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Flora Lewis

Tuesday, 11 February 2014 20:21

Basic Vocabulary on B2+ (Upstream Upper-Intermediate)

These power point presentations were made by second year students majoring in English (group LE-22) with the aim to revise the vocabulary covered during 3 semesters of their studies. They hope that this project work will help other learners to improve their language in general and to master B2+ vocabulary in particular.

Here is the layout of units suggested in Upstream Upper-Intermediate (B2+):

 

Unit 1. Crossing Barriers (means of communication, types of languages, gestures & feelings; say/tell/speak/talk, fixed phrases & phrasal verbs related to communication); prepared by Anna Bondaruk  

Unit 2. Moods and Feelings (moods and emotions, physical sensations, expressing feelings, extreme adjectives, similes, phrasal verbs, prepositions); prepared by Anastasia Brynyuk

 

Unit 3. Making a Living (job skills and qualities, forms of money, confused words, idioms/phrasal verbs related to money, prepositions); prepared by Anastasia Burmistrova

 

Unit 4. Making Yourself at Home (types of houses, rooms/areas of a house, appliances and furniture, idioms and fixed expressions with 'home', phrasal verbs, prepositions); prepared by Anna Gdeshynska 

  

Unit 5. Modern Living (appearance and character, media, fame, idioms and fixed expressions related to lifestyles, phrasal verbs, prepositions); prepared by Victoria Gnatenko  

 

Unit 6. Going Places (getting around, holiday objects, signs, travel, describing holiday experience, phrasal verbs and fixed expressions related to travel, idioms and prepositions); prepared by Olga Gorbachuk 

Unit 7. History (peace and conflict, taking control, idioms and fixed expressions related to history, phrasal verbs and prepositions); prepared by Victoria Khimich

Unit 8. Learning Lessons (education system, places in a school, types of school, exams and qualifications, idioms and fixed expressions related to education, phrasal verbs, prepositions); prepared by Julia Kuzmenko 

Unit 9. Planet Issues (green issues, environmental problems, phrasal verbs/idioms related to environment, prepositions); prepared by Alina Pankova 

Unit 10. The Cycle of Life (healthy lifestyle, healthy eating, food and drinks, phrasal vebrs, idioms related to health, accidents & injuries, prepositions); prepared by Iryna Zhelevska 

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