Post CPE Lesson 28

Lesson 28 
Class

1. Commonly confused words: historic/historical, classic/classical, continuous/continual, childish/childlike, similar/alike, exhibit/exhibition
2. Also
3. Reading Skills - improving reading speed
4. "Of course I have" - a reading/speaking role-play game for bluffers, pseuds and know-it-alls.  Reading materials:
   
   Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/08/alexander-mcqueens-work-strange-wonderful-gift-to-human-culture   http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/mar/12/alexander-mcqueen-grab-attendees-v-and-a-victoria-albert  
   
   A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/24/a-girl-walks-home-alone-at-night-review-mark-kermode  http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/21/a-girl-walks-home-alone-at-night-review

Corrections
Have you seen Amipour's last latest film?
I don't want to lose waste my time reading it.

Pronunciation
ultimate (shorten last vowel)
genre (vowel sound)
descending (/s/)


Going Further

LUISS Business School at the British Council

LUISS Business School at the British Council
Group 2

Workshop 1 
Learning Strategies
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/84924628/Things%20To%20Think%20About%20When%20Starting%20A%20New%20Course
The Keys to Success in Language Learning
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/84924640/The%20Keys%20To%20Success
Vocabulary Skills
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/Vocabulary
Reading & Vocabulary Exercise: Expo
http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21650446-italys-global-exposition-reflects-cautious-optimism-countrys-turnaround-fair-performance

Homework

1. Write up your personal goal for the course.
2. Set yourself a realistic 'English' timetable for the next two weeks.
3. Apply the vocabulary strategies we discussed today to the article from The Economist. 

Going Further

Multiple Intelligences - what kind of learner are you? Take the test. 

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/questions/choose_lang.cfm

British Council at ANIA LESSON 12

Group 5 

C2

12:30 pm

Class

Unit 1.3 summarising skills and word formation

Homework

1. Write up your summary for text 4 (p. 13). Remember to keep it between 12 and 20 words. 

2. Exam folder 1 p. 14 - 15 word formation 

Going further

Read these two articles on Expo 2015

http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21650446-italys-global-exposition-reflects-cautious-optimism-countrys-turnaround-fair-performance
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/11574335/Milan-Expo-2015-whats-the-point.html

(1) Compare and contrast the articles in terms of content and style.
(2) Do you agree with the points made?

(3) Look at the adjectives used. Which have been transformed from nouns? From verbs? What prefixes and suffixes have been added? Which originated as adjectives?

Group 7

C1

2:00 pm

Class

Unit 2.1 

Travel collocations

Reading - matching

Multi word verbs

Homework

Unit 2.2 reading p. 18 questions 1 - 3

Extra practice p. 136 vocabulary, p. 137 questions  5 - 7 

Post CPE Lesson 27

Lesson 27

Vocabulary Recycling:
Phrasal Verbs & Expressions With Get
get someone down
get the hang of something
get on someone's nerves
get on like a house on fire
get off to a flying start
Idioms & Collocations - New Technology
state of the art
new-fangled
behind the times
old hat
cutting edge
ground-breaking
life expectancy
carbon footprint
artificial intelligence
designer baby

Digital Wonderland (Unit 10.3 Language Leader Advanced)

• Reading - identifying genre
• Vocabulary - academic verbs
• Listening - features of spoken English 
• Speaking - debates and discussions

Error Correction

this/that these/those information (count/uncountable agreement)
T.V. (pronunciation)
prejudiced (vowel sound)
with the passing/passage of time… 
I am very sensitive to the fact that…

Going Further
For those of you who are travelling this week...

British Council at ANIA Lesson 11

Lesson 11 - Tuesday 19th May

C2 Group 5 
12:30 pm

Class
Conditionals, alternatives to if - Objective Proficiency Unit 3.2 p. 26 -27
Going Further:
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442621/Conditionals
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/42354161/A%20Comparison%20between%20Italian%20and%20English%20Conditional%20Forms
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/77337743/Conditionals%20In%20Song

Homework
Exam Folder 2 p. 30 - 31
Open Cloze
Key Word Transformations

C1 Group 7
2:00pm

Class
Language Leader Advanced Unit 1.4 p. 12 - 13
Choosing an intern - discussion and listening
Phrases for expressing essential and desirable requirements.

Homework
Write a paragraph (4 sentences) stating your choice for the internship and why you think they are the best candidate. Use the phrases in the box on p. 13 to help you.

Post CPE Lesson 26

Lesson 26

Arts & Entertainment - Performance - Listings
(see handout adapted from Language Leader Advanced Unit 10.1)
Vocabulary - Performance Reviews
corker, awe-inspiring, star-studded, out of the way, to be of its time, who'd've thought, not up to much, to live up to the hype, can't go wrong, top marks all round, up there with the best, to hold up, (well) worth + noun or  -ing (e.g. well worth seeing, well worth doing, well worth the price of a ticket. 

Charlie Brooker's Screen Burn 
Style, analysing language.
metaphor, simile, alliteration, oxymoron

Going Further
(1) To see where Charlie Brooker got the title Screen Burn from, go to: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/jul/20/tvandradio.television
(2) For more on Charlie Brooker, check out his page on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111765/
(3) Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe on the 2015 U.K. Elections.
(As you may have guessed, the programme contains coarse language).

British Council at ANIA Lesson 10

Lesson 10 Tuesday 12th May 2015

Group 5 C2 12:30pm
Class
Consumer Rights
Conditionals Overview
Links:
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442621/Conditionals
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32379905/Hypothetical%20versus%20Open%20Conditionals

Homework
Finish exercise converting sentences into conditional structures.

Group 7 C1 2pm
Class
Language Leader Advanced Unit 1.3 
Abbreviations - exams and degrees
Listening - Job interview
Perfect Aspect

Homework 
Find a written or audio text and highlight all the perfect tenses (remember also the perfect infinitive and perfect -ing form)
Going Further
Top 10 interview Questions & Best Answers
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/top-10-interview-questions.htm

Post CPE Lesson 25

Lesson 25 - Saturday 9th May 2015

Class

• U.K. Election/Democracy/Electoral Systems/The E.U. - discussion
• Finance and Economics Vocabulary Recycling: balance of trade, turnover, slump, retail outlets, counterfeit (check pronunciation), supply and demand, profit and loss, assets and liabilities, merger, bankruptcy, administration. 

Going Further
(1) Streaming Links (Thanks to Giulia)

http://ororo.tv/en

http://bestfreestreaming.blogspot.it/2013/09/best-sites-watch-free-movies-online.html

https://www.blackvpn.com/

(2) The U.K. Electoral System (Thanks to Paola) 

https://youtu.be/o4IpGlQX7CI

(3) The State of the E.U.

(4) Why movies with animals always make me cry sob uncontrollably. 

Wendy & Lucy (2008)

Tracks (2013) 

British Council at ANIA - Lesson 9

Group 5 C2 
12:30pm
Class
Correcting mistakes with modals through context.
Listening Skills - Listening for the features of natural speech.
Homework
1. Browse through your textbook - Objective Proficiency - in your opinion which units would be the most useful/interesting to study in class together and which could be done as self study?
2. Other postings on the blog headed "All Students".

Group 7 C1
2:00pm 
Class
Unit 1.2
Adjective suffixes
Continuous forms
Introduction to the Perfect Aspect
Homework
1. Language Reference and Extra Practice p. 134 - 135 (G1/G2/G1&2)
2. Other postings on the blog headed "All Students".

The U.K. Election - All Students

Read the following article on European perspectives on this Thursday's election in the U.K. Which view do you agree with?
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/05/britain-weird-electoral-system-uk-general-election-europe?CMP=fb_gu