening for gist

to practice expressing personal views

to develop understanding of idiomaticity

to recognise communicative function

to focus on allophones

to encourage more sophisticated writing

The class listen and identify the various pronunciations of /k/ and /p/ in English.

The learners hear three requests: one to a friend, one to the boss and one to the Prime Minister. They must identify which is which.

The learners hear three statements and identify where they might be heard.

The learners read a short text and add in adjectives for all nouns and adverbs for all adjectives.

The learners match the meanings of prepositional binomials to pictures

The learners see four pictures of gardens and explain which ones they like most.

The learners write a list of all the tools an electrician will need

The learners hear three sentences using the same modal auxiliary verb and match the meanings to synonymous sentences containing a modal adverb.