12:30pm B2
Class - Listening & Speaking Skills
- Supporting the speaker and Active Listening
- good point, absolutely, uh-huh, mmm-hmm
- Framing Criticism as Opinion
- to me, I suppose
- Softening disagreement or negative news
- I'm not totally happy with it, I'm afraid
Source: Business Objective Upper Intermediate pp. 124 - 125
Vocabulary
sort out = resolve/organise
to get down on paper = record in writing/finalise
to play around with = experiment
Cheers = thanks/goodbye
Homework
- Critical Analysis p. 125
- Intercultural Analysis p. 125. In your first language, what sounds and words do people use to show they are listening? Are they the same as the English ones we looked at today in terms of sound and level and support? Do some of the words and sounds convey a different meaning? Monitor yourself and your colleagues this week and report back to the class with your findings.
Lesson 12
2:0pm C1
Class
Language focus - high numbers
Listening Skills - the wealth of Mr D'Arcy https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09r82r3 (The item starts at 5:10)
Methodology: adjusting for inflation, percentage of national income
Speaking - How class and money are depicted in film and literature
Homework
The Films of Kelly Reichardt
"My films are about people who don't have a safety net."
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