10 Listening: The talent competition You are going to listen to Tyler and Holly talking about participating in a competition with their film club. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, complete the sentences (1–6) using a maximum of four words. Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 0 Mr Jordan wants to keep Tyler and Holly in the film club because many students are changing over … . to the surf club ✔ 1 Tyler wants to become a … . 2 Holly says that shooting a film usually starts … . 3 Holly doubts that they have much chance to win the competition, so she … . 4 The first prize in the talent competition is … . 5 According to the teacher, Tyler and Holly are … . 6 Holly promises to … . Writing: eBooks or printed books? The librarian of your school has received extra budget to buy new books for the library. He/She is not sure whether to invest in printed books or in eBook technology. You, as a student representative, are asked about your opinion. You decide to write an e-mail to your librarian. In your e-mail you should • describe which technology you prefer and why, • explain why eBooks will/won’t replace printed books, • give examples for other types of media a school library should offer. Write around 200 words. 1 c38 ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ I can keep up with an animated conversation between native speakers. (B2) 2 ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ I can collate short pieces of information from several sources and summarise them for somebody else. (B1) Now you can • Talk about books and your opinion on them. • Talk about literary genres. • Deal with book reviews. • Discuss your attitude towards poetry. • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of printed and digital media. • Talk about possible and imaginary future or past events using the conditional. Self-evaluation Tick the buttons on the scale to evaluate your language skills. ➀ I can do it easily and correctly. ➁ I can do most of it but I am not fully sure. ➂ I need to have a look at some things again. ➃ I should go over the whole chapter again. ➄ I need to ask my teacher for help. If you do the tasks again at a later stage, you can add a tick to show your progress.. 142 Books Check-out Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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