Preparation for Higher Secondary School and University Olympiads in English for grade 10 - free course from Foxford, training 30 lessons, Date: December 4, 2023.
Miscellaneous / / December 09, 2023
Who will benefit from the course?
The course is useful for 10th grade students who are preparing for Olympiads in English: VSOSH, “Lomonosov”, “Conquer the Sparrow Hills!”, “Formula of Unity”, RANEPA, St. Petersburg State University and others.
What knowledge does the course provide?
The classes cover Olympiad assignments, the culture and history of English-speaking countries. Participants discuss strategies for preparing for specific Olympiads.
How the training works
Participants learn different approaches to reading, listening, writing and speaking tasks. Special attention is paid to the format of written work, vocabulary and grammar.
Let's dive into the specifics
Each listed Olympiad has its own characteristics, as do the stages of the VSOSH. We help you figure it all out
Focus on Understanding
We analyze Olympiad tasks, culture and history of English-speaking countries
Don't panic or rush
We will analyze complex topics, tasks of previous years and discuss preparation strategies
The main reason: the course is taught by Olga Zueva
Holder of a CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) certificate from the University of Cambridge
Methodologist of the British program of the International Linguistic School (Moscow)
Teaching experience - more than 20 years
Let's study all the most important things
We study different approaches to reading, listening, writing and speaking tasks
We pay special attention to the format of written work, vocabulary and grammar
We focus on the culture and history of English-speaking countries, because these topics are not taught in school
And no more fear of the Olympics
Analysis of the most difficult topics and tasks, as well as 24 original Olympiad tasks (9 with manual checking) will help you prepare for the Higher Secondary School and listed Olympiads in English
We manually check samples and homework
We do not leave the written part assignments for self-testing - this is done by OGE experts.
We check “for real”, like in an exam, and as a result you receive detailed feedback. All this is for the sake of speed of preparation and your results.
A personal curator will answer questions within two hours, 24/7
The curators understand the program and the subject, so they can easily answer your questions about the course and homework - at any time
They know well how difficult it can be to prepare and understand your worries.
The most important task of a tutor is to help you cope with stress and fear before exams
The lesson lasts 3 academic hours.
Students will become familiar with the format of Olympiad tasks, work on the most complex aspects of the language, and also study linguistic and regional studies in more depth.
Start your preparation for the Olympics now! We have specially selected theory and tasks for self-revision, so that you can spend the summer productively and confidently start the new school year.
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courseRussian State Pedagogical University named after. Herzen, specialist, diploma with honors.
CPE Certificate (language level C2)
TKT certificate (all modules)
Leadership Resources International English Language
Institute at Trinity Western University, Canada
— Human Resources, Open University
— Project Management, Open University
— Participant and speaker of conferences, visiting schools for teachers
— Author and presenter of programs for interactive clubs for children and teenagers, psychological trainings for teenagers in English, video clubs for schoolchildren
— Author and presenter of online English courses for schoolchildren
— Author and presenter of advanced training courses for English teachers
— Successful preparation of students for international exams in English (FCE, CAE, CPE, TOEFL, IELTS, SAT, GRE), for 1st level university olympiads
— Teacher of English as a native language at the International School of Herzen University
Olympiad assignment formats
The section introduces the specifics of university Olympiads in English at level 1.
- Assignments of the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren in English: word formation, idioms, linguistic and cultural aspects
- Tasks for the “Highest Test” and “Lomonosov” Olympiads: stable expressions, filling in the blanks and multiple choice tasks
- Assignments for the St. Petersburg State University Olympiad in English: error correction, summary, opinion paragraph
- Written works: various types of essays, stories, reports and reviews. Rules of organization and logic of text construction
Linguistic and regional studies
The section is devoted to the main stages of the history of English-speaking countries, key personalities in history and culture, traditions, symbols and realities.
- History and symbols of Great Britain: main events and personalities; geography, monuments and attractions. Literary heritage, art.
- History of America: colonization, creation of the state, personalities. States, symbols and landmarks. Literature and cinema
Working on individual aspects
The section concentrates on complex aspects of language: variability and precision in the use of grammatical structures, set expressions and idioms.
- Prepositional constructions: using prepositions with verbs
- Set expressions and idioms, phrasal verbs
- Use of infinitive and gerund: stable constructions, indirect speech, passive constructions.
- Modal verbs: functions, complex cases of use
- Variability of sentence construction: subject variations, emphatic structures, conditional sentences
- Complex sentences: conjunctions, linking words, stable constructions