What s up 1 tests 3rd ed

In order to enhance learning, it is advisable to use continuous assessment, which provides teachers with opportunities to give immediate feedback while they evaluate following the same p

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Assessment is an integral part of the teaching and

learning cycle Classroom interactions provide

teachers with varied instances suitable to evaluate

students’ progress and teachers’ own achievements as

their mentors A communicative ELT classroom is to

provide an atmosphere of authentic English language

use, or what we call a “classroom of communication”,

ie we use English for everyday real communication, not

just to practise English for future possible use

Teachers’ aim, as mentors, is to show students how

much they are learning so as to encourage them to

go on trying and learning as much as they are capable

of doing The well-known assessment washback

effect explains what students pay attention to and how

they approach the subject being studied Therefore,

assessment can promote or inhibit the learning

In order to enhance learning, it is advisable to use

continuous assessment, which provides teachers

with opportunities to give immediate feedback while

they evaluate following the same procedures used to

introduce the linguistic contents, as well as the learning

and communicative strategies, as skills develop

From an experiential and holistic view of language,

which understands cognitive and socio-functional

aspects of communication as paramount, assessment is

carried out by means of contextualised use of language

It is also necessary to have some instance of formal

assessment which measures learning through the

performance of previously taught linguistic content

which is context embedded

There are many arguments for and against testing

The main drawback attributed to tests is the state of

nervousness and anxiety students are in when facing a

testing instance It is argued that this anxiety deprives

students of the possibility of using their critical thinking

to solve the language problems presented Some other

opinions support the idea that students study for the

test and then forget what they have learnt

On the other hand, students deserve the opportunity to

be tested They need to have a feeling of achievement

and, why not, they also deserve to be challenged and

to be given the opportunity to fail and thus develop

resilience The emotions tests arise on students very

much depend on teachers’ feedback That is what

makes the big difference A positive, encouraging

response shows students that their effort pays off

Moreover, the teacher’s and classmates’ feedback

are a great source of improvement Feedback will

help individual students to reflect upon the errors

they have made and it will provide them with various

possibilities for recreating their systematisation and

retention strategies Feedback should be an instance

of learning and never an instance of highlighting

learners’ errors

The set of tests offered includes:

> a diagnostic-prognostic test which identifies what

learners have achieved or learnt after having

finished the Starter level of the What’s Up? series

Teachers will be able to identify the starting point in

order to move onto new contents and skills, using what students have already learnt as a springboard for acquiring new contents, improving already learnt skills and developing new ones This test is meant

to be encouraging, showing students how much English they already know (there is nothing more motivating than success) The support provided balances the demands of the problems presented

> six progress tests – to see how learners improve their performance as classroom practice advances

A test after each unit measures achievement, focusing on contents taught and skills developed throughout It enables teachers to redirect teaching according to students’ performance In order to

be valid, reliable and fair, these tests have been prepared using the same procedure followed during the teaching process Students do not feel threatened by the evaluation experience If students are familiar with the procedure and the demands

of the tests are up to their level of achievement, the results will be mostly rewarding and encouraging Both teachers and students will have a sense of achievement which will trigger further enthusiasm

to go on working together

Results also provide information about aspects of the teaching and learning process which may not be working adequately This can be discussed in class and improved for future work

> an integrative test every two units, which will help students and teachers to recycle knowledge

Resorting to previously presented material triggers

a better awareness of the idea of language being meaningful in context, to serve as a real means of authentic communication Integrative tests focus on students’ strengths so that they become aware of how much they can do with language

> an integrative achievement test (including contents presented in all units as a final review) to give both teachers and students information about the success achieved by the end of the year course

Reading comprehension tests

Reading opens our minds to incredible spaces It can help us to dream of not yet created realities If we really learn how to read, understanding that there is always a hidden secret under the lines, we will develop our imagination, lateral thinking and creativity We will plunge into the story and become part of it Moreover, nobody will be able to give us the story already processed for us to swallow it without even tasting its essence

The reading comprehension tests aim at helping students to become re-creators of their content while they enjoy playing with reality and transforming it This is the reason why they are not graded It is not important to have a number as feedback What matters

is that both students and teachers think and reflect upon the magic of reading

1 a Read and choose the correct option.

I 1am / is / are Justin and she 2am / is / are Maggie We 3am / is / are students 4in / at / on West School It

5am / is / are big and modern Our favourite subject 6am / is / are Geography Miss Vaugh 7am / is / are

our teacher 8He / She / It is great! Her lessons 9am / is / are interesting 10or / and / because fun.

Hi! I’m Sergio and I’m from Posadas 1It is / He is the capital city of Misiones I 2study / studies at Guaraníes

School. 3Your / My favourite subject is History

I 4has got / have got two favourite friends 5They / He are Gastón and Felipe 6You / We have a great time at school.

I 7lives / live in a big house 8There are / They are four bedrooms and two bathrooms in my house 9There is / There are a bed and a desk in my bedroom My 10favourite things / things favourite are my computer and my

skateboard I 11always go / go always to the club 12at / on Saturdays I 13do / go karate there Mr Kishimura is

my karate coach.14He / She is very strong He 15can’t / can break boards with his hands.

2 Maggie / Justin’s friend

3 Maggie and Justin / at university

4 West School / old

5 Miss Vaugh / their mother

6 her lessons / fun

1 from / Sergio / is / where / ?

2 capital / is / Salta / city / Posadas / the / of / ?

3 school / what / the / name / is / of / the / ?

4 Sergio / at / work / does / school / ?

5 house / his / big / is / ?

6 bedrooms / there / two / his / are / house / in / ?

7 favourite / what / his / are / things / ?

8 often / go / he / club / how / does / the / to / ?

9 Kishimura / is / who / Mr / ?

10 do / what / he / can / ?

Is Justin a teacher? No, he isn’t

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adjectives Then write the names.

each category.

Hi! I’m Susan and this is 1 family I 2 a small family Charles and I 3

two children 4 names are Ingrid and Henry They 5 a pet 6 name is Fido It 7 big eyes and small ears

Ingrid loves 8 grandmother, Agnes Henry always plays cards with 9 grandfather,

DIAGNOSTIC TEST

1 Super girl / swim

2 dogs / fly

3 a baby boy / smoke

4 you / speak Spanish

5 your classmates / write

Ingrid

AgnesSusan

Henry

Day of the week Weather

Favourite thing Part of the body

Hello! I’m Fernando Falco I’m 13 years old and I’m a student in year 1 at Belgrano School in Santa Fe,

Argentina We are 30 students in the class We study in the morning Classes are from 7:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m

We have 8 obligatory subjects: History, Science, Maths, Spanish, PE, English, ICT and Civic Education Music, Art and Yoga are optional Our favourite subjects are Music and Yoga because we can relax and feel good

There are different clubs in the afternoon We can play instruments, write poems or perform acrobatics

Our school is 100 years old, but it has got very modern equipment There is a modern computer lab, where

we can surf the net to find information The library is very old, but it has got new books too It is on the first floor My favourite place at school is the Science lab because we can do experiments there Mr Gomez, our Science teacher, is my favourite teacher too He is very strict, but his classes are great

I love the school canteen We sometimes have lunch there Salads and veggie sandwiches are wonderful!

6 computer lab / modern

1 old / Fernando / how / is / ?

2 classes / time / are / what / ?

3 clubs / the / when / are / ?

4 favourite / who / Fernando’s / teacher / is / ?

5 library / is / where / the / ?

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1 We have lessons in the

2 We have lunch in the

Classes start 7 April.

Let’s meet 8 room 6 (It’s 9 the first floor) 10 midday.

Elsie, your YOGA teacher

NEW MESSAGE

Is Fernando a teacher? No, he isn’t.

Hi! I’m Ingrid and I’m from Sweden Christmas is a traditional celebration in my house Every year,

we 1 a big party We 2 our grandparents, Aunt Astrid, Uncle Olaf and my cousins, Alexia and Odin We 3 the house in red and 4 candles and stars on the windows Father

5 Santa Claus at the door and my brother and I 6 the green Christmas tree with lots

of lights We 7 new clothes and Mother 8 special food 9 , we 10

Dad 15 the champagne and we eat lots of sweets

After that cooks decorate finally First have (x2) invite open opens prepare

put puts Then wear

1 is / Mother’s Day / home / special / always / a / at / day /

2 cooks / favourite / always / Mum’s / Grandma / dish /

3 ice-cream / usually / dessert / we / for / eat /

4 sister / my / sometimes / photos / lots / takes / of /

5 have / always / time / we / great / a /

From: Jun Liu

To: New friends

Hi friends!

I’m Jun Liu and I live in Korea My favourite celebration is Chu-Suk It is a very important holiday in Korea It is in August People go to their

hometowns and the whole family gives thanks to our ancestors for the harvest.

People celebrate for three days On the first day, we prepare a lot of food My mum and aunts cook rice, soup, fish, meat and lots of

vegetables We wear Han-Bok (traditional clothes) Men wear Baji-jegori (pants) and Jegori (jacket), and women wear Chimajegori (skirt)

and Jegori These clothes have got a lot of colours: red, green, yellow, white On the second day, we do Je-Sa, which is the rite to give thanks

to our ancestors We eat the food we prepare This is my favourite part of the celebration! Adults usually talk about their lives and work On

the third day, everybody goes back home We are happy because we see our families.

The only problem is traffic jams, because there are too many cars on the roads.

Cheers, Jun Liu

NEW MESSAGE

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5 … celebrate Christmas in March?

1 Jun Liu lives in London.

2 Diwali is his favourite celebration.

3 People celebrate for 10 days.

4 They prepare food before they see their family.

5 Jun Liu wears Chimajegori.

6 They eat after they go home.

Does Jun Liu live in London? No, he doesn’t He lives in Korea

1 is Chu-Suk important? It is important in Korea

2 do they celebrate it? They celebrate it in August

3 do people wear? They wear traditional clothes

4 does Jun Liu love? Jun Liu loves the second day

5 are people happy? Because they see their families

Hi! I’m Patricio and I’m a student 1at / in / on year 1 2at / in / on Patrol School in Resistencia, Chaco We study

3at / in / on the morning Classes are from 7:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m We 4have / has / are obligatory subjects and

optional subjects And there are different clubs 5at / in / on 3:00 p.m.

I 6usually has / have usually / usually have lunch with my friends in the school canteen My friend Lisa

7comes sometimes / sometimes often / sometimes comes with me.

The school anniversary is 8at / in / on November 5th Ms Hender, the Art teacher, 9organises always /

never organises / always organises a festival We 10helps / help / have her with the decoration of the room

That is a special day!

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2 Patrol School is in Corrientes.

3 Clubs are in the morning.

4 Patricio always has lunch in the canteen.

5 Students organise the School Anniversary celebration.

6 Ms Hender helps the students.

Is Patricio a teacher? No, he isn’t He is a student

People at school School subjects

Adjectives

a Then, I do my homework

b I get home from school at 5:30

c Finally, I go to bed and read my favourite book

d First, I drink a glass of milk and

e I always do a lot of things at home

f After dinner, I wash the dishes

g eat some biscuits

h After that, I help Mum with dinner

i I always have dinner with Mum and Dad

j Before we eat dinner I have a shower

good hard nice Secondary strict

1 What time / get home from school

2 What / drink

3 Who / help with dinner

4 When / have a shower

5 Where / go / after wash the dishes

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1 What / she / photograph

2 she / get near animals

3 Where / she / work

4 What / photographers / use

5 she / forest ranger

So, Agatha, tell us about your routine 1you / where / work / do / ?

2in / I / natural / animals’ / work / habitats /

3you / a / are / ranger / forest / ?

No! 4photographer / am / a / I /

5you / what / photograph / do / ?

Wild animals in their natural habitats

6you / get / can / wild / near / animals / ?

No! 7mustn’t / we / get / animals / wild / near /

It’s dangerous!

8must / we / special / use / cameras /

9animal / favourite / what / your / is / ?

The tiger 10run / can / up / and / fast / it / trees / climb /

Some animals, like snakes or spiders, can be dangerous Some of them are poisonous and 4

people We 5 nature We mustn’t touch wild animals because they can be aggressive

can kill can swim the desert in the jungle must respect

/ 10

a In animals’ natural habitats

b No, she isn’t She’s a photographer

c Wild animals in their habitats

d No, she can’t Wild animals are dangerous

e They must use special cameras

cowwild

sting

fly

kill

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These are the Hunts They are a big family! Today they are having lunch together There is 1a / an jar of water and 2some / any glasses on the table There

isn’t 3any / some bread, but there are 4any / some biscuits There are 5any / some

eggs on a plate and 6any / some salt in the middle of the table 7Is / Are there 8any / some meat on the plates? No, there 9isn’t / aren’t because they don’t eat 10any / some meat They are vegetarian!

1 Jack is at the fruit shop He

2 We are at the bank

3 Mum is at the cinema

4 Jeff and Lisa are at the disco

5 I’m at the newsagent’s

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1 Great! Let’s go

2 Sorry I don’t like films

3 Ok What shall we drink?

1 Shall we rent a video?

2 Why don’t we meet at the bar?

3 Let’s go shopping

/ 13

/ 12

1 The baker’s is the flower shop and the chemist’s

2 The school is the flower shop

3 The bank is the library

4 The bar is the hairdresser’s

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Pandas are 1big / small black and white 2insects / mammals They are bears They can 3eat / climb trees and

4sit / speak like a human, but they 5can / can’t fly They 6are / aren’t aggressive, but you 7must / mustn’t get

near them They 8can / can’t be dangerous because they are strong.

They live in bamboo forests in the 9sea / mountains of China They eat bamboo, but they are endangered

because 10can / can’t find enough food.

This is a photograph of my town It is quite small, but we have 1 of fun here There

are 2 very good shops where we 3 trendy clothes In the photograph,

there are a lot of people 4 their bicycles

Distances are short, there are only some cars and there 5 buses It isn’t

6 to ride bikes The bank is 7 the post office and 8 to the bar

The school is 9 the bar and the church And all of them are 10 the town

square A lot of people are walking to do the shopping I love my town!

a lot aren’t any between can buy dangerous near next opposite riding some

REVIEW

aren’t – a / an – some / any / a lot.

1 butterflies / can / what / do / ?

2 live / crocodiles / do / where / ?

3 hunt / must / tigers / food / their / get / to / ?

4 can’t / fish / what / do / ?

5 winter / tortoises / do / must / what / in / ?

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a They live in the river

b They can’t run fast

c They can’t fly

d They must hibernate

e Yes, they must

1 Good idea! Let’s see a horror film

2 Ok Where shall we meet?

3 I’m sorry I’m not very hungry

4 No, thank you I am reading a novel

5 Sorry, but I’m very tired

1 Let’s have a cup of coffee.

2 Why don’t we borrow some books from the library?

3 Shall we go for a hamburger?

4 Let’s go to the disco.

5 Why don’t we rent a video?

1 You respect nature

2 You touch wild animals

3 You feed the animals in the reserve

4 You follow the guide’s instructions

5 You walk alone in the reserve

Hi! I’m Irina I 1love / ’m loving my laptop I always 2use / ’m using it to do research I usually 3click /

’m clicking on a hyperlink and I 4find / ’m finding the information I need At the moment, I 5prepare /

’m preparing a final project on healthy eating with four classmates We often 6connect / are connecting online in the evening to work We 7organise / are organising a campaign We 8write / are writing slogans to invite people to eat well We usually 9download / are downloading pictures and

diets and 10paste / are pasting them on slides for a PowerPoint presentation ICT is great!

1 Irina hates her laptop

2 She uses her laptop to send messages.

3 She is uploading photos at the moment.

4 She and four classmates are preparing a sports campaign.

5 They often connect in the morning

6 They paste poems on slides

Does Irina hate her laptop? No, she doesn’t She loves it

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WRAP UP

1 Harriet never talks at parties She’s a girl

2 We always have a good time with Peter because he is so

3 Mother is never She’s always happy

4 Maggie is because her friend is coming from the USA

to visit her

5 I don’t like long documentaries because they are

Look at my friend Alfred! 1 ’m skyping with 2 Come and say “Hello” to

3 4 is living in Utah with his wife Hellen 5 are planning to come and visit 6 7 can give 8 our bedroom and sleep in Nancy’s bedroom

9 is staying at the university dorm for the week Tell 10 to tidy her bedroom before she leaves

i camping because Dad doesn’t like tents.

j to Salta with my family.

How are you? I 1had / are having / am having a great time here in San Juan I 2stay / am staying / stayed in a good

hotel with my friend Franco because we 3doesn’t like / aren’t liking / don’t like camping.

We 4arrives / arrived / are arriving three days ago Two days ago, we 5goed / went / are going to Valley of the Moon

It 6were / was / are marvellous! And yesterday we 7hired / hire / are hiring bikes and 8are visiting / visit / visited a

mountain near our hotel We 9are / was / were so excited!

Franco 10wants / is wanting / wanted to visit a champagne winery so we 11planning / are planning / is planning a trip to

Cavas de Zonda It 12doesn’t / isn’t / wasn’t far from the city.

I 13take / am taking / taked lots of photos Can’t wait to show them to you!

Well, I have to go I 14am / was / were very hungry We 15go / are going / went to have dinner.

Julián

NEW MESSAGE

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WRAP UP

1 writing / who / email / is / this / ?

2 and / Franco / where / are / Julián / ?

3 they / hotel / why / staying / at / are / a / ?

4 arrive / did / San Juan / they / when / in / ?

5 go / where / planning / they / to / are / ?

1 Julián and Franco are camping.

2 They are having a hard time.

3 They visited Valley of the Moon yesterday.

Hi, Linda! 1Are you studying / Do you study?

No, Francis 2I chat / I’m chatting with Lorena and Bianca.

3Do they prepare / Are they preparing the final project with you?

No! They 4found / are finding an excellent tour offer yesterday and

they 5told / are telling me about it They always 6are surfing / surf

the net and they usually 7hired / hire great excursions.

Last year, I 8’m going / went on an excursion to Puerto Madryn

with some friends and it 9was / were marvellous! We 10have / had

a lot of fun!

Puerto Madryn… That’s a good possibility I love whales!

1 Francis is talking to Lorena and Bianca

2 Lorena and Bianca are at Linda’s house

3 Lorena and Bianca found a good shoe offer yesterday

4 Lorena and Bianca hate internet

5 Last year, Francis was in Perú

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but at midday everything changed

They are talking to their family and friends

The girls got lost

Liz (14) and Sonia (16)They rescued the girls

People in the city are happy The two adventurous teenagers are finally safe!

Yesterday two young teenagers, 1

went to the mountains without a guide The weather was sunny and warm early

storm

It started to rain

The mountain guide went up the track with his dog to help them

under a tree Now they are at home

such a frightening experience!

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3 How / the weather

4 Who / go up the track

5 What / the girls / do at home now