Prime Time 8. Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks, Schulbuch

Listening–speaking: Irish canals (B2) a) Listen to a report about Irish canals. b) Listen again and take notes so that you can answer the questions below. • What exactly are canals? • What is said about the history of canals? • What is said about permanent residents on houseboats? Listening–speaking: Irish canals (B2) Look at your notes from task 2b again. Summarise the report for a classmate and outline the most important information. Self-assessment Tick the appropriate boxes. Reading Can scan longer texts in order to locate desired information and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task. I understood the text without help. I had to guess the meaning. I had to use a dictionary. I did not understand the text. Writing Can summarise, report and give his/her opinion about accumulated factual information on familiar routine and nonroutine matters within his/her field with some confidence. I could write the text without help. I reused phrases from the text. I had to look up words/phrases. I could not express my ideas as wanted. Listening Can understand most radio documentaries and most other recorded or broadcast audio material delivered in standard dialect. I could understand everything. Sometimes I had to guess the meaning. I could only under­ stand parts. I could hardly under­ stand anything. Speaking Can give a prepared straightforward presentation on a familiar topic within his/her field which is clear enough to be followed without difficulty most of the time, and in which the main points are explained with reasonable precision. I could express my opinion without help. I was sometimes lost for words. I had to make notes before I started. I could not express my ideas clearly. Find suggestions to help you on the CD-ROM in this book. 2 7 3 Useful phrases Summing up The report describes/presents … . • The listener gets to know … . • The reporter points out/makes clear/criticises/ argues/concludes that … . • In short … . • In brief … . • In other words … . • Let me put it this way: … . • To sum up, … . • I think that just about sums it up. P 125 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv