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.