Pronunciation Skills B
- differentiate between common English minimal pairs and vowel sounds through recorded samples of various speakers
- test your own pronunciation by asking other English speakers to analyse your speech
- record different English speakers and investigate their different accents
- practise and master a variety of tongue-twisters
All About Me B1
- describe your past achievements and experiences
- discuss the past experiences of well-known people
- practise question forms for asking about past events
Introducing Japan: Comparisons & Recommendations
- describe your hometown
- explain your household routine to a guest
- compare places in Japan and give advice on what visitors should and should not do when visiting famous sites
Shopping B1
- role-play comparing everyday items in a shop
- compare items in the British Hills shop
- ask shop staff for information
Travel English: Directions
- practise prepositions of place
- follow directions around British Hills
- test your understanding through task-based challenges
Where is it?
- learn the common collocations of English prepositions
- ask and answer questions involving the location of both places and things
My British Hills Stay B
- use the past simple and past continuous to talk about multiple events happening at the same time
- test your memory and your language ability by describing exciting events
- give reasons and alibis for where you were when strange things happened at British Hills!
Conversation Builder
- extend your vocabulary through practicing question forms, adjectives, and adverbs
English Scrabble
- learn the rules for and challenge your teacher to a game of the popular word-game: Scrabble.
Sharing Anecdotes
- create and share anecdotes through reported speech
- construct present continuous clauses with “...when...” and “...while...” and the past perfect tense
- learn the correct adjective word order that sounds natural to native English speakers
Presentations (course of 3 or more lessons)
- work with a British Hills teacher to prepare and deliver a professional presentation
- develop your design skills and speech skills, practicing the use of eye contact, intonation, and gestures
Talk Show
- learn to differentiate between acceptable and unacceptable questions
- create ‘main topic’ questions and anticipate and prepare various follow-up questions and comments
- prepare and carry out a TV interview with a famous person (played by a British Hills member of staff)