Vocabulary Unit 6

Study the vocabulary for unit 6; the category is Human Resources. You might have to study some of the vocabulary several times in order to remember it. Make note of the words you get wrong on the unit tests and study those words first.

When you are ready, take the unit test by clicking the black button below.

At this stage of the course, you have studied 6 vocabulary units. To check how well you remember the words you have studied, please take the mid-term vocabulary test by clicking the black button below. The test is on units 1-6. The test time is 20 minutes.

Test Strategy 4: Listening to short dialogues

This video shows you ways to do well when taking listening tests that have short dialogues between two people. You can improve your ability to understand details in conversations. Imagine who is speaking, what they are talking about, and where they are. Pay attention to the patterns of the dialogues.

Watch the video below before you start the exercises in this unit.

Listening Unit 6

By watching videos and answering questions on them to test your comprehension, you will develop your ability to understand spoken English at a natural pace.

This video is a fictional story about some hikers who have some scary things happen to them. This video gives you a chance to listen to a narrative story and learn about the setting, plot and characters of a story.

Learn something new and improve your listening skills by clicking the black button under the video that says: “Listening Quiz 6.”

Reading Unit 6

Doing timed reading activities will help you practice individual reading processes until they become automated, followed by integrating the automated processes together.

Go to reading unit 6 to read the article about food scarcity. You can download the article for later review, or you can read the article and take the quiz by clicking the black button below.

Practice Test: Listening Part 4

This activity provides you with opportunities to practice taking online tests to help you improve your standardized test-taking skills. Practicing questions in test formats will help you succeed when you take tests. Click on the black buttons below to take the tests. The tests in this unit are short, so you can take three practice tests.

Directions: You will hear some talks given by a single speaker. You will be asked to answer three questions about what the speaker says in each talk. Select the best response to each question and click the letter (A), (B), (C), or (D). The talks will be spoken only one time.