Class
Speaking Skills - Supporting the speaker
Writing Skills - introduction to formal and informal emails at work
Source: Business Advantage pp. 116, 124 - 125
Corrections
Vocabulary
sponsorship versus support
to sort out
to get down on paper
to play around with = experiment
too strong a word
I'm not totally happy softening bad news
Homework
Prepare a short talk on a newspaper, magazine or internet article you have recently read (it might be easy to chose one in English as this avoids any translation problems). It doesn't need to be long (only 1 - 2 minutes) but make sure you include:
- where you saw the article
- what the article is about
- your opinion on the article
In the next lesson we are going to experiment with the supporting the speaker strategies we have looked at today while giving your talk.
1:30 Level C1/C2
Class
Modals - Part One
It is very important to know what use the modal is being put to as this will determine which structures are possible. Look at the difference when must is used to show obligation and when it is used to show deduction:
Obligation:
Present/Future: I must study hard for the exam.
Past: I had to study hard for the exam yesterday.
The opposite of must is mustn’t (prohibition) or don’t have to (lack of obligation)
Deduction:
Present/Future: He must be very rich, he drives an expensive car.
Past: He must have been very handsome when he was young.
The opposite of must is can’t.
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442644/Modals
Homework
To Be Happy Lawyers (And Human Beings)
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/101161204/To%20Be%20Happy%20Lawyers%20(And%20Human%20Beings)
Read the article and then analyse the use of modals. What modal auxiliaries has the author used and why has she chosen them?
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