Tuesday 18 February 2014

GPII Group 1 B2+1 Lesson 1

Lesson 1

Class
Goal Setting
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63701997/Make%20A%20Difference
Vocabulary Skills
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/24182444/Vocabulary%20Strategies%20For%20Legal%20English
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. 
(4) Purchase the set text for the course - Language Leader Advanced. The book is available from the university bookshop, Feltrinelli International or on line from Amazon. Please make sure you have the coursebook by next week. If you want to buy the workbook as well, to use for your self study, that is up to you.

Vocabulary Suggestions 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)

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