PROVE LABORATORIO DI LINGUA INGLESE
Gli studenti del Gruppo L (Intermediate) sono invitati a presentarsi presso il Laboratorio Linguistico nei seguenti giorni:

Venerdì 5 giugno:

Ore 14,30-15,30
1) Natrella Vito Roberto
2) Bianco Esther Maria
3) Brandi Barbara
4) Capalbi Antonella
5) Cellamare Davide
6) Centrone Daniela
7) Coppola Aurora
8) Del Giudice Florianna
9) Diasparra Carla

Ore 15,30-16,30
10) Digregorio Antonella
11) Fiorella Chiara
12) Gadaleta Domenico Massimiliano
13) Luisi Annarita
14) Palmisano Maria Elena
15) Panarelli Rachele
16) Panaro Caterina
17) Parente Valentina
18) Pastore Marcella

Ore 16,45-17,45
19) Paulillo Leonardo
20) Pavone Marcella
21) Piepoli Patrizia Mercedes
22) Pugliese Michele
23) Resta Piercarlo
24) Ricupero Alessandra
25) Risoli Teresa
26) Rizzi Adam
27) Romano Annamaria

Ore 17,45
28) Ruccia Maddalena
29) Scarangela Samanta
30) Schiavone Noemi Valentina
31) Serinelli Annachiara
32) Sibilio Stefania
33) Sifanno Roberto
34) Sivo Mariangela
35) Solimini Daniele
36) Spagnoletti Damiano
37) Terranova Angela
38) Torraco Marianna
39) Tota Daniela
40) Vitrani Esther


Lunedì 8 giugno

Ore 9,30
1) Loisi Valentina
2) Picca Marianna
3) Pizzarelli Maria
4) Scilipoti Salvatore

Pre-Intermediate Questions - How Good is Your Basic English?

The following are examples of the type of question I expect my pre-intermediate students to be able to answer in the end-of-course oral examination:

A typical day
What time do you wake up?
What time do you get up?
When do you have your shower?
What do you have for breakfast?
What time do you leave the house?
How do you get to work?
What time do you start lessons?
How many hours of lessons do you usually have?
Where do you have lunch?
Which lessons do you enjoy most?
Which lessons do you enjoy least?
What time do you usually get home?
How long do you study for each evening?
Do you eat a big dinner?
Do you read before you go to sleep?

Habitual activities
How often do you lie in?
How often do you go to church?
How often do you tell lies?
How often do you read a serious newspaper?
How often do you buy books or CDs?

Your life at the moment
What are you reading at the moment?
How often are you going to the cinema?
What are you working on at the moment?
Where are you having dinner this evening?
What time are you going home today?
Who are you spending the weekend with?
What are you doing this summer?
What are you doing this evening?
Why are you studying English?

Various questions about the present
Who do you most admire?
What’s your town like?
What team do you support?
How do you spend your spare time?
How much are you spending on leisure activities at the moment?
How often do you go out?
When are you happiest?
How many books do you read in a month?

Your last holiday
Where did you go last summer?
How did you get there?
How long did it take to get there?
Who did you go with?
How long did you stay there?
Which places did you go to?
How did you spend your time?
What did you eat and drink?
What did you like most?
What did you like least?
What was the weather like?
What did you bring back from your holiday?
How much did you spend in all?

Comparing
What is easier: speaking English or listening to English? Why?
What makes you happier: love or money? Why?
Which is more relaxing: travelling by train or travelling by car? Why?
Which is better: English music or Italian music? Why?
What are you going to have for dinner this evening?

Future intentions
What time are you going to go to bed?
How are you going to spend the weekend?
Who are you going to spend the weekend with?
Where are you going to go for your next holiday?
How long are you going to go for?
What are you going to do when you finish university?
Are you going to carry on studying English when this course finishes?
Are you ever going to get married?

Obligations and requirements
What time do you usually have to get up?
What time do you have to be at work?
What do you usually have to do in the course of a day’s work?
Do you have to dress in a particular way for work?
How many exams do you have to do in order to graduate?
To become a teacher what do you have to do?

Giving advice to a visitor to your town
What should I do to find accommodation?
How much should I expect to pay for a room or a flat?
Where should I go in the evening if I want to meet people?
How long should I wait if someone is late for an appointment?
Where should I go for lunch round here?
Which local specialities should I try?
Is there anything in particular I should know about the people here?
What should I say to a girl/guy I am interested in?

Can you really speak English? - 50 Questions for Intermediate Students

Below is a list of the kind of questions I expect my Intermediate students to be able to answer.

Note that:
- each question is to be considered a possible starting point for a conversation: feel free to elaborate;
- one-word answers (Yes / No / Hmmm / Er / etc.) are not acceptable;
- if you don’t understand a word or a question, ask me (IN ENGLISH) to explain, to speak more slowly or to repeat (the language you need for this can be found near the beginning of the “dispensa”);
- you will be assessed primarily on your ability to understand and communicate. Don’t panic if you make a mistake or if you don’t remember a specific word (if necessary, you can ask me in English how to translate a particular term from Italian);
- the list is not exhaustive.

1) What’s your recipe for happiness?
2) Is monogamy a good thing?
3) What do you hate most?
4) How much of your household waste do you recycle ?
5) Who or what makes you go weak at the knees?
6) Have you got any skeletons in your cupboard that you’re prepared to talk about?
7) What are you hoping for when you open your post in the mornings?
8) When were you last moved to tears?
9) When did you last put your foot in it?
10) Have you paid your television licence fee?
11) What’s the best joke you have heard recently?
12) What can you be sure you will never forget?
13) How is life in Apulia going to be different in twenty years time?
14) Are there any circumstances in which you might kill another human being?
15) If you could live one day over again, which day would it be?
16) Which actor would you want to play you in the film of your life?
17) What advice would you have given to your fifteen-year-old self?
18) Have you ever eaten foreign food?
19) Have you ever read a book that changed your life in some way?
20) Have you ever seen a film in English?
21) Have you ever had a supernatural experience?
22) Have you ever been to a political demonstration?
23) Have you ever been so drunk that you don’t remember what you did or said?
24) Have you ever met anyone famous?
25) Have you ever wanted to hit another person?
26) Have you ever made a speech?
27) Have you ever cried with joy?
28) Have you ever been abroad?
29) Have you ever laughed so much that it hurt?
30) What are you doing after the lesson?
31) What’s the first thing you will do when you get home this evening?
32) Where are you going to spend next weekend?
33) How will you feel if the Italy win the next European Championships?
34) What are the things you will never forget?
35) What are the things you won’t do for anybody?
36) Who are the people you will always do anything for?
37) How do you think the world will be different in twenty years time?
38) How long will it be before we discover life on other planets?
39) How soon is global warming going to become a problem that affects you?
40) Did you get any post this morning?
41) What did you get for your last birthday?
42) How did you get here today?
43) How are you getting home today?
44) Where did you get your shoes/jacket/bag?
45) How much did you get for your first job?
46) When did you last get really angry?
47) Did you get to do anything particularly exciting on your last holiday?
48) Is there a scene in a film which really gets you?
49) Is there anything about the university that really gets you?
50) Can you recite any lines from an English poem?