GPIII Group 7 B2.2 (Monday 2pm) Course Outline

Below is your course outline for this term. Please note that this programme is only a guideline and is subject to change. If you feel that something should be added or substituted, please do not hesitate to talk to your teacher

GPIII Group 7 Module B2.2 Course Outline 

Monday 2pm - 5pm 

	Date	Lesson content and assessed tasks
1	24/9	Goal setting Vocabulary Strategies
2	1/10	Legal Principles Speaking & Vocabulary – “Medicine”, p38 Reading and speaking skills - p39 Future forms p41 (Unit 4.1 & 4.2)
3	8/10	Reading & speaking skills – project management - Speaking Assessment 1 “Scenario” p44 & p45. How should we spend our money? Tasks 4, 5a and 5b provide presentation and practice of useful phrases and skills for meetings and negotiations (vital for all faculties)  Listening & Speaking ex. 1, 2 & 3 on p46. (Unit 4.4 and 4.5)
4	15/10	Vocabulary and reading – “Transport” p48 & p49 Listening- BBC report -  p50 followed by “Modal verbs for the future” p51.  Homework – reading and grammar – pages 52 & 53 (modal verbs for the past) (Unit 5.1 & 5.2)
5	22/10	Speaking Assessment 2 – Scenario on p54 & p55.  Class / Homework – p56 & p57 – describing graphs (vital for IELTS / BEC exam preparation)
6	29/10	Written Assessment – ex 7 page 57. Class / Homework – revision of units 4 & 5 pages p140 – p143 (Revision of units 4 & 5)
7	5/11	P58 & p59 Reading and vocabulary – “Nobel Prize / Literature” Speaking & Listening – p60 & p61 - Narrative tenses (Unit 6.1 & 6.2)
8	12/11	Improving listening skills (note-taking) - p66 Revision of units 4, 5 & 6 – UNIT 6 p144 / p145, followed by pages 68 & 69, which cover all units. (Revision of units 4, 5 & 6)
9	19/11	Legal English Speaking Assessment 3 Legal Systems Debate
10	26/11	Progress Test UNITS 4, 5 & 6 (including reading, listening) Assessment Self Study portfolios/blogs due Assessment
11	3/12	Tutorials and results

ALL Groups - Self Study Requirements September - December 2012

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR ALL LUISS GROUPS

SELF  STUDY REQUIREMENTS

Improving your self study and independent learning skills is an important part of your university training and an important part of your English course. This Term your self study work is worth 25% of your final grade. This can take the form of:

A blog 

A notebook

A folder

Check your course outline for when you must submit your work for grading.

Your Self Study work should include:

1. All your homework
2. Extra exercises completed in your workbook or on the My Language Labs website
3. New vocabulary – including word lists, mind maps, example sentences & pronunciation
4. Links to useful websites
5. Extra activities for problem areas
6. Articles from English magazines or websites that you find interesting, including a summary or a list of new vocabulary
7. Reflection on your progress - this can take the form of a diary
8. A record of films, videos, T.V. shows, podcasts etc listened to or watched
9. Questions & comments about the course for your teacher or other students
10. Your responses to the tasks set every week on this blog http://seansstudypage.blogspot.com

BLOGS

• Set up your own blog by going to - http://www.blogger.com/start and following the 3 easy steps.
• If you need some extra help, you can watch a useful video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnploFsS_tY
• To add students or other teachers.

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British Council English Courses at the LUISS - Important Information

For those of you who missed the first lesson or still have questions about your course, you will find most of the information you need  below.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 

• To enable students to achieve CEF can do statements up and including B2+/C1
• To develop communication and academic study skills, such as note-taking in lectures, giving presentations, and expressing opinions and strategies to build and deal with vocabulary in their research and study areas

MODULES and LEVELS

British Council Courses at LUISS	A1.1 A1.2 A1.3,	A2.1 A2.2 A2.3	B1.1 B1.2 B1.3	B2.1 B2.2	B2.3 B2.4	B2+1 B2+2	C1	C2
ESOL exams		KET	BEC 1 PET		BEC 2 FCE	BEC 2	BEC 3 CAE	CPE
IELTS	2.5-3.5	3.5-4.5	4.5-5.5	5.5-6.5			6.5-7.5	7.5-9
COUNCIL OF EUROPE	A1	A2	B1	B2			C1	C2

Which module am I following?

You will be placed in a module on the basis of your entry test results. If you are not sure which module you are following: ask your teacher.

How can I move to a higher module?

To move to the next level you need to show you have reached the required standard for the module you are attending.

The decision to move to the next module will be based on your performance in formal and informal assessed tasks as well as the teacher’s global assessment of your progress which will take into account:

• minimum 70% attendance
• assessed tasks
• writing tasks
• speaking and presentations

Your progress will be graded from A-E, where A is the highest and E is the lowest: The marks are an expression of a combined assessment of   students’ performance (and attendance), and are NOT the result of one final end of course test.
A	B	C	D	E
Excellent /outstanding	Good progress	Average/standard	very bad attendance AND/OR not up to the required standard	unable to evaluate: insufficient attendance

Esoneri:

Possono ottenere l’idoneità ed i crediti previsti gli studenti che, in qualunque momento del loro percorso di studi, raggiungano un livello di competenza linguistica almeno pari a C1 (tale livello dovrà essere comprovato con certificazione esterna o riconosciuto dal docente del corso)

CORSI di LINGUA INGLESE per studenti triennali 

La frequenza ai corsi di lingua è obbligatoria.

Prima dell’inizio dei corsi di lingua lo studente sostiene un test in base al cui risultato viene inserito in un gruppo di lavoro omogeneo.

Esoneri:

Possono ottenere l’idoneità ed i crediti previsti gli studenti che, in qualunque momento del loro percorso di studi, raggiungano un livello di competenza linguistica almeno pari a C1 (tale livello dovrà essere comprovato con certificazione esterna o riconosciuto dal docente del corso)

SP I   SP II   SP III  (massimo  5 moduli/semestri di inglese + corso finale e esame* )

Obbiettivo: raggiungere C1.1

*Il secondo semestre del terzo anno gli studenti devono seguire un corso di lingua istituzionale tenuto da docenti LUISS. Solo dopo aver sostenuto l’esame finale con voto, lo studente può acquisire i crediti previsti per le lingue.

EC I   EC II   EC III  (massimo  5 moduli/semestri di inglese)

Obbiettivo: raggiungere C1

Per ottenere un giudizio positivo, e quindi il passaggio ad un modulo didattico di livello superiore, lo studente dovrà avere un rendimento soddisfacente e una frequenza regolare (minimo 75% di presenze) sul  totale delle lezioni del semestre.

GP I   GP II   GP III (massimo  6 moduli/semestri di inglese)

Obbiettivo: raggiungere C1

Per ottenere un giudizio positivo, e quindi il passaggio ad un modulo didattico di livello superiore, lo studente dovrà avere un rendimento soddisfacente e una frequenza regolare (minimo 75% di presenze) sul  totale delle lezioni del semestre.

PROBLEMS AND FEEDBACK

If you have a problem, please contact us via email : lingue.luiss@britishcouncil.it

If you have problems concerning your learning , please consult your teacher first.

It is helpful for us to know what you like about the course and what you would like to see improved. We will ask you for anonymous feedback via an online questionnaire which we will send to you at the end of your course.

ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATES

These can be obtained on request via email: lingue.luiss@britishcouncil.it

British Council English Courses at the LUISS

WEEK ONE - ALL STUDENTS - ALL LEVELS - ALL DEPARTMENTS

Welcome to Sean's Study Page, please check this Blog at least once a week for class notes, homework suggestions for self study and any relevant links, videos etc to help you with your English course.


Lesson 1:
Class:

MAKE A DIFFERENCE THIS TERM

1. KEYS TO SUCCESS

• MOTIVATION
• LOTS OF ‘REAL’ ENGLISH
• EFFECTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES
• A LITTLE BIT OFTEN

1. FAQs  

Answer the following questions in small groups and then check your answers with the information sheet or your teacher.

1. Why do I have to study English as part of my Law, Economics, Political Science degree?
2. What are the aims of this course?
3. How long is the course?
4. When is the last lesson?
5. How many lessons do I have to attend?
6. What should I do if I can’t attend?
7. Why is the last lesson important?
8. What is my level?
9. What do B2.2, B2+, etc mean?
10. Do I have to buy a textbook?
11. How many more courses do I have to do?
12. What is continuous assessment?
13. How will my final grade be assessed?

1. SET YOURSELF A GOAL

In small groups or pairs, discuss your personal goal(s) for this course. Be precise e.g. Improving my essay writing, the use of “can”, making my intonation more natural, improving the pronunciation of English vowel sounds.

1. READING, SPEAKING AND VOCABULARY

Read ONE of the articles taken from The Week. Tell your partner about it.

http://theweek.com/

1. What is the main idea or opinion?
2. Do you agree or disagree? Why? Why not?
3. What words are new for you?
4. Can you guess their meaning from the context?
5. Are they part of a fixed phrase or collocation?
6. How are you going to LEARN these words?

Homework:

1. Learn 8 new words/phrases/collocations from today's class/reading. Remember your vocabulary learning strategies. For more information on how to learn vocabulary effectively, go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/Vocabulary 
2. Start your self study folder/notebook/blog
3. Read the following article about language acquisition and accents. What do you think? http://hotword.dictionary.com/baby-accents/

When working on vocabulary you could start by using http://www.wordreference.com/it/ if you need to get an Italian translation. Then go to a monolingual online dictionary such as http://dictionary.reference.com/ to get the pronunciation, collocations and example sentences that will help you remember the word.