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The gives you easy access to all the EF Class reference materials. They cover a wide range of topics in all four skills, from writing different essay types to skimming, scanning, and notetaking. Add these reference materials to lessons that you create or edit to give your students important guidance and tips. How to add reference material to a lesson: To paste into an EF produced lesson, you must first save that lesson to Your Library. Just press the three dots at the top right of the lesson overview and choose Save as. Go to the reference material (lesson overview page) you wish to use. Press the three dots in the top right corner of the reference material card and choose Copy. Go to the lesson in which you wish to paste the reference material. Press the three dots in the top right corner of any activity card and paste your copied reference material before or after that card. Note: You can only paste reference materials into lessons in Your Library. 02
Writing: Types of texts An argumentative essay A biography A blog A compare and contrast essay A covering letter A CV A film review A for and against essay A formal email An informal email A magazine article A news article An obituary article An opinion essay A personal narrative A problem-solution essay A process essay A report A short story Technical instructions A technology product review A travel guide article 03
Writing: General skills Creative writing Essay structure Peer editing Using texts in your writing Writing a body paragraph Writing an introductory paragraph Writing a summary of a text The writing process 04
Reading Context, purpose, and audience Critically evaluating texts Following arguments in texts Guessing the meaning of words from context Inferring Learning English through extensive reading Previewing a reading text Responding critically to texts Scanning Skimming Taking notes while reading Types of text 05
Speaking: Situations A commentary and interview A debate A discussion A drama script A film pitch A formal discussion An interview A job interview A meeting A personal story A podcast A presentation A radio advert A sales pitch A speculative discussion A TV news story 06
Speaking: General skills Confident public speaking in English Developing telephone skills Discussing images Follow-up questions Intonation in Yes/No and Wh- questions Stressed syllables in words Word and sentence stress 07
Listening Inferring in listening Learning English through film and TV Learning English through songs Listening for attitudes Listening for details Listening for main ideas Listening to English outside class Previewing a listening recording Previewing listening questions Taking notes while listening Understanding unfamiliar accents 08
Language: Words Abbreviations, initials, acronyms Compound adjectives Compound nouns (noun + noun) Compound nouns (verb + preposition) Homographs and heteronyms Negative prefixes Some commonly confused words Strong and weak adjectives Suffixes Suffixes: -able/-ability Suffixes and prefixes Suffixes for people Word roots 09
Language: Phrases Binomials Business collocations Collocations: Adjective + noun Collocations: Adverb + adjective Collocations: Noun + preposition Collocations: Verb + noun Collocations: Verb + preposition Idioms: Meetings and discussions Idioms: Parts of the body Idioms: Sales and marketing Making generalizations: Useful phrases Phrasal verbs: Machines and technology Phrasal verbs: Separable and inseparable Phrasal verbs: Transitive and intransitive Phrasal verbs with across, away, for, in, through, with, and up Phrasal verbs with in, out, off, on, up, and down Phrases starting with prepositions Prepositional phrases: Commonly used examples Prepositional phrases of time Three-word phrasal verbs 10
Language: Discourse, grammar, and register Embedded questions Formal and informal English Review of verb tenses Rhetorical techniques Sentence linkers Short answers Similarity and difference: Grammatical forms Subordinating conjunctions Using commas 11
Literature: Approaches and essays Approaching drama Approaching fiction Approaching literary prose Approaching poetry Comparing literature How to analyse a novel or short story Key language: Analysing poetry Key language: Analysing prose A literary analysis essay A literary appreciation essay Narrative points of view A poetry appreciation essay 12
General academic skills Distinguishing fact from opinion Highlighting Inferring relationships between people Note-taking Recording new vocabulary Source critical awareness Using a dictionary Working in a group 13
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