COMMUNICATIVE TEST II

COMMUNICATIVE TEST
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _________

I. In these pair of sentences, one meaning of the phrasal verb is literal and the other one is idiomatic. Say which is which:

Example:
a. The plane has just taken off. (Idiomatic)
b. Please take off your coat and sit down. (Literal)

1. a. Oh, no! The lights have gone out again! _____________
b. If you go out, take an umbrella. It is going to rain _____________

2. a. (On the phone) Hello? Hello? I can’t hear you. I think we’ve been cut off. _________
b. She cut off a big piece of meat and gave it to the dog. _____________

3. a. She looked up and smiled.
b. I looked up the word in the dictionary.

4. a. Can you pick up my pen for me? It’s under your chair.
b. I picked up some Italian when I was working in Rome.


II. Complete each pair of sentences below with one of the phrasal verbs from the box.

Get along with put up with run out of
Looking forward to come up with



1. How do you manage to the noise from your neighbors?
Some parents have to bad behavior from their kids.

2. I’m broke. I have to an idea for making money.
We need to a solution to this problem.


3. How well do you your colleagues?
I really don’t my teacher. He’s too strict.



III. Match a verb in A with an object in B.

A B

1. turn off a. clothes in a store
2. find out b. the answers
3. try on c. the television
4. figure out d. a new plan
5. try out e. information

Communicative Test

Movie Review Criteria
The following outline offers the basic elements that should be found in any good movie review. These criteria provide a general overview for all components that should be included in a basic movie review.

Name of movie being reviewed: ____________________________________
Intended Audience (Children, Teenagers, Young Adults, Adults): _____________
Rating (G, PG, PG-13, R): ________________________________________
Type of Movie: ________________________________________________
Opening Date: ________________________________________________
Length of Movie: ______________________________________________
Actors/Actresses in Movie: _______________________________________
Are the characters in the movie easy to understand? : _____________________

Rate Acting: __________________________________________________
Sound (Digital?): _______________________________________________
Music: ______________________________________________________
Is the movie easy to follow? : _______________________________________

Compare to other movies: _________________________________________
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Look at some experts’ reviews:
· Quantum of Solace was a brilliant movie. The storyline was perfect, an excellent portrait of an emotionally destroyed character! Really well done!
Looking forward to the next!

· I've got to admit that this didn't excite me as much as Casino Royale and the villain is especially underpowered. But Craig personally has the chops, as they say in Hollywood. He's made the part his own, every inch the coolly ruthless agent-cum-killer, nursing a broken heart and coldly suppressed rage.

All reviews should be short and concise. They should be objective and should be carefully written. When writing a movie review, make sure to not give the ending away!
WRITE YOURS!!!_____________________________________________________________
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READING REPORT

COMPETENCY-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING

The world has always faced trends that influence all the aspects that set the parameters for human behavior, aspects such as economy, technology, fashion, etc. English language teaching has not been the exception.
The most recent phenomenon that is influencing language teaching is the setting of standards.

In the US this tendency started as the term “precise measurable descriptions of knowledge, skills, and behavior” was introduced in the 1970s.
It was not until the 1980s that in the UK it was included a framework to organizing the teaching of a foreign language.

In Colombia, English language teaching has faced 3 main stages:

1st stage: implementation of English in education (1975)
2nd stage: establishment of the English program (1981)
3rd stage: publishing of the “LINEAMIENTOS CURRICULARES” (1994)

All these current tendencies focus on learners’ outcomes, based and adaptive to their needs and the ones of the teachers and the community.

Of course this movement is based on an application of principles of Competency-Based Education to language teaching, which is a functional approach to education that emphasizes life skills and evaluates mastery of those skills according to actual leaner performance.

The main characteristics of a Competency Based Education Program are:
· Specific, measurable competency statements
· Content based on learner goals (outcomes/competencies)
· Learner continues in program until demonstrating mastery
· Use a variety of instructional techniques and group activities
· Focus on what the learner needs to learn, which is the application of basic skills in a life skills context
· Use texts, media, and real life materials geared to targeted competencies
· Provide learners with immediate feedback on assessment performance
· Pace instruction to learner needs
· Have learner demonstrate mastery of specified competency statements


This approach if put into practice appropriately could definitely enhance language learning, since the training would be relevant to the learners’ needs; this would surely increase their motivation since they see the direct relevance of what they are studying and also simplifies the assessment process because the outcomes required are clearly stated in the competency standards.

English Task

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