C1 English with Andriana · Maksym & Dariia

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C1 English with Andriana · Mon & Thu 13:00 (Zoom) · updated 17 Aug 2026

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20 Aug 2026 — Last lesson before the September break — she's back in September.

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  • DueEx.10 + Ex.11 — modal-phrases frameEx.10: find the mistake in each tourist-brochure sentence — two of the nine are already correct. Ex.11: gap-fill from a requirement · able · aptitude · crucial · expected · likelihood · undoubtedly · well.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • SmallFive synonyms for "important" — with the register each fitsAccepted so far: significant · vital · crucial · essential · critical · prominent. The register note is still owed.
  • 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: turn your hand to anything · tick all the boxes

Recap of the last lesson

Recap — 17 Aug 2026

Cover letters & cover emails, register, video resumes

Cover letter vs CV · Ranking exercise · Job advert → cover email · Model cover email, hunted for features: contractions, colloquial language, formal expressions, standard polite phrases.

Missed in the quiz: aptitude, colloquial, the odds are that

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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 sthcolloquialdauntingthe odds are that…extensive experience

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.

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