ANIA Group Courses

Group 1 - Level B2

Lesson 24

Class

1. Writing Skills - constructing concise business emails. Source: BEC Masterclass Vantage (course book p. 29, workbook p.18)
2. Timed writing - email (50 words, 10 minutes

Remember:

• Always start your email by saying why you are writing e.g. I am writing to request/inform/book/complain
• State clearly what action you want the reader to take e.g. Please let me have your feedback by Friday
• Make your writing lively and interesting by using verbs rather than nouns (e.g make a reservation - reserve) and synonyms to avoid repetion (e.g. reserve/book, call/phone)
• Your email needs to be consistently formal or informal - e.g. contractions are used in informal emails but not formal ones to people you don't know. 
• Always try to be clear and concise.
• Don't reinvent the wheel! Use functional English phrases rather than translating your own structures from Italian

Vocabulary
To fetch 

Queue (noun and verb) /kjuː/

Group 2 - Level C1

Lesson 24

Class

1. Discussion - Rome Film Festival 

To see the programme go to: http://www.romacinemafest.it/news/primo-piano/primo-piano-festa-del-cinema/2017/10/17/romaff12-scarica-il-programma/

All films are being shown in their original language with Italian subtitles

2. Confusing words

Source: Language Leader Advanced p. 115

The difference between words could be due to meaning (loan/debt), structure (rise - intransitive, raise - transitive) or collocation (things & individuals rise, situations arise). Be aware of false friends, e.g. Discrete = separate, distinct, detached. 

3. Alternatives to if

Source: Language Leader Advanced p. 115

As long as

Unless

Even if (emphatic)

In case (something you defintely do as a precaution)

Vocabulary

Quagmire

Idiom of the day - you took the words right out of my mouth

Homework

Alternatives to if exercises - question 8, p. 115