GPIII B2+2 Group 12 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/Self Study 

1. Start your self study blog/file/notebook http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63767935/Self%20Study
2. Write down your goal for the term and how you intend to achieve it.
3. Record and learn 8 new collocations from today's listening

Corrections

Check your suffixes. E.g It is difficult (adjective) I have difficulty with ... (noun)

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)