D'Amico Shipping B2 Academic Year 2016 - 2017. Lesson 1

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New vocabulary - Definition game. 

This September 1,200 new words were added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and 1,000 entries were revised.

Homework

1. Check your definitions for the new words added to the OED go to the link here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/09/12/the-10-most-notable-entries-to-the-new-oxford-english-dictionary/
2. To find out how the OED decides what words to include read this article: https://www.theguardian.com/science/shortcuts/2016/sep/12/yolo-new-words-oxford-english-dictionary
3. Think about the discussion questions in preparation for next week's lesson:

• Do you think acronyms and slang should be included in the OED?
• Will you learn any of these new words? Why/why not?
• How do you think the OED decides which words to include?
• What “trendy" words might be included next year?

Going further

• Post-truth the word of 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/nov/15/post-truth-named-word-of-the-year-by-oxford-dictionaries

Do you agree?

• Podcasts

To help with your listening practice, get into the habit of downloading a podcast and listening to 5 to 10 minutes of it 3 or 4 times a week. There is lots of material to choose from but a goof place to start is the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4. Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live offer a wide range of very popular podcasts covering a variety of topics including news, sports, film, culture and travel. More or Less, for example, is an excellent programme that investigates statistics in the news. 

NPR (National Public Radio) is the equivalent resource in America with a wide range of podcasts on all topics. 

Another good resource is DW.com whose Inside Europe Podcast provides a round up of European news each week. This week's episode features a story about an Italian family who has opened their home to a group of refugees. 

For something different try https://themoth.org/stories which features people from various backgrounds telling interesting stories about their lives.

Exam Information
BEC Vantage 
Where? Rome
When? 13/05/2017 (written) 6 - 14/05/2017 (oral)
How? Computer based
How Much? €234.00