Tuesday 30 June 2015

Vocabulary Spot: All Groups, Fixed Expressions - Home & Dry

Home and dry - is an informal expression meaning safe or successfully achieving your goal. There is also a variation used in Australia and New Zealand - home and hosed. 

 Example: Just one more exam to go, once we've finished the Listening, we'll be home and dry. 

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Friday 19 June 2015

Vocabulary Spot: All Groups. Fixed Expressions - Leaps & Bounds

(by) Leaps & Bounds 
 To make unexpectedly rapid progess   ⇒ Her condition improved by leaps and bounds. 

Paul Kelly Leaps & Bounds 
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LUISS Business School at the British Council Workshop 3

Workshop 3
Friday 19th June 2015
10 am - 1 pm


  • Covering Letters
  • Interview Skills

    •  Getting an Internship/First Job
    http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/47733197/Getting%20A%20Law%20Job
    Functional Language
    http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/68873182/Useful%20Phrases%20For%20Covering%20Letters%20and%20Emails
    STAR Technique
    http://www.theguardian.com/careers/careers-blog/star-technique-competency-based-interview

    Marketing & Communications Internship


    Human Resources Internship
    http://www.indeed.co.uk/cmp/International-Alert/jobs/Human-Resource-Intern-2e755c36802b92eb

    Interviews
    Top 10 Interview Questions & Best Answers

    Fillers
    http://www.ieltsspeaking.co.uk/using-fillers/

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    Friday 12 June 2015

    LUISS Business School at the British Council - Workshop 2

    LUISS Business School at the British Council
    Group 2

    Workshop 2

     Class


    Going Further:

    Homework

    Do some research on the internet for an English language position or internship that you may be interested in applying for. You could start with a site like http://www.jobsite.co.uk or the website for a particular company, law firm, N.G.O. or financial/medical/academic institution e.g. http://www.who.int/employment/en/. Print off the details and have the information ready to bring in for our (final) workshop on 19/06. 
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    Wednesday 10 June 2015

    British Council at ANIA Lesson 13

    Lesson 13 
    (Tuesday 9th June 2015)

     Group 5 
    C2

    12:30 pm

     Class

    1. Commonly Confused Words: foreign/strange, thin/slim, tall/high classic/classical. See also: historic/historical, continuous/continual, childish/childlike, similar/alike, exhibit/exhibition
    2. Listening Skills - the features of natural spoken English 
    Homework/Holiday Work


    1. Grammar Audit: Take a look at the yellow "Corpus" boxes that appear throughout your text book. Which of these areas are you confident with and which do you need more practice on. Which of these would you like us to look at in more depth come September?
    2. Exam Listening Practice: have a go at the CPE listening exam in the Youtube video below. Don't treat it as a test but analyse the question and task types, what you need to listen for and possible distractors in the multiple choice questions. Which tasks did you find easiest/hardest? 

    You will find an answer key in the notes underneath the video and a link to the audio transcripts. 
    For more online tests go to: 
    http://www.examenglish.com/cpe/CPE_listening1.htm
    CPE Handbook 
    http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams/proficiency/how-to-prepare/

    3. Writing Practice: Take a look at the Writing Folders in your textbook. If you want to practice the exam tasks or preparation exercises, I will be happy to give you feedback. Either email your writing directly to me or leave hard copies with Alessandra on the 4th floor and I will nick them up when I am in during July. 

    4. Natural English: Notice the features of natural English in this lesson based on a scene from Woody Allen's Annie Hall. 



     Group 7
    C1

    2:00 pm

     Class

    1. Vocabulary in context - GET
    2. Modals
    3. Future Forms
    Homework/Holiday Work

    Finish reading the notes and complete the exercise on modal auxiliary verbs in the link above. 


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    Saturday 6 June 2015

    Sasha Sandford

    It was with great sadness that I learned of the death this week of Sasha Sandford. Sasha will be known to a number of readers of this blog as she taught for many years at the British Council and on the English courses at the LUISS. She made an enormous contribution to the language learning of so many students and cared deeply about their progress. She will be missed.
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    Post CPE Lesson 29

    Class:
    Reflection on progress
    Schemata for phone calls
    Skills - Active Listening, Supporting the Speaker (Adapted from Business Advantage Cambridge University Press Unit 13.3

    Corrections:
    Countable/uncountable
    An some advice, another other accommodation
    Appropriate greeting
    Good Morning, Best Western Termini, who am I speaking to? How can I help you?
    Missing preposition
    I replied you on 21st May. I replied to you on 21st May. 
    Irregular past form
    Quitted quit
    Vocabulary choice
    Yes that could go work.
    I'd like to eliminate cancel my booking
    Pronouns
    I taught me myself what to do
    I asked me myself if I really wanted the job. 

    Supplement (e.g. pay a supplement for an extra service in a hotel)
    Exclusive (e.g we have a very exclusive clientele)

    Going further:
    Telephone Language
    For more songs about phones and phoning go to my Spotify Playlist
    https://open.spotify.com/user/11142496185/playlist/6r3rJS9Kr5nQWOYoguqBJH

     Bad customer service

     The Importance of Punctuation



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