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Live Lesson Recap: Get Speaking about Fast Fashion! B2 First and C1 Advanced - Vocabulary about Fast Fashion and Speaking Part 4 Live Lesson on Facebook Live and YouTube https://youtube.com/live/dY9AvUJa6EI Thanks so much to everyone who participated in today's live lesson! During this lesson, we reviewed some vocabulary for talking about fast fashion. We also checked out some questions similar to the ones in Part 4 of the speaking paper of the B2 First and C1 Advanced exams. This part of the exam is a conversation between candidates, so we reviewed some useful phrases to navigate it while also learning more about the topic. Download a copy of the lesson notes here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lrpgld5_sduZIr48-TKriWPJKEobvFWI/view?usp=drive_link Thanks and I'll see you next time!

cont… One of the most common complaints from employers regarding young jobseekers on professional networking sites is that they're over-familiar in their form of address, and appear arrogant. This serves to perpetuate older generations' perceptions of us as an 'entitled generation'. In fact, we're very far from this; in many countries we're increasingly desperate about finding employment, which is why many of us are turning to social media in the first place. This impression of arrogance hurts the employment prospects of young people who - despite their communication errors -actually possess the skills and drive to become a valuable part of the workforce. So what's the right way to contact someone on a professional networking site? Firstly, explain clearly who you are, and let the person you're writing to know what's in it for them - maybe you could offer to do a piece of research for them, or assist in some other way. This approach gives you a much better chance of getting a useful reply. Refrain from sending impersonal, blanket emails, and keep the tone humble if you want to avoid leaving a sour taste in the recipient's mouth. Remember - social media can be a great way to make useful contacts, but it needs careful handling if you don't want the door slammed in your face. OPTIONS 31 How did the senior marketing executive feel about the jobseeker who contacted her? A annoyed by the timing of his message B regretful that she had to reject his request C furious at his assumption of her cooperation D surprised that he offered her nothing in return 32 What does the writer say about the senior marketing executive? A Her note was an attempt to gain publicity. B Her attitude is not unusual on social networking sites. C She has unintentionally helped those looking for work. D Someone of her experience should treat jobseekers better. 33 What point does the writer make about social networking sites as used by her own generation? A They gave teenagers the impression that real conversation wasn't necessary. B Teenagers used them to avoid having to engage with people they didn't like. C They gave teenagers the chance to escape from their boring lives. D The personalities and relationships teenagers had on them didn't reflect reality. 34 As regards professional networking, the writer believes that many people of her generation A have exaggerated opinions of their own employability. B over-estimate the use of social media in the world of work. C fail to distinguish between social networking for pleasure and for work. D are unaware of the opportunities that professional networking sites can offer them. 35 In the fifth paragraph, the writer says that young jobseekers feel A certain that they are entitled to good jobs. B concerned that they may not be offered work. C certain that they have the ability to be useful as employees. D concerned that they are giving the wrong impression to employers. 36 What does the writer advise jobseekers to do? A tell prospective employers what they may gain in return B research the recipient carefully before they make contact C give careful consideration to the type of work they are seeking D approach only people they have a real chance of hearing back from Click to reveal the answers below: Part 5 31 C 32 C 33 D 34 C 35 B 36 A #RAUOE #RAUOEPart5

Reading and Use of English - Part 5 You are going to read an article in which a young journalist talks about using social media to find a job. For questions 31-36, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Using Social Networking sites to Find a Job Having secured her own first job recently, Patty Meissner looks at young people's use of social networking when looking for work. Not sure how to do this exercise? Check out this post here: https://t.me/C1_Advanced/53 In many countries, a growing number of people in their twenties are turning to social media in the hope of finding work Services like the social networking site Twitter and the professional networking site Linkedin offer the chance for more direct contact with would-be employers than has previously been the case. But with greater access comes a greater chance to make mistakes. Take the case of a young jobseeker in the US who contacted a senior marketing executive via Linkedin. The marketing executive in question had an impressive list of influential people in her contact list; people whom the young jobseeker felt could help him land a job. The marketing executive, however, had other ideas. Indignant at the suggestion that she would willingly share a list of contacts painstakingly built up over many years with a complete stranger who'd done nothing to deserve such an opportunity, she not only rejected his contact request, but sent a vicious and heavily sarcastic rejection note that has since gone viral. Those who saw the note online were appalled, and the sender probably now regrets the tone of her note, if not the message it conveyed. But if the incident makes young people think more carefully about how they use social media in a professional capacity, she may have actually ended up doing them a favour. She has drawn attention to an unfortunate truth. Social media is a potentially dangerous tool for job hunters who don't know how to use it. And a worrying number are getting it wrong. There's a horrible irony here, because in many countries social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have been the bread and butter of twenty-somethings' social lives for years. When my generation were teenagers, social media was our escape from the prying eyes of parents and teachers. It was a cyber extension of the playground packing order -a place to impress, to embellish and experiment. It was a world based largely on fantasy. You could find yourself in a three-hour conversation with someone online and then completely ignore them at school. With careful picture/song selection for your Facebook page, you could become a completely different and much more intriguing person overnight. And if you couldn't be bothered with conversation, poking people on Facebook was a legitimate alternative. However, when it comes to using social media for professional networking, our very knowledge and experience of sites like Facebook may actually be a hindrance. Using social media in a professional capacity is a completely different ball game, but for some twenty-somethings, the division is not clear cut. We first earned our online presence by being bold and over-confident, which could explain why some of us still come across like this. Just because a lot of people liked your posts on Facebook, it doesn't mean you'll be able to use LinkedIn to show potential employers that you're someone worth employing. We need to realise that what we learned about social networking as teenagers no longer applies, and we must live up to employers' standards if we want to get on in the world of work. cont… #RAUOE #RAUOEPart5

Live Stream Recap - December 2 - 8 Hey everyone! Thanks so much for everyone who came out to the live lesson and coffee and crossword streams this week! Here's a recap of what happened in case you missed it. Live: Live Article Reading: Save a building, fight climate change (CBC 🇨🇦) Tuesday, December 3 - https://youtube.com/live/HgKSlACwU0U?feature=share Coffee and Crossword Streams ☕️ Wednesday, December 4 - https://youtube.com/live/KychhWty6JY?feature=share Thursday, December 5 - https://youtube.com/live/PSRh23RsOZU?feature=share Friday, December 6 - https://youtu.be/8CQum80lC0o Saturday, December 7 - https://youtube.com/live/fR21lQKtmUQ?feature=share ——— Next Live: Get Speaking about Fast Fashion! B2 First and C1 Advanced - Vocabulary about Fast Fashion and Speaking Part 4 Tuesday, December 10, 2024 @ 15.00 UTC Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/900869421816452/ Next Coffee and Crossword Stream: Wednesday, December 11 Streams are scheduled Wednesday to Saturday @ 13.00 UTC Where to participate: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetSpeakingEnglish Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/getspeakingenglish YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getspeakingenglish It would be a huge help if you could tell others about these streams and live lessons. Thanks so much. ❤️

Reading and Use of English - Part 2 For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0) Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 NO Not sure how to do this exercise? Look here: https://t.me/C1_Advanced/157 Handwriting About six months ago, I realised I had (0) __________ idea what the handwriting of a good friend of mine looked like. We had always communicated by email and text but never by a handwritten letter. And it struck me that we are at a moment (9) __________ handwriting seems to be about to vanish from our lives altogether. (10) __________ some point in recent years, it stopped (11) __________ a necessary and inevitable intermediary between people - a means by (12) __________ individuals communicate with each other, putting a little bit of their personality (13) __________ the form of the message as they press the ink-bearing point onto the paper. It has started to become just (14) __________ among many options, often considered unattractive and elaborate. For each of us, the act of putting marks on paper with ink goes back as (15) __________ as we can remember. Our handwriting, like ourselves, seems always to have been there. But now, given that most of us communicate via email and text, have we lost (16) __________ crucial to the human experience? Click to reveal the answers below: Part 2 9 when/where 10 At 11 being 12 which 13 in(to) 14 one 15 far 16 something #RAUOE #RAUOEPart2

Hey everyone! I'm just about to go live to do today's crossword! Coffee & Crossword Stream ☕️ Come hang out with me and help me do crosswords. Review some vocab and learn some new things too! Where to participate: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetSpeakingEnglish Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/getspeakingenglish YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getspeakingenglish And be sure to check out the playlist on YouTube of previous Coffee and Crossword Streams after.

Thanks so much to everyone who joined me for today's crossword! We learned all sorts of interesting things today, including: - The forms of the irregular verbs "tear" "spring" and "leap" - How to talk about corn - The word "inane" and other silly things - All about pies - The name of a sound you'd make while in pain - Types of coffee In case you missed it, you can watch a recap of today's puzzle in the video below. https://youtu.be/8CQum80lC0o You're more than welcome to join me for the next stream tomorrow at 13:00 UTC: Coffee & Crossword Stream ☕️ Where to participate: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetSpeakingEnglish Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/getspeakingenglish YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getspeakingenglish Thanks and see you soon!

Here are some advanced words for talking about buildings. Are any of these new? #vocabulary #buildings

Hey everyone! Come join me for today's crossword! Coffee & Crossword Stream ☕️ Come hang out with me and help me do crosswords! Learn some vocabulary and phrases in the process. Where to participate: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetSpeakingEnglish Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/getspeakingenglish YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getspeakingenglish And be sure to check out the playlist on YouTube of previous Coffee and Crossword Streams after.

Live Lesson: Get Speaking about Fast Fashion! B2 First and C1 Advanced - Vocabulary about Fast Fashion and Speaking Part 4 Tuesday, December 10, 2024 15:00 UTC During this lesson, we'll review some vocabulary for talking about fast fashion. We'll also check out some questions similar to the ones in Part 4 of the speaking paper of the B2 First and C1 Advanced exams. This part of the exam is a conversation between candidates, so we'll review some useful phrases to get through it while also learning more about our topic. This lesson is interactive so you will be able to participate in the chat and contribute to our lesson notes. I'll also share the video and notes on YouTube afterward so you can review it. Where To Participate: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetSpeakingEnglish YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getspeakingenglish Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/900869421816452/

Thanks so much to everyone who joined me for today's crossword! We learned all sorts of interesting things today, including: - The word "hone" and ways you can use it - What an atrium is - How to talk about activities involving boats - All about fruit and the various stages of ripeness - A new use for the word "rubric" - How to prepare a stringed instrument like a guitar so it's ready to play In case you missed it, you can watch a recap of today's puzzle in the video below. https://youtube.com/live/PSRh23RsOZU You're more than welcome to join me for the next stream tomorrow at 13:00 UTC. Coffee & Crossword Stream ☕️ Come hang out with me and help me do crosswords! Learn some vocabulary and phrases in the process. Where to participate: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetSpeakingEnglish Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/getspeakingenglish YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getspeakingenglish Thanks and see you soon!

Hey everyone! I'm just about to go live to do today's crossword! Coffee & Crossword Stream ☕️ Come hang out with me and help me do crosswords! Learn some vocabulary and phrases in the process. Where to participate: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetSpeakingEnglish Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/getspeakingenglish YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getspeakingenglish And be sure to check out the playlist on YouTube of previous Coffee and Crossword Streams after.

Hey everyone! I'm just about to go live to do today's crossword! Coffee & Crossword Stream ☕️ Come hang out with me and help me do crosswords! Learn some vocabulary and phrases in the process. Where to participate: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetSpeakingEnglish Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/getspeakingenglish YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getspeakingenglish And be sure to check out the playlist on YouTube of previous Coffee and Crossword Streams after.

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Hi everyone! Getting ready to go live today. I'll be looking at this article here: Save a building, fight climate change (CBC 🇨🇦) https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-climate-building-demolition-1.6325677 My aim is to let you hear the pronunciation of words in the text and talk about some great vocabulary for talking about Sustainability and Repurposing Buildings. The video from this class will be available on YouTube after. Facebook: https://www.twitch.tv/getspeakingenglish YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getspeakingenglish Thanks!

Reading and Use of English - Part 3 For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0) Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example: O ABILITY Remember, on the REAL exam, the text will be on the left-hand side of the paper, and the words will show up in a column to the right. For the sake of being able to share these exercises on Telegram, I've put the words in brackets next to the spaces. Not sure how to do this exercise? Check out this post here: https://t.me/C1_Advanced/134 Camels in the Arctic? Camels are well known for their (0) ___________ [ABLE] to survive the heat of the desert; however, scientists have unearthed the fossilised remains of a giant camel that (17) ___________ [HABIT] the forests of the High Arctic more than three million years ago. The ancient beast was almost three metres in (18) ___________ [HIGH] about a third bigger than its modern (19) ___________ [DESCEND] , the Arabian camel. Remains of the animal were found on Ellesmere Island, the most northerly and (20) ___________ [MOUNTAIN] island of the Canadian Arctic archipelago. (21) ___________ [FIND] from previous expeditions have shown that the camel's ancestors (22) ___________ [ORIGIN] in North America 45 million years ago, but this is the first evidence of camels so far north. According to Mike Buckley. a researcher who studied the latest remains, this ancestor of modern camels may already have developed some of the (23) ___________ [ADAPT] that helped it survive in harsh climates - the hump for fat (24) ___________ [STORE] for instance, the large flat feet ideal for either snow or sand, and the big eyes that perhaps helped when long, dark winters made visibility poor. Click to reveal the answers below: Part 3 17 inhabited 18 height 19 descendant 20 mountainous 21 Findings 22 originated 23 adaptations 24 storage #RAUOE #RAUOEPart3