ESL Trainers wanted: TOEIC® prep course Nordhausen, January to July 2010

[Wolfgang]

Wednesday February 25th 2010

Minutes

page 87
Exercises 4 and 5
Listening 55

page 88
Speaking with a partner  filling the cross word
D – Listening
Things are designed or produced for health – low-fat milk, Gym, fresh squeezed juice, brown bread, muesli, vitamin pills, pure joghurt, organic food, sugar free drinks

D1 promoting a new cereal
Listening tape 56 – they choose the CD

page 89
3. advantages disadvantagesl

calorie counter cheap, many interested interests women
information, it doesn’t weigh
much

pedometer men who are interested expensive
in sport will use, original doesn’t give the right image

Relax CD both men and women will
be interested, eat and listen,
not expensive

4 find stressed words in language note

Test  English business  Intermediate  Online marketing # 16

English for winners – pages 9 and 10

unknown words:
effort, rely, establish, habits, bother, responsibility, thereby, opportunity, accomplish, bother, average, accomplish, thereby, responsibility, forge, tangible, altogether, rather, fail, outlined, admit, amount. grasp, adhere, requirements, threaten,

messages in the forum (Alexandra + Wolfgang)

News of the day
Michael: Plastic waste in the North Atlantic
Marco: American teachers will be lay off
Wolfgang: The man with the longest hair
Alexandra: New painting by Van Gogh is founded
Alfred: the fastest car presented by Jaguar

English Business
TOEIC-Test

[Alexco]

Journal, Friday 26-02-2010

1. English-test.net
Intermediate Test 141 “Phrasal Verbs”

2. Speaking
Page 89 / E

3. Brian gave us a draft with a absurd inventions and we should presented the inventions.
Alfred and Wolfgang – Car bib
Marco – Boat ball
Henry and Michael - Tricycle Lawnmower
Alexandra – Ski fan
You can see the inventions on this website totallyabsurd.com.

4. English-test.net
ESL Business English Tests, Intermediate, Test 18 “Letter of Complaint”

5. English for winners
“Have you got what it takes?”
We read and translated the text.

6. English-test.net
Listening Exercises

7. Our News
Michael – Cebit - Notebook trends
Marco – Flying cameras
Wolfgang – Famous people - Birthday of George Harrison
Henry – Paris Hilton
Alfred - child assault in Germany
Alexandra - Germanys best employers

New words
inspite of
BAE
offender
environmental
surveillance
songwriter
celebration
something
gently
weep
fame
awarded
employee-friendly
excited
resign

[Henry.Singer]

Journal, Monday 01-03-2010

1. English-test.net
Intermediate Test Grammer 201

2. Unit 8 Page 90

Vocabulary 1 travelling by air

Reading “ Juan Trippe-Pioneer of the Jet Age”

Exercise 2 Answer the following questions

Exercise 3 Look at the Article

Exercise Listening 57 1 and 2

Exercise Listening 58 a

Exercise Listening 58 b

Exercise writing a brief life-story

3. English-test.net
Listening Exercises


4. English for Winners

5. News of the day

- Michael :A citty discass
- Marco : Beach holiday
- Wolfgang : Glenn Miller
- Alexandra : Olympic Games are finished
- Henry : Xynthia pulls 59 people to death
- Alfred :carcinogenic substance

New words:

- Graduating
- nicknamed
- commission
- Substitute
- purpose
- minority
- assume
- suppose
- participant
- conventional
- A brown study
- examine
- opportunity
- afford
- sign up
- tendering
- besieged
- breakthrough
- swath

[Torsten]

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Dear Henry, many thanks for your report. Please note the correct spelling of the word 'grammar'. Also, what are the chances of my hearing your voice here on the forum? And can you please tell where you learned all those new words you mentioned? Did they occur and an article your read or did Brian tell you story using this vocabulary?

Best regards,
Torsten

TOEIC short conversations: Giving directions on the phone

[Wolfgang]

Hi Torsten,
I've read your note and comment and so I'm a litte bit confused about the strange last sentence. In my meaning the correct way would be:"Did they occur or did you find they in an article you read (or you've read) or ....." ? Please correct me if I'm on a wrong way! Or is this the goal we have to achieve on your way when shall become "winners"....;-)
By the way - I think you're right, when you wrote about the different ways for learning. For example - today I've brought a song book into our lesson where you can find all the songs composed by the Beatles. I hope you are understanding my comment and I ask you to excuse my mistakes in this note, but I've written these sentences without using a dictionary.
BR
Wolfgang

[Wolfgang]

Hi Torsten,
excuse me, but I forgot the word "we" between "when" .... "shall become" .... :-(
W

[Torsten]

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Good morning Wolfgang, you are absolutely right -- I actually made two typos in that sentence. It should read "Did they occur in an article you read...." Well, I could say I made those mistakes intentionally to check whether you read my messages or not ;-). Yes, it's great to hear you've brought your song book and you will be singing English songs. However, I'm still waiting to hear your voice messages here on the forum....

OK, now I have to go to a company called Eurolam where the employees are learning English to improve their company's competitiveness.

TOEIC short conversations: Inviting participants for a customer research panel

[Wolfgang]

Hi Torsten,
you aren't right. You can listen to me in

Hello everybody! My name is Marcin, I'm 28 and I come from Poland. I found...

If you have time, please open this topic in the forum. Where is located Euroclam? In Eastern Germany ?

BR
Wolfgang

[Barbarossa]

Nordhausen, 03.03.2010

Starting with a discussion about the forum.

Then http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii032/esl-test.php
To turn into - umwandeln
To turn aside from - abwenden
To turn to - sich wenden an
To turn down - umschlagen
(bad result)

Book – 94 – A Vocabulary
1
That’s all new for me. I wasn’t here, if it was different.
1 invested investieren
2 shares Anteile
3 dividend Dividende
4 stake Einlage
5 shareholders Aktionär
6 worth Wert
7 borrowed borgen
8 earn verdienen
9 tax Steuer
10 lent leihen
11 owe schulden
12 pay zahlen
13 spend ausgeben
14 save sparen

2
1-f, 2-f, 3-t, 4-f, 5-f, 6-t, 7-f, 8-t

B Reading
1 Anteile %
A 600 60
B 75 7,5
C 50 5
D 200 20
E 75 7,5

2
1 12000 1500 1000 4000 1500
2 yes, 4000 , 40000 Anteile
3 a 60%
4 15000

C Pronunciation
1977/78.300.000
1899/5
1867/7.000.000
1877/100.000.000
1877/100.000.000
1995/2.474.655.000
1986/3.080.000

D Reading
1
1–b, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c, 5-a
2
A Percentage of stakes
B Age when he ran his first company
C Stake on Disney Paris
D the best investment of his life
E shares on Citicorp bought
F the worth 1988
G worth of stake now
H for kingdom centre

English for winners Pg. 16 read and understand, read loud, translate, listen to Brian is
Reading

New translated by the members of the group:
Henry : A crane crashes on ICE construction site
Alexandra : cash point robbed out
Wolfgang : day of protection of species
Marco : fashion with rfid from Garry Weber
Michael : the gross salary degrease in 2009

New words
lawyer Rechtsanwalt
salary Gehalt
skyscraper Wolkenkratzer
comprehension Verständnis
related bezogen
artificial künstlich
unlikely unwahrscheinlich
obstacle Hindernis
subconscious Unterbewusstsein
accomplish schaffen
burden belasten
injured verletzt
crane Kran

Best regards,
Michael

[Mardor]

04.03.2010 Marco (mardor)

english grammar intermediate # 127

S 97 E 60 listening
match the stories with the headlines
listen again and answer questions

F speaking
work with a partner and build complete sentences

G vocabulary
collation words like:
money - spend
pay - tax
group

toeic listening 20min

S 98 A speaking about logos and answer questions
group

S 99 B listening and fill the gaps

make active and passive questions like:
how much did 100 shares cost?
group

read and translate "english for winners"
group

new words:

suddenly
demand
phonetically
instantly
permanently
smoothly
force
examine
skills
surround
already
workout
bit
widely

news today

michael: repaired toyotas are more dangers
marco: internet investor is set on solar thermia
wolfgang: a terrorist act in the port of havanna
alexandra: niederzimmer sold there potholes
henry: angel of death
alfred: trickster

english grammar intermediate confusing words #165

[Wolfgang]

Friday March 5th 2010

Minutes

page 100
C Speaking  Company A and company B
D Vocabulary  Completing the table

page 101
E Speaking
A short presentation on Henry Ford

Exercise 2: Short presentations about a company:
Marco: DEFA
Michael: 60 years of fishery in Rostock
Wolfgang: History of Volkswagen AG
Alexandra: Grimm & Triple
Henry: Solar factory Meier
Alfred: Döttling companys

Exercise 3: Famous brand, buildings, and products

How do I get access to English language materials?  page 18

New words:
prospectors
supersonic
fairground
anniversary
dubbed
frown up
tuition
neighbourhood
habit
abreast
swap
depending
dozen
further
tremendously
access

News of today:
Michael: a dozen or so ships frozen in Baltic Sea
Henry: Pentagon's gunmen ...
Alfred: Gordon Brown .....
Wolfgang: Australia debates nuclear waste
Alexandra: Muppet show

[Alexco]

Journal, Monday 08-03-2010

1. English-test.net
Business Intermediate Test 27 “Ways of commenting”

2. Listening – Making decisions
Page 102 / A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

3. Speaking
Page 104 / B

4. Pronunciation
Page 104 / C

5. English for winners
“The importance of your diary or blog”
“Why do I need to do things differently?”

Words
provisional, schedule, advantages, audible, instead, variety, glossary, absorb, somehow, versatile, wealth, come across, harness, kind of mind, slightly, no matter, fall prey

6. Our News
Marco – Bus stop without bus
Wolfgang – Vietnam War 1965 - Anniversary
Alexandra – The Oscar Night 2010
Henry – Nokia - Mobil phone batteries
Alfred – Alice Schwarzer – International Woman´s Day

Word
escalation, enlargement, deployment, quotation, prevent, combatants, remove, capture, consequence, reunite

7. TOEIC Listening

[Pasban110]

Hello.
First of all, I would like to thank you all for this great website, And also for the all efforts that you do.
I really like English either for the scoring high in the TOEFL, and also for the joy of learning a new language. You know, it's been a while that I'm listening to TOIEC listening audio files, taking the test, and so forth. Of course I solve almost all of them correctly. Because I want to take the TOEFL, I would like to ask the differences between these two exams. Is it worth to take the TOIEC too?

Thanks in advance.
-Salivan

[Torsten]

Hi Salivan, whether you should take the TOEIC in addition to the TOEFL really depends on your goals. What exactly do you want to achieve? Are you applying for a new job? If so, taking the TOEIC test will help you improve your career chances.

TOEFL listening lectures: A university lecture by a professor of Art History

[Henry.Singer]

Journal, Tuesday 09-03-2010

1. English-test.net
Intermediate Test Grammer 17
Will or shall

2. Exercise 2 on Page 105
Find words or phrases

3.Listening 64

4.work with a partner

Question / Answer

5. Thinking ahead

Vocabulary – put the terms into correct order

6. Think about the Companies…..
Speak a short massage about the Companie,customers,sales outlets ,Advertising …

7. Listening ( Page107 )
Speak about Product features of Casio

8. Listening tape 65
make notes

complete these extracts

match the two halves of the sentences

9. English test net 187
Confusing words



4. English for Winners

reading and translate

5. News of the day

- Marco : weather for the weekend
- Wolfgang : The name Franziska (namesday)
- Alexandra : pictures of fairy from the death camp
- Henry : Ruptured refuelling airplane contract
- Alfred : The Toyota crisis

New words:

Negotiating , predictions , leaflets ( flyers) , retired , conclusion , routine , overcome , barrier , depending , allocated ,

suitable , rid ,