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