4a: in preparation

Having seen a few comments in the student diaries asking for more passive voice and cinema vocab practice, I decided to sway to public opinion and devote today's class to a pre-evaluation review. It went down well too, although I'm unsure as to how truly helpful it is. Still, it had a perceptual benefit. The basic dictation was quite shocking, as few ss could even copy down basic sentences. Need to put more emphasis on listening skills and this sort of dictation. We'll see on Wednesday how the ss fare with the first evaluation... always a watershed  moment.