British Council English Course at the LUISS 30/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Friday30th March 2012
2pm
GPIV Group 5

• Listening and Note Taking Skills http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/37875566/Listening%20Skills
• The International Criminal Court http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/26415420/The%20International%20Criminal%20Court

D'Amico Shipping Legal English Course - Term Two Lesson Four

D'Amico Shipping Legal English Course
Term 2/Lesson 4 
Friday 30th March 2012 11:30am


Commonly confused words.
n.b.
Changes in meaning due to suffix appreciative, appreciated, appreciable
Transitive and Intransitive (rise, rose, risen/lie, lay, lain (I) raise, raised/lay, laid (T))
Changes in spelling advice, advise/practice, practise*
False Friends check/control

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 29/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS


Thursday 29th March 2012


11:30am
GPII Group 12 B1.2


Class
Surveys - collecting and collating (line graph, bar chart, pie chart, table)
Describing tables and charts p. 46
Report writing p. 47 and timed written assessment

For more information and practice about the graph description question in the IELTS exam, go to:

http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32702969/Academic%20Writing%20Paper%20One
Language Note:
Excuse me, would you mind answering my survey?
No, that's fine. 

Would you mind + ing = Is it a problem for you? 
So if you want to answer the survey you say: No I don't mind. 


Home
Watch the following video and write a paragraph as part of your self study about what you think about this issue.

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 28/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Wednesday 28th March 2012


10:30am
GPIV Group 3


Arbitration - Unfair dismissal role play. For more information go to the ACAS website http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1797
Negotiation Skills & Language
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41183559/Negotiations%20-%20Advanced%20Features
For full notes and answers go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41183619/Negotiations%20-%20Advanced%20Features%20Answers

2pm
GPII Group 11 B1.2


Class
Surveys - collecting and collating (line graph, bar chart, pie chart, table)
Describing tables and charts p. 46
Report writing p. 47 and timed written assessment

For more information and practice about the graph description question in the IELTS exam, go to:
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32702969/Academic%20Writing%20Paper%20One

Language Note:
Excuse me, would you mind answering my survey?
No, that's fine. 


Would you mind + ing = Is it a problem for you? So if you want to answer the survey you say: No I don't mind. 
Home


Watch the following video and write a paragraph as part of your self study about what you think about this issue.

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 27/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS

Tuesday 27th March 2012


11:30am
GPIV Group 1

Class
Avoiding "legalese"
Legal writing in plain English
For a copy of today's notes (reading and exercises) go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/25080245/Legal%20Writing%20In%20Plain%20English

Home

1. Finish exercises on "The Golden Rules"
2. Correct your case briefs.

4pm

GPI Group 10 B2+2

Class

Referencing & Citations

http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/38675201/Summarising%2C%20Paraphrasing%2C%20Quoting

How to write a problem/solution essay Unit 2.5 (p. 24 -25)

How to write an opinion led essay unit 7.5 (p. 79)

Analysing essay topics

Home

Next week is an in class writing assessment - an academic essay.

Your topic is:

Discuss a law which you think needs to be changed. What are the main problems (legal and/or social and/or political) and how could the law resolve them?

We will write the essay in class in the next lesson (3rd April) and the essay will be worth 25% of your final grade. Your essay must include references - citations in the text and a bibliography at the end. Please bring with you one or two books, journals or articles (IN ENGLISH) which you wish to use as references. Articles printed off the internet are useful here but remember to use only reliable sources. WIKIPEDIA is a good starting point but SHOULD NOT BE YOUR MAIN REFERENCE. You will also be allowed dictionaries and I will help you with planning and referencing. BUT YOU MUST COME TO THE LESSON PREPARED WITH ALL THE MATERIAL YOU NEED.

If you are not sure what to write about - maybe you could consider the following topics:
Internet Piracy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/14/robert-levine-digital-free-ride?INTCMP=SRCH
Euthanasia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/mar/12/locked-in-syndrome-sufferer-court-hearing
The Death Penalty

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/27/arab-spring-middle-east-executions?intcmp=239

British Council English Courses at the LUISS. 26/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS

Monday 26th March 2012
4pm


GPI Group 16 B2.2


Class

• Transport and the law - can you remember the different branches of law that cover transport?
• Reading & Vocabulary - Road Safety p. 48 - 49
• Drafting a road safety law - debate and drafting skills 
• Rise/raise
• Transport of the future - jigsaw reading and vocabulary p. 50 - 51

Home

1. There was a lot of new vocabulary today so spend some time learning 8 new items. Remember the 8 x 8 rule
2. Finish your draft laws and bring them in for me to have a look at next week.
3. Next week we will be looking at modals - think of all the different uses that modal auxiliaries verbs have e.g. to offer, to suggest, to show possibility etc. How many uses can you think of? 

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 21/22/23 March 2012

British Council English Courses at the LUISS


Firstly, a big thank you to David Wotherspoon and David Boles for covering my classes while I was away at the IATEFL Conference in Glasgow this week.

Wednesday 21st March 2012
10:30am

GPIV Group 3

Briefing a case - in class writing assessment.
If you were away today you must complete the task for homework and bring it with you next week.

2pm

GPII Group 11 B1.2

Unit 4.4 Scenario - Speaking Skills accepting/rejecting ideas/considering consequences

Thursday 22nd March 2012

11:30am

GPII Group 12 B1.2

Unit 4.4 Scenario - Speaking Skills accepting/rejecting ideas/considering consequences

Unit 5.1 Advertising - Vocabulary & Reading 

Friday 23rd March 2012

4pm

GPIV Group 5


Briefing a case - in class writing assessment.
If you were away today you must complete the task for homework and bring it with you next week.

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 20/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Tuesday 20th March 2012 


11:30am
GPIV Group 1


Class
Briefing a case - in class writing assessment.
If you were away today you must complete the task for homework and bring it with you next week.

4pm
GPI Group 10 B2+2


Class
Speaking Assessment  - amending & drafting a law p 96 - 97
Synthesising Information p. 98 - 99

Homework
Write out the 4 new laws you drafted today in their final amended form.
Check My Language Leader platform for discussion threads and self study tasks http://www.myenglishlab.com/courses-lang-leader.html

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT ATTENDANCE
As there are an increasing number of you asking to go early each week, While I have no objection to letting you go, I feel it is important to remind you that leaving before the class officially finishes has consequences on your attendance. Like last term the University requires that you attend at least 70% of the course, however your attendance is based on a full lesson. If you leave after the break that is only half a lesson and if you leave at 6pm that is two thirds of a lesson. Even if you attend all 11 lessons in the course, if you leave at the break time every week, that amounts to only 50% attendance. This is a 3 hour lesson that finishes at 7pm - I do what I can to let you go early by giving you a shorter break. There will be times when you have a very good reason to leave early (e.g. a doctor's appointment) but you should arrange sporting, family or social commitments for after 7pm. If you do not have 70% attendance you will not pass this course and you will have to repeat it.

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 19/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS

Monday 19th March 2012
4pm


GPI Group 16 Module B2.2


Class

• Speaking - recycling future forms and medicine vocabulary p. 43
• Listening - predicting p. 45
• Speaking Assessment - Scenario p. 45
• Resources on the Internet - Discussion and Listening p. 46

Notes:

Check the pronunciation for:

equipment http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/equipment?s=t also remember that equipment is uncountable like research and advice. 

image http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/image?s=t

Homework

Find one or two websites which you think would be helpful for legal research. Use the advice that you heard today. Is the site reliable? Why? Who is responsible for it? What's it's purpose? Is it peer reviewed? 

D'Amico Shipping Legal English Course Term 2, Lesson 3

D'Amico Shipping Legal English Course
Term 2 Lesson 3
Friday 16th March 2012

Class
Error Correction
Points to remember:

• No contractions (e.g. I'm) in formal letters.
• Tenses - past simple for specific times/events in the past, present perfect for experiences, when time not mentioned or unimportant, when event still has an affect in the present.
• Suffixes - especially for verb forms e.g. apply not applicate. 
• Verb patterns provide someone with something, tell someone something, say something to someone, suggest something, suggest (that) someone does something, suggest doing something. 
• Countable and uncountable nouns

Articles/Quantifiers/Singular, Plural & Uncountable Nouns

Homework

Finish exercises

Correct your letters of advice. 

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 16/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Friday 16th March 2012


2pm
GPIV Group 5

Class
Legal Research & Case Briefs

http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/24661613/Dealing%20With%20Case%20Law

Court structure & abbreviations
Listening - The "shrink wrap" contract

Useful Sites
To find British and Irish cases
http://www.bailii.org/

To get help with legal abbreviations
http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/

Homework
Next week you will have your first assessment - writing a case brief. Please bring with you your notes from today, a good dictionary (or have mobile access to an online dictionary such as http://www.law-dictionary.org/ ) and a case you want to summarise. Go to http://www.bailii.org and print off a case that interests you.

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 15/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Thursday 15th March 2012


11:30am
GPII Group 12 B1.2 


Class

• Legal Principles

Key Vocabulary

Burden of proof - beyond a reasonable doubt, on the balance of probabilities 

Proportionality - the punishment must fit the crime

to convict (not condemn)

unfair = unjust
attorney = lawyer

Check the pronunciation of  'sovereignty' and ' judiciary'

 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sovereignty?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/judiciary?s=t

• Reading & Vocabulary "Dead"Languages p. 42
• 1st Conditional G2, p.141

Homework

Do some extra reading for your self study:

Minority Languages - Reading and Video http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/mar/08/minority-language-report?INTCMP=SRCH

Legal Principles - Proportionality - The Rule of Law - European Court of Human Rights 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/13/court-human-rights-needs-british-reforms?INTCMP=SRCH
Read the articles - what do you think? 
Note any new vocabulary and collocations.

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 14/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Wednesday 14th March 2012


10:30am
GPIV Group 3


Class
Legal Research & Case Briefs

http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/24661613/Dealing%20With%20Case%20LawCourt structure & abbreviations
Listening - The "shrink wrap" contract

Useful Sites
To find British and Irish cases
http://www.bailii.org/To get help with legal abbreviations
http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/
Homework
Next week you will have your first assessment - writing a case brief. Please bring with you your notes from today, a good dictionary (or have mobile access to an online dictionary such as http://www.law-dictionary.org/ ) and a case you want to summarise. Go to http://www.bailii.org and print off a case that interests you.

2pm

GPII Group 11 B1.2 

Class

Legal Principles

Reading & Vocabulary "Dead"Languages p. 42

1st Conditional G2, p.141

Debate - Government Support For Minority Languages

Homework

Do some extra reading for your self study:

Minority Languages - Reading and Video http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/mar/08/minority-language-report?INTCMP=SRCH

Legal Principles - Proportionality - The Rule of Law - European Court of Human Rights 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/13/court-human-rights-needs-british-reforms?INTCMP=SRCH


Read the articles - what do you think? 
Note any new vocabulary and collocations.

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 13/3

Tuesday 13th March 2012 
11:30 am


GPIV Group 1


Class
Legal Research & Case Briefs
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/24661613/Dealing%20With%20Case%20Law
Court structure & abbreviations
Listening - The "shrink wrap" contract

Useful Sites
To find British and Irish cases
http://www.bailii.org/
To get help with legal abbreviations
http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/

Homework
Next week you will have your first assessment - writing a case brief. Please bring with you your notes from today, a good dictionary (or have mobile access to an online dictionary such as http://www.law-dictionary.org/ ) and a case you want to summarise. Go to http://www.bailii.org and print off a case that interests you.

Tuesday 13th March 2012
4pm


GPI Group 10 B2+2
Class


Legal Systems
Civil v. Common Law - Debate Assessed Speaking Task
For a copy of today's materials go to http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442642/Legal%20English and click on the link called Introduction to Legal English  to download a copy.

Reporting nouns & verbs p. 94 - 95, 150 - 151 G2

Homework

1. Finish the exercises on page 95 q. 7, 8(a), 8(b)
2. The exercises set on My Language Leader Lab http://www.myenglishlab.com/courses-lang-leader.html
3. Participate in the discussions on My Language Leader Lab. 

N.B. Next week you will have another speaking assessment about amending a law. Please be punctual. 

British Council English Courses at the LUISS. 12/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Monday 12th March 2012
4pm

GPI GROUP 16 B2.2


Class

• Legal Principles
• Future Continuous p. 41-42, 140, 141
• Reading p. 43
• Future Perfect p. 44

Homework

1. Future perfect and Will p.44 q.6, 7(a)(b), 8
2. Read the article on Tony Niklinson:s case against the Ministry of Justice http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/mar/12/locked-in-tony-nicklinson-right-to-die?newsfeed=true At the bottom of the article there is a link to a pdf version of the full judgment. What are your views on euthanasia? Do you think that this is an issue for the courts or for parliament to decide? Write a paragraph on your views for your self study.

LEGAL ENGLISH COURSE FOR D'AMICO SHIPPING
Term 2 Lesson 2
Friday 9th March 2012, 11:30am

Corporate Governance
Vocabulary & formulas for letters of advice
Drafting second draft.

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 8/3 and 9/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Thursday 8th March 2012
11:30am

GPII Group 12 B1.2


Class
All page references are to Language Leader Intermediate
Language - discussion, reading and phrasal verbs p. 38 - 39
Reading Strategies:

• prediction 
• read for gist (skim)
• read for detail (scan)
• notice vocab &/or grammar features

Listening - Future Forms p. 40, 140 - 141 (G1)

Listening Strategies:

• prediction
• listen for gist
• listen for detail
• notice vocab &/or grammar features

Homework

(1) Futures p. 40 q(4)

(2) Multiple Intelligences: Go to http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/ and do the Multiple Intelligence test. What kind of learner are you? How can this help you with your English studies? Your Law studies?

(3) Other suggested activities for Self Study: 

• Workbook (if you have it) p. 25 - 26
• Work on your future forms by doing some extra reading/listening - practise the strategies above. 

PLEASE NOTE AND CORRECT THE ERROR ON THE TIMETABLE. THERE ARE 12 LESSONS THIS TERM INCLUDING A LESSON ON 26TH APRIL.

Friday 9th March 2012

2pm

GPIV Group 5

Class

• Abercrombie & Fitch Read the following article http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/07/italian-abercrombie-fitch-staff-pressups What possible causes of action do the employees/union have against the company? Think about Employment Law, Tort Law, Civil Rights law or even Criminal law.
• Branches of Law
• Mini Presentations

For a copy of today's materials go to http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/23973405/Branches%20of%20Law

British Council English Courses at the LUISS. 6/3 and 7/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Tuesday 6th March 2012

11:30am
GPIV Group1

Class
Branches of Law
Mini Presentations

For a copy of today's materials go to http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/23973405/Branches%20of%20Law

4pm
GPI Group 10 B2+2

Class
All page references are to Language Leader Advanced.
Juvenile Justice - Reading & Listening skills pp. 92 - 93
Adverbs of Degree

Homework
Vocab revision p. 151, questions 5,6,7.
Exercises and Discussion set on http://www.myenglishlab.com/courses-lang-leader.html


Wednesday 7th March 2012


2pm
GPII Group 11 B1.2 

Class
All page references are to Language Leader Intermediate
Language - discussion, reading and phrasal verbs p. 38 - 39
Reading Strategies:

• prediction 
• read for gist (skim)
• read for detail (scan)
• notice vocab &/or grammar features

Listening - Future Forms p. 40, 140 - 141 (G1)

Listening Strategies:

• prediction
• listen for gist
• listen for detail
• notice vocab &/or grammar features

Homework

(1) Reading & Vocabulary p. 40 - 41

(2) Multiple Intelligences: Go to http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/ and do the Multiple Intelligence test. What kind of learner are you? How can this help you with your English studies? Your Law studies?

(3) Other suggested activities for Self Study: 

• Workbook (if you have it) p. 25 - 26
• Work on your future forms by doing some extra reading/listening - practise the strategies above. 

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 5/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Monday 5th March 2012
4pm

GPI Group 16 Module B2.2

Class
All page references are to Language Leader Upper Intermediate. 
Medicine & Branches of Law
Medical Terms p. 38
Reading - Note taking p. 39, 162
Listening  p. 40
Reading - Skimming & Scanning p. 41

Homework

1. Think about how we describe the future in English. What structures do we use?
2. Learn another 8 words (remember to do 8 things with each word or phrase) and add them to your self study blog/folder/notebook.
3. Write a paragraph (about 100 words) on each of the following topics and put it with your self study:

In what ways is the Law involved in medicine?

What professional standards do both doctors and lawyers share?

The Trouble With Accents

Many students find different accents hard to understand but it is the same for native speakers too! If you live in America sometime people from Britain are incomprehensible and vice versa. This year's Academy Award winner, Meryl Streep, is particularly famous for learning languages and using different accents in her films. Below are two videos featuring the actress. In the first she plays the "accent" game on the Ellen Show and the second features clips from her many films. Can you hear the difference in the accents?

D'Amico Shipping Legal English Course - Semester 2 Lesson 1

D'Amico Shipping Legal English Course.

Friday 2nd March 2012
11:30am

Semester 2 Lesson 1

Today was the start of our second block of lessons. This semester will consist of 10, 90 minute lessons and take place every Friday from 11:30am to 1pm.

Class:
Contract Problem: Gainsborough Construction v. Deep Blue Pools Ltd.
Legal issue, material facts, options for client.
First draft of letter to client.

Homework:
Next week we will look at models for letters of advice and then use these examples to help us improve on the first draft letters started last week.

British Council English Courses At The LUISS 2/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS,
Friday 2nd March 2012

2pm
GPIV Group 5 Legal English

Needs Analysis
Strategies For Legal Vocabulary
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/Vocabulary
Interview for an internship - role play
See http://www.ten-percent.co.uk/top-100-interview-questions-for-lawyers for typical interview questions.

Homework
Look at the link above on vocabulary and use some of these strategies to learn 8 new words this week.

Multiple Intelligences.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/Have a look at the site and do the test. What kind of intelligence are you? How can this help you with your English studies? With your Law studies?

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 1/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS

1st March 2012 11:30am

GPII Group 12 B1.2

Class
Needs Analysis
Vocabulary Strategies

http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/VocabularyLegal Systems
For a copy of today's handout go to http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442642/Legal%20English and click on the link called "Introduction to Legal English"
Debate

Homework
Start your self study notebook/folder/blog
Read the notes about learning vocabulary on the link above.  Learn 8 new words (or phrases) remember to note their pronunciation, collocations and example sentences.

British Council English Courses At The LUISS 29/2

British Council English Courses at The LUISS
Wednesday 29th February 2012

GPIV Group 3 Legal English 10:30am

Needs Analysis
Strategies For Legal Vocabulary
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/Vocabulary

Interview for an internship - role play
See http://www.ten-percent.co.uk/top-100-interview-questions-for-lawyers for typical interview questions.

Homework
Look at the link above on vocabulary and use some of these strategies to learn 8 new words this week.

Multiple Intelligences.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/
Have a look at the site and do the test. What kind of intelligence are you? How can this help you with your English studies? With your Law studies?

I can now confirm that there will be no lesson next Wednesday. See you all again on 14th March.

GPII Group 11 B1.2 2pm

Class
Needs Analysis
Vocabulary Strategies
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/Vocabulary
Legal Systems
For a copy of today's handout go to http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442642/Legal%20English and click on the link called "Introduction to Legal English"
Debate

Homework
Start your self study notebook/folder/blog
Read the notes about learning vocabulary on the link above.  Learn 8 new words (or phrases) remember to note their pronunciation, collocations and example sentences.