Australian Carbon Tax

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/03/110323_witn_australia_carbontax_page.shtml

Here's the link from today's class

City and Guilds Writing assessment criteria

http://www.cityandguilds.com/documents/ind_general_learning_esol/3692-L2-Cent-Writing-2.0.pdf

This site shows you what you need to do to pass

Writing Practice online

At Level 2 the three pieces of writing will be
1 a review of a book, film or radio programme suitable for a local newspaper
2 a formal report, for example to support an application for a grant for a community project
3 a formal letter, for example to a solicitor about buying a house or to a school appealing a decision not to accept a child
It is not possible to predetermine how long the writing should be as it must be fit for its purpose and candidates are expected to decide on the level of detail to include, however at this level the writing will be complex and therefore it is expected that each piece will need to be in excess of 300 words. One piece of writing must be an extended piece of at least 500 words.

Here is Trinity ESOL exam past papers website

you can get examples of these types of writing from here.

http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/site/?id=1234

City and Guilds Speaking and Listening Marking criteria

http://www.cityandguilds.com/documents/ind_general_learning_esol/3692-L2-Cent-Sandlis-2.0.pdf

What you need to do to pass the exam

City and Guilds Speaking and Listening Practice Videos

Yuo can see how to do the presentation and group discussion here

http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/site/?id=2050

http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/site/?id=1175

http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/site/?id=370

In the presentation you need to do it to 3 or 4 people.

How to access Reading practices online

This link will take you to online practice tests or paper based tests

http://www.move-on.org.uk/practicetestsResults.asp