English 7
Practice your English skills with some resources I picked for you
resources listed by purpose
Here you’ll find useful resources for improving your English skills and discovering new areas of interest and language use. These materials will also help you feel more confident when taking the exams of English 7.
listening
Use the audio resources level C1 from the British Council to practice and test your english listening skills.
reading
course test
cultural corner
Download pdfs for instructions and questions for a speaking, listening, and usage test very similar to the national exam you will conduct this spring. It is thus relevant to practice.
The writing part of the national exam will consist of you writing a formal essay (approx. 700 words) on a given theme for a given audience; much like we do here in OVN all the time.
Use the Libby-application to listen to books and magazines from your public library.
the search for information
Project Gutenberg is an online library of more than 75,000 free eBooks. Go through the "reading lists" to match your interests, or the "frequently downloaded" to access classic masterpieces.
Use this quick guide to grasp information literacy and academic publishing.
Use this style guide to understand how to cite sources and which conventions to follow for the specific text you are writing.
Check out how these masterminds work with language; feel free to follow their lead (and watch the TED-talks).
Use this app to expand on your vocabulary and get educated in literature that has shaped the English language and our way of thinking. The platform is developed by the super cool poet and artist Emily Edwards - "sometimes the best way to find your own words is to start with someone else’s".