D'Amico Shipping B2 Lesson 5

Class

1) Making requests and writing precisely BEC Masterclass p. 29

2) Simplifying contractual language and avoiding "legalese". For more notes and examples see: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/25080245/Legal%20Writing%20In%20Plain%20English

3) Discussion - Christmas songs

Notes

Key to writing concisely:

Can you change:

adjectives and nouns to verbs?

negatives to positives?

passives to actives?

constructions with "of" compound nouns?

Corrections

Check the differences in verb structure and meaning between remember and remind

I remember something

Something reminds me of something else
http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-remember-and-vs-remind/

Christmas songs

12 Days of Christmas - Traditional

Last Christmas - Wham

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon & Yoko Ono

White Christmas - Bing Crosby

The Power of Love - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

The Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby and David Bowie

River  - Joni Mitchell

For the Spotify Christmas playlist go to: https://open.spotify.com/user/11142496185/playlist/7Cbt7FfPwVG11btvZvVlqt

Homework 

Our next lesson will be on 9th January. In the meantime keep up with your English with some enjoyable noticing activites using film, tv and songs in English.