British Council At ANIA Lesson 17

Group 5 C2

12:30pm

Class

Discussion: Flags and national Identity

Discussion: Driverless Cars - pros and cons and liability

Corrections

Noun forms - approvement approval

Homework

Reading - "2020 The year you became a permanent backseat driver." See link and comprehension questions on worksheet. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/13/self-driving-cars-bmw-google-2020-driving

Error Correction - spend some time going over the corrections and suggestions on your two recent writing tasks. 

Going Further

"10 Grammar rules you can forget"

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/30/10-grammar-rules-you-can-forget

"To split or not to split infinitives"

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/split-infinitives?page=1

"The era of cheap labour is over." 

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/27/the-era-of-cheap-labour-is-over

The referendum on the New Zealand flag

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11505765

Group 7 C1

2:00pm

Class

Discussion: Driverless Cars - pros and cons and liability

Modals continued: don't have to/mustn't/shouldn't

Corrections

I like drive 

I like driving

When I think to the problem 

When I think about the problem

False friends - control/check

Vocabulary

Background noise

Manspreading

Warrant of fitness (to prove your car is roadworthy)

Sycophant, Teacher's pet, Groveler, Greaser (NZ schoolboy slang)

Homework

Reading - "2020 The year you became a permanent backseat driver." See link and comprehension questions on worksheet.http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/13/self-driving-cars-bmw-google-2020-driving

Noticing - you can also use this week's article to work on modals. What modal auxiliaries can you find in the article on driverless cars? Why has the writer chosen those and not others?