ANIA 2018: B2 (Thursday) Lesson 8

As no one was able to attend today, we will continue the skills work on email writing and language work on phrasal verbs when classes resume after Easter on 12th April.

ANIA 2018: C1 & C2 (Wednesday) Lesson 7

Lesson 7
12:30 Level C1
Class
Key Word Transformations (photocopy taken from Advanced Expert old edition, p. 141)
Identifying question types - verb structure, phrasal verbs, fixed expressions.

New Vocabulary
to be/get under someone's feet https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/under-your-feet
to come across = (1) to seem, (2) to find by chance https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/come-across

Homework
Do the listening exercise on p. 140 of the new edition of your textbook. You will find the audio on CD4. Before you listen though, spend some time predicting the answers with reference to the context, then listen to the audio file twice. We will check your answers in class when we come back after Easter and discuss any difficulties.

Going Further
The Allusionist - Take A Swear Pill
Podcast: https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/swear-pill
Audioscript: https://www.theallusionist.org/transcripts/

6 Minute Grammar 
Although episodes are only available for 4 weeks on the website or Apple podcast feed, you can access all the material via the BBC Learning English Youtube Channel

2:00pm Level C2

As no one was able to attend today, the insurance contract law reform role-play will be postponed until when we resume lessons after Easter (11th April). 

Lombardi Segni & Associati - Legal English Course - Lesson 20

Lesson 20

12:00 B1

Class

• Correcting phrasal verb examples
• Using corpora and search engines to undersatnd the collocation and context of phrasal verbs 
• Dependent prepositons
• Preposition of place

Homework

Lady Hale Interview - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/feb/15/baroness-hale-studying-law-supreme-court-lawyers

When you have finished reading the interview, make a note of verb patterns and phrasal verb types.

1:30 pm C1/C2

Speaking Skills 

Comparing education systems and professional training

Key Vocabulary

Social mobility

Means test

Bursary, Scholarship

Commonly confused words

Taxes/fees (university fees)

Matters/subjects (school subjects)

Loan/mortgage (student loans)

Corrections

Knowledgement knowledge

Do a choice make a choice

Make researches do research (collocation do + uncountable noun)

I made the legal practice I did the legal practice

Homework

Lady Hale Interview - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/feb/15/baroness-hale-studying-law-supreme-court-lawyers

Read twice, the first time for comprehension, the second for language features (e.g. Collocations, fixed expressions, idiomatic expressions).

ANIA 2018: B2 & C1 (Monday) Lesson 6

Lesson 6

12:30 pm B2

Class
1. The difference between present perfect simple and present perfect continuous.

For many learners this is a very difficult distinction to make. Ask yourself the following questions:
Permanent or temporary?
Finished or in progress?
Result or duration?
Completion or duration?
Result or side effect?
How often or How long? 
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersim-preperpro

2. Contrastive stress - intonation directions exercise

Homework

Download the Sounds Right phonemic chart (for iPad or desktop) from: https://www.britishcouncil.org/english/academics/apps/sounds-right

Other phonemic charts are available for smartphones from your app store (for free) but make sure they have the same layout as Sounds Right (see below).

Start listening to the various sounds. How are they different/similar to Italian sounds? How are the sounds made (think about use of teeth, tongue, jaw)? Which sounds do you find easy/difficult to hear/make?

2:00 pm C1

Class

Discussion - social media, the news and responsibility.

Reading - Cambridge Analytica Files: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/18/cambridge-analytica-and-facebook-accused-of-misleading-mps-over-data-breach

Listening - Debunking
Source: World Service - More or Less: Debunking guide - on a postcard.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05yfqph
1. Introduction (00:00 - 1:10)
What is the effect of the holiday metaphor? How is it sustained throughout the introduction?
Why is it important to challenge the things we read or see in the media?
2. Now listen to the rest of the programme making notes on each of the 6 steps that Tim mentions.

Vocabulary
Check you know the meaning of the following key terms, phrasal verbs and fixed expressions:
confirmation bias, thought experiment, backstory, accepted wisdom, world view
to have something to hand
to tear apart
to pass something on - 2 meanings 
to take something on board
to dress to impress
to cut loose
to pin something down
to overarch

Phrasal verbs

To leave out

To bring up 

To spur on

To buy up

Phrasal verbs from the listening

To tear apart

To pass on

To fall for

To pin down

ANIA 2018: B2 (Thursday) Lesson 7

Lesson 7
Class

• First contact emails
• Getting the tone right
• Old English words versus Latin/French derivations

Source: Business Advantage pp. 134 - 135

Corrections
False friends: society company
Prefixes: unpersonal impersonal

Vocabulary
complain (verb) complain about someone/someone/something/a situation, to complain of an illness
complaint (noun)
trainee

ANIA 2018: C1 & C2 (Wednesday) Lesson 6

Lesson 6
12:30 pm C1
Class

1. Patterns after reporting verbs (Advanced Expert p. 141 - new edition, p. 140 old edition)
2. Verb pattern Quiz - 6 Minute Grammar https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0607m7m (N.b. If you want to keep this audio file, download it onto your computer from the website now as the podcast will only be available for another 3 weeks.)

Homework

1. Reading Elena Ferrante: ‘Yes, I’m Italian – but I’m not loud, I don’t gesticulate and I’m not good with pizza’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/24/elena-ferrante-on-italian-language-identity
2. Complete the exercises on patterns after reporting verbs - compare the exercises in the book (new edition) and on the photocopy (old edition).
3. Browse through your (spanking brand new) textbook, Advanced Expert, and decide which sections we should cover in class and which sections you would be happy to do on your own as self study. 

2:00 pm C2
Class

1. Room 101 - Radio 4 Listeners' pet language hates https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2018/03/13/radio-4-asked-people-phrases-theyd-like-confined-room-101/  For the origin of the expression Room 101 see: http://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/02/07/room-101-the-torture-chamber-in-george-orwells-1984-was-named-after-a-conference-room-at-the-bbc-where-orwell-would-have-to-sit-through-tortuously-boring-meetings/
2. The grammar of phrasal verbs - transitive/intransitive, separable/inseparable, two part/three part.

Homework

Insurance Contract Law Reform
Look at the material on New Zealand's Insurance Contract Review. Imagine that you would like to present your ideas during the public consultation process. What issues do you think should be considered in the law reform? What issues are the most important? It doesn't matter if you don't know anything about New Zealand law, think about how your European perspective could benefit the process. Next week you will have time to collaborate with your colleagues before presenting your ideas to the group.
Additional Material:
http://www.mondaq.com/NewZealand/x/681982/Insurance/Insurance+contract+law+for+review
Terms of reference: http://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/business/business-law/documents-image-library/terms-reference-insurance-contracts-law-review

Lombardi Segni & Associati Legal English Course - Lesson 19

12:00 pm Level B1
Class

• Request emails - stages and functional language 
• The grammar of phrasal verbs. 4 types: transitive/intransitive, separable/inseparable, 3 part multi-word verbs. Listening 6 Minute Grammar (BBC). Notes: http://www.studyandexam.com/types-of-phrasal-verb.html

Vocabulary
put up with (tolerate)
get over (recover)
get along (with) (have a good relationship with)
split up (separate)
pick up (catch)

Homework

Use your dictionary to find examples of the phrasal verbs from the email writing exercise (put forward, figure out, look into etc). Check their meaning/meanings and their structure - what type of phrasal verbs are they?

1:30pm Level C1/C2

Class

• Listening & Discussion - Visual Artists Rights Act 

How a group of graffiti artists won $6.75 million in damages after their art was destroyed

Law in Action http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0608m95

• Techniques for rewriting legalese
• Rewriting contractual clauses

Homework

1. Rewrite clause 5 using the stems provided in exercise 4
2. Rewrite clauses 2 & 6 using the techniques discussed today.

ANIA 2018: B2 & C1 (Monday Groups) Lesson 5

Lesson 5
B2
Class
Listening Skills: Analysing fast connected speech/Analysing context - Present Perfect Simple versus Present Perfect Continuous:

(a)   He’s worked at the Post Office since he was sixteen. (11 words)
(b)   Who’s eaten the last piece of chocolate cake? (9)
(c)   She’s written lots of postcards to send to her friends in England. (13)
(d)   We’ve been studying English for six months. (8)
(e)   She’s never been windsurfing before. (6)
(f)    He’s felt much healthier since he gave up smoking. (10)
(g)   I’ve been writing short stories since I left university. (10)
(h)   Have you ever met anyone from Transylvania? (7)
(i)   What has he done to your hair? (7)
(j)   I’ve been cooking since half past five. (8)

Which words were stressed?
What happened to the words that weren't stressed?

Homework
(1) Look at the examples above. What is a possible context for each sentence? Why are some simple and others continuous? What do these examples tell you about the simple and continuous aspect?
(2) Continue trying out the podcasts on the list. Make some notes and share you experience with your classmates at next week's lesson.

Vocabulary
indeterminate contract

C1

Above are the 100 most frequent words in English. They are pretty simple, but how many can be combined to make phrasal verbs and how many different meanings can those phrasal verbs have in any given context?

Class
The grammar of phrasal verbs. 4 types: transitive/intransitive, separable/inseparable, 3 part multi-word verbs.
Listening 6 Minute Grammar
Notes: http://www.studyandexam.com/types-of-phrasal-verb.html

Vocabulary
put up with (tolerate)
get over (recover)
get along (with) (have a good relationship with)
split up (separate)
pick up (catch)

Homework
In your personal reading and listening practice this week, listen out for the 5 phrasal verbs above. Do they have the same meaning (e.g. pick up can also mean collect or learn)? Check your dictionary if you are not sure. Does the phrasal verb follow the same structure if it has a different meaning?

ANIA 2018: B2 (Thursday) Lesson 6

Lesson 6
Class
Email writing continued

• abbreviations
• intercultural analysis - starting and finishing emails
• functions and functional phrases

Source: Business Advantage pp. 116 - 117

Homework
Write the email to the client as requested. Try to adapt the functional phrases from the example emails rather than translating from Italian.

ANIA 2018: C1 & C2 (Wednesday) Lesson 5

Lesson 5
12:30 pm C1
Class
New Vocabulary
to frown
to showboat
a kickabout - an informal game of soccer.
(football) pitch

Sentence Transformation Corrections
Phrasal Verbs
The Structure of Phrasal Verbs - 4 Types
to turn up
to go down (well/badly)
to pick up
to get over
to split up
to get along/get along with 
to put up with

Homework
Worksheet - Patterns of Reporting Verbs/Sentence Transformations

2:00 pm C2
Class
Vocabulary - Words of the week: 
(1) To Swear off
to promise to abstain from (something)
to swear off drink

(2) Inclusion Rider 

https://quartzy.qz.com/1221481/2018-oscars-inclusion-rider-meaning-the-contractual-demand-could-boost-hollywood-diversity/

https://www.ted.com/talks/stacy_smith_the_data_behind_hollywood_s_sexism

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/05/what-is-an-inclusion-rider-frances-mcdormand-oscars-2018

Speaking Skills Part One Task - Talking about your language learning experience
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 For the origin of this phrase see: https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/344000.html

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.

Homework
(1) Listening: Look at the phrases from today's vocabulary list - listen to the podcast again and tick them off as you hear them.


(2) Vocabulary: Find out what the 800 most useful English words are. Start off by reading about the Oxford English Corpus here: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/what-can-corpus-tell-us-about-language

Lombardi Segni & Associati - Legal English Course Lesson 18

Lesson 18

12:00 B1

Class

• Analysis and discussion - first contact emails
• Covergent versus divergent language https://www.global-lingo.com/linguistic-convergence-and-divergence/
• Old English versus Latin

Source: Business Advantage p. 134

Homework

Finish the exercises on the photocopy (p.135)

Question 5 - Phrasal Verbs

Question 6 - Email Stages

Question 7 - Functional Language

1:30pm C1/C2

Discussion - Inclusion Rider

https://www.ted.com/talks/stacy_smith_the_data_behind_hollywood_s_sexism

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/05/what-is-an-inclusion-rider-frances-mcdormand-oscars-2018

Introduction to contract
Elements: Offer + acceptance + consideration = contract
Essential terms e.g. price, subject matter
Defences to contract formation e.g. duress, lack of legal capacity
Third party rights (delegate, assignee)
Form - written or oral

Text Analysis - Understanding contracts - examples of clauses

ANIA 2018: B2 & C1 (Monday) Lesson 4

Lesson 4
12:30 pm Level B2
Class
The link between grammar & pronunciation




Utterance Stress

• English is stress timed - stressed syllables are spaced evenly in time and unstressed ones are rushed through (c.f. Italian which is syllable timed).
• Potential maximum of utterance stresses is equivalent to the number of lexical words but in reality there will be about 2 or 3 utterance stresses in each sentence. 
• English clauses have an information structure that places new i.e. the most important information at the end of a clause. Neutral utterance stress follows this pattern. 
• When utterance stress is moved it is called Contrastive stress and implies something is being rejected 

Homework
Choose one of the podcasts on the list to listen to. Report back to the group next week about its usefulness and difficulty.

2:00 pm Level C1
Class
Speaking Skills - Collaborative Task - producing a podcast on a historical figure.
Listening Skills - These Words Forever from The Memory Palace 

Listen to Nate DiMeo’s podcast about Guglielmo Marconi here: http://thememorypalace.us/2009/06/episode-12-these-words-forever/

Corrections
talk for you speak for yourself
think to something think about/of something

Vocabulary
visionary
forward thinking

Homework
Reading:
“The Memory Palace”: History in Escapist Vignettes
Sarah Larson January 25, 2018
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/podcast-dept/the-memory-palace-history-in-escapist-vignettes

ANIA 2018: B2 (Thursday) Lesson 5

Class

Speaking - discussion - extreme weather and car trouble

Writing - formal and informal emails at work. Identifying sender and reader

(Source: Business Advantage p. 116)

Vocabulary

Lexcial Set - Weather Conditions

Snow

Rain

Hail

Sleet

All of these can be used as nouns and verbs.

Lexcial set - Changing a tyre

Spare (tyre)

Jack (noun), to jack (up) (verb) = machine for lifting heavy objects.

(Gas) tank

Bolt

Spanner

Phrases from the emails

To mess someone around

The drinks are on me = I am paying for the drinks

Give us a ring = phone us

Corrections

Pronunciation

Damage /dæmɪdʒ /
Note that the stress falls on the first syllable.

Uncountable Nouns

Luggage

They had a lot of luggage 

They had 3 pieces of luggage: a backpack, a trolley and a suitcase. (use a piece of luggage to express countability)

Practice

I've done a lot of practice this week.

I went to three practice sessions. (Here practice is an adjective. Practise - note the change in spelling - is also a verb so when you hear He practises many times during the week it is the third person singular being used not a plural noun) 

Homework

Continuing on from last week - choose another podcast and prepare a short report on your experience and its effectiveness to present to the rest of the group.