Looking back at my first year I come the conclusion that I need to work
on my vocabulary, listening and reading.
Vocabulary
Vocab 1.2 and 1.3 resulted in a 5. This means that I'm almost there, but
still need to work on it daily.
How I expand my vocabulary
- I'm already learning in advance for the vocab. 1.2 and 1.3 by learning
2 chapters of the book 'English Vocabulary in use' per week.
- I'm taking time to read the headlines of articles on the BBC news or
the guardian app when I'm in the bus. Also, I'm reading at least 2 articles
which I think are interesting and write down words I haven't mastered
yet.
- I've started reading more English books and write down difficult words
I encounter. Subsequently, I write down its significant and study these ones
in a while.
- By watching series with English subtitles. For example, Secrets of
Great British Castles, Dr. Who and Stranger Things.
Listening
At the beginning of the first year I didn't know that this was going to
be a problem, because in secondary school I got good grades on this part.
I figured that I panic ones the test starts, because I'm afraid that I
will miss something important and fail the test. As a result, I did fail the
test with a 5.
How I'm going to improve it
- watching series without subtitles
- listening to the BBC news
- Practicing listening by doing CPE tests. As a result, I hope to get
used to the test and stop panicking.
Reading
Mark year 1: 5
In secondary school we haven’t practiced with gap texts, multiple choice
cloze, open and close word formation and key word transformations. Therefore, I
need to catch up.
How I'm doing to catch up
- Practicing cpe tests on bb
- reading books
- reading articles
- Found a website called esl-lounge.com where I can practice the use of
English part of the test.
- coursebook exercises
Geen opmerkingen:
Een reactie posten