KVHS Course: English B1 Refresher

This course is offered by Joachim Körner through Kreisvolkshochschule Harz for intermediate learners of English. It is designed as a conversation class based on - mostly -current topics and events.

Online Practice:

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• Join our Duolingo Classroom
• Visit our Calendar
• BBC Learning English App
• English Practice

Getting Started

Placement Test

• Cornelsen Einstufungstest

Dialogue Practice

• Situations for Dialogue Practice
  • 1-  A Great Movie
  • 2-  A Card Game
  • 4-  Volume
  • 13-Movies
  • 12-The Beatles
• Speaking Practise, A-2/B-1(British Council)
  • Apologising
  • Giving instructions
  • Showing interest
  • Talking about personal interests
  • Talking about your job
  • Asking a favour
  • Agreeing and disagreeing
  • Meeting face-to-face
  • Responding to news
  • Keeping a conversation going

Vocabulary

• English in a Minute (VOA)
• New York Times Picture Prompts
• VOA: Words and their stories
• Game: Wordshake (to exit hit esc)

Grammar

• BBC: Six Minute Grammar
• Fortgeschritten Englischübungen
• VOA English Everyday Grammar
• Easy Grammar Exercises
• Advanced Grammar Exercises

Linguistic Advice

• The Seven Secrets for Learning English
• 21 Most Effective Ways to improve your English Skills
• "I'm good" or "I'm well"?
• Train your Brain to think in another Language
• Wonderopolis: Things we wonder about daily
• 50 Tongue Twisters
• Ditch these 10 phrases that make you look insecure and arrogant
• Phrases to avoid in Business English
• Avoid these cringeworthy phrases that annoy your coworkers
• How to start and end your professional emails
• 10 phrases that make you sound passive aggressive in the workplace
• English Phrases for any situation
• What English native speakers really mean

Class Discussion Topics:

• American vs British English
  • Podcast
  • How to Speak with a British Accent
• That's Funny
  • Hilarious
  • How to be funny in English (Podcast)
• USA Elections 2024
  • How do the Elections work
  • How to win the Electoral College
  • Politics Monday, PBS (Strategies / Policies)
  • Where the Candidates stand
  • Breaking News: US Elections 2024
  • Social Media Distort Reality and Sow Division
    • Inside the funhouse mirror factory: How social media distorts perceptions of norms
      • New York Times Picture Prompt
• Climate Change
  • Farming and the Environment (B2)
• Song "Salty Dog" (two versions) (B2)
  • Bluegrass
    • lyrics
  • Rock
    • lyrics
  • "Dog" idioms game
• How the COVID Lockdown saved the Tedeschi Trucks Band (B1/2)
  • The Story of Layla and Majnun
  • The Story behind: "Layla"
  • "Layla"lyrics
• Is Coffee  beneficial? (B2)
  • Coffee around the world
  • The history of Coffee
  • 6 Minute English on Coffee
  • Ordering Coffee at Starbucks
  • Why is Coffee called "Java"?
  • Why do we call Coffee" A Cup of Joe"?
  • Coffee's Hidden Health Benefits, a Podcast
  • Challenge Board: Coffee
  • A Game of Coffee Jokes
  • Coffee Trivia Game
  • 21 Songs about Coffee
• Play Codenames online (join either team Blue or Red as Operative or Spymaster)
• Podcast for a New Year: No.1 Neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart (C1)
• ESL Questions about Dogs (B2)
  • Lost Dog (A short story)
  • Lost Dogs and Drones (PBS Video)
  • Song "Salty Dog" (two versions)
    • Bluegrass
      • lyrics
    • Rock
      • lyrics
  • "Dog" idioms game
• Artificial Intelligence
  • What is AI?
  • The Risks and Promise of Artificial Intelligence (60 Minutes Video)
  • Lesson Plan: AI
  • Discussion Questions
  • AI and the Future of Art
• Mardi Gras
  • Reading : Mardi Gras
  • Preparing for Mardi Gras
  • Paul Simon: Take me to ...
  • Questions about MG
  • "Dat Talk" New Orleans Accent
  • Why I should wear a costume
• Rejection is good for you
  • Psychologigal study
    • TED Talk: How to deal with Rejection
  • 10 Benefits of Rejection
  • The funniest rejection letter
• Happiness
  • An 85-year Harvard Study
    • The Harvard Gazette with TED Talk
  • Why are Finland and Denmark the Happiest Countries in the World?
• Shopping
  • Are you a Smart Shopper?
• March is Women's Month
  • The Ultimate famous Women Trivia Quiz
  • Role Models
• Protect our Oceans
  • TED Talk Sylvia Earle
  • Should we stop eating fish

Reading

• ESL Jokes
• English Riddles
• 100 Famous Americans
• American Culture and Customs

Writing

• Writing a Business Letter

Literature

• Audiobooks
  • Audiobooks for English Language Learners
• British (BC)
  • C.Rose, The Broken Mirror ... and Lots of Good Luck (B1)
  • Excerpt: Dickens, A Christmas Carol (C1)
  • Excerpts: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice and the Regency World (C1/C2)
  • Excerpts: Dickens, David Copperfield (C1)
  • W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw (B2)
    • Film Adaptation (1988)
• Irish
  • Novelist Sally Rooney on modern Irish Writing (BC)
  • The Guardian: The Irish Short Story (G/C1
• American Short Stories (VOA)
  • Poestories.com
  • Mark Twain, Luck (C1)
    • Lucky Man Dogface; Videolesson
    • The TikTok Video
  • O.Henry, Transients in Arcadia (B2)
  • O.Henry, The Gift of the Magi (A Christmas Story)
    • Vocabulary: The Gift of the Magi
    • Questions and Vocabulary
    • Lesson Plan and Story Telling
    • Listening (simplified version)
  • Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (C1)
    • Original Version with Audio
    • Vocabulary
    • short film
  • Dr. Seuss: And I think that I saw it on Mulberry Street
• Famous Quotations Explored
  • Shakepeare Speak
• Other Stories as Lessons
  • Alberto's New Neighbours (BC/B2)
  • Bad Blood (BC/C1)
• Storytelling Activities

Audio Lessons

• Listen in English (by topic)
  • The Science of Pain

Video/Film Lessons

• Funny Videos to Learn English
• Listen in English: Entire Movies/TV Shows
  • Emily in Paris (Series)
  • The Intern (Movie)
• Videos and Films for ESL
• Short Films for Discussion
  • Snack Attack
    • In the News
• Pixar Films for Language Classes

Music Lessons

• Music for ESL
• Songs listed by topics
• ESL Songs by Topic (Grammar or Vocabulary)

Games to learn and improve your English

• ESL 67 free ESL Games
• The Secret of Monkey Island
  • Walk Through
• Balderdash

Other Lesson Materials

• ESL Jokes
• Sprechsituationen in Englisch
  • Begrüßen, Vorstellen von Personen
  • Personenbeschreibung
  • Familienmitglieder
  • Hotel und Restaurant
  • Wegbeschreibung
  • Einkaufen
  • Körperteile
  • Geografie
  • Wetter

• Redewendungen in Englisch
  • Meinungen und Tatsachen
  • Zustimmen und Widersprechen
  • Argumente verknüpfen
  • Konjunktionen/Füllwörter

• Proprofs Quizzes
  • ESL Discussion Questions by Topics
    • Weather
  • IELST Quizzes
  • English C1/2
  • Which Beatle are you?
  • What instrument would you play in a rock band?
• Films and TV-Shows for ESL
• Picture Stories for Class Conversations
• 20 Minute Discussion Questions
• English Grammar Exercises (online)

© joachimkoerner@gmail.com  October 15 - 2024