ECII Group 10 B2+2 (5pm) Lesson 1

Lesson 1

Goal Setting
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63701997/Make%20A%20Difference
Vocabulary Skills
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/Vocabulary
Listening for collocations, phrasal verbs and fixed phrases
http://seansstudypage.blogspot.it/2014/02/renzi-readies-to-form-new-italian.html

Homework
(1)  Read the notes on your self study requirements  and start your self study blog/notebook/folder. http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63767935/Self%20Study
(2) Write down your personal goal for the term and how you intend to achieve it.
(3) New Vocabulary - try a listening exercise - remember the 8 x 8 rule.

Renzi Listening – Economics/Market Lexical Set
The Eurozone’s third largest economy
Is technically out of recession
Returned to growth in the final quarter of 2013
Suffering from a severe slump
2 trillion euros of public debt
The market will take it well
Reduce/cut back taxes/bureaucracy

Collocations, Phrasal Verbs & Verb Structures from the Renzi listening 
give someone a mandate
Accept a mandate
In a row
Suffer a (severe) slump
Public debt
Fail to do something
To press ahead with something
To make headway
To secure a majority
To bide your time
To oust a rival
Sense of urgency
To be frustrated at something (e.g. slow pace of reform)