What to do during the summer

First of all… enjoy yourselves and your English!

The summer break is not meant to create a gap in your English, but to fill it in. Therefore, you have to keep on working, especially reading a lot.

    Copy a bit of a text written in English for about ten minutes 2-3 times a week.

    Keep a diary (= keep a written record) of the activities that you do in English.

    Read aloud in English for about 10-15 minutes 2-3 times a week.

    Watch as many DVDs, internet clips, TV programmes and videos in English as you can.

    Read about topics that you like.

    Make the most of any opportunity to speak English.

Listening

Listen several times to your reader’s CDs.

Surf the web and do listening and reading activities from http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

ESL LISTENING COMPREHENSION THROUGH FILM CLIPS: http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/esl_movieclip12.html (For more information, “google” them, but watch out! don’t go and read the ending.) Film and Cinema - Quizzes, Games and Activities for English Learners http://www.esolcourses.com/cinema/vocabulary.html Obviously, if you watch films and videos in the original version and play with the subtitles, you’ll have fun and learn a lot too.

www.englishtown.com        get registered and you'll get an audiovisual with transcript and subtitles sent to your mailbox everyday!

Speaking

Meet up with your friends and use the English you know. It’s a good practice.

Of course, if you have the possibility, talking with native speakers is very desirable.

However, reading aloud at least 5 minutes a day is always good for you.

So as you can see it’s about reading a lot (and aloud too).

Reading (and vocabulary)

You could read: Anita Stern’s ‘Tales from many lands’, NTC (McGraw Hill).        

Or any other that you feel like reading. In fact read as much as you can.

Writing

Write a diary in which you keep record of all the activities you do in English throughout the summer. For example:

Tuesday, 25^th of June 2013 ( or Tuesday, 25 June 2013)

Today I watched Three Weddings and a Funeral in English and I understood some bits, mainly because I know the film already. It was difficult but funny. I read aloud in English for 10 minutes from Two Lives and I wrote down four paragraphs.

Tomorrow I’m going to take the book I’m reading in English to the beach. Perhaps and I’ll buy myself a magazine in English, too.

Wednesday, 26^th of June 2013

Finally, I didn’t go to the beach yesterday. I felt like going to the cinema. I saw a film in English with subtitles in….

Tips on how to write a diary  http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Journal-Entry

Language Use (GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY)

 Here you have tests of the level you should have now A2
http://www.examenglish.com/CEFR/A2.htm