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My Little Pony Make Your Mark I Can Read!

The HarperCollins I Can Read! My Little Pony book series features pony characters from the Hasbro my little pony franchise. These books have been a big hit in my house because my children love the fifth generation of My Little Pony from the Netflix show Make Your Mark. How Accessible is The Language in the My Little Pony Books? The books are rated at level 1 and 2 of the I Can Read! series. I thought that this rating was too low because there are some difficult words to decode and I would have placed them all at level two or three. The names of places are on the longer side like Equestria but the children were already familiar with these from watching the TV show.  The biggest accessibility issue with these books are the "pony puns". Several equine word plays are used. For example, instead of everybody, anybody, nobody and somebody the books use everypony, anypony, nopony, somepony. The maritime area is called maretime bay, the 5 main ponies are called the mane 5. For emergen...
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Tips For GTEC Speaking Interacting With Others Practice

The second part of of the GTEC (Global Test of English Communication) speaking section is based on interacting with others, often this is presented as sharing information from a flyer, timetable or poster. The GTEC speaking exam is a computer based test (CBT) this means that tablets are used to record the students oral responses.


For the interacting with others sections students should be able to respond promptly and appropriately to questions that they are asked. Students have 15 seconds to prepare. The contents of this section are variable,  I have seen flyers, timetables, posters and shop opening hours. The kind of content presented is usually clearly laid out and the answers can be deducted without too much interogation. Students are given 15 seconds to reply. 

The other sections in the GTEC speaking test are reading aloud, telling a story and expressing an opinion.

To be successful in the interacting with others section students should be familiar with a wide range of English informational materials. Test materials are usually more simple than real world materials. While real media could be a good starting point for introducing this topic ensure that you pick sources which are not too complicated or cluttered with irrelevant details.

Talk about how days of the week could be shortened to Mon, Tues, Weds on flyers. Talk about key words on sales posters such as special offer, discount and reduction. Talk about what age we mean when we say over 60 compare to 60歳以上

I have created a GTEC Speaking Test Interacting With Others lesson bundle, it includes: 

✅　A PowerPoint presentation which teaches 

        useful vocabulary for interpreting informational materials

        how to scanning information to identify key points 

✅　15 different types of informational materials including a student timetable, boat trip price lists, football game fixtures,  salon opening hours, movie times, festival details and more.

✅　printable / digitally distributable pair word handouts. Each student has some informational material and some questions to ask about their partners information.

✅　A final practice test which with two new informational scenarios. These are based on the types previously studied.This can be used for further practice or as an in class speaking test.


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