Speakout (Intermediate) ENGL 101 Spring 2024 Past Paper PDF

Spring 2024 - ENGL 101 Unit 1 Identity Speakout (Intermediate) Ahmad Ali Language Page 8 - Ex. 1 A – Read questions 1 – 10. What do the words in bold mean? 1. Why are you learning English? For work, exam...

Spring 2024 - ENGL 101 Unit 1 Identity Speakout (Intermediate) Ahmad Ali Language Page 8 - Ex. 1 A – Read questions 1 – 10. What do the words in bold mean? 1. Why are you learning English? For work, exams, travel, etc.? 2. Do you speak any languages apart from your mother tongue and English? 3. Who is the best language learner in your family? 4. Did you use any language strategies when studying your second language? Which? 5. When was the first time you used a foreign language outside the classroom? 6. Do you have the chance to speak/write to native speakers regularly? 7. Is it important for you to learn slang or jargon in English, or do you only want to learn standard English? 8. Which is more important to you when you learn to speak a language: fluency or accuracy? 9. Which skill is the hardest for you: speaking, listening, reading, or writing? Which is the easiest? 10. Do you know anyone who is bilingual? What advantages might they have in life? mother tongue: the first language that you learn as a child. learning strategies: plans, activities, and techniques that people use to help them learn. foreign: from a country that is not your own. native speakers: people who learnt a language as their first language when they were a baby. slang: very informal language that uses new or rude words instead of more common words. jargon: words/phrases used by people in the same profession which are difficult for others to understand. fluency: the ability to speak/write a language very well without stopping frequently. accuracy: the quality of being correct skill: an ability that needs to be learnt, e.g. writing, playing the piano. bilingual: the ability to speak two languages fluently. Relationships Page 11 – Ex. 1 B Look at the words in the box and answer the questions. Boss and employee classmates partner team-mates member godfather and god mother mentor and pupil fiancée and fiancé 1. Which pair works together? Boss and employee 2. Which pair promises to help guide a child through life? 3. Which pair is going to get married? 4. Which pair involves one person learning from the other? 5. Which word describes people who play in the same sports team? 6. Which word describes people who go to the same class? 7. Which word describes a person who is part of a club? 8. Which word is a general word for ‘someone who you do something with’? Answers: 1. boss and employee 2. godfather and godmother 3. fiancée and fiancé 4. mentor and pupil 5. team-mates 6. classmates 7. member 8. Partner Collocations Page 13 1 go: on a diet, grey, home, off something, for a drink/a walk/a meal, crazy, badly, on holiday, together. 2 take: a taxi, part in something, after someone, responsibility for, sugar, ages, a look, the blame. 3 get: married, a job/degree, here, on with someone, a prize, fired, food poisoning, excited. 4 do: exercise, housework, research, someone a favour, your best, the cleaning, nothing for you. Interview advice Page 14 – Ex. 2 B 1 Should do during an interview: speak clearly, shake hands firmly, show enthusiasm. 2 Shouldn’t do during an interview: answer briefly, avoid eye contact. 3 Might do before an interview: dress smartly, send references, arrive on time, do research, be prepared.