ANSWER KEY

Cloze Tests (1-100) Answer Key

 

 

Restatement Tests  (1-3) Answer Key

 

A DAY OUT

     

At last we had a picnic :)

Thank you for the lovely food you made. They were all yummy!!!

You look so proud...

Everybody is busy...

,

Being a guest was a great pleasure..

Yasemin's camera is perfect...

Eveybody was

happy:)

KPDS Practice

Please click here to see questions and answers

WEEK 3-7 JUNE

Dear All!

Choose one of the topics on page 364 and write a paragraph. Remember to use 'Coordinating Conjunctions' and to pay attention to 'Parallel Structure, Punctuations, Paired Conjunctions'.

ACTIVITIES FOR FUN

Please click here, where you will find  restatement, word formation, tense revision and reading for main idea types of questions.

Relative Clause Crossword activity is available here. There are 30 activities. Choose at leat one of them, which is good for vocabulary revision.

PRESENTATION

Dear All,

As I mentioned before, it would be great to hear something about your expertise. Thus, please prepare a presentation. You may use a powerpoint presentation or prezi or you may choose your own presentation technique. Use pictures, digram,and/or videos to make it more interesting. You will be provided 10 minutes to present it. Please try to complete it before the deadline so that we can make necessary adjustments.

Task: Choose a topic from your field
Method: Prepare a presentation such as prezi or powerpoint presentation using audio visual tools
Duration: 10'
Venue: Classroom D102
Deadline: 6 June 2013
Evaluation: It will be a peer assessment based on this rubric

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WELCOME TO OUR CLASS BLOG

Dear ÖYP Pre-Intermediate Level Students!

Congratulation! I know this program called Faculty Education Program (ÖYP) is government-funded, and you are all chosen among many candidates. After you have proved that your English is proficient enough, you will be able to go abroad to take some of your departmental courses and/or do research, which you are looking forward to.

It is great to have lessons with you. It must be a bit confusing for you since you have so many lessons and teachers each week.  What I see is that you are self-motivated, which is curicial while learning English. Since we do not have a class picture, I have uploaded mine but will change it later. Well... Let me explain why I decided to open this blog. To be honest, there are so many reasons:

 

•  Since you are about to become a part of faculty member in various fields such as theology, architecture, psychology, and the like in various universities in Turkey, I thought you may use interactive tools with your students in the future.
• Due to my workload, I requested my colleague to substitute me when I am away. I mean I have limited time, so this blog may be a great help to stay in touch with you.
• Your strenght: You know grammar by heart. You remember every single rule indeed.Yet, you need  variety and practice. The assignments and suggested activities will help you improve your English.
• I hope by means of the activities on our blog, you will be able see your streghts and weaknesses.
• I am taking an online course provided by Oregon University. I am required to run a project and I decided to use this blog as part of my project.

       

What is our class profile?

As you know your level is Intermediate, which means you are able to express yourselves  clearly despite the limited lexical knowledge and  minor grammar mistakes. You are all adult (24+) and eager to start and complete your academic career. We have 3 male students and the rest (11) are all females.

What is the setting?

Thank you for choosing Istanbul Technical University (ITU), where we provide a one-year intensive English program for our students before they start their faculty. It is such a crowded school. We run two different preparatory programs; one for the ones who will study at ITU, and the other for the ones who will study both at ITU and a sister school in the USA.

Apart from preparatory programs, we also have English lessons for Continuous Education Program called SEM shortly. Our classrooms are equipped with a projector and sound system. We do have wireless internet in the whole building. You can use our computer lab, writing center, dining hall, medical center, parking lot, service buses, and library whenever you need.  As part of school facilities, you may also use the health club on the main campus.

 You are so lucky to be in the heart of Istanbul. The location is amazing, you can go everywhere easily or enjoy the historic building 

What are the course goals?

As we all know you are required to prove that your English level is eligible enough. Thus, we offer you an intensive program till September. That is, in total you have 6 months. At the end, you may take our national exam or an international exam. Your priority might be passing one of the exams, yet remember that you need to use English efficiently in your career and social life. My course is Grammar, yet I would like to remind you that grammar exists in every skill. Thus, we will do various integrated activities using our grammar knowledge.

What do you need? 

We provide all the materials including books and handouts. What you need to do is to follow lessons and complete assignments. If you need additional source, please feel free to use our library or ask for help. I have already provided plenty of activities. If you have not tried them yet, in spite of the deadlines, you can start to explore them.

Best

Hacer Şivil

PS: Please click on our Wallwisher/Padlet below and write how you feel today. You may upload images, videos or anything else you wish.  

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WEEK 13-17 MAY

Dear All,

I am sorry I misguided you. I erased the previous post since I posted  a wrong address. Instead, I recommend you try this one:  http://www.englishteststore.net/.

Here you will find plenty of exercises. If I were you, I would try to pick one from each category.

Please share with us which one(s) you have picked, and how successful you have been.
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WEEK 5-12 MAY

Dear All,

Please click here and practice some idioms.
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WEEK 29 APRIL-3 MAY

Dear All,
Please visit http://a4esl.org/ page where you can find of grammar quizzes, vocabulary quizzes, crossword puzzels,  Choose one grammar quiz, one vocabulary quiz, and one crossword puzzle. I recommend you choose difficult ones. Please write which ones you have chosen and how successful you are by 05-05 2013 Sunday evening.

Best
Hacer

HOMEWORK

Hi,
Please introduce yourself using past, present, perfect and future tenses. Remember to use Modals as well.
Deadline: 28 May 2013, Sunday.
Best

Hacer


PS: Just a quick reminder. As you know, your assignments will be given back to you with correction codes. You may reach the codes from here whenever you need. :)

SPEAKING AND PRONUNCIATION

Dear all,

http://voki.com/ is a useful site for speaking and writing skills because you just type instead of recording your voice.  Whatever you type, the Voki says it aloud, and you are allowed to choose the character.

Alternatively,TED TALKS, with or without, are sometimes challenging but great http://ed.ted.com7  
You can create your own ted as you wish. Here is an example;

LISTENING EXERCISES

Dear All,
As you are willing to explore new things, I suggest communicating via BLOG. Thus, I can meet your needs by providing/posting  a number of activities here.

Please feel free to comment on each other' posts.

Visit http://elllo.org/ where you will find a number of listening activities with their tapescripts. Moreover, plenty of games, videos, and other activities are available.

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