C1 English with Andriana · Maksym & Dariia

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C1 English with Andriana · Mon & Thu 13:00 (Zoom) · updated 20 Aug 2026

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September (Monday, date TBC) — No class the week of 24 Aug — she's away. The break is the window for the cover email and the video resume.

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  • DueGo through the study site properly — 30 minutesHer instruction, in class on 20 Aug: "spend right now 30 minutes to look it through". She'll be quizzing from the Vocabulary page and building the site into future homework, so the "New — not yet learned" column is live material now.
  • DueRead both video-call-fatigue texts thoroughlyWe scanned them in 3 minutes and hunted for answers to the eight questions. The thorough, meticulous read is still owed.
  • LaterCover email, one page, semi-formalGoes in the shared Google Doc "Max's writings" — every writing task for the rest of the course in one running file, marked with a colour system. Job of your choice. One requirement from the advert per paragraph, one concrete example per requirement. The break is the window.
  • LaterVideo resume, 5 minutes minimumSemi-formal, good vocabulary, be yourself. Private, for her only. Optional: play it as an actor's self-tape for a role you'd like.
  • LaterInvent revision tasks for the breakShe asked for them directly — "Max, you're pretty excellent at coming up with some tasks" — and she's sending some of her own for the week she's away.
  • SmallFive synonyms for "important" — with the register each fitsAccepted so far: significant · vital · crucial · essential · critical · prominent. The register note is still owed.
  • SmallBuild Andriana a Do next section on the siteShe asked for one in class: "Yeah, create, create for me as well."
  • SmallScroll the chat and quiz each otherStanding instruction — keeps both of you in shape between lessons.
  • SmallRead the weird-professions article

Two phrases to force into small talk: be down to sth · to witter on (about sth)

Recap of the last lesson

Recap — 20 Aug 2026

Remote work & video-call fatigue — reading, and colloquial language from the texts

Homework check · The study site · Brainstorm: remote work · Prediction from titles

Missed in the quiz: the odd (comment) — asked for the text's word for occasional; offered rare, random, then argued with the second meaning of odd for three minutes, be down to — asked for the informal because of; offered because of and due to, both formal, and the hunt took five minutes

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Still failing when asked

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pick and chooseshort and sweeta complete fallacya fertile imaginationto ponder (sth)frowned uponI beg to differsluggishan aptitude for sthdauntingthe odds are that…extensive experiencethe odd (comment)be down to sth

Suggestions

  1. The four-day test is the real test — produce yesterday's new words out loud, in a sentence you invent, the next day.
  2. Ask for the collocation, not the word — "do we say X with Y?" is the highest-value question in the lesson.
  3. Quiz each other from the chat — scroll up, pick ten, take turns.
  4. Binomials get rote — understanding doesn't help, repetition does.
  5. Two phrases per lesson, forced — said out loud in the first five minutes of small talk, or it doesn't count.

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