PORTFOLIO 3 FOR B1
Q:Skills for Success 3: Listening and Speaking
Real Reading 2 : Reading
27th December 2013
PART I: LISTENING
Students are expected to listen to the audio file that is given to them one week before the
portfolio session several times and to come to the portfolio class ready to answer the
questions about the relevant listening topic. The first part of the portfolio is a while-listening
activity. First, students are given the question sheets. After reading the questions, students
listen to the audio file only once as a whole class and answer the questions while listening.
Note: You will be asked six multiple-choice questions and you are required to answer them
during the portfolio session.
Listening Task: You will hear a man called Martin Carter talking on the radio about a trip he
is going to make in a balloon. Please focus on the following questions while listening at
home:
1. Why is Martin planning to fly around the world in winter?
2. What are the difficulties of a long flight according to Martin?
3. Why does Martin desire this trip?
PART II: VOCABULARY
Make your own sentences with each one of the following words in the box and write English
definitions of each word on your PORTFOLIO NOTEBOOK. (Bring your portfolio
notebook with you for portfolio sessions)
Your Portfolio teacher will check your portfolio notebook, choose 5 words at random and ask
you to make a sentence about them.
Q:Skills: Listening and Speaking: adequately, constraints, coverage, efficient, interpret, landscape,
process, remote, require, tone
Real Reading2: acquire, anxious, blame, failure, genetic, get over, increase, remarkable, shy,
succeed.
PART III: PRESENTATION
Prepare a 3-minute talk on one of the following topics:
1. Talk about some things that have happened recently in your life (include events that have
made you sad, happy, angry or frightened)
2. Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of technology.