ANIA 2018: B2 & C1 (Monday) Lesson 1

Level B2 12:30pm
Class
1. Needs Analysis
2. Learning Strategies

• spaced practice
• retrieval practice
• elaboration
• interleaving
• concrete examples
• dual coding

Can you think of examples of each of these in your language learning practice?

Corrections
It remembers reminds me of something else. (wrong word)
He has much many ideas. (countable and uncountable nouns)
The Italian is very different by to English. (over use of definite article, adjective + preposition collocations)

Vocabulary
collocation
take off  Click on the link to see the 8 different meanings for this phrasal verb. 

Homework

1. https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/learning-strategies/ Listen to the podcast on the link above. You can also read the audio script which is available here: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/episode-58/
2. Use one of the strategies for your English study this week. 

Level C1 2pm
Class

1. Needs Analysis
2. Listening Skills  How To Learn A Language (More or Less 19/01/18) Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05vgzm0 The item starts at 19:20.

Vocabulary
to put someone through their paces 
on the back of someone/something
to build up
to hit a wall
to bluff your way through
to get by
to give something a bash
to take the Mickey out of someone

Homework
Listening 4 (26:20 to end)
What does Randall Munroe’s book Up Goer 5 tell us about English? To see the comic go to:
https://xkcd.com/1133/

Listening 5
Look at the numbers in the prediction exercise - what did they refer to in the podcast? Listen again and check.

Reflection
What implications does this podcast have for your own language learning?